[Sehefac] UCR Leading on Climate fellowship applications due July 22

[Dana Simmons]

Dear SEHE affiliates,
Happy mid-July!
This is a last call to get the word out about the UCR Bonnie Reiss Leading
on Climate Fellowships, open to any enrollment UCR student (graduate or
undergraduate).
*Applications are due by Monday, July 22 at this
website: https://forms.gle/4nSRJGnLneEF4PQU8
<https://forms.gle/4nSRJGnLneEF4PQU8> *
I'm particularly eager to find applicants for the Decarbonization
fellowship, which involves working with the Office of Sustainability on a
project that supports the development and implementation of the UCR
decarbonization study (
https://sustainability.ucr.edu/study-campus-decarbonization).
Thank you for spreading the word!
Here's the full announcement and a flyer:

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The Bonnie Reiss Leading on Climate Student Fellowship program engages and
energizes students in support of UC’s climate action and sustainable food
goals. The fellowship program is funded by the UC President’s Global
Climate Leadership Council (GCLC) in support of the UC President’s Leading
on Climate priority. The goals of the fellowship program are to actively
engage students in:

● Shaping the university’s climate action programs and supporting the
university’s aggressive goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions while
creating a more equitable, sustainable, resilient and healthy world.
● Conducting projects that support sustainable agricultural practices and
helping campuses and health systems work toward President Drake’s goal of
“defining the actions and resources needed to procure at least 25 percent
of our own food supplies from sustainable sources by 2025, five years ahead
of the University’s existing goal.”

UCR welcomes applications for each of the following fellowships:

1) The Climate Action Student Engagement Fellow will support efforts to
engage students in support of UCR's climate action goals. They will develop
and disseminate educational materials to build community awareness and
generate support for climate action-related projects. The Climate Action
Engagement Fellow also will play an important role in communicating student
opinions on UC’s climate policy, programs, and actions to university
leadership.

2) The Planning (Resilience/Climate Action Policy) Fellow will work with
the Office of Sustainability on a project related to UCR's Climate Action
Plan to achieve campus targets for reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions, as
well as campus plans for adaptation, resilience, equity, and climate
justice.

3) The Decarbonization Fellow will work with the Office of Sustainability
on a project that supports the development and implementation of the UCR
decarbonization study (
https://sustainability.ucr.edu/study-campus-decarbonization).

4) Two Sustainable Food and Agriculture Fellows will work on projects
related to advancing sustainable agriculture and UCR's sustainable food
goals. Potential projects include: expanding and maintaining a UCR Food
Recovery Network <https://www.foodrecoverynetwork.org/> chapter in
collaboration with the Basic Needs Department; working with Dining Services
procurement and operations staff to identify challenges and potential
solutions related to increasing sustainable and plant-based food
procurement and eliminating single use plastics; and implementing
sustainable and regenerative agriculture practices at the R'Garden. Please
specify your preferred project in your cover letter.

5) The Sustainable Food and Agriculture Student Engagement Fellow will
support efforts to engage the UCR community on the environmental and health
benefits of sustainable and plant-based foods. They will develop and
disseminate educational materials to build community awareness of the
environmental and health benefits of choosing sustainable and plant-based
foods, and build awareness of the efforts and projects happening at UCR to
reduce food waste and promote sustainable and plant-based foods. They will
gather community input, suggestions, issues, and opportunities about UCR’s
programs and approaches to promoting sustainable agriculture and food.

Examples of previous fellows' projects across the UC can be found here: Climate
Action fellows
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A3-ErgXfl8eM3CrvCOdihQvZRUD7x1bH_OR4URDFflY/edit?gid=8168829#gid=8168829>
(2023-2024) and Food and Agriculture fellows
<https://www.ucop.edu/global-food-initiative/student-involvement/2022-gfi-fellows/index.html>
.

Fellowships are open to all undergraduates and graduate students,
regardless of immigration status. Students must be enrolled for the entire
2024-2025 academic year.

Fellows will be connected to a mentor in a UCR unit relevant to their
project (such as the Office of Sustainability, Basic Needs, Dining Services
or the R'Garden). Fellows are advised to work with their mentor to develop
a work plan that includes their project goals, deliverables, timelines, and
the metrics for measuring success. Fellows should meet regularly with their
project mentor to discuss projects, progress and issues.

Student fellows are requested to attend the following systemwide events:
● A virtual orientation in September 2024.
● A leadership training in November 2024.
● Quarterly Fellows meetings and topical trainings hosted throughout the
year.
● A virtual closing symposium and poster presentation in late spring of
2025.
● Additional activities such as conference calls, Global Climate Leadership
Council meetings and trainings or cohort building activities.

Fellows will be asked to submit progress reports and a final evaluation,
including the metrics used to evaluate their project’s impact. Fellows will
develop an end-of-year poster outlining their projects. Additionally,
fellows will be encouraged to share and submit any tools, training, data
sets and other deliverables developed in the process of their fellowship.

The UCR Leading on Climate fellowships are administered by the Department
of Society, Environment and Health Equity (SEHE). Questions about the
specifics of your projects should be directed to SEHE Department Chair Dana
Simmons (dana.simmons at ucr.edu).

Application Deadline: July 22, 2024
Award Announcements by: August 19, 2024

-- 
Dana Simmons
Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Society, Environment and
Health Equity
Cooperating Faculty, Department of History
University of California, Riverside
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