Environment for the Americas and its partners are committed to connecting diverse students with careers in conservation, natural resources, history, geology, with skill-building internships with national parks, national forests, wildlife refuges, and other sites.
Engagement Opportunities
Engaged learning provides you with the opportunity to apply your learning outside the classroom in a way that has a meaningful impact on both you and the communities with which you connect. Through real-life collaboration, exploration and discovery, engaged learning takes you to the next level of understanding.
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Attention UA students who are interested in science and education! Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium is looking for students to help deliver hands-on science activities to local school children with a focus on earth science along with biology and chemistry.
Interested in an undergraduate research assistant opportunity in a geo/environmental/critical minerals study? Be part of a team working on cutting-edge, solutions-oriented geo/environmental research aimed at accelerating the clean energy transition.
Deadline: September 29, 2023
Cats Optimizing Recycling Education (CORE) is a new project that expands Housing’s efforts to better understand recycling behavior on campus and maximize educational interventions.
Reporting to Housing’s Senior Coordinator of Sustainability Operations and Initiatives and collaborating with a Graduate Assistant, the Student Recycling & Facilities Specialist will play a large role in carrying out this project and combatting the issue of recycling contamination in the dorms.
Deadline: September 29, 2023
Cats Optimizing Recycling Education (CORE) is a new project that expands Housing’s efforts to better
understand recycling behavior on campus and maximize educational interventions. Reporting to Housing’s Senior Coordinator of Sustainability Operations and Initiatives and collaborating with a Graduate Assistant, the Student Recycling Specialist will play a large role in carrying out this project and combatting the issue of recycling contamination in the dorms. The position will involve weekly audits of recycling contents at all dorm locations, many of which are outside. Safety equipment will be provided. Student Recycling Specialists will then use this data to better understand the state of recycling on campus and create/implement informed educational interventions to decrease recycling contamination.
Deadline: September 29, 2023
The part-time seasonal position of KPVC Evening Guide will support our array of evening program offerings including conducting the Nightly Observing Program for audiences including the general public, tour groups, schools, youth groups and others. In this role, the KPVC Evening Guide is the public face of the NOIRLab and KPNO to our evening guests and are expected to represent NOIRLab and KPNO in a positive, professional manner at all times.
Deadline: October 20, 2023
The Matzkin lab (www.matzkinlab.org) in the Department of Entomology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and BIO5 Institute is looking for motivated and research-focused work-study student to join the lab (paid or research credit) throughout the summer and academic year.