可持续性实习
he 可持续发展办公室 partners with the 学生可持续发展委员会 and sustainability-focused offices from across the campus to provide exciting and meaningful undergraduate internship opportunities for UK students.
These undergraduate internships are paid $11/hour ($12/hour for returning interns) for 8-10 hours per week. The internships start in mid-August and follow the academic calendar through the end of the spring semester in early May. Interns will work with a mentor on supporting a specific sustainability unit on campus, 开发一个独立的项目, and participate in a professional development series with the full cohort of interns. You may apply for multiple positions but must submit a separate application for each. 如有疑问，请发电子邮件 uksustainability@l.indiandonkey.com.
Applicants must be 火狐体育下注 undergraduate students enrolled in at least one class for the fall semester and have a graduation date no sooner than May 2025 (unless you are a returning intern).
请审阅这份摘要 期望和可交付成果 在提交申请之前.
A draft list of the internship positions for 2024-2025 is below.
2024-2025职位及描述
可持续发展办公室: These two interns will work with the 可持续发展办公室 on communications and program development. Experience with graphic design and 社交媒体 content creation is preferred.
主要职责:
- Assist with the development and implementation of campus sustainability programs. Some examples include the fall Sustainability Showcase, WholeSum，以及其他.
- Assist the Office with communication efforts through graphic design, 社交媒体, 网站更新, 和批发商的博客文章.
医疗保健可持续发展举措: This intern will work with UK Healthcare's operations Team on healthcare-related sustainability initiatives. This intern will assist with the development, implementation, and coordination of various projects.
KY气候联盟: This intern will assist the Kentucky Climate Consortium (KYCC) with their efforts on providing Kentuckians access to reliable, 可访问的, 以及有关气候的相关信息. Ideal candidates will have experience with or interest in learning how to communicate about scientific topics, 撰写网站文案, 使用网站内容管理系统, 管理活动后勤.
主要职责:
- Support grant-funded research, including human-subjects research on climate policy and communication
- Contribute to climate-related teaching materials for college classes
- 为KYCC每月通讯撰稿
- Support planning and logistics for the Fall and Spring meetings of the full KYCC membership
火狐体育下注回收: UK Recycling is seeking three (3) student interns to assist with zero-waste initiatives through programmatic support. Each intern will focus on one of the three diversion methods: reduction/reuse, 有机废物收集, 和回收.
主要职责
- Assist with campus outreach and 教育al efforts such as tabling, 美国回收日, 秋季可持续发展节, 以及其他拓展工作.
- Assist in auditing buildings for recycling needs and locations.
- Research other diversion stream opportunities, such as ways to recycle new items.
城市森林倡议工作组: The Urban Forest Initiative (UFI) connects people to the urban forests of UK campus, 列克星敦, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky through community outreach, 培训, 树形映射.
主要职责:
- 协助外联工作, 教育, and community engagement projects at in-person events and across a variety of media including (but not limited to): video and graphic creation, 社交媒体, 树的情况说明, 等.
- Work in partnership with the UFI core team and working group members from around the state to elevate the visibility and health of the urban forest in our communities
建筑环境工作小组: The Built Environment Working Group at the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability & the Environment (TFISE) is multidisciplinary group with collaborators from various departments such as the College of Agriculture, 食物与环境, 设计学院, 和工程学院. The mission of the working group is to enhance experiential leaning by utilizing campus as a place to test ideas and apply ideas focused on biological sustainability, 健康的社区, and beautiful places to develop long-term partnerships. This intern must be comfortable with generating maps and graphic communication material. The goals of this internship are: applied learning; research driven community engagement projects; and model and evaluate built environments to inform future learning.
主要职责:
- Participate in the Built Environment's planning sessions
- Assist with the development, organization, and documentation of new design projects and competitions
- 协助研究和数据收集
- Assist with survey data, transcribe interviews and written reflections
能源(实验室环境): This intern will work with Utilities and Energy Management on improving energy efficiency in lab environments. This internship role will support the UK User-Led Environmental Lab Excellence (UKULELE) Program by working with operational and lab stakeholders to develop new or enhance existing initiatives. Areas of focus for UKULELE this internship may support include (1) minimizing the environmental impacts of lab operations, (2)确保安全, 健康的, 清洁和方便的实验室环境, and (3) enhancing effective conditions for excellence in teaching and research.
火狐体育下注餐厅: This intern will work with the Director of Sustainability for UK Dining to develop, 管理, and promote a variety of sustainability-related programs including local purchasing, 减少食物浪费, 气候友好型菜单开发, 零浪费餐饮选择.