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Student Engagement Initiatives
Goal 1: Provide meaningful professional development opportunities for students through the OoS Student
Internship Program
The Office of Sustainability Student Internship Program – a collaboration with UGA’s J. W. Fanning Institute for Leadership
Development - provides opportunities for hands-on learning, leadership and professional development while making a
positive and tangible impact within the University of Georgia and Athens communities. To date, OoS has hosted over 150
interns, including 46 students from 23 different degree programs during the 2013-14 academic year. A 2014 survey of
23 past interns that have graduated from UGA indicated that 19 are working in sustainability-related fields and three are
pursuing advanced sustainability degrees in graduate school.
Goal 2: Administer & increase the Campus Sustainability Grants program
The UGA Campus Sustainability Grants Program provides competitive funding for student-proposed projects and initiatives
designed to advance sustainability through education, research, service and campus operations. Overall, $87,000 has
been awarded to fund 26 student-initiated projects. The number of funds and projects awarded has steadily increased from
$13,000 and four projects in FY2011 to $28,000 and nine projects in FY14. Notable grant projects that have become
institutionalized into ongoing UGA programs include water bottle filling stations, Bulldog Bikes bike sharing program,
Recycling Happy Hour, Material Reuse Program, Chew Crew prescribed grazing program, departmental composting program, and public bike repair stations.
Goal 3: Partner with student organizations
OoS has actively engaged with approximately 17 student organizations since 2010, including several in an ongoing
basis. Notable partnerships include serving as advisors and co-sponsoring events with Go Green Alliance and Students
for Environmental Action, coordination with SGA Sustainability Committee, partnering with the Center for Student
Organizations to promote sustainable practices among all UGA student organizations, and assisting UGA Housing Residents Hall Association to develop and