Thinking about enrolling in ATI’s degree program in renewable energy? Especially solar and wind? Think about this: The U.S. solar industry is adding jobs 20 times faster than the national rate, says the latest National Solar Jobs Census, released Jan. 15 by the nonprofit Solar Foundation. Read stories about the census by CNBC, Fortune and Grist. ATI is CFAES’s two-year degree-granting unit in Wooster.
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In case you missed it (in the holiday hubbub)
Farm and Dairy’s Chris Kick wrote a fantastic story on Dec. 24 on ATI’s new and growing degree program in renewable energy. “Everything we do here,” ATI’s Russ Yoder said in the story, “revolves around the creation of job opportunity.” ATI student Cory Brewer, who is majoring in the program and now also has a job locally in the field, is featured as one example. ATI is CFAES’s two-year degree-granting unit in Wooster. Yoder is a visiting assistant professor with the program.
Create the future? ‘Only with your help’
CFAES Dean Bruce McPheron and students thank the college’s many donors in a new YouTube video. Look for Miranda McClendon, a senior in CFAES’s relatively new and definitely growing Environment, Economy, Development and Sustainability major, starting at 0:52. “Our job is to create the future,” Dean McPheron says in the video. “We can only do that with your help.”
‘A lasting impact on students’
A $500,000 gift from Dorothy Teater, pictured, and her four sons to CFAES will help both natural resources students and in-career professionals. The gift establishes the Dr. Robert W. Teater Endowed Fund (#482635), named after Mrs. Teater’s late husband, a director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for eight years. Before that, he had been director of CFAES’s School of Environment and Natural Resources. For more information on this gift and others to CFAES, click here. (Photo: Matthew Marx.)
‘It’s absolutely inspiring to be here’
An Idealist Grad Fair is coming to Ohio State on Oct. 27. Watch a video on what the fair offers here (4:10) and what it looks like here (2:14). Hosting the event is Ohio State’s John Glenn School of Public Affairs.
Today at 3: How to major in renewable energy at Ohio State ATI … and the places you can go from there
Learn about majoring in Renewable Energy at the Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute, CFAES’s two-year degree-granting unit in Wooster. Then hear how you can transition that major into a bachelor’s degree program on Ohio State’s main campus. It’s a free talk by Esther Dwyer and Jessica Diallo, both of CFAES, from 3-3:55 p.m. today, Oct. 9, in 081 Halterman Hall at ATI, 1328 Dover Road, Wooster. Details: yoder.275@osu.edu.
A great place to find excellent employees … and to show an employer you’d be one
Are you an employer in an environment-related field looking to hire excellent employees or interns? Are you a CFAES student looking for a full-time job, an internship or simply to network? Then check out CFAES’s 2014 Environmental and Sustainability Career Expo Jan. 30, a veritable one-stop shop for green hiring and being hired. If you’re a CFAES student or alumnus, you can learn more through your Hireabuckeye account. If you’re an employer and wish to reserve booth space, click here.
Watch: ‘If you can dream it up, Ohio State has the resources to make it happen’
If you’re interested in green roofs, if you’re interested in studying and working in a green industry, if you’re interested in doing that studying at Ohio State in CFAES, or if you just want to hear a good story about a successful graduate who loved her time here and is doing good work now because of it, then check out this new YouTube video (2:29).
OARDC among ‘100 Exemplary Sites Promoting Forest Conservation’
We’re pleased to note that ForestryDegree.net has named CFAES’s research arm, OARDC, as one of the “100 Exemplary Sites Promoting Forest and Woodland Conservation.” The sites on the list “are all about protecting woodlands and rainforests while still making efficient use of their resources,” says the website, which works to help students find careers in forestry. The School of Environment and Natural Resources offers CFAES’s forestry majors, while related majors are available in sustainability, environmental science, natural resources management, and environmental policy. You also can major in environment and natural resources at Ohio State ATI, CFAES’s associate-degree-granting unit. (Photo: K.D. Chamberlain.)
Why he’s majoring in sustainability: ‘I know I’ll be saving the world one day’ (video)
“All the professors I’ve had in this major love conversations about ways to change the world.” CFAES student Peter Moshier talks about why he chose to major in Environment, Economy, Development and Sustainability (video, 2:06).