Hello all, We are still accepting students for our second cohort in the Masters of Sustainability program. Chatham University is Rachel Carson's alma mater and has a dedication to innovative curriculum, experiential learning and a transdisciplinary approach to sustainability education. We have faculty with expertise in areas including systems ecology, ecotoxicology, science communication, art-science fusions, cultural and environmental anthropology, social justice, political ecology, food systems, and decision science.
For more information (see below) or feel free to email me at [email protected] Cheers, Molly Chatham University’s School of Sustainability and the Environment<http://www.chatham.edu/sse/> is now offering a Masters of Sustainability<http://www.chatham.edu/sse/programs/msus/> degree – a two-year, full-time cohort program, providing students with an innovative and unique approach to the study of sustainability. Our program is an immersive, challenge-based curriculum in which students learn to communicate, practice, and champion sustainability in a range of settings. Through projects, community engagement, internships, and seminars, our students engage in real-world sustainability challenges to develop an academically sound yet professionally oriented approach to simultaneously improve economic development, social justice, and the biophysical environment. Last fall we broke ground School of Sustainability and the Environment’s future home: the Eden Hall campus<http://www.chatham.edu/edenhall>. This new campus, a 388-acre former farm/retreat just 18 miles north of Pittsburgh, is designed as a living learning sustainability lab. We are designing the campus, located at the urban/rural interface, to produce more energy than it uses, manage wastewater and storm water on site, produce food sustainably, and regenerate the surrounding ecosystem. We have already begun to teach and research sustainable agriculture practices. As we build the campus, students will be participate in managing water and energy systems, exploring how to use and improve both technology and behavior. Eventually, this facility will serve more than 1,500 students. We are currently enrolling students in our second cohort. We still have space, as well as some excellent funding opportunities, for individuals who are committed to the principles of sustainability. We are less interested in their disciplinary backgrounds (our current cohort includes scientists, social scientists, writers and artists) than in their commitment to working across disciplines. Please share our program with any and all students who you believe would be excited to join our program. They may also contact Trish Golla, our Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions for the School of Sustainability and the Environment, with any questions or to set up a visit to campus. She can be reached at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> or 412.365.1386. -------------------------------------------------------------- Molly Gail Mehling, M.En., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Ecology and Sustainability School of Sustainability and the Environment Chatham University 120 Dilworth Hall Woodland Road Pittsburgh, PA 15232 p. 412.365.1785 e. [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> w. www.mollymehling.com --------------------------------------------------------------
