Internships and Educational Activities Available
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STEM and Sustainability Centers
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Biogas System
- Generates up to 10% of campus energy needs
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- Offers:
- Student employment
- Internships for credit and/or experience
- Opportunities for collaborative research in the areas of microbiology and sustainability
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The Environmental Research and Innovation Center (ERIC)
- With over $1.4 million in research funding from the EPA, NOAA, and Wisconsin Coastal Management
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- Provides:
- Over 55 internships and work experiences in the areas of applied industrial science and the testing of water and compost.
- Over 30 paid, hands-on internships at remote lab locations, including Vilas County, Door County, and Manitowoc
- Access to research and sampling boat used to monitor many types of ecological water systems
- Opportunities for collaborative research
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Sustainable Institute for Regional Transformation (SIRT)
- AASHE STARS RATING: GOLD
- Tree Campus USA Certified
- National Wildlife Federation, Certified
- Monarch Waystation, Certified Fair Trade,
- 2022 US Department of Education Green Ribbon Award. (1 of 4)
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- Connects students with sustainability efforts across our campuses:
- Green Fund (over $40,000 in segregated fees set aside annually) offers students the opportunity to take an active role in promoting sustainability on campus by drawing up a research-supported proposal and presenting it to the Green Fund committee which then funds the best proposal ideas
- Opportunities for collaborative research and scholarly activities in the area sustainability. Examples include:
- Fox Watershed Alliance Research
- Bird-window Collisions Project
- Community Garden Project
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Social Equity, Civic Engagement, and Policy Research Centers
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| Center for Civic and Community Engagement |
- Connects students with opportunities for engagement and scholarly activities in the community.
- Offers paid internships
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| LGBTQ+ Center |
- Offers internships for credit:
- Research project on LGBTQIA+ topic
- Project that addresses the mission of the Center
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Whitburn Institute for Governance and Policy Research
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- Brings people together across ideological divides to discover nonpartisan solutions
- Shares innovative, research-based knowledge to address pressing needs
- Provides internships, student employment, and opportunities for collaborative research
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| Wisconsin Institute on Social Equity (WISE) |
- Brings researchers together from diverse fields to conduct research aimed at enhancing social equity
- Provides paid student research assistantships to undergraduates (WISE Fellows)
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| Women’s Center |
- Offers internships related to civic and campus engagement with the goal of fostering and advancing positive and equitable social norms
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