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Sustainability Learning Beyond Classrooms

Sustainability Learning Beyond Classrooms. Student Projects to Career Development At Binghamton University Presented by Sandy S. DeJohn – Utilities Manager / Sustainability Coordinator Martin Larocca – Resource Management Coordinator. Opportunities and Resources.

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Sustainability Learning Beyond Classrooms

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  1. Sustainability Learning Beyond Classrooms Student Projects to Career Development At Binghamton University Presented by Sandy S. DeJohn – Utilities Manager / Sustainability Coordinator Martin Larocca – Resource Management Coordinator

  2. Opportunities and Resources • Scholarships – nearly 200 opportunities, earn experience with pay. • Internship – earn experience and course credits. • Summer Employment – on average 120 summer students per year. • Student Projects – earn experience while having fun!!

  3. Success Stories Watson School Senior Project – Windmill Design Team: James K Karns, EE Jesse Capecelatro, ME Nolan Lott, ME Zach Malison, ME Thomas Eberhardt, CE

  4. Starting From Scratch

  5. Making Progress

  6. Almost There…..

  7. Final Product

  8. Success Stories Watson School Senior Project – Food to Waste Project Team: Alex Hantman Timothy Miller Adam Ibrahim

  9. Combining Engineering with Business Entrepreneurship

  10. Imagine the Possibilities…..

  11. Recycling and Resource Management Opportunities • Mainly student run program • Experience with developing and implementing campus wide events • Creating educational presentations • Hands on work with collection of recyclable and compostable material • Design and implementation of campus educational gardens

  12. Student ProjectsEarth Day

  13. Educational Gardens

  14. Question? sdejohn@binghamton.edu mlarocca@binghamton.edu

  15. Watson School of Engineering Senior Design Projects • Compost Screener • Sift out contamination caused by oil coated material and metal • Makes previously “unusable” products suitable for campus and community use

  16. Educational Display

  17. Careers after Internship • Consultant- VeteranAffair Hospital System • Ecology Technician – Tifft Nature Preserve • Naturalist Intern – Friends of Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve • Stewardship Technician – Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission • Volunteer Steward - Tropical Forestry Initiative • Project Manager- J.C.  Broderick & Associates (environmental consulting) • Health Director- NYS DEC Camp DeBruce • Environmental Lab Technician- OCL Analytical • Analytical Chemist- EnviroTest Laboratories • Resource Management Coordinator- Binghamton University

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