As we grow closer to 2030 (the deadline for the United Nations’ Agenda for Sustainable Development), the job market for sustainability-related careers will also grow. The ongoing climate crisis, increasing awareness around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and changes in employee and consumer ethics are few of the many reasons why businesses and organizations are adopting sustainable practices or making sustainability the primary focus of their work.
Sustainability is also an increasingly popular area of interest amongst current students, who will serve as the next generation of change-makers. It is important to note that sustainability is a ‘lens’ - a compilation of mindsets and approaches, and therefore it encompasses many different and unique career paths.
When it comes to searching for these types of careers, it can be difficult to know where to start. SLS’s …
Caption: A view of the Gender Equality Exhibition currently on display at The Kendeda Building, Monday - Friday 7 am - 10 pm.
What is Gender Equality: Reimagining Our Future through Art and Technology?
For the past seven months, I’ve had the privilege of curating and organizing the art and research exhibition, Gender Equality: Reimagining Our Future Through Art and Technology. The process started with a suggestion from my GRA supervisor, Dr. Rebecca Watts Hull, that I combine my Serve-Learn-Sustain (SLS) and master’s project research to coordinate an event around Sustainable Development Goal 5, Gender…
In a recent article in Saporta Report, Georgia Tech associate professor Carl DiSalvo writes about the creation of DataWorks, part of the Constellations Center for Equity in Computing at Georgia Tech, in the College of Computing. Through DataWorks, young adults are hired and trained in entry-level data science skills, such as cleaning and formatting data, using tools ranging from off-the shelf spreadsheet software to custom scripts in programming languages such as Python.
Read more about this exciting initiative HERE.
In a recent article in Saporta Report, Georgia Tech associate professor Carl DiSalvo writes about the creation of DataWorks, part of the Constellations Center for Equity in Computing at Georgia Tech, in the College of Computing. Through DataWorks, young adults are hired and trained in entry-level data science skills, such as cleaning and formatting data, using tools ranging from off-the shelf spreadsheet software to custom scripts in programming languages such as Python.
Read more about this exciting initiative HERE.
As spring semester draws to a close, we wanted to highlight a couple of ongoing, exciting opportunities, as well as one brand new course for your consideration during Phase I registration!
If you are contemplating a minor, take a close gander at the SLS-affiliated Sustainable Cities Minor! The minor in Sustainable Cities emphasizes sustainability, community engagement, and social justice. It provides students with a deep learning experience that integrates classroom learning and real-world, community-based project experience in creating sustainable communities, with a focus on the built urban environment. You can learn more about the minor, and all the details on how to integrate into your present course of study, by visiting SCARP’s information page. The course listing on that…
What makes for strong university-community relationships? How can students “give back” as collaborators not would-be saviors? What are some specific service opportunities that will welcome students who are new to Atlanta/have no prior experience?
The one-credit course “Engaging Global Communities” explores the above questions through a class that brings together students from Emory, Morehouse, and Georgia Tech, with three Clarkston based community partners—Re’Generation Movement, Georgia Piedmont Technical College’s ESL Program, and the Clarkston Community Center (CCC)—for class sessions with instructors/guest lecturers from five metro Atlanta universities. I co-lead the course with Johannes Kleiner (Associate Director of Civic and Community Engagement, Emory) and Philip Ojo (Professor of French, Agnes…
Earlier this month, members of the fall 2021 Faculty Learning Community (FLC) on Teaching with the SDGs engaged instructors across Georgia in this exciting topic through a video presentation followed by a live discussion, as part of the University System of Georgia (USG) 2022 Teaching & Learning Conference. Along with co-facilitators Carol Subiño Sullivan, assistant director for Faculty Teaching and Learning Initiatives with Georgia Tech’s CTL, Rebecca Watts Hull, a service-learning and partnerships specialist with SLS, and Mandy McGrew, education specialist, Scholarly Teaching with Kennesaw’s CETL, five instructors at Georgia Tech and four at KSU developed a workshop for the USG conference entitled "From HIPs to SDGs: Why the UN Sustainable Development Goals should be in your course and how to get started." Workshop participants from USG institutions across the state viewed a recorded presentation and then attended a virtual, synchronous session to ask questions and learn how…
Serve-Learn-Sustain is co-leading an exciting new project! “Public Interest Technology (PIT) for First-Year Engineers,” is a collaboration of the Writing and Communication Program and Serve-Learn-Sustain; its co-principal investigators are Andy Frazee, the WCP’s Director, and Ruthie Yow, an SLS Service Learning and Partnership Specialist. The project is funded by a GT “AMP” (Amplify Momentum Project) grant—one of seven recipients across the Institute—and it connects first-year engineers to community-based experiential learning themed around technology for the public good. Our initiative brings together four community partners, four Brittain Fellows in the Writing and Communication Program, and four College of Engineering faculty members. These collaborators will together design a PIT- and service-learning-infused syllabus appropriate for all first-years, but of particular interest to engineering students.…
Earlier this year, Serve-Learn-Sustain (SLS) was announced as a winner of the 2020 Campus Sustainability Achievement Award by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). The award, which honors higher education institutions for successful implementation of projects that advance sustainability, recognized SLS’s Affiliated Courses Program. Over the past several months, AASHE has hosted a webinar series led by 2020 Award Winners. SLS’s session on March 31, co-hosted by Ruthie Yow and Rebecca Watts Hull, will explore the successes of SLS's affiliated programs in hopes that other Colleges and Institutions can benefit as well. The webinar will focus on cultivating relationships with faculty, supporting course development, equipping community partners, and more.
…Interested in social innovation but don't know where to start? Wondering how you can incorporate social innovation into your curricular and co-curricular experience at Georgia Tech? As we head into Phase I registration season, with the release of the course schedule for summer and fall next week, we want to recap our blog post series on social innovation.
Part 1: Social Innovation - Where Do I Start?
In the first part of our series, Dori Pap, Managing Director of the Institute for Leadership and Social Impact, dives into ways to explore and learn about social innovation through courses and programs at Tech, and how to put social innovation into practice.
Part 2: What Is Social Innovation, Anyway?
In the second part of our series, SLS Director Jennifer Hirsch explores models of social innovation…