Have you heard of the McKenna Environmental Internship through Bucknell? Interns receive a $4000 stipend to engage in a 10 week independent research project with the sponsorship of a Bucknell faculty member.

Each week our CDC Interns pick a few internships or jobs to highlight a few from the Bridge that they think you’ll find particularly interesting. Follow tweets on @HireABison to get more updates on what’s happening on the Bridge.

Gain insight into possible careers in the environmental sector related to consulting and environmental law and policy.

Paid summer internships at the University of Pennsylvania!

This year’s River Symposium will wrap up (Saturday Nov. 12 4 – 6 p.m. in the Terrace Room) with a Networking Event with various representatives from local and regional non-profit organizations, consulting and design companies, graduate schools, and science research centers that all do work related to rivers and watersheds.

We highlight a few Peer Picks (picks by your peers for you) chosen by a CDC Intern that we think you’ll find particularly interesting every week. Follow tweets on @HireABison to get more updates on what’s happening on the Bridge.

Senior School of Management majors John Kirna and Marissa Graham are hosting to an educational workshop about the B Corp certification process in the Bucknell Forum on December 1 at 7 PM

Green Corps Class of 2014-2015: Fall Application Deadline Oct 18th! View the Green Corps 2014-2015 Program Guide During Green Corps’ full year paid training program, participants will learn grassroots organizing skills from some of the top practitioners in the country while working on three to five different campaigns such as retiring dirty coal-fired power plants, protecting our drinking water, improving our food system and building the campus fossil fuel divestment movement. Organizers will learn important skills such as recruiting volunteers, developing strategic campaigns and building strong coalitions. Our organizers have worked on behalf of dozens of groups including Sierra Club, Food & […]

These days everyone wants to be green and make green but we all know that ain’t always easy… Luckily the green industry is highly diverse and is growing daily.  “Green Careers” can encompass various industries such as: conservation, education, communication, environmental consulting, environmental management and planning, and parks and recreation, to name a few.  Employers include academia, government, corporations, public and private research firms, nonprofits and grassroots organizations. General Advice and Tips Determine what part of the industry interests you most – since the opportunities are so diverse, the more you can refine your career interests in the environmental field, […]

I’d say that one of the only downsides to this job is learning about all the awesome opportunities out there that I am no longer eligible for. For instance: Princeton in Africa (PiAf), which offers yearlong fellowship opportunities with a variety of organizations that work across the African continent. PiAf Fellows work in service-oriented positions in many different fields, including humanitarian aid, public health, conservation, and education. The more I checked in to this fellowship to write about it the more I wanted to apply. I ran into this inspiring blog, Beyond the Gate, featuring first-person perspectives from recent alums […]

These days everyone wants to be green and make green but we all know that ain’t always easy… Luckily the “green”  industry is highly diverse and is growing daily.  “Green Careers” can encompass various industries such as: conservation, education, communication, environmental consulting, environmental management and planning, and parks and recreation, to name a few.  Employers include academia, government, corporations, public and private research firms, nonprofits and grassroots organizations. General Advice and Tips Determine what part of the industry interests you most – since the opportunities are so diverse, the more you can refine your career interests in the environmental field, […]

Want to find sustainable companies? This will help: 2011 Global 100: The Definitive Corporate Sustainability Benchmark (pdf) The Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World is an annual project initiated by Corporate Knights, the magazine for clean capitalism. In 2010, Corporate Knights collaborated with three strategic partners to identify the Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. The Corporate Knights Global 100 team included Inflection Point Capital Management—a sustainability-focused asset management venture founded by Dr. Matthew Kiernan, Legg Mason’s Global Currents Investment Management, and Phoenix Global Advisors LLC (a consulting and technology platform focused on sustainability).  […]

The application process for the 2011 – 2012 academic year is now open! UPEACE Masters Programs Include: Environmental Security and Peace Environmental Security and Peace – Specialization in Climate Change and Security (CCS) Gender and Peace Building International Law and Human Rights International Law and the Settlement of Disputes International Peace Studies Asia Leaders Programme Media, Peace and Conflict Studies Natural Resources and Peace Peace Education Responsible Management and Sustainable Economic Development Sustainable Urban Governance and Peace Why study at UPEACE? We are the only university in the United Nations system authorized to offer academic degrees in the field of […]

Kait Fleming ’09, returns to campus to share how she felt as a student pursuing a job in environmental consulting – what she does as an environmental consultant with Groundwater Sciences Corporation , who her clients are, what students entering the field can expect, helpful hints, as well as the application/interview process she experienced.  Kait was an Environmental Studies/Geology Major and English minor. Friday, March 4 5-7pm O’Leary 232 Pizza, beverages and desserts will be served Sponsored by the Geology department and AR/CDC

Students who want to explore careers in the non-profit and public service sectors have a great resource right here on campus: the Bucknell Public Interest Program (BPIP) and the BPIP Internship Fund.  BPIP educates students about non-profit and public interest careers and helps students learn about organizations in the public interest sector that may offer both full-time jobs and summer internships.  The BPIP Internship Fund provides financial support for undergraduate students (first-year students, sophomores, and juniors), who have secured full-time, unpaid summer internships with non-profit organization and government offices. The Fund helps students to gain valuable experience in their field of […]