Academic News
Garden Club of America Scholarships
The Garden Club of America offers 27 merit based scholarships, fellowships and awards in the areas of horticulture and its related disciplines, botany, including medicinal and tropical, native bird habitat, conservation and ecological restoration, desert studies, landscape architecture, urban forestry, garden history and design, coastal wetlands, and pollinator research.
Application deadlines for many GCA scholarships and awards are in December, January, and February. Use the link below to browse available awards and learn more about eligibility, applications, and deadlines.
Events
Research Fellow from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to Speak Today
The challenges in realizing the dream of photoelectrochemical water splitting will be explored by seminar speaker, John Turner, a research fellow with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Forty years after the first reported photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting experiment, commercial hydrogen production from PEC is still a dream. Thousands of papers later and no semiconductor system has been identified that has the potential for economical hydrogen production from PEC water splitting. The majority of the past research has been directed at metal oxides due to their expected low costs, ease of synthesis and stability. Little progress has been made; efficiencies for these oxide systems are abysmally low, primarily due to poor electronic structure.
Monday, December 8th, 3:30 PM
CHEM 144
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
TriCycle Farms Service Day
During this holiday season, what better gift to give than your time and energy? Tri Cycle Farms, an urban community farm in Fayetteville, will be having its final service day of the year on Saturday, December 13 from 10:00-2:00. Come help us continue preparation for the spring market garden that was begun by our Make A Difference Day volunteers, prep beds in the hoop house, and spread mulch all over!
All volunteers are also invited to the holiday potluck that will follow the workday (4:00-7) in the community house. Please park at the Trinity United Methodist Church and walk across Garland to the farm (1705 N Garland Ave). We look forward to spending one more day out in the garden with you before the years ends! Happy Holidays!
Any and all are welcome to join!
Register with the Volunteer Action Center (optional)
December 13th, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
1705 N Garland Ave, Fayetteville
Internship Opportunities
City of Fayetteville Dark Sky Project
The City of Fayetteville is seeking a student to assist with minimizing ambient light levels as part of the STAR reporting and certification program. The project would require a student to work with the city’s GIS Department to identify commercial, residential and natural areas in Fayetteville for evaluation in the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale. This project would be ideal for a student to use for a Capstone Experience and would likely be most appropriate for a student working on a major or minor in astronomy.
Contact Peter Nierengarten, Sustainability & Resilience Department Director, at pnierengarten@fayetteville-ar.gov if you are interested.
Food Recovery Network Fellowships
Food Recovery Network is hiring two full-time fellows: one to join the Member Support team and one to join the Expansion team in the national office in College Park, MD for the spring 2015 semester. Fellowships are 19 weeks, starting on January 5 and ending on May 15, 2015. Fellows receive a $1,500 per month stipend plus a modest benefit package.
Applications will be considered until positions are filled; priority deadline is 11:59 pm Eastern, December 14, 2014. Find job descriptions and application instructions here.
Founded in September of 2011, Food Recovery Network (FRN) is the largest national student-led food recovery movement working to bring food recovery programs to colleges across the country. Made up of over 100 chapters at colleges and universities, FRN has recovered over half a million pounds of food and is rapidly expanding.
TriCycle Farms Garden Corps Position Openings
Tri Cycle is currently looking for someone to fill a 25-30 hourr per week position at the farm. This position is through Arkansas Garden Corps (an Americorps program) and runs from Jan. 1 through August. We’re hoping to fill it as soon as possible! Please email fayettevilletricyclefarms@gmail.com for more info or to apply.
On a similar note, we are also recruiting for two internship positions (10 hours per week) that would run from Jan. through the summer. These would be perfect for students or anyone else looking to gain valuable experience but who cannot commit full time to the Garden Corps position. If you or anyone you know is interested, please let us know.
Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
Habitat for Humanity ReStore Assistant
The ReStore is a discount home improvement center open to the public that accepts donations of new and gently used building materials, furniture, and appliances and sells them at greatly reduced prices. Customer service is the primary focus for our ReStore Volunteers. Our ReStore staff will assign jobs as needed.
Sign Up to Volunteer at the ReStore
1421 E. 15th St.
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Fayetteville Public Library
They Fayetteville Public Library is inviting UA sustainability students to get involved by volunteering at the library. Volunteers can set their own hours and choose from a variety of programs and departments.
Margaret Burdette, Manager of Volunteer Services
Fayetteville Public Library
401 W. Mountain St., Fayetteville, AR 72701
direct phone – 479.856.7104 | library phone – 479.856.7000
www.faylib.org
TriCycle Farms
Tri Cycle Farms, located at the corner of Sycamore and Garland Avenue, is a centrally located urban farm on the blue and red bus routes (free parking is also available at the Trinity United Methodist Church). The mission of Tri Cycle Farms is to “build community through soil,” and the nonprofit (via fiscal partnership with the OMNI Center for Peace, Justice and Ecology) is working broadly with other like-minded organizations in the region to strengthen food security. Tri Cycle Farms has ongoing “Farm to Table” programs, gardening classes, volunteer opportunities, chicken husbandry, herb walks, a composting system, and new plans to develop a farmer’s market with the Trinity United Methodist Church, which is directly across the street from Tri Cycle.
Contact Don Bennett at fayettevilletricyclefarms@gmail.com or 479-966-0572, or Joanna Pollock at JPollock@walton.uark.edu or 708-828-5695 for more information about how to get involved or tour Tri Cycle. You can also find Tri Cycle Farms on Facebook.
The content of this post does not constitute an official endorsement by the University of Arkansas or the Office for Sustainability. All announcements are for informational purposes only.
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