The University of South Florida launches the nation’s first School of Global Sustainability
source: http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2010/02/04/usf-launches-the-nations-first-school-...
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"The University of South Florida’s School of Global Sustainability is set to be the first-of-its-kind in the nation, educating students with their world-class staff of environmental researchers and preparing them for the 2.5 million “green collar” careers that are estimated for the coming years.
USF President Judy Genshaft stated:
“The University of South Florida is committed to creating a 21st Century which is healthy, sustainable and prosperous for both Florida and for communities far beyond our borders. This school is a major step in that direction. The School of Global Sustainability will leverage USF’s existing strengths to build new opportunities for our students and faculty. We are dedicated to preparing our students to face the challenges of the world we know now and of the world that will exist in their lifetime.”
Students will be eligible for enrollment this summer, the program’s first degree being a master’s degree in global sustainability that will “initially focus on water with other concentrations being developed in such themes as food security and health, natural environments, gender, ethnicity and class, global citizenry, climate change, coastal wetlands, the history of sustainable communities and mega cities”.
Though the school will center around global issues, it will also focus on the challenges of climate change, the protection of threatened natural resources and population growth in our own backyard of South Florida and our coast.
This momentous occasion kicks off with a formal launch next week, with the school’s hosting of a two-day conference at the Marshall Student Center that will feature some of science’s leading thinkers on climate change and sustainability.
At the event there will be representatives from USF’s partner universities from around the world, including special guest Bae-Yong Lee, President of Ewha Womans University of South Korea, who will receive the President’s Global Leadership Award for her work in promoting global cooperation."...(click link to read more)
USF President Judy Genshaft stated:
“The University of South Florida is committed to creating a 21st Century which is healthy, sustainable and prosperous for both Florida and for communities far beyond our borders. This school is a major step in that direction. The School of Global Sustainability will leverage USF’s existing strengths to build new opportunities for our students and faculty. We are dedicated to preparing our students to face the challenges of the world we know now and of the world that will exist in their lifetime.”
Students will be eligible for enrollment this summer, the program’s first degree being a master’s degree in global sustainability that will “initially focus on water with other concentrations being developed in such themes as food security and health, natural environments, gender, ethnicity and class, global citizenry, climate change, coastal wetlands, the history of sustainable communities and mega cities”.
Though the school will center around global issues, it will also focus on the challenges of climate change, the protection of threatened natural resources and population growth in our own backyard of South Florida and our coast.
This momentous occasion kicks off with a formal launch next week, with the school’s hosting of a two-day conference at the Marshall Student Center that will feature some of science’s leading thinkers on climate change and sustainability.
At the event there will be representatives from USF’s partner universities from around the world, including special guest Bae-Yong Lee, President of Ewha Womans University of South Korea, who will receive the President’s Global Leadership Award for her work in promoting global cooperation."...(click link to read more)
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antoine_99
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This is not the first school of sustainability in the US. It might be the first termed "School of Global Sustainability," but it is essentially the same as other programs at Arizona State and Colorado State (which are actual, brick-and-mortar schools, not a theoretical school which borrows faculty from other departments as USF's does), and virtually every major college in the country offers a Bachelor degree in Sustainability. Good idea, just not particularly innovative.
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