Congratulations to the following student award recipeints:
Timothy F. Kobie, Ph.D. Candidate: The Larry D. Terry Prize
Gil-Hwan Park, Ph.D. Candidate: The Russell Kashian and Susan Oneson Award
Tony Gutowski, MS Urban Studies: The Howard Bruce Award
Christine M. Dersi, MUPDD: The Wallace G. Teare Prize
Michael G. Cook, MUPDD: The Wallace G. Teare Prize
Jason S. Lunsford, MPA: The Sylvester Murray Award
Cathryn E. Greenwald, MA Environmental Stuides: Outstanding Graduate Award
Catherine C. Ciha, MNAL: Outsanding Student Award
Dawn M. Calvert, BA Urban Studies: The John Little Award
Elmore Spain, BA Urban Studies: The Jerome S. Karaffa Prize
Alicia F. Kruse: 2009 Valedictorian

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Change The World Through Business! Join the CSU Net Impact Chapter!
Net Impact is an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to make a positive impact on society by growing and strengthening a community of leaders who use business to improve the world. Spanning six continents, our membership makes up one of the most influential networks of MBAs, graduate students, and professionals in existence today. Come to our meet and greet informational session Wednesday, April 29th, we will be holding an informal information session with pizza and pop for students to network and discuss how Net Impact will function at CSU. The meeting will be from 5:00 – 6:00 in BU 302 of the Business College. Please stop by! For more information about Net Impact, please visit www.netimpact.org or contact Evan Langhorst at e.langhorst@csuohio.edu .

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Campbell/Steinbacher Fellowship
The Levin College is currently seeking applications of eligible full-time senior level students for the Campbell/Steinbacher Fellowship. It is the wish of the donor that prospective fellows be engaged in applied research and/or outreach on the urban environment and that they have the opportunity to work with a professor in an experiential research activity. The fellowship provides full-time tuition and fees and a stipend for the duration of two semesters. For more information and an application form, contact Rose Cutler r.cutler34@csuohio.edu
4/16/09

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Attention Students: New Advising Procedures

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Check out upcoming Levin College Forum Events
Foreclosure Series Forums, Bioneers Brown Bag Lunches, and more!

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Cleveland International Film Festival
Sunday, March 29, 9:45 a.m.
POLY CULTURES: Food Where We Live

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Congratulations Debbie Brown
Debbie Brown, former undergraduate advisor, has been promoted to Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions at CSU. Levin College students seeking undergraduate advising should contact Joan Demko.

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In POLY CULTURES local fimmaker Tom Kondilis describes the thriving effort in Northeast Ohio to bring back small scale, sustainable organic farming. Advocates of a return to ecological agriculture who give testimonials in the film include the proprietors of the George Jones Memorial Farm, a 70-acre sustainable farm owned by Oberlin College and operated privately by a group of alumni. They there's City Fresh, a joint initiative that works to bring local produce to underserved areas in Cleveland and Lorain. Proprietors of the Pint Size Farm at Hale Farm in Bath describe how they grow exclusively for the Great Lakes Brewery. POLY CULTURES is a testimony to the imagination of local innovators who are dedicated to revitalizing a sustainable model of commerce.

The Cleveland International Film Festival showing of POLY CULTURES: Food Where We Live features Urban Alumnus Brad Masi ('02 MS in Urban Studies). Interim Dean Ned Hill is also in the film. For more information, visit the CIFF page or the PolyCultures Blog.

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America's Greenest Campus

America’s Greenest Campus, the first nationwide contest run by the Department of Energy where campus communities are competing to reduce carbon footprints. We’re inviting the top schools in the country to join up, compete, and start reducing. This contest is an excellent opportunity for campus sustainability programs and organizations to reach out and get community members involved in making a difference, and become informed on making appropriate behavioral decisions when adjusting lifestyles for environmental sustainability.

Using online tools provided by Climate Culture, contest participants measure their individual carbon footprints, which are aggregated into a community total for each school. Whichever school can achieve the highest percentage of reductions will win up to $20,000 in cash for their campus’ sustainability initiatives.

To participate, simply visit America’s Greenest Campus website and start an account using your .edu email address. The contest is open to students, faculty, and staff. Each participating school is required to assign one member as the campus organizer, responsible for both governing their schools participation and rallying interest on campus. More information can be found here, in the official contest rules.

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Second Annual Government Career Day
Friday, April 3, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Glickman-Miller Hall

Sponsored by Cleveland Federal Executive Board, Cleveland State University, John Carroll University, Case Western Reserve University and Baldwin-Wallace College.

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Volunteers Needed for EarthFest 2009

Earth Day Coalition Presents
EarthFest 2009 - The Green Generation
Sunday, April 19, 10am-5pm
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Melanie Hmada at m.hmada@csuohio.edu or 216-687-4506.

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Who Owns Your Water?

A FREE film series presented at West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 20401 Hilliard Raod, Rocky River, OH 44116

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Conference Announcement
Meeting the Challenges of Great Lakes Stewardship: SENCER Approaches
March 27-28, 2009, Hosted by the Cleveland Botanical Garden, Great Lakes Science Center, and Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)

The purpose of this conference is to bring together undergraduate faculty and students in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) disciplines along with Great Lakes stewardship policy experts and practitioners for the purpose of more effectively integrating stewardship concepts and practices with undergraduate coursework. A special focus of the conference will be water quality in the Great Lakes.

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Conference Announcement

The American Public Works Association invites students to discover the world of public works at a special program just for students on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. (Note: The entire conference runs from Sept. 13-16) The special event is FREE for all Engineering, Public Administration, Planning and Construction students.

• Learn about careers
• Network with public and private sector employers
• See the latest technologies
• Take a behind the scenes tour of public works

REGISTRATIONS ARE LIMITED, SO SIGN UP NOW.

For details contact:
Sandra C. Doyle-Ahern
Director of Public Works, Executive V.P.
Evans, Mechwart, Hambleton, and Tilton, Inc.
5500 New Albany Road
Columbus, Ohio 43054
Tel: 614-775-4510
Email: sdoyleahern@emht.com

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