October 23, 2024

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Conference Focuses on Rethinking Resource Use

ESF will host Rethinking Resource Use: Regional Perspectives Conference with Northeast Recycling Council and the Center for Sustainable Materials Management at ESF.

Monday, Oct. 28 - Wednesday, Oct. 30 I Gateway Center

Join In ESF Panel on I-81

This 60-minute panel brings together alumni, faculty, and friends of ESF to discuss the historic perspective that promoted projects such as I-81, as well as how to gain the community's trust and design in partnerships.

Noon - 1 p.m. I Tuesday, Oct. 29 | Zoom Link

December Commencement

Celebrate our graduates at ESF's final December commencement. The ceremony will be followed by a reception at Gateway Center.

4:30 p.m. I Monday, Dec. 9 I Hendricks Chapel, SU Campus

Celebrate Diwali with the ESF Desi Club

Join the Desi Club for their annual Diwali Celebration! Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights and symbolizes the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. They will have live performances, food, music, and games. This celebration is open to all ESF/SU students, faculty, and staff, so bring your friends.

5 - 9 p.m. | Friday, Nov. 1 | Gateway Center

Dress Code: Traditional Desi clothing/formal attire. RSVP through ESF Engage.

Get Your Hiking Gear Ready

Did you check out the Firetower Challenge yet? Read up on the specifics on how you can land this truly singular ESF sticker. Pics or it didn't happen!

Workshop on Supporting Indigenous Students

To complement this summer's workshop, this session is designed to help educators, advisors, faculty, and staff support Indigenous students, specifically regarding how to avoid and respond to micro-aggressions, build allyship, and create brave spaces.

1 - 4 p.m. I Wednesday, Nov. 6 I Room TBA

Complete this form to register.

Students: Inclusive Journalism Fellowship Open

The Daily Orange is accepting applications for its yearly Inclusive Journalism Fellowship. The fellowship aims to address historical underrepresentation of people of color in the newsroom and in coverage. Applications close on Nov. 8.

The fellowship will award four student journalists of color at SU and ESF $2,000 each to craft a body of work over the course of a year that they otherwise would not have been able to create without financial support.

Interested students must complete the online application.

Feedback: SUNY Climate & Sustainability Action Plan

SUNY’s draft Climate and Sustainability Action Plan is online and available for feedback. The plan is intended to provide a comprehensive response to the climate crisis from the SUNY system across education, research, facilities, and operations. The feedback form is live until the end of November 2024, and all are encouraged to share their reflections. There are two sections - general comments and specifics. Answer any questions you have time for; even just one response is helpful.

ESF’s Timbersports Set to Chop Through Rivals

ESF’s Timbersports team is getting ready for their annual fall meet. 

8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. I Saturday, Oct. 26 I Tully Field Station

Cheer on ESF teams from the Ranger School and Syracuse campus as they take on teams from Paul Smith’s, SUNY Morrisville, Cobleskill, and Alfred, Finger Lakes Community College, UConn, and Penn State.

Discounted MOST Memberships and Tickets

ESF employees can benefit from the College's partnership with Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (MOST).

Receive a 15% discount for MOST annual memberships with the code ESF 15. Get membership info here. Just want to visit? ESF has a limited number of free admissions passes available. Contact Baylee Woods to request yours.

Energy Storage and Conservation Speaker

Dr. Cortney Mittelstaedt will give a presentation on PEM Technology. This is an Israel Cabasso Memorial Seminar presented by the Michael M. Szwarc Polymer Research Institute. 

11 a.m - noon | Thursday, Oct. 24 | 408 Baker

Submit Your Events

Please add your events to the campus events calendar. And to find out what’s happening on campus, visit the ESF Calendar and ESF Engage!