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- Make new connections and find opportunities at PSU and in the community.
- Gain formal experience to add to your resume.
- Priority registration for SSC field trips and events.
- Option to participate in SSC midterm meetups and celebrations
- Gain valuable knowledge and skills.
- Reflect on your experience and impact.
- Receive an SSC t-shirt after one term of service and certificate of recognition at end-of-year celebration.
SSC will:
- Share resources to enhance your leadership skills and student success.
- Communicate with you respectfully.
- Offer opportunities for you to provide feedback about the SSC and sustainability at PSU.
- Help you navigate PSU and other institutions.
- Strive to minimize safety risks within our programs.
Expectations and responsibilities of SSC participants:
- Attend program orientation.
- Communicate respectfully.
- Take initiative to enhance your leadership skills and development.
- Provide advanced notice if you will be late or cannot complete a project.
- We highly encourage you to connect your educational goals and activities outside the classroom.
- Be patient in an ever-changing system. Although SSC strives to communicate policies and procedures clearly, most policies are controlled by other departments and are subject to change.
- Student leaders are students first. Please keep your academics a priority and strive to maintain an exceptional academic record.
- Adhere to PSU's Student Code of Conduct.
- Volunteer task force positions are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.
- Additional volunteer opportunities are shared with all participants via the SSC newsletter and word-of-mouth.
- Committee service positions are nominated by SSC staff members and selected by the SSC Coordinator.
Contact us at psussc@pdx.edu if you have any questions or need access to accommodations regarding this application.
SUSTAINABILITY VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
Time commitment: 2-4 hours per week for at least one term (may continue for multiple terms)
Beekeeping Task Force
Create a bee friendly campus by maintaining our apiary, tending plants that support pollinators, and designing educational events and workshops. This Task Force supports the health of our beehives as well as mason bee houses.
Curate student-centered events, programs and opportunities that enable culture to be sustainable, visible, and celebrated at PSU. The Task Force also advocates for physical accessibility of campus buildings and creates campus resources.
Garden Task Force
Care for PSU's Community Orchard, Grazing Gardens, and other campus spaces by completing seasonal maintenance, designing workshops and events, and creative visioning. The GForce also hosts the Village Building Convergence placemaking festival each spring.
Marketing and Social Media Task Force
Waste Reduction Task Force
The WRTF team strives to build awareness and implement action through sustainable waste management practices at PSU. We support quarterly clothing exchanges, reuse fairs, and waste audits to teach the campus community about how waste can be diverted from landfills. The Task Force also supports outreach and upkeep of the PSU ReUse Room in Cramer Hall and the Supply Studio in the Science + Education Center.
GREEN COUNCIL
Time commitment: 4-6 hours per week for fall, winter, and spring term
Join this community of student leaders from organizations and departments across campus to support campus and regional sustainability initiatives. One meeting each quarter also serves as the SSC's Advisory Board.
Make new connections and find opportunities at PSU and in the community.
Gain formal experience to add to your resume.
Priority registration for SSC field trips and events.
Option to participate in SSC midterm meetups and celebrations
Gain valuable knowledge and skills.
Reflect on your experience and impact.
Receive an SSC t-shirt after one term of service and certificate of recognition at end-of-year celebration.