Green grads

FOREWORD

Higher ed’s building a workforce with the savvy and skills to confront climate change

The alarm bells are ringing on climate change—and higher education is responding.

Tuskegee University’s agricultural past is fertile ground for a greener future

Zipporah Sowell was preparing for her last year at Central Cabarrus High School near Charlotte, North Carolina, when she realized she was one credit short of meeting her graduation requirements. Her guidance counselor advised her to choose any course that piqued her interest.

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Century College solar energy program brightens students’ career prospects

In describing his path to a career in solar energy, Ted Kermes said much of his 20s was spent “meandering around, trying to figure everything out.”

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University of Washington students are honing the tools of transformation

SEATTLE — By the time she reached high school, Aisha Rashid was already anxious about climate change. As a child growing up in the environmentally conscious San Francisco Bay area, she was intimately familiar with warnings about unprecedented weather events—in her back yard and globally. “I was learning about global tragedies, the Syria crisis, and […]

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

This year has been marked by wildfire smoke on the East Coast, flash floods in the Northeast and California, a heat dome over the Southwest, and untold disruptions to American work and life. The scariest thing, though, is that this may look like a cakewalk compared to what we will see in just a few […]

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The stories in this issue of Focus were reported and written by Shari Finnell, a journalist who has reported extensively on education and government for United Press International, The Indianapolis Star, and other publications. She also has served as editor-in-chief for Indianapolis Woman and St. Louis Woman magazines. As the former manager of media relations for Purdue University’s College of Agriculture, Finnell secured international media coverage for the faculty’s groundbreaking research on climate change and its impact on food production and food security. She is currently a communications consultant and the editor of Not-for-Profit News.