Scholarships Available for the Middlebury School of the Environment

I’m pleased to announce that, thanks to generous donors, new and additional funding has become available for need-based scholarships for the Summer 2016 session of the Middlebury School of the Environment.

Please pass this information along to any of your students who are uncertain of their summer plans and who may be interested in a for-credit summer program that combines coursework in environmental studies with leadership and professional skills training.

We are now able to meet up to 100% of demonstrated need on a first-come, first-served basis, and are offering merit aid ranging from $500 to $2500 for those who do not qualify for need-based aid.

Students have the option to live on campus or off campus (at a reduced rate) while attending the program, and will earn 9 credit-hours during the summer.

To be eligible for consideration for this funding, students will need to complete the admissions application (online application, recommendation, fee, and transcript) by midnight May 8, EST. To apply for need-based aid, they must also submit the online financial aid application.

The Middlebury School of the Environment is a six-week, integrated program, running from June 24 to August 5, 2016, on Middlebury College’s main campus in Vermont.  The MSoE offers mix of formal coursework and leadership training as in previous years.

The curriculum involves two different tracks of study, one on sustainability and understanding place (taught at a more advanced level and intended for students with previous coursework in environmental studies) and one on systems thinking andenvironmental analysis (taught at a more introductory level).

Each student, regardless of their track of study, also enrolls in one of four electives, depending on their interests: Environmental Video Production; Wicked Environmental Problems; Environmental Pollution; or Religion, Nature, and Justice.

The co-curricular program on leadership training focuses on helping students develop the skills they need as professionals to do something effective with the information they learn in their studies.  For this, the faculty of the MSoE are joined by leading environmental professionals and experts in a number of skills that will enhance each student’s ability to be successful no matter what choose to do with their college education.

We’re happy to talk to anyone regarding our program.  Feel free to write directly to Steve Trombulak, the Director of the School, if you or your interested students have any questions.

Cheers,

Steve

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Dr. Stephen C. Trombulak

Director, Middlebury School of the Environment

Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753

trombulak@middlebury.edu | steve.trombulak (Skype)

802-443-5439 (office) | 802-377-7294 (cell)

sites.middlebury.edu/trombulak (home page)