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MSU unleashes new sustainability specialization
- Geoff Habron talks with Kirk Heinze on WJR
Students at Michigan State University can now receive credit on their transcript for their active work in sustainability.
Geoff Habron is an associate professor of fisheries and wildlife at MSU and is the director of the new sustainability specialization at the university. He talks with Kirk Heinze about the program that hits the ground this fall.
“It’s been overwhelming, the number of students who are already in the system who are just waiting for the specialization to happen,” says Habron.
Habron says the first class in the specialization is already full with 30 students from 16 different majors on campus ranging from packaging to studio art.
The director says the diversity of the students is a way to monitor the success of the specialization.
“We hope they will leave here with a common understanding of sustainability,” Habron says. “But we also expect that for every single student that comes through, they will have a unique interaction with the idea of sustainability in terms of their major and in terms of who they are as an individual.”
The specialization offers three different types of classes: An introductory class, a practicum class where students are involved in hands on projects in sustainability, and a portfolio capstone where students show they have achieved the various competencies required for the program. Students will also take 11 elective courses related to sustainability.
Click on the arrow above to hear Habron’s July 30 Greening of the Great Lakes conversation with Kirk Heinze. Greening of the Great Lakes airs Fridays at 7 p.m. on News/Talk 760 WJR.
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