Upcoming Mandatory SAGE Meeting

The Center for Environmental and Sustainaability Education will be hosting a manadatory SAGE meeting to discuss the progress being made by its members. At least one represenative from each group is required to attend the meeting, though it would be preferable to have the full team present. Groups will be presenting the current stsus of their project at the meeting. The Center is hoping to create a greater sense of community amoung our SAGE studnets and faculty.

The meeting will be on Friday, March 22, 2013 from 2:30-4:00 pm at AB7 115.

 To help us coordinate this meeting please RSVP to ahstanse@eagle.fgcu.edu with the following information:

        1. Project Title
        2. Number of members attending
        3. Name of members attending

How to Get Involved with SAGE!

If you know of a faculty member that you would like to work alongside on a project, you can establish a SAGE relationship with them and designate them as your mentor for the extent of your work. There are tons of benefits involved in getting on board with the SAGE program!

SAGE provides students the opportunity to sucessfully realize a goal, project, or vision, in connection with the principles outlined in the Earth Charter, by providing the support, sponsorship, and mentorship necessary to do so.

SAGE Contract can be found in the links below
*Applications can be dropped off in the CESE mailbox in Whitaker Mail Room on the Second Floor*

MISSION STATEMENT

"The goals of Student Associates for a Greener Environment (SAGE) is to be a student branch of the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education. Students who become a member will be nurtured in their leadership capacity and develop their identities as environmentally conscious individuals. Students who become associates are expected to make a serious commitment to SAGE, the mission of the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education, and to environmental and sustainability education at FGCU. SAGE members will work within the Center's traditions of collaboration, civil dialogue and intellectual integrity.

SAGE Quick Facts

• This is an opportunity to work on a project with an Earth Charter purpose.
• Projects are designed to be a possible mentor/mentee partnership between a professor and student.
• Students can be a member of SAGE and start their own project or help guide other members with their projects.
• Contracts are created between mentors and mentees in order to establish roles in the partnership and goals for the project.
• Members are given the opportunity to apply for an Earth Charter Mini Grant.
• The project could be scholarly work, environmental research, raising awareness on an important issue, or a student's own idea.
• Periodic mandatory meetings will be held for SAGE members.
• The project offers valuable time with mentors, networking on campus and in the community, and a resume builder.

Other Resources

Guidelines for SAGE

SAGE Contract

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For more information please contact the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education at cese@fgcu.edu.