What You'll Learn
Bring deeper harmony into life and work in God’s creation
Climate change, biodiversity, energy, and the circular economy are some of the biggest challenges facing your generation. There's only one way to confront these challenges: together.
As a Sustainability Fellow, you’ll join a community of students and faculty committed to sustainability in our policies, infrastructure, and behaviors.
You’ll deepen your understanding of the challenges—but you’ll also focus on solutions. You’ll find them through collaborative work in fields like business, environmental studies, education, and philosophy. Along with fellow students from many different backgrounds and majors, you’ll work on projects with tangible impact. You’ll gather at Sustainability Action Workshops and take a spring break trip. You’ll plug into Calvin’s existing sustainability efforts—restoring the Plaster Creek Watershed, or bringing water to an disadvantaged community through the Clean Water Institute.
The Sustainability Fellows cohort provides an instant social group as you acclimate to campus, but it’s far more than that. You’ll grow in the classroom, connect with passionate faculty, prepare for a career in any field—and bring renewal to the world around you.
Who qualifies
- High school seniors planning to enter Calvin University in fall 2024.
- Students who wish to participate in sustainability activities while at Calvin.
- Students must be admitted to Calvin in order to interview for a cohort. Apply for SF today and be sure to submit your Calvin application, too.
Learn more about Cohorts at Calvin
Next steps
Applications for the fall 2024 incoming Sustainability Fellows cohort are still open: Apply by February 12.
If you are starting Calvin after 2024, please send us your information (see form below) and we'll invite you to apply when the application is open to you. Email cohorts@calvin.edu with questions.
Calvin University is home to many projects dedicated to sustainability. As a Sustainability Fellow, you’ll have the opportunity to get directly evolved with programs like these and more. Examples of past and ongoing work include:
- The collaboration between engineering students and Habitat for Humanity
- Earn a sustainability designation alongside any academic major. Participation in the Sustainability Fellows cohort meets about half of the requirements to add this credential to your diploma
- The Plaster Creek Stewards program, focused on the restoration of a local watershed
- The Clean Water Institute, bringing clean water to threatened communities around the world
- An opportunity to join a living-learning community in the dorms focused around Outdoor Recreation and Creation Care
- Our Statement on Sustainability
- The Sustainability at Calvin website, with details on these and more sustainability efforts in our community
What Makes This Program Great
Expert guidance You won’t just learn from your professors in class—you’ll serve, research, and explore alongside them. You’ll be mentored by professors who know you personally and understand your career goals.
Practical opportunities Take a special spring break trip with your Sustainability Fellows teammates and find leadership and research opportunities in Calvin’s many student organizations and sustainability initiatives.
Real-world research In Sustainability Fellows, you'll have the chance to do research that affects your own community at Lake Michigan’s coastal dunes, the Plaster Creek watershed, and more.
Stronger together Your passion for sustainability is shared by your cohort teammates, who will bring fresh perspectives and interests from every major or field of interest, from psychology to pre-law to chemistry.
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