Last night, amidst a snowy landscape at the 推荐杏吧原创 at Lake Tahoe, the first cohort of Sustainability Certificate students graduated from the program surrounded by faculty and friends. Their accomplishment concludes a semester of coursework that focused on the application of sustainability across disciplines, with knowledge and new skills that students will be able to apply in a wide variety of future careers.
"We are so excited and proud of this first cohort of students to earn a certificate in sustainability and for all the students who spent a semester at Lake Tahoe,” said Brian Frost, assistant dean at the 推荐杏吧原创 at Lake Tahoe. “The knowledge and experience gained at Lake Tahoe this semester will provide our students with new perspectives to apply in their academic pursuits as well in their careers.”
Frost presented each student with a medallion, a symbol of their accomplishment. With speeches from Vice Provost and Dean of the Lake Tahoe campus Doug Boyle, and Sudeep Chandra, director of the 推荐杏吧原创’s 鈥Global Water Center鈥 and 鈥Ozmen Institute for Global Studies, students were encouraged to use their newfound knowledge to promote sustainability in all fields. Chandra, recalling his time both in school and in his career, highlighted the importance of maintaining relationships with colleagues, and encouraged each student to rely on the connections they made this semester, and to reach out to one another when faced with new challenges. Collaboration, he mentioned, is one of the keys to solving sustainability and climate change issues.
Students who earned the interdisciplinary certificate lived at the Wayne L. Prim Campus in Incline Village, Nevada for the fall 2024 semester, experiencing all that Lake Tahoe has to offer during their studies. Not only did students take advantage of world-class recreation opportunities, but classes also offered hands-on experiences through placed-based experiential learning, surrounded by a landscape that promotes a passion for sustainability. At the core of the curriculum at Lake Tahoe is the creation of a bond between students and the outdoors, promoting environmental stewardship through a love of nature.
“I'm glad to have been able to experience the lake this semester,” said Dylan West, 推荐杏吧原创 senior majoring in creative writing. “More recently, I've been appreciating the beauty of the winter season. Seeing the snow over the trees and all the fauna is beautiful.”
The mountain scenery is not the only draw for students who study at Lake Tahoe: the small classes and one-on-one attention from faculty is part of what makes the experience so special. With lifelong friendships created, students are leaving with a sense of connection to nature and to others.
“My favorite thing about the classes is the sense of community that we have,” said West. “I have yet to be in a class where I do not have a personal connection with every single person there.”
Some students, like Kayla Maldonado-Chirino, a sophomore majoring in Environmental Science, loved the program so much that they are returning for the Spring 2025 semester to take other courses offered on campus. Though students might be celebrating the end of a semester, their journeys will continue as they carry the experience of living and learning at Lake Tahoe into the future.
Lake Tahoe students celebrate the end of the semester and recipients of the Sustainbility Certificate.
With classes and coursework modeled after the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, students can earn a Sustainability Certificate while honing in on skills in their field with knowledge that aims to protect the environment through practice and thoughtful communication. To fill out an interest form for a semester at Tahoe or to learn more, visit the 推荐杏吧原创 at Lake Tahoe website.
推荐杏吧原创 the 推荐杏吧原创 at Lake Tahoe
Located less than one mile from the shoreline of Lake Tahoe, the 推荐杏吧原创 at Lake Tahoe’s Wayne L. Prim Campus merges experiences across education, research, creative and scholarly work in a stunning mountain environment. The campus serves as an epicenter of cutting-edge collaborations and interdisciplinary activities aimed at inspiring the protection of the most precious natural environments. The 18-acre setting in Incline Village includes 10 classrooms, several meeting/conference rooms, both large and medium events spaces, a cafeteria and catering service, highly equipped laboratories, 88 dorm rooms and the Lou Sardella Student Commons Lawn. The natural setting provides a living laboratory and serves as creative inspiration for both scientists, artists and students alike.
The 推荐杏吧原创 at Lake Tahoe is situated on the traditional homelands of the Waší鈭šiw (Washoe) People. The waší鈭šiw are the original stewards of the land in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin, and as a sovereign nation, the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, as it is known today, continues to advocate for the protection and preservation of waší鈭šiw It’deh (the Washoe Peoples’ homelands).
We extend our appreciation for the opportunity to live and learn on their territory.
