INTERESTED IN BECOMING A CLIMATE SCHOLAR?
ACCEPTED STUDENTS – LEARN MORE & APPLY HERE
Climate Scholars Enrichment Program
CURRENT UD STUDENTS
The application for current UD first- and second-year students who want to be Climate Scholars is now live!
Interested students apply via this link:
Climate Scholars Application Form
Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Check out more at https://www.instagram.com/udclimate
The UD Climate Change Hub welcomed the inaugural class of Climate Scholars in the Fall semester of 2021 and has grown ever since. The Scholars now have ~93 students across 37 majors in all 8 colleges on campus. These engaged students learn from faculty and partners across campus and the region and partner with communities to develop climate change innovations.
The 2022-2023 cohort of students in the Climate Change Scholars program, August 29th, 2022.
Climate scholars complete five milestones to receive recognition on their transcripts:
- Community building through a first-year seminar, tea and cookies events, or approved scholars activities,
- A climate change fundamentals course,
- A climate change seminar course in an area of their choice,
- A local community engagement project developing a climate solution, and
- A capstone project addressing a climate challenge.
My interest in this program is not just to learn about climate change. I envision it as a program to ignite new ideas, develop solutions and create change. However to be a changemaker there is an aspect of leadership needed to be successful. Creating change and developing solutions has never happened through one person. It takes a group of people collectively focused around one idea. — Carley Goedken
The Climate Scholars program was developed with participation from a Faculty and Staff advisory board. Members are from across UD, (Jake Bowman, McKay Jenkins, Juliana Butler, Saleem Ali, Katharina Billups, Julie Klinger, John Madsen, Chrystalla Mouza, Medina Jackson-Browne, Michael Chajes, Michelle Bennett, Danielle Swallow and Jennifer Merrill).
Interested in meeting the Climate Scholars? Join us for Wednesday Tea and Cookies! (Contact: Dana Veron)
As I am an environmental science major, the Climate Scholars program will be essential to my academic experience at UD. Not only will I be learning the scientific laws that govern the environment, I will be applying those concepts to real-world issues like resource conservation. I believe this program will also give me more insight aside from the classes I will be taking at UD, giving me incentive and critical skills to apply to the real-world issues of climate change and the loss of biodiversity. — Maya Patel
