How grad students can get involved

E. A. Birge reading an anemometer, 1912, Courtesy of Wisconsin Historical Society

 

The Center for Culture, History, and Environment sponsors serious collaboration between graduate students and faculty across disciplines in environmental studies. All graduate students who have research, teaching, or outreach interests that significantly address the themes of culture, history, and environment are eligible to apply to become CHE graduate student associates.

CHE hosts many programs that are developed and implemented by graduate students working with faculty, including an annual Graduate Student Symposium and place-based workshop. In addition to the active schedule of events, the graduate student associates organize independent reading groups, research presentations, field trips, and social events at Bradley Memorial. Becoming a graduate student associate means joining a creative intellectual community dedicated to exploring the changing relationships of people and the environment over time.

Other benefits of becoming a CHE graduate student associate include:

• Eligibility to apply for desk space in 117 Bradley Memorial
• Access to the lounge in Bradley Memorial
  
• Eligibility to apply for the CHE certificate
  
• Graduate student representation on the CHE Executive Committee, the governing body of the Center
  
• Access as a registered student organization to funds for programming exciting speakers and events organized by and for graduate students

Explore the directory of current faculty and graduate student associates and email two or three associates whose work interests you for first-hand perspectives on participating in CHE or contact us with general queries.

How to become a CHE Graduate Student Associate

To apply:

1. Please download the short application form and save it to your computer using Adobe Acrobat Reader..
2. Rename the file with the following protocol: "CHE Associate Application_Last Name__First Name_Date"
3. Follow instructions for filling out and turning in the application.

Application for Graduate Student Associate status are taken up and approved by the CHE Executive Committee.^*

CHE's faculty members come from a range of departments at UW-Madison. Some call the humanities home, while others come from social or natural science fields. What CHE's faculty members share is a commitment to understanding environmental issues of the past and present from disciplinary perspectives beyond their own. To find out more about current members, you may review the CHE Faculty page and contact any of the people listed.

^*You will need an updated version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to complete this form. You can download a free copy here.