Category Archives: social justice

Sustainability Resolution & Strategic Plan for 2024-29 Unanimously Endorsed by RU Senate

Posted on April 27, 2024 by SUSTatRU

In celebration of Earth Week @RooseveltU, we are pleased to share some good news! At the last RU Senate meeting of the 2023-24 academic year on 19 April 2024, the Strategic Sustainability Plan for 2024-29 and accompanying Resolution were endorsed … Continue reading →

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RU Students: SGA Mental Health Referendum Vote Extended thru Th 4/25!

Posted on April 23, 2024 by SUSTatRU

Important Earth Week Update — Voting Period Extended! This Th 4/25 is the LAST DAY for RU students to vote on the Mental Health Referendum (ending at midnight) and the SGA needs 400 or so votes (yes or no, just total … Continue reading →

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RU Students: Vote on the Mental Health Referendum Today on Laker Connect!

Posted on April 19, 2024 by SUSTatRU

Today is the LAST DAY for RU students to vote on the Mental Health Referendum (ending at midnight) and the SGA needs 400 or so votes (yes or no, just total votes cast) for the referendum tally to count. 200 more … Continue reading →

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From the Field Museum to the Southeast Side: RU Sustainability Internship Presentations (Th 4/11)

Posted on April 6, 2024 by SUSTatRU

As part of the annual Roosevelt Student Research & Inquiry Symposium, three Sustainability Internship students completing SUST 395 internships this spring 2024 semester at the Field Museum’s botany department (Daniel Dodinval and Kenny Koster) and the Southeast Environmental Task Force … Continue reading →

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Attend RU’s 2023 American Dream Reconsidered Conference this Week (Oct 16-19)

Posted on October 15, 2023 by SUSTatRU

Theme: Mind, Body and the American Dream Mind and body are such fundamental concepts that we often take them for granted, but recent events have served as a reminder of how central they are to the American Dream. For example, … Continue reading →

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Learn Job-Ready GIS Skills in SUST / SOC / SOCJ 370 Mapping for Sustainability (Spring 2024)

Posted on October 1, 2023 by SUSTatRU

This coming spring 2024 semester, the new Department of Law, Sociology & Sustainability Department will offer its unique course Mapping for Sustainability at Roosevelt U’s Chicago Campus. This hands-on lab-based course will meet F2F in person in AUD 1015 on … Continue reading →

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“You Need Involvement, Charlie Brown!” (RU Student Involvement Fair this Wed 9/13)

Posted on September 11, 2023 by SUSTatRU

Interested in learning about the student clubs and organizations that exist on campus? Come out to the Fall student involvement fair on Wednesday, September 13 from 12pm-2pm in the Ida B. Wells/Fainman Lounge @RooseveltU’s Chicago Campus! Here you’ll be able … Continue reading →

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Wanted: Motivated & Dedicated World-Changers (Sustainability Student Associates for 2023-24 @RU)

Posted on August 27, 2023 by SUSTatRU

The Department of Law, Society & Sustainability (LSS) @RooseveltU is hiring up to two undergraduate students to work as Sustainability Student Associates for the Fall 2023 semester. Information and application instructions for this position can be found on the RU … Continue reading →

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RU Alum Gina Ramirez (MA ’14) Recognized for Environmental Integrity

Posted on August 16, 2023 by SUSTatRU

From the Century Foundation’s blog: The Century Foundation (TCF), a leading progressive think tank, today announced that Richard Moore, one of the founders of the environmental justice movement, and Roosevelt University alum Gina Ramirez (MA in sociology, 2014), an environmental … Continue reading →

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Register for a Sustainability Course this Fall 2023 @RooseveltU & Help Change the World!

Posted on August 1, 2023 by SUSTatRU

Yeah, OK — that’s a pretty big claim in the invitation that is this post’s title. But in the Sustainability Studies program (SUST) at RU we really do mean it. Let’s be real, shall we? A world rocked by climate … Continue reading →

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