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EPA Region 7 and University of Missouri-Kansas City Partner to Promote Student Career Opportunities and Environmental Engagement on Campus | US EPA
LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 11, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Safety Company (EPA) Area 7 and the College of Missouri-Kansas Metropolis (UMKC) have partnered to advertise environmental collaboration and profession alternatives for UMKC college students.
A 3-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalizing the partnership was signed on Thursday, Aug. 11, at an occasion held on the UMKC campus in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri.
EPA Area 7 Administrator Meg McCollister, who’s a UMKC Faculty of Legislation alum, and UMKC Chancellor Dr. C. Mauli Agrawal signed the MOU and met with college students within the UMKC Division of Pure and Constructed Environments. The occasion was livestreamed on EPA Area 7’s Fb web page.
“I see a lot potential with this partnership,” McCollister stated. “I do know firsthand how nicely UMKC develops college students into professionals who make optimistic adjustments in our area and the world. I look ahead to assembly the subsequent era of UMKC college students and alum as we work collectively by way of this new settlement.”
“This relationship is a exceptional alternative to offer UMKC college students, college and employees the possibility to work with the EPA on joint analysis tasks,” Agrawal stated. “Applications just like the EPA’s Pathways Program give undergraduate and graduating college students experiences that give them a aggressive edge.”
The MOU outlines seven areas for collaboration and partnership between EPA Area 7 and UMKC:
- Joint Analysis Tasks – EPA Area 7 and UMKC will coordinate regularly to determine mutually helpful analysis priorities.
- College Analysis Participation – EPA Area 7 and UMKC will encourage and facilitate visits to one another’s amenities for research-related consultations, conferences, workshops, excursions, and venture participation. Adjunct college appointments could also be provided to EPA Area 7 personnel, along side courses or analysis.
- Scholar Internships and Employment at EPA Area 7 – EPA Area 7 will share data relating to packages which are designed for scholar employment, participation and coaching. UMKC will facilitate the participation of scholars and employees in EPA internship outreach alternatives.
- Technical Help – EPA Area 7 and UMKC will think about alternatives to work collectively on research-related consultations, conferences, workshops and seminars.
- Mini-Programs/Lectures/Seminars – EPA Area 7 and UMKC will think about alternatives to tell one another about coaching help, together with research-related mini-courses, inspections/certification programs, lectures and seminars.
- Outreach Program – EPA Area 7 will make finest efforts to attend UMKC-sponsored profession festivals and outreach occasions, and can encourage UMKC college students to use for internship alternatives.
- Environmental Scholar Initiatives – EPA Area 7 will help UMKC’s efforts to extend on-campus environmental consciousness by way of student-driven sustainability and environmental initiatives.
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