Syracuse University Honors Program

Syracuse Sustainability is sponsoring SyraCluse–a contest in which teams solve riddles and visit local businesses and other locations which demonstrate positive sustainability in some way. Act now as this 2.5 week adventure is already underway. Send Karen <kjhall@syr.edu> pictures which your team uses in the competition and earn civic engagement hours for your efforts!

This month’s Footnotes program features a visit from Jean Soprano who will introduce us to Kindred Kingdoms, an organization dedicated to the care and release of injured birds of prey and black bears in Central and Northern New York.

The organization is a not-for-profit formed in 1997 by Jean Soprano and Len Soprano. Kindred Kingdoms Wildlife Rehabilitation Center provides the best medical treatment with the least amount of stress possible for injured and orphaned wildlife. By building shelters on their 40 acre site, KKWRC offers the best conditions to allow the animals to heal in their natural habitat surrounded by foliage, fresh air and all the sounds of nature to which they are accustomed. The ultimate goal is to care for wildlife and get them healthy and strong enough to be returned to the wild.

In 2012 Kindred Kingdoms rehabilitated and released 5 bald eagles and 19 black bears.

Come hear more about this incredible facility and the dedication Jean and Len have poured into it for more than 16 years.

To attend the event, please RSVP online.

Friday, September 20th at 3pm in LSB 105

Are you interested in sustainable international development? What about travel abroad?  Do you have a passion for social entrepreneurship?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, Nourish International is the place for you.  Nourish is a national organization run on college campuses across the country.  This is Nourish’s first year at SU and they are looking for interested, hardworking, socially conscious members who want to join!

Activities have included sustainable development projects funded and implemented by Nourish members each summer in communities abroad such as teaching computer literacy in Uganda and installing latrines in Peru.

Please contact Ellen Moore, Chapter Founder and President if you’re interested in becoming a part of Nourish at SU!

Watch for a general interest meeting in early September.  You can also look for their table at the Involvement Fair on the quad on September 11^th from 11:30-3!

The applications for Syracuse University Ambulance due September 22nd. Many Honors students have found this experience rewarding–check out the civic engagement blog from April 19, 2013. Online applications are followed by an individual interview and a group interview. The opportunity to join the squad is fairly competitive with an acceptance rate of between 5-8% of applicants. Balance this challenge with the fact that EMT training and ambulance driver training is provided free of charge and the fact that this civic engagement is truly an experience unlike anything you can find throughout the university.