About the Opportunities

Participating in the Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) is one of
the many exciting benefits of being an Environmental Studies graduate student. The ELP is not a graduate program, nor does it confer graduate degrees.

Rather, the ELP offers Environmental Studies Program graduate students
an excellent opportunity to hone project management skills, gain
supervised teaching credit, develop a network of professional contacts
in the local area, and work with a small team of dedicated
undergraduate students.

How it works

The ELP is an undergraduate service learning program in which graduate
students play a critical role in developing the professional,
leadership, communication, and technical skills of our undergraduate
students.

Once you have been accepted into the ENVS graduate program, you will be eligible
to become a project manager for an ELP team as part of your Graduate
Teaching Fellowship assignments.

Every ELP team is led by a graduate student, and each year several
graduate students are given the opportunity to serve as ELP project
managers. Graduate students are matched to projects based on their
individual background, interests, skills and knowledge.

To learn more

If you are considering applying to the Environmental Studies Graduate
Program and you want to learn more about the opportunities with the
ELP, contact Katie Lynch or Peg Boulay. If you are a current UO
Environmental Studies graduate student, contact Katie or Peg, visit us
in our offices or talk to your peers who have been ELP project
managers.