Aiming to help students aid Mother Earth, the Environmental Students Organization and the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies will join forces today, hosting their second annual career fair.
Although the event is geared toward students pursuing an environmental career or internship, last year ESO received requests from the attending organizations for students with business and communication backgrounds as well. Therefore, this year’s fair, to be held this afternoon from 12-4 p.m. in Metcalf Hall of the George Sherman Union, will feature a more diverse offering of companies, including fields of interest such as engineering, business and communications.
The businesses will also include law firms and consulting firms, engineering practices, public relations agencies and non-profit organizations.
“The environmental career fair will help students become aware of the different kinds of opportunities there are out there,” said Robyn Kenney, president of the Environnmental Students Organization.
The members of the ESO sent e-mails to companies in recruiting organizations to appear at the fair, putting the event together with the help of the Office of Career Services. Interested students are encouraged to bring their resumes.
Boston University Organizations such as Pugwash and Boston University’s Center for Energy and Environmental Studies will also be represented, as will various non-profit organizations including Campus Green Vote, Clean Harbors, the Museum of Science and the Woods Hole Group.
The companies and corporations expected to have representation at the fair include: Chemserve, Clayton Group Services, Earth Watch Institute, EBI Consultants, ENSR International, FLEET Environmental, Foster Wheeler, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Harding ESE, Jacobs Engineering Group, LFR Levine-Fricke, New England Board of Higher Education, Onsite Environmental Staffing, Progressive Asset Management, Resource Options, Severn Trent Services, Texton and the Cadmus Group.
“Many of these organizations are offering summer internships and some are offering long-term jobs,” said Aaron Michel, vice president of the ESO and marketing chair of the career fair.
The ESO is the only environmental student group at Boston University with more than 200 members working actively to remedy environmental problems in Boston. The organization is divided into four committees: political, marketing, recycling and events.
The political committee is looking into lobbying local legislators regarding environmental issues and working to elect pro-environment lawmakers. The marketing branch is responsible for the recruitment of new members as well as advertising all ESO events. Recycling’s goal is to improve the recycling program at BU while the events committee plans events to raise awareness.
“I think this career fair is a great opportunity for students to see how their own academic disciplines can influence the environment,” Kenney said.
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