Graduate Student Committee (2025-26 Cohort)
Open Rivers at the Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota | Posted Apr 24, 2025
Deadline: May 16, 2025
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Open Rivers: Rethinking Water, Place & Community welcomes participants from any university and any graduate program to join its Graduate Student Committee. Members will gain practical professional experience in digital media, editing, and publishing while exploring public scholarship in their own practice.
Overview
Are you interested in learning how to write public scholarship? Or how to edit and facilitate the work of a journal? Are you interested in questions of climate change, environmental justice, and our water futures? Are you interested in learning skills that might serve you in both academic and non-academic career paths? Join the Open Rivers Graduate Student Committee!
Opportunities
The Open Rivers Graduate Student Committee (GSC) welcomes participants from any university and any graduate program. Through the GSC, Open Rivers demonstrates our commitment to offering opportunities for graduate students to learn practical professional development skills that complement rigorous academic training. As a member of the Open Rivers Graduate Student Committee, you will have the opportunity to:
—Develop skills related to digital media and editorial work
—Explore the value of public scholarship for your own practice
—Possibly publish your own work for a public audience
—Review prominent works or events pertaining to water, place, and community
—Edit articles and provide feedback to authors
—Connect with interdisciplinary river-lovers
—Attend professional development workshops on public scholarship, digital media, grant writing, StoryMaps, and more based on student interests
As a member of the GSC, you’ll have the opportunity to immediately make an impact. We work with GSC members to shape projects that both benefit Open Rivers and align with each participant’s personal interests and goals.
Learn more about the opportunity and apply by May 16, 2025.