When it comes to helping care for our planet, it’s all hands on deck.
Leaders from all disciplines are needed to tackle the immense challenge of protecting the Earth for current and future generations.
Our TESI Environmental Leaders Fellowship brings together students from diverse majors and backgrounds and provides them with the knowledge, skills, confidence, and network to advocate for the planet as they take on leadership roles in their respective careers. During their time with us, Fellows attend seminars featuring environmental experts, receive mentoring from professionals in environmental fields, network with peers, and take part in a multi-day field experience focused on environmental challenges across Florida.
Learn more about our pilot program, funded by the Henry David Thoreau Foundation, in the video below!
Learn more about our Fellows
Benefits of the Program
Fellows leave the program with the following:
- Spring break field experience
- Enhanced understanding of environmental issues
- A broad skill set in different approaches to tackling environmental issues
- Professional and leadership skills focused on research, education, and civic engagement.
- A network of colleagues they can connect to as they emerge as leaders in their respective fields
- $2,500 stipend
Fellowship Organizers
Sadie Mills
Program Coordinator and Educator, UF Thompson Earth Systems Institute
Email: smills@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Lexi Bolger
Graduate Student Coordinator, ELF Cohort II
Email: abolger@ufl.edu
ELF Blog
From Communicator to Coordinator
When the TESI team approached me with the opportunity to be the graduate student coordinator for the second cohort of…
From Fish to Fossils: Environmental Leaders Fellows Shadow Teacher Professional Development Workshops
This summer, Environmental Leaders Fellows participated in two SEFS teacher professional development workshops.
TESI Environmental Leaders Spring Break Field Experience
From March 11-14, TESI Environmental Leaders Fellows embarked on a mission to learn about environmental research, community engagement, and K-12 environmental...
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Interested in supporting this program?
This program has been made possible by the generous support of private foundations as well as campus and community partners. If you are interested in supporting the next cohort of our TESI Environmental Leaders Fellowship, please email Sadie Mills at smills@floridamuseum.ufl.edu.