Three Kennesaw State students are among a group of 27 chosen to participate in RCE Greater Atlanta’s SDG Futures Fellowship, aiming to make a difference in the world through sustainable development education and leadership.
The three students — Gabriela Citino, Dinesh Reddy and Md Jobair Hossain Faruk — were among those chosen from 11 RCE Greater Atlanta-affiliated higher education institutions.
The SDG Futures Fellowship seeks to educate participants on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, as well as develop leadership and professional skills. The UN’s 17 goals include eliminating hunger and poverty, along with achieving universal quality education, clean water and sanitation as well as many more states associated with healthy and safe living.
Students from various majors and backgrounds partner with Atlanta area companies on projects to help reduce pollution, develop green technologies and grow sustainability infrastructure in Atlanta, among other goals. Fellowship partners include Sustainable Georgia Futures, Re’Generation Movement, Comunidad Connect, Karmalize, Greenhouse Accelerator, the Consulate General of Canada in Atlanta and KSU and Georgia Tech Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain.
“The purpose is to teach the students about the sustainable development goals for the globe and to guide them to make the difference they want to make. It’s also about developing leaders who will make sustainability a priority and empowering them to carve out a pathway to the career they want,” said Lolade Owokoniran, who served as director of community engagement and outreach for Global Education until her tenure with KSU ended on March 10.
Owokoniran created the SDG fellowship, formerly known as the Distinguished SDG Ambassador Program, last academic year before RCE Greater Atlanta and Georgia Tech joined as strategic and financial partners to expand the program this year. Her department will continue the program, with hopes of…
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