Treptow - Week 1 – Environmental Collaborative Office

Reflection:

This week I feel like it has all hit me!  While I'm very excited to get started, I'm even more interested in finding out how all of this will fit into my already VERY busy schedule!  After meeting for our first class last week, I realized how much more work it will be to have our small class of two.  There is not really a chance to have an off week or be behind at all!  

After that realization, I knew I wanted to meet with Jeremiah Dumas, my Practicum supervisor, to find out more about what I'd be doing and how all of my hours would work.  Although I don't have a concrete assignment, I actually appreciate the flexibility and room for me to contribute my ideas.  I will mainly be working with ECO Paw, where I will be helping to advise a group of students who assess energy usage and sustainability of different offices and departments across campus.  While I often get frustrated with the green movement, because people don't really have a true understanding about what it means, I am excited to be doing a practicum that helps tie my architecture and student affairs experience.  I think that this experience will help me to learn about sustainability and the efforts that our campus is making, along with helping to advocate.  I'm still nervous to see how this will all work, similar to most people, I want to make an impact and be doing something.  Jeremiah seems to be very passionate about what he does, so I'm excited for the chance to do something a little different and hopefully get my hands dirty!!

 Here's a little more information about ECO Paw!!  http://www.eco.msstate.edu/index.php