Student Assistant, NCSA, Educational Garden

Responsibilities

• Organizing gardening initiatives on campus
• Maintaining a comprehensive Gardening Great Book that records the effort and outcomes of each harvest
• Educating the student body about sustainable food programs on campus and in the local community that provide an ethically sound source of calories through the Practicums/Tutorials and/or events
• Managing the Organic Garden and Food Forest, and the NatiMediFly, located on the Caples campus and must offer tutorials in the space at least once per academic year
• Working with Landscape Representative concerning campus land use for gardening projects and the state of fruit trees and edible plants on campus
• Sharing the care for the coffee shop, memorial fruit trees and other shared green spaces on campus
• Maintaining working relationships with Environmental Studies and Facilities staff, including external contractors
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Must be an enrolled student
• Must be in good academic standing (maintain minimum cumulative institutional 2.5 GPA for undergraduate students and 3.0 GPA for graduate students)
• Experience in student government of similar leadership roles is highly preferred
• Familiar with the Student Government Constitution and Statutes