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Veden Center for Rural Economic Development

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The Veden Center for Rural Economic Development is a think tank dedicated to creating prosperity through innovative partnerships and development of opportunities for the region. Ongoing work includes thought leadership with a focus on rural America post COVID-19, bridging urban and rural business opportunities, incubation and acceleration services for veterans, new Americans and economically disadvantaged populations and creating new pathways for student success following their higher education experience.

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SDG 4 is achieved with respect to all the Sustainable Development Goals

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SDG 4 is achieved with respect to all the Sustainable Development Goals

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Creation of next generation of students/teachers/citizens that move through the world using the SDG framework as a guide.

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Supportring community / Unviversity partnerhsips, ofen involving students.

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Each year the University of Minnesota Extension Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships (RSDP) support community-driven projects in our four focus areas. These projects foster innovation, deepen understanding and build relationships that empower Greater Minnesota communities to advance their future sustainability.

We support approximately 125-150 projects around the state in any given year. All of our projects connect community partners and ideas to University of Minnesota resources. In many cases, we link projects to students and faculty who can work with partners to shape and carry out their project vision. We work in partnership with communities, bringing together diverse teams who collaborate through the life of a project.

Community projects are reviewed and approved by our five regional boards. We also conduct food systems and clean energy work on a statewide basis. Learn more about how we work.

By the numbers 2020

In 2020, RSDP:

Supported 136 place-based innovations across Minnesota.

Engaged 388 community partners and 138 university partners.

Supported projects in 131 cities, towns and Native nations.

Reached more than 20,000 people with education and training.

Developed research reports that were downloaded more than 18,000 times.

Engaged 55 University of Minnesota students in working with communities.

Supported communities with 6,877 volunteer hours contributed by board and work group members across Greater Minnesota.

Provided resources to 250 rural grocery stores across the state.

Helped Minnesotans save or offset 48.2 billion BTUs of energy through the work of the Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs).

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Each year the University of Minnesota Extension Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships (RSDP) support community-driven projects in our four focus areas. These projects foster innovation, deepen understanding and build relationships that empower Greater Minnesota communities to advance their future sustainability. We support approximately 125-150 projects around the state in any given year.

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Office of Sustainability Crookston Campus

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Office of Sustainability Crookston Campus

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Mrs. Joan T.A. Gabel, President, University of Minnesota

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Professional Development Funds for Learners and Teachers/Mentors

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Mpact, the Systemwide Strageic Plan, references SDGs

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Mpact, the Systemwide Strageic Plan, references SDGs

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Inspired by the State of Minnesota, MPact 2025 reflects our deepened commitment to research, teaching, and service, open access to opportunity, and forward-thinking innovation to advance the University's land-grant mission and impact the world.

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Katey Pelican, Karen Brown

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UMN Sustainable Development Goals Initiative

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The UMN Sustainable Development Goals Initiative fosters effective transdisciplinary and multisectoral work tied to the SDGs and promotes the development of new programs and funding streams for this work in order to support measurable progress toward the Goals in Minnesota and beyond.

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Learn Best Practices in incorporating SDGs into learning enviornments

Develop Modules/Tools to be used in SDG education

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Learn Best practices in incorporating SDGs into learning environments

Develop Modules/Tools to be used in SDG education

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Learn best practices in incorporating SDGs into curriculum
Develop Modules/Tools to be used in SDG education

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Support UM Crookston faculty, Extension Educators and K-12 Teachiers  as they use SDG framework in thier courses and classes.

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Access to Experts in the SDGs

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To incubate and encourage innovative teaching in sustainability and environmental education, IonE will recognize three to six educators per year. As individuals and a cohort group, these educators will advance best practices in sustainability instruction and curriculum development, and disseminate those innovations to the broader university and Minnesota community. IonE Educators are tenure-track faculty and instructional staff, including adjunct faculty (IonE Educators may or may not already be an IonE Fellow or Associate.) who have a special interest in effective pedagogy and curriculum development. IonE Educators are regularly engaged in formal and informal teaching. The cohort meets throughout their 15-month fellowship term to learn from each other and collaborate.

During the 15-month fellowship, IonE Educators will pursue projects around effective pedagogy and curriculum development. The program is constructed around individual focal projects, cohort community, and collective action.

Focal projects have included improving current courses creating new courses, constructing certificates or programs , and designing tools for educators to use for teaching sustainability. Projects may address education for the general public or Pre-K-12 students. All projects will champion the need for diverse perspectives in solving today's wicked and complex sustainability challenges.

Educators are immersed in and broader IonE community throughout their fellowship. This immersion brings faculty and staff together from across disciplines and campuses, catalyzing novel insights into sustainability education. Over time, alumni of the IonE Educators will form a dynamic community of educators who are united by shared objectives and benefit from inter-cohort communication fostered by the Affiliates network.

Each IonE Educators cohort designs and implements a collective action around teaching sustainability. The initial cohort of IonE Educators 2016-17 developed the concept of a systemwide conversation focused on generating greater collaboration and reflexive thinking in matters concerning sustainability education. The second Educators cohort furthered the Educator's mission to advance innovative pedagogy and expand the sustainability community by hosting a multimedia, interactive, online Sustainability Education Summit on February 1st, 2019 that reached all of the University of Minnesota campuses as well as online participants in over 20 different states and 3 countries! The following cohort built upon the Summits' successes and told their collective stories at the Sustainability Education Summit 2020. These Summits created avenues for disseminating the Educators' innovations, and fostered connection and conversation amid the sustainability community.

The 4th cohort of IonE Educators is taking a turn in the collective action and writing an E-book that will share their stories of teaching sustainability for other educators, students, and simply anyone interested in diverse approaches to sustainability.

In addition to the benefits and responsibilities of all IonE Affiliates, IonE Educators will have access to a graduate research assistant who will help them in their focal project and receive counsel from IonE staff in the development and implementation of their focal project.

Individuals can apply by submitting:

1) Letter of support from a department chair, dean, or associate dean (or similar supervisory role). (if none of these is available, please reach out to ioneaffiliates@umn.edu prior to the application deadline to find out what else could besubmitted in place of this letter.)

2) Cover letter describing their environmental or sustainability education experiences; and goals and a description of the educational project or activity they seek to advance during their fellowship year.

3) CV highlighting the qualifications described above

Selection will be based on the potential for the proposed project to significantly advance sustainability education within and outside of the University of Minnesota system. IonE Educators are recommended by the Faculty Leadership Council with assistance from the IonE Educators Advisory Board and IonE staff. Consultation with IonE education/leadership staff about possible projects is strongly encouraged before submitting an application.
Read about the first two cohorts of IonE Educators here.

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IonE Educators - Institute on the Environment

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To incubate and encourage innovative teaching in sustainability and environmental education, IonE will recognize three to six educators per year. As individuals and a cohort group, these educators will advance best practices in sustainability instruction and curriculum development, and disseminate those innovations to the broader university and Minnesota community.

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Internationalizing the Curriculum Cohort as a Model
Pedagogical Techniques could be applied

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How can the University of Minnesota prepare students to be global citizens?

The mission of Internationalizing the Curriculum and Campus is to provide all students with global learning experiences. The Internationalizing the Curriculum and Campus team serves as a hub for the rich internationalization efforts of faculty, staff, and students across all five University of Minnesota campuses.

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Internationalizing the Curriculum and Campus

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The mission of Internationalizing the Curriculum and Campus is to provide all students with global learning experiences. The Internationalizing the Curriculum and Campus team serves as a hub for the rich internationalization efforts of faculty, staff, and students across all five University of Minnesota campuses.

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Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into Learning Environmnets

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Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into Learning Environmnets