________________________________ From: William Keller Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 11:27 AM To: George Hendrey; Tarry Hum; Gregory D Omullan; Jeffrey A Bird; Allan Ludman; Melissa Checker; Ashima K Kant; Natalie B Vena; Kara M Schlichting; Craig A Michaels; Michael W Wolfe; Susan A Rotenberg; William Mcclure Subject: FW: Student Opportunity: Transforming our Tomorrow Competition Please spread the word about this opportunity for our students working on sustainability related projects. One project will be awarded a bonus prize of $200 for its consideration on the social impacts of clean energy. This could mean their project's implications for low-income communities, developing countries, gender equality, education, racial equity and more. All students that participate will receive a professionally edited video of their presentation. Applications are due on February 8th and may be submitted via a short 1-2 minute video or 2-3 paragraph written pitch. The competition is open to students working on a school project in the renewable field or just have a passion for clean energy and might be interested in applying. For more information and how to apply, click here<http://www.buffalo.edu/sustainability/keyinitiatives/localizing-buffalo-s-renewable-energy-future/student-engagement/CleanEnergySymposium.html>. Please see the following email. Feel free to share it with any departments or students who may be interested. Bill Bill Keller Vice President for Finance & Administration Queens College of CUNY 6530 Kissena Blvd. Queens, NY 11367-1597 w—718-997-5557 c----646-601-9332 From: Holle, Lindsay K (NYSERDA) <Lindsay.Holle@nyserda.ny.gov> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 10:55 AM To: erda.sm.revcampuschallenge <revcampuschallenge@nyserda.ny.gov> Cc: Nichols, Derek <djn2@buffalo.edu> Subject: Student Opportunity: Transforming our Tomorrow Competition EXTERNAL EMAIL: please report suspicious content to the ITS Help Desk. Good morning REV Campus Challenge! ICYMI: Apologies for any cross-promotion, but I wanted to make sure this unique student opportunity made it to as many as possible. The Transforming our Tomorrow student competition is open to ALL public and private higher ed institutions. Also of note, ALL participating students receive a production-quality TED talk style video of their presentation for their professional portfolio. This is a great opportunity for student interns, students working on capstone projects or theses, student orgs, or independent studies to share their work, with some pretty awesome resume building and cash prize payoffs. Applications<http://www.buffalo.edu/sustainability/keyinitiatives/localizing-buffalo-s-renewable-energy-future/student-engagement/CleanEnergySymposium.html> are due February 8th. Last year’s presentations can be viewed here<http://www.buffalo.edu/sustainability/keyinitiatives/localizing-buffalo-s-renewable-energy-future/student-engagement/CleanEnergySymposium/CleanEnergySymposium2018.html>. ------ Transforming our Tomorrow: A New Clean Energy Vision UB Sustainability is searching for students from across New York State to present their revolutionary clean energy ideas. Students that have completed a project or program, or have an idea for a new policy or invention, can apply to win a cash prize at the University at Buffalo’s Transforming our Tomorrow: A New Clean Energy Vision. Participants will have five minutes to showcase their work either in teams or individually in front of a panel of judges on UB’s campus in April. Each presentation will be scored by a panel of judges based on: * Creativity * Presentation * Research First place will receive $3000, second place $2000, and third place will receive $1000. One project will be awarded a bonus prize of $200 for its consideration on the social impacts of clean energy. This could mean their project's implications for low-income communities, developing countries, gender equality, education, racial equity and more. All students that participate will receive a professionally edited video of their presentation. Applications are due on February 8th and may be submitted via a short 1-2 minute video or 2-3 paragraph written pitch. The competition is open to students working on a school project in the renewable field or just have a passion for clean energy and might be interested in applying. For more information and how to apply, click here<http://www.buffalo.edu/sustainability/keyinitiatives/localizing-buffalo-s-renewable-energy-future/student-engagement/CleanEnergySymposium.html>. Last year five teams (from University at Buffalo, RIT, and Syracuse) shared their ideas. To see last year’s presentations, click here<http://www.buffalo.edu/sustainability/keyinitiatives/localizing-buffalo-s-renewable-energy-future/student-engagement/CleanEnergySymposium/CleanEnergySymposium2018.html>. Funding for this competition comes from NYSERDA’s REV Campus Challenge. Questions may be directed to Derek Nichols, UB Sustainability, djn2@buffalo.edu<mailto:djn2@buffalo.edu>. ------ Lindsay Holle, EIT, CEM Project Manager NYSERDA 17 Columbia Circle | Albany, NY 12203-6399 P: 518-862-1090 x3051 | F: 518-862-1091 | E: lindsay.holle@nyserda.ny.gov<mailto:lindsay.holle@nyserda.ny.gov> nyserda.ny.gov<http://www.nyserda.ny.gov/> follow : friend : connect with NYSERDA<http://www.nyserda.ny.gov/About/Newsroom/Social-Media>