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Caitlin Finnerty
Issue date: 11/7/07 Section: News
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While many Mount students plan to enroll in the newest course offerings, "Global Warming" and "The Philosophy of Global Warming" next semester, Mount students are not applying their concern for the environment to their career decisions.
According to the Career Center, Mount students do not consider the "greenness" of the companies they apply to for internships or jobs, a pattern that contradicts a recent study by the online job hunting program, MonsterTRACK.
The MonsterTRACK study states that 80 percent of "young professionals" are interested in a career that makes a positive impact on the environment, and 92 percent prefer to work for a company that is "green," or environmentally friendly.
While this study shows that graduating college students are interested in pursuing environmentally-friendly careers, Sabira Vohra, director of the Mount Career Center, has noticed different trends.
"I can't say that we have seen a great increase in the numbers of students exploring organizations which are more environmentally conscious, certainly not the kinds of numbers that have been reported by MonsterTrack," Vohra said.
Mount students may not yet be interested in careers with "green companies," but perhaps that will change with the addition of courses that seek to raise students' environmental awareness.
"Global Warming" and "Philosophy of Global Warming" were added to the Mount course offering this spring, along with a recent "Environmental Science" major and a "Environmental Studies" minor, all reflect the university's increasing interest in raising environmental consciousness. The courses address the need to control global climate change, a problem that today's generation of college students will be forced to answer in their lifetime.
"We face formidable environmental challenges in the 21st century … environmental literacy is critical to becoming member of today's society," according to the Environmental Studies' department Web site.
According to the Career Center, Mount students do not consider the "greenness" of the companies they apply to for internships or jobs, a pattern that contradicts a recent study by the online job hunting program, MonsterTRACK.
The MonsterTRACK study states that 80 percent of "young professionals" are interested in a career that makes a positive impact on the environment, and 92 percent prefer to work for a company that is "green," or environmentally friendly.
While this study shows that graduating college students are interested in pursuing environmentally-friendly careers, Sabira Vohra, director of the Mount Career Center, has noticed different trends.
"I can't say that we have seen a great increase in the numbers of students exploring organizations which are more environmentally conscious, certainly not the kinds of numbers that have been reported by MonsterTrack," Vohra said.
Mount students may not yet be interested in careers with "green companies," but perhaps that will change with the addition of courses that seek to raise students' environmental awareness.
"Global Warming" and "Philosophy of Global Warming" were added to the Mount course offering this spring, along with a recent "Environmental Science" major and a "Environmental Studies" minor, all reflect the university's increasing interest in raising environmental consciousness. The courses address the need to control global climate change, a problem that today's generation of college students will be forced to answer in their lifetime.
"We face formidable environmental challenges in the 21st century … environmental literacy is critical to becoming member of today's society," according to the Environmental Studies' department Web site.
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