Overview
The Geography and Environmental Sustainability Department aims to give students the geographic and/or environmental sustainability knowledge and skills they need to interpret social, physical and environmental influences at local, regional and global scales. We enable our students to become globally capable and environmentally aware.
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Student Opportunities
Outside the classroom, you'll have many opportunities to learn by doing, including internships, independent research projects, service-learning activities and faculty-led trips abroad.
Lecture Series
Every spring, SUNY Oneonta hosts the Cornell-Gladstone-Hanlon-Kaufmann (CGHK) lectureship, a free, public talk by a prominent speaker on a sustainability-related topic.
Featured News
Amy Shultis
2020 SUNY Oneonta graduate Amy Shultis majored in biology and environmental sustainability and now works as an environmental scientist for the state of Louisiana’s Department of Environmental Quality.
Geography Students Get Feet Wet During NOLA Trip
Twelve SUNY Oneonta students got hands-on experience with wetlands restoration during a service-learning trip in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward.
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Geography & Environmental Sustainability Department
317 Milne Library
108 Ravine Parkway
Oneonta, NY 13820
United States