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These students have!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Environmental Sustainability Scholars Program (ESSP) is a scholarship designed for first-year students interested in connecting environmental sustainability with community equity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">Scholars take a 1-credit seminar that meets once a week where they explore campus, engage in local environmental efforts, and build a supportive community while learning how to put sustainable practices into action. 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Students also teach their peers about a UW\u2013Madison sustainability initiative with topics covering campus innovation, waste systems, and renewable energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maya King:<\/strong> Hi, I\u2019m Maya. I\u2019m a conservation biology and environmental studies major. I joined ESSP because growing up, a big part of my childhood and my family\u2019s culture was going hiking, camping, and just doing a lot of stuff in nature so it gave me a passion for the environment. And then throughout high school I was really involved in my school\u2019s environmental programs and helped initiate some sustainability projects within my high school, and so coming here, I wanted to continue to be a part of a community of people who are very passionate about the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Caroline Thavong:<\/strong> Hi, I\u2019m Caroline Thavong. I\u2019m an environmental studies and legal studies major. Taking this course was something that was really important to me. As well as something that just interested me because this course was also described as a course that was going to be smaller and in such a big school, it\u2019s nice to have a class where I know everybody\u2019s names. So, it\u2019s really nice to have that sort of community that all cares about the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sean Bowser:<\/strong> Hi, I\u2019m Sean Bowser. I\u2019m a chemical engineering major. I think it\u2019s really exciting to do something fresh and new. Especially at a university this size. I really like the idea that I can sort of break off from the rest of my peers and really pave the way to do something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kylee Griffin:<\/strong> Hi, I\u2019m Kylee. I\u2019m a polisci and environmental studies major. I think being the first group has a lot of great opportunities, including everything being so adaptable to what we want to learn. 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