Sydney Seldon

Senior Sustainability Intern

Office of Sustainability

Sydney is a senior pursuing a dual degree in Environmental Science and Sustainable Communities. The friends and community Sydney has come to know and love since she arrived at UConn have comforted her during some of the most tumultuous and prosperous times of her life thus far. Because of her friends at the OS, Navigators, and countless other groups, Sydney feels that cultivating sustainable and resilient relational networks has been engrafted into her life-long mission statement. Her role as a Sustainability Intern at the OS has enabled her to navigate relational networks in which multiple groups and entities strive to improve something. Whether that be more sustainable turf management, reduced food waste, or interconnected regional campus partnerships, the OS has invested in promoting a unified vision for nationwide sustainability initiatives.

Similarly to the OS, Sydney yearns to continue cultivating communities in which every individual is valued for what they can provide, and the tight-knit fellowship that endures makes up for the lack. In the summer of 2023, Sydney traveled to Uganda for a cross-cultural internship. Her team learned from a key community leader in Mbale, whose organization specializes in equipping local communities with skills and knowledge to support more self-sustained community development. While there, the community leader asked her group: “If the kingdom of Heaven descended on your community, what would it look like?” Fueld by this mission, for the rest of her academic career (and the rest of her life), Sydney longs to continue serving my community at UConn, the surrounding communities, and beyond via loving relationships, outreach, and service projects. She invites you to walk alongside our team as we strive for a better UConn and world together!

OS Activities: Community Outreach, Give & Go, Sustainability Reporting, Event Planning