Undergraduate degree: University of Michigan School of Art and Design, photography, 2009
Age: 26
Prior to SNRE: I worked for three years as a staff photographer and videographer for the local Ann Arbor newspaper, AnnArbor.com.
Entering year:
2012
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Undergraduate degree: University of Michigan, English/Program in the Environment, 2009
Age: 25
Prior to SNRE: I was trying very hard to become a writer. I had an internship with Alpinist magazine, wrote for a climbing company called Vertical Girl, and applied to jobs everywhere.
Entering year:
2012
Undergraduate degree: University of Michigan, Dearborn, Environmental Science with an Earth Science minor
Age: 29
Prior to SNRE: I worked and still work for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality as an air monitoring technician.
Entering year:
2012
Undergraduate degree: Michigan State University, Urban and Regional Planning, 2011
Prior to SNRE: I worked for a semester and summer at the Livingston County Road Commission.
Why Landscape Architectre?: I really enjoyed the design aspect of Urban Planning and wanted to pursue that further. I actually talked with Sue Gott, the university planner at U of M, and she helped me pinpoint what program suited my interests best.
The best part of SNRE so far: The program is challenging right off the bat, but you have your classmates to support you. I have enjoyed the design process along with the ecological and social aspects that accompany a design. Also, we have been given wonderful "real world" projects to work on.
Entering year:
2012
Undergraduate degree: UC Davis, Biological Anthropology, Minor in Comparative Literature, 2005
Age: 29
Prior to SNRE: I worked in an administrative position at The Wilderness Society, in San Francisco. Before that I worked at the San Francisco Ballet, at the UC Davis Psychology Department, and as a field researcher studying spider monkeys in Peru.
Entering year:
2012
Undergraduate degree: University of Michigan, Program in the Environment
Prior to SNRE: I worked for the Inyo National Forest, analyzing the ways in which land management decisions affect the erosion potential of soils in watersheds. I have also done aquatic invasive species management in South Lake Tahoe, California and environmental education in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park and Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.
Entering year:
2012
Undergraduate degree: Wayne State University, Teacher Education, 2012
Age: 29
Prior to SNRE: I worked as an environmental educator leading programs in the “outdoor classroom,” program planning, and designing curriculum. An interest in bird conservation led me to work for the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary and later the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center where I developed interpretive materials and educational programs that used birds to connect people to science and nature.
Entering year:
2012
Undergraduate degree: The University of Iowa, Psychology and Communication Studies, with a minor in Theatre Arts, 2007
Age: 27
Prior to SNRE: I was a health science research specialist at the VA Medical Center of Iowa City, working on studies related to health psychology and medical anthropology. I also worked on The University of Iowa health science campus, coaching medical, dental, and pharmacy students and residents on communication skills, and training others to do the same.
Entering year:
2012
Undergraduate degree: St. Lawrence University, Psychology, 2008
Age: 26
Prior to SNRE: I was working on an organic farm in upstate New York and wearing overalls on a daily basis. The farm served as an educational platform for local growers, helping them become more familiarized with sustainable agricultural practices and methods to extend the growing season.
Entering year:
2012
Undergraduate degree: Oberlin College, Environmental Studies and Politics/History, 2007
Age: 25
Prior to SNRE: I worked for five years as a communications specialist for a public school district in Portland, Oregon. In my spare time I volunteered for political campaigns, took cooking classes and bicycle maintenance classes, and bicycle-camped to the coast.
Entering year:
2012