The Nicholas School of the Environment attracts not only the best and brightest students in the field to study with us, but also the most influential environmental researchers and leaders to join our faculty and help educate the next generation of leaders. This past month, several of our faculty members […]
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In January, Sarah Strommen, MEM’99, was appointed as the new commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources by Gov. Tim Walz. Strommen, who has served as the department’s assistant commissioner for parks, trails, fish and wildlife for the past four years, will lead the agency’s 2,700 employees and oversee […]
The graduate Class of 2019 has kicked off the Nicholas School’s first-ever Class Gift Campaign with a goal of $2,500. Alumna Maggie Peloso, BS’05 MEM’06 PhD’10, has stepped up to double the impact of that gift by offering to match every dollar up to the goal amount. Students can donate […]
Stuart Iler and Emily Myron are another couple that met during orientation. But even though they had a nice time getting to know each other at the happy hour at Tyler’s Taproom on the last day of orientation, and even though they spent a lot of time together as friends […]
Jordan Golinkoff was in the Class of 2006 for a Master of Forestry, and Liz Forwand was in the Class of 2007 for a Master of Environmental Management. They didn’t meet until they signed up to a new student pot luck, and they talked a bit about what dishes they […]
Mike Press and Kate McClellan were both pursuing an MEM in Coastal Environmental Management in the Class of 2009 when they met. They knew each other, and Mike says he was interested in her, but it wasn’t until they moved to Beaufort that “things between us really flared, and then […]
Friends First It seems that a lot of our Nicholas School students who became couples met during orientation. Liz Wexler met John Sullivan on the library tour during orientation, and then they ran into each other again on the bus for the tour of Duke Forest. While they were chatting […]
Eric Thu met Georgia Schuh on the first day of orientation as grad students. And, as Eric says, both were “so type A” that they also showed up for locker assignments right on time, and they ended up being assigned Lockers #1 and #2, ensuring that they were side-by-side for […]
Every year, many of our Nicholas School students head home to spend time with family and old friends. They share exciting news about their research, the information they are learning, and the fun adventures they are having with new friends. Parents aren’t the only ones who are interested in hearing […]
The Nicholas School has done a lot more than create the world’s next environmental leaders — it’s also created the world’s next great love stories. While pouring over books, talking excitedly about environmental policy solutions, or just hanging out at games and with friends, many of our students were also […]