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  • Sustainability Management Student Inspired to Combat Climate Change

    Sustainability Management Student Inspired to Combat Climate Change

    Current M.S. in Sustainability Management (MSSM) student Emily Dawson credits her parents and undergraduate studies at Middlebury College with instilling an interest in sustainability and sense of urgency for our warming planet. As a student in the program, Emily hopes to gain the practical skills and managerial training necessary to launch a career in climate…

  • MPA Student Hopes Program is the Recipe for Success

    MPA Student Hopes Program is the Recipe for Success

    Having studied environmental science as an undergraduate at Rutgers University, current MPA in Environmental Science and Policy (MPA-ESP) student Frank Reig always had an interest in environmental issues but only recently decided that it was something he wanted to pursue professionally. Prior to joining the program, Frank earned a culinary arts degree from the Culinary…

  • MPA Student Leads SIPA Sustainability Efforts

    MPA Student Leads SIPA Sustainability Efforts

    Current MPA in Environmental Science and Policy (MPA-ESP) student Hanna Helsingen has taken full advantage of the opportunities available to her as a student both inside and outside of the classroom, where she serves as the sustainability chair for the ESP Student Government. With the help of her fellow ESP classmates, Hanna has also used…

  • Teaching Experience Influences Student to Pursue MPA

    Teaching Experience Influences Student to Pursue MPA

    Karl Wasmuth, a student in the MPA Environmental Science and Policy (MPA-ESP) has always been interested in environmental issues, but it was not until he started working abroad as an English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor that he began to consider more deeply the individual and international actions that affect the environment. With a…

  • Map Publisher to Global Resource Manager

    Map Publisher to Global Resource Manager

    “Over the course of the last five years, I became more sensitive to the topographical changes and shifting cultural identities of the Caribbean countries that I was promoting. I sensed a deepening crisis regarding our natural resources and the use of them in the pursuit of development.” Current student Jessica Bensley joined the MPA in…

  • ESP Student Aims to Make Sustainability Part of Everyday Life

    ESP Student Aims to Make Sustainability Part of Everyday Life

    Before he joined the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy (MPA-ESP) program, current student Tim Grose designed and built cloud computing platforms to help organizations working in education, public health, sustainability, and social justice. As a self-proclaimed “measurer, sorter, and organizer,” Tim hopes that his time in the ESP program will teach him how to…

  • MPA Student Hopes ESP Program is Path to Capitol Hill

    MPA Student Hopes ESP Program is Path to Capitol Hill

    Prior to joining the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program (MPA-ESP), current student Maggie Dewane was working as the Executive Assistant to United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey, while also serving as the Senator’s Projects Specialist for military, veterans’, foreign, and women’s affairs. Having studied Diplomacy and International Relations as an…

  • MPA Student Builds Basis for Policymaking

    MPA Student Builds Basis for Policymaking

    Prior to joining the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program (MPA-ESP), current student Max Litt was working for the New York Restoration Project (NYRP), an environmental non-profit founded by actress Bette Midler to revitalize underserved parks and public spaces. Max’s experience on the operational side of environmental policy motivated him to enroll in the…

  • MPA Student Complements Classroom Learning with Hydrofracking Policy Experience: Part III

    MPA Student Complements Classroom Learning with Hydrofracking Policy Experience: Part III

    “I strongly recommend that policy students and professionals make an effort to get to know the language and structure of environmental law and that law students and lawyers reciprocate.” MPA in Environmental Science and Policy Class of 2012 member Josh Garrett reflects on his role this past semester as a volunteer policy analyst at the…

  • Sustainability Management Student Inspired to Combat Climate Change

    Sustainability Management Student Inspired to Combat Climate Change

    Current M.S. in Sustainability Management (MSSM) student Emily Dawson credits her parents and undergraduate studies at Middlebury College with instilling an interest in sustainability and sense of urgency for our warming planet. As a student in the program, Emily hopes to gain the practical skills and managerial training necessary to launch a career in climate…

  • MPA Student Hopes Program is the Recipe for Success

    MPA Student Hopes Program is the Recipe for Success

    Having studied environmental science as an undergraduate at Rutgers University, current MPA in Environmental Science and Policy (MPA-ESP) student Frank Reig always had an interest in environmental issues but only recently decided that it was something he wanted to pursue professionally. Prior to joining the program, Frank earned a culinary arts degree from the Culinary…

  • MPA Student Leads SIPA Sustainability Efforts

    MPA Student Leads SIPA Sustainability Efforts

    Current MPA in Environmental Science and Policy (MPA-ESP) student Hanna Helsingen has taken full advantage of the opportunities available to her as a student both inside and outside of the classroom, where she serves as the sustainability chair for the ESP Student Government. With the help of her fellow ESP classmates, Hanna has also used…

  • Teaching Experience Influences Student to Pursue MPA

    Teaching Experience Influences Student to Pursue MPA

    Karl Wasmuth, a student in the MPA Environmental Science and Policy (MPA-ESP) has always been interested in environmental issues, but it was not until he started working abroad as an English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor that he began to consider more deeply the individual and international actions that affect the environment. With a…

  • Map Publisher to Global Resource Manager

    Map Publisher to Global Resource Manager

    “Over the course of the last five years, I became more sensitive to the topographical changes and shifting cultural identities of the Caribbean countries that I was promoting. I sensed a deepening crisis regarding our natural resources and the use of them in the pursuit of development.” Current student Jessica Bensley joined the MPA in…

  • ESP Student Aims to Make Sustainability Part of Everyday Life

    ESP Student Aims to Make Sustainability Part of Everyday Life

    Before he joined the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy (MPA-ESP) program, current student Tim Grose designed and built cloud computing platforms to help organizations working in education, public health, sustainability, and social justice. As a self-proclaimed “measurer, sorter, and organizer,” Tim hopes that his time in the ESP program will teach him how to…

  • MPA Student Hopes ESP Program is Path to Capitol Hill

    MPA Student Hopes ESP Program is Path to Capitol Hill

    Prior to joining the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program (MPA-ESP), current student Maggie Dewane was working as the Executive Assistant to United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey, while also serving as the Senator’s Projects Specialist for military, veterans’, foreign, and women’s affairs. Having studied Diplomacy and International Relations as an…

  • MPA Student Builds Basis for Policymaking

    MPA Student Builds Basis for Policymaking

    Prior to joining the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program (MPA-ESP), current student Max Litt was working for the New York Restoration Project (NYRP), an environmental non-profit founded by actress Bette Midler to revitalize underserved parks and public spaces. Max’s experience on the operational side of environmental policy motivated him to enroll in the…

  • MPA Student Complements Classroom Learning with Hydrofracking Policy Experience: Part III

    MPA Student Complements Classroom Learning with Hydrofracking Policy Experience: Part III

    “I strongly recommend that policy students and professionals make an effort to get to know the language and structure of environmental law and that law students and lawyers reciprocate.” MPA in Environmental Science and Policy Class of 2012 member Josh Garrett reflects on his role this past semester as a volunteer policy analyst at the…