Seniors in the Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment certificate program return from their internships and share their experiences and with other certificate students in their third year of the Certificate Seminar ES 495. They continue active participation in Center-sponsored activities and complete any outstanding certificate requirements. Now the students integrate their experiences gained from their majors, additional course work, internships and research into their senior integrative projects.
During the year they present their progress to students and faculty in the Certificate Seminar. They present their final senior integrative project as either an individual study or an honors thesis at an annual public event, and prepare posters and abstracts of their work. Finally, the seniors attend a ceremony in their honor where they receive their Certificates in Environmental Studies.
Goodwin-Niering Center Class of 2027
Katherine Bridges
Environmental Studies and Anthropology majors
Senior Integrative Project: Narratives of Extinction in the End-Pleistocene and Modernity
SIP Advisor: Derek Turner
Internship:
William Coughlin
Environmental Studies and Botany majors, History minor
Senior Integrative Project: Monitoring Saltwater Intrusion Along Connecticut’s Coastal Aquifers
SIP Advisor: Beverly Chomiak
Internship: Environmental Technician Intern, Wetland Studies and Solutions Inc., Gainesville, VA
Sasha Jansujwicz
Biology and Environmental Studies majors
Senior Integrative Project: Examining The Impact of Eelgrass, Zostera Marina, Density on Larval Physiology of Marine Invertebrates, Specifically "Crepidula fornicata"
SIP Advisor: Maria Rosa
Internship: Research Intern, Summer Science Research Institute at Connecticut College, New London, CT
Amelia Newstadt
Environmental Studies and Theater majors
Senior Integrative Project: Reusable Textiles and Sustainable Clothing
SIP Advisor: Sabrina Notarfrancisco
Internship: Land Steward Intern, Avalonia Land Conservation, CT and Sustainability Intern, GradBag
Baxter Prescott
Botany and Environmental Studies majors
Senior Integrative Project: Sprout Garden Food Forest
SIP Advisor: Maggie Redfern
Internship: Outreach Assistant and Environmental Steward, Norwalk River Watershed Association, Wilton CT
Phillip Swammy
Environmental Studies major
Senior Integrative Project: Examining Water Quality in Southeastern Connecticut
SIP Advisor: TBD
Internship: Water Sampling Researcher, The Hudson Valley Stream Conservancy, Ossining, NY
Madeline Synnestvedt
Environmental Studies and Anthropology majors
Senior Integrative Project: Localized Effects of Climate Change on Homarus Americanus in Southeastern Massachusetts
SIP Advisor: Maria Rosa
Internship: Research Intern, Cohasset Center for Student Coastal Research, Cohasset, MA
Grace Webb
Environmental Studies and American Studies majors, Dance minors
Senior Integrative Project: Investigating the Case for Removing Historical New England Dams
SIP Advisor: Doug Thompson
Internship: Physical Oceanography and Ecology Intern, Shoals Marine Laboratory, Durham, NH
Phoebe Wood
Anthropology major, Math minor
Senior Integrative Project: Making a Case for Localism Using Snyder Creek WA and Steven Vogel's Book, Thinking Like a Mall
SIP Advisor: Derek Turner
Internship: Water Technician Intern, Columbia Riverkeeper, Portland, OR