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.
Paloma Doyle
Botany major, Art minor
Senior Integrative Project: Community-Based Urban Forestry: Creating and Sustaining Partnerships Between Urban Forestry Non-Profit Organizations and Academic Institutions
SIP Advisor: Rachel Spicer
Internship: New London Trees, New London, CT
Reece Haft - Abromovitch
Environmental Studies major, Jewish Studies minor
Senior Integrative Project: Natural Hazards and Their Impact on Conservation Funding
SIP Advisor: Doug Thompson
Internship: Global Vision International, Cape Ternay, Seychelles
Charlotte Hougton
Environmental Studies and Government majors, Chemistry minor
Senior Integrative Project: Exploited Roots: Farmworker Injustice in a Failing Food System
SIP Advisor: Daniel Moak
Internship: The United Farm Workers (UFW) Foundation
Miotto Leal
Dance and Anthropology majors, Architectural Studies minor
Senior Integrative Project: Bringing the Outdoors Indoors for Environmental Harmony Through Biophilic Design
SIP Advisor: Anna Vallye
Internship:
Samantha Olstein
Environmental Studies major
Senior Integrative Project: The Sustainability of the Outdoor Recreation Industry: Studied through Mountaineering in Teton County, Wyoming
SIP Advisor: Doug Thompson
Internship: Rendezvous River Sports, Jackson, WY
Caitlyn Rodeo
Neuroscience major
Senior Integrative Project: Investigating the toxicity and neurobehavioral effects of the environmental contaminant Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (GenX)
SIP Advisor: Joseph Schroeder
Internship: Science, Policy, and Practice Intern (remote)
Pluto Shea
Botany major
Senior Integrative Project: Roots & Rhythms: Connecting People to Plants Through Music and Place
SIP Advisor: Maggie Redfern
Internship:
Caelon Shugrue
Botany major, Philosophy minor
Senior Integrative Project: Evaluating Landscapes with Kant’s Critique of Judgment and German Garden Theory
SIP Advisor: Derek Turner
Internship: Connecticut College Arboretum, New London CT
Annie Thoms
Biology major, Education minor
Senior Integrative Project: Managing Invasive Species and Restoring Native Species to Bates Woods
SIP Advisor: Karen Pezzetti
Internship: St. Paul's School, Advanced Studies Program, Concord, NH