We love hearing from you alumni on what you're up to. Below are some recent updates we've gotten from you. If you have news to share, send it to us at environment.program@umich.edu.
1/25/08 -- Troy Showerman (B.S., '05) sent a job posting to PitE from his current position as Foreman with Tallgrass Restoration in the Chicago area. He reports that PitE classmate Brad Gregorka (B.S., '05) works at Tallgrass, too.
1/14/08 -- Jon Liberzon (B.S., '06) is researching coral reefs and mariculture as part of a master's degree program in Marine Ecology at Technion Institute in Israel.
12/7/07 -- After completing a research position studying steelhead habitat for UC Davis in late winter, Jenna Voss (B.S., '05) moved to Southern California to work for the Orange County Stormwater Program as an Environmental Research Specialist in Anaheim, California. She now helps implement the county-wide Stormwater Program, which acts as the Principal Permittee on two NPDES Permits (Santa Ana and San Diego regions).
11/14/07 -- Kanika Suri (B.A., '05) left Ann Arbor for the Great White North in April '07. She now works as a Field Scientist for the engineering firm SNC-Lavalin Environment in Calgary, Alberta.
11/12/07 -- Bentley Johnson (Minor, '07) is working at the National Wildlife Federation headquarters in Washington, D.C. He is a Water Resoration and Resources Intern (a paid position).
11/2/07 -- Mollie Cohen-Rosenthal (Minor, '05) recently moved to Beijing, China where she's teaching English and learning Chinese. She plans on finding an environmental job in the country once she has some Chinese language under her belt.
11/1/07 -- Megan Miner (B.S. '06) was rescued at sea along with 5 fishermen after the vessel she was monitoring for work at AIS, Inc. sank. Her rescue made NOAA and East Coast News.
10/31/07 -- Emily Garlough (B.S. '06) was featured in a Detroit Free Press interview about her work as a wildfire firefighter in California.
9/24/07 -- Carolyn Leadley (B.S. '06) is interning through this fall with the Catherine Ferguson Academy Urban Farm in Detroit. This is an Americorps position.
9/20/07 -- Sharon Shattuck (B.S. '05) is working at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, in the department of Environmental Conservation Programs. She says, "I owe what I am today first to BVB and Woody Plants!"
9/14/07 -- Wendy Jung (B.A. '04) ran the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon in June. She is working in Laguna Beach, California as an Assistant City Planner.
8/20/07 -- Robby Stein (B.A. '04) will start his second year of law school at Columbia University this fall. He is transferring there from University of Maryland School of Law. Robby says his interest is environmental law and he hopes to "help companies who wish to produce clean energy technologies (such as wind, solar, etc...) get off the ground and succeed."
7/31/07 -- Molly McCullagh (B.A. '07) finished an internship with the Michigan Suburbs Alliance and is beginning a job with Earthworks urban farm on Detroit's east side.
5/22/07 -- Emily Garlough (B.S. '06) is working as a wildland fire fighter for the U.S. Forest Service in California.
5/17/07 -- Annie Scott (B.A. '04) relocated from D.C. to Southern California this spring. She is a Development Assistant with Canine Companions for Independence.
5/16/07 -- Alyssa Wood (Minor, '03) recently completed two years of work with a cultural resource management company in Rhode Island and is entering Brown University in June for a Master's Degree in Elementary Education.
5/10/07 -- Jeremy Teaberry (B.S. '04) will be graduating with his J.D. from Vermont Law School this month.
4/16/07 -- Daniel O'Brien (B.S. '06) has accepted a job with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
2/19/07 -- Chris Frye (B.S. '06) will start veterinary school at Cornell University this fall.
