Jared Alvord
"Jared Alvord, a junior ENVS major, was a pretty good high school student-athlete and performed his share of community service while growing up in Plainfield, Mass. While that record helped him secure a spot in UVM's class of 2010, Alvord didn't exactly relax — comfortable in his successes — once he got here. The track and field star, academic standout and recipient of multiple community service awards has continued to challenge himself in each of these areas on — and off — campus." (in UVM's e-newsletter, "UVM Today," 2/12/09)
Video: Class Gift Created by Ethan Bond-Watts '09
When UVM students returned from the semester break there was a large, colorful gift awaiting them in the Davis Center. The new glass sculpture over-hanging the center's third floor Chikago Landing is the work of Ethan Bond-Watts '09, a project commissioned last year by the Class of 2008 as their parting gift to the university.... (Ethan's work was his ENVS 202 creative arts senior project.)Heart in Glass
UVM junior Ethan Bond-Watts '09 has balanced college and pursuit of his passion for glass blowing to make a swift start on his career as an artist. (in UVM's on-line newsletter, The View, 4/08/08)Trustworthy LANDS:
Community land trusts are expanding explosively and facing growing complexities with few resources. A pilot UVM program is putting students in position to help.... In a cornfield by the Winooski River, just south of the Richmond exit on Interstate 89, Jessica DeBiasio ’07 is giving a tour of her backpack. Nine other UVM students sit sweating in the shade, swatting mosquitoes. A wooden sign along nearby Johnnie Brook Road reads “Rochford-DelBianco Preserve — Richmond Land Trust.”.... (in UVM's on-line newsletter, The View, 8/28/07)Comparing Crags
"New England's alpine ecosystems are extremely rugged and extremely fragile," says Rick Paradis, instructor in Comparative Mountain Systems Natural History and Conservation. Paradis brought his students to Mt. Mansfield for one of four field trips that form the heart of the course.... (in UVM's on-line newsletter, The View, 4/26/07)Dining Green
The eco-friendly practices used by Magnolia's restaurant are the ones that co-owner July Sanders, a senior environmental studies major, has been using all her life. The transfer student from Los Angeles applies what she’s learned in operating Burlington's hottest new eatery, which also happens to be her senior thesis.... (in UVM's on-line newsletter, The View, 2/21/07)Students Win Prestigious Environmental Honor
Two students majoring in environmental studies have been awarded $5,000 Morris K. Udall Undergraduate Scholarships, a premier undergraduate environmental scholarship. They are the first-ever winners from UVM. Honors College junior Kesha Ram and sophomore Zachary Ewell were among 80 students from 59 colleges and universities selected by a 12-member independent review committee from an initial pool of 445 candidates.... (in UVM's on-line newsletter, The View, 4/05/06)Senior Thesis Sprouts Gardening Book
Beret Halverson’s interest in plants took root early, when she began helping out in her grandmother’s Montana garden during childhood summer vacations. So when it came time for the 2002 environmental studies graduate and ethnobotany specialist to find a thesis topic, it was natural to mesh her interests in culture and horticulture for an ambitious look at community gardeners.... (in UVM's on-line newsletter, The View, 7/26/05)Student Fashions Raise Environmentalism’s Style Profile
Stevia Morton wanted to create a senior thesis that helped dispel the stereotypical image of environmentalists as poorly dressed hippies. For this to happen, she knew she had to attract the attention of people who might not otherwise pay attention to green issues.... (in UVM's on-line newsletter, The View, 4/26/05)Living Lab
In the experimental jungle of Living/Learning... junior Gautam Muralidharan and his suitemates have built a miniature indoor ecosystem in the common area of their rooms.... (in UVM's on-line newsletter, The View, 2/23/05)Filming a Forum
Though prepared to experience anti-American sentiment during their trip to the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil in January of 2005, first-year students Kesha Ram, Devin Klein and Lindsey Bryan were nonetheless surprised at the disdain their international counterparts expressed for the United States.... (in UVM's on-line newsletter, The View, 2/14/05)Biodiesel for a Buck
The trip wasn’t going as smoothly as Zach Carson had planned. It was getting dark and the senior environmental studies major was about to bed down in the back of a broken down 1997 shuttle bus in the parking lot of a K-Mart on the Pennsylvania-Ohio border... (in UVM's on-line newsletter, The View, 2/02/05)Bioprospecting in Madagascar
When Laura Tilghman graduated in May she had some unfinished business. Her junior semester of study abroad had introduced her to many of the challenges facing developing countries and sparked an interest that couldn’t be satisfied with one visit.... (in UVM's on-line newsletter, The View, 11/10/04)Students Teach Peers at the Intervale
Nathaly Filion, a senior in the environmental interpretation course, says leading parts of the 90-minute guided tour of the Intervale was beneficial to her as a future teacher.... (in UVM's on-line newsletter, The View, 10/05/04)Environmentally Clean Vibes
Anna Borofsky is standing in the middle of a sea of trash at a former air force base in northern Maine. The 1999 UVM graduate is about to spend the next seven hours orchestrating the cleanup of 700 tons of garbage produced by 70,000 Phish fans.... (in UVM's on-line newsletter, The View, 10/02/03)Students Grill Gubernatorial Candidates, Report on Web
Students in Richard Watts's class, ENVS 195: Politics and the Environment, have spent the spring semester researching and actively engaging in current environmental issues with candidates for governor and lieutenant governor of Vermont. The class has heard from Doug Racine, Anthony Pollina, Con Hogan, Peter Shumlin, Jim Douglas, Brian Dubie and Burlington Mayor Peter Clavelle. (in UVM's on-line newsletter, The View, 4/30/02)