News Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Stories 05/12/2026 The Call of the Wild: Teaching in Alaska This summer, Carlos will be working as an environmental educator in Fairbanks, Alaska with an organization called Friends of Creamer's Field. 04/09/2026 What do our National Parks sound like? Coyotes howling. The steady buzz of cicadas. A downpour. A rocket launch. Each conjures a different image and emotion, and all are heard in... 09/18/2025 Learning the Ropes of the Ski Industry For many UVM students, winter break is a time for travel, rest, and relaxation. 05/07/2025 Finding a Calling, at Home and Abroad The spring of 2020 was a scary time to be thinking about the future, especially for young people contemplating going off to college. 03/05/2025 Teaching at the top of Vermont For 26 years, Senior Lecturer Dave Kaufman has spent the spring semester teaching University of Vermont (UVM) students the ins and outs of... 05/16/2024 Saying Yes to Opportunities, at Home and Abroad Cole ZuWallack ’24, a Parks, Recreation and Tourism (PRT) major, was travelling to Auckland, New Zealand for his semester abroad when the... 03/09/2023 Senior Katie Conlon Turns Snowboarding Passion Into Career A snowboarder since age nine, Katie Conlon ’23 found her niche in the Parks, Recreation and Tourism major at the University of Vermont. A required... 05/06/2021 Senior Andrew Romano Shares His Passion for Outdoor Recreation to Raise BIPOC Participation University of Vermont senior Andrew Romano ’21 has a mantra. “Everything and everyone outdoors,” he says. “I’d like to help close the gap... 08/22/2019 Graduate Lauren Masters Pursues Career in Sustainable Business Management Rubenstein School graduate Lauren Masters ’18 combined a Parks, Recreation and Tourism degree, a Business minor, internships and work experience,... 03/21/2018 Alum Rebecca Stanfield McCown Appointed to Rubenstein School Board Rebecca Stanfield McCown, Director of the National Park Service’s Stewardship Institute, joined the University of Vermont Rubenstein School of... 03/07/2018 UVM Says Sí to Its First-Ever Semester Abroad Program in Costa Rica It’s 5 o’clock on a recent Tuesday at a palm-fringed beach in Costa Rica, where Lecturer Dave Kestenbaum ‘02 wears a grin that stretches nearly... 02/06/2018 Emily Bogan Pinpoints Her Interest in Environmental Education Through Experiential Learning Opportunities A senior in the UVM Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Emily Bogan ‘18 appreciated that she could take core courses in the... 07/19/2017 Alum Hilary Cooley Tracks Lions and Wolves and Bears Hilary (Cruickshank) Cooley (RM ’97) headed west after graduation from the then School of Natural Resources at the University of Vermont and landed... 05/12/2016 Oliver Scofield Goes the Distance: Parks, Recreation and Tourism Degree Although born in Massachusetts, Oliver Scofield did much of his growing up in Jackson Hole, Wyoming with Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks... 09/22/2015 David Kaufman Infuses Forty Years of Tourism and Marketing Experience into RSENR Teaching and Advising Senior Lecturer David Kaufman puts the business and marketing side of recreation and tourism into the Parks, Recreation and Tourism (PRT) Program in... 06/24/2014 Parks, Recreation and Tourism Entrepreneurs Win UVM Competition! Zach Palladino, a senior Parks, Recreation and Tourism (PRT) major, took first place and the $2,500 cash prize in the annual UVM Entrepreneurship...
