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 Psychology majors, American Studies minor
Senior Integrative Project: Slow Violence and its Implications for Environmental Effects and Human Behavior
SIP Advisor: Beverly Chomiak
Internship:
Sasha Jansujwicz
Biology and Environmental Studies majors
Senior Integrative Project: The Physiological Impact of Eelgrass, Zostera Marina, Meadow Density on the Larval Stages of Marine Invertebrates, Specifically the Slipper Snail (Crepidula fornicata) and the Bay Scallop (Argopecten irradians)
SIP Advisor: Maria Rosa
Internship:
Amelia Newstadt
Environmental Studies and Theater majors
Senior Integrative Project: Reusable Textiles and Sustainable Clothing
SIP Advisor: Sabrina Notarfrancisco
Internship:
Baxter Prescott
Botany and Environmental Studies major
Senior Integrative Project: Sprout Garden Food Forest
SIP Advisor: Maggie Redfern
Internship: Outreach Assistant and Environmental Steward, , Wilton CT
Phillip Swammy
Environmental Studies major
Senior Integrative Project:
SIP Advisor: Examining 91³ΙΘΛ Arboretum’s Stream Health Through Microorganisms
Internship:
Madeline Synnestvedt
major
Senior Integrative Project: Perceptions and Treatment of Predators and the Resulting Conservation and Ecological Effects
SIP Advisor: Taegan McMahon
Internship:
Grace Webb
Environmental Studies major, American Studies and Dance minors
Senior Integrative Project: Connecticut and New England dam impacts, affects and potential removal
SIP Advisor: Doug Thompson
Internship:
Phoebe Wood
Anthropology major, Math minor
Senior Integrative Project: Philosophy of Environmental Activism and Responsibility Using GIS for Water Filtration Locations
SIP Advisor: Derek Turner
Internship: