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Class of 2002

Eight members of the class of `02 were the first to graduate from the Goodwin-Niering Center Certificate Program. Family, friends and distinguished guests from the campus community were present at the Recognition Ceremony held in May. The Center was proud to honor this hard-working group for their many achievements and diverse interests in the environment.

Back row, left to right: Leys Bostrom, Maria Sinnamon, Hannah Shayler, Marjorie Lundgren, Rachel Towers, Emily Templin. Front row: Jessica Schwartz and Laura Roe.

The Certificate students are listed below with links to their own page, to their internship reflection papers and internship organizations' web sites, and to a brief abstract of their Senior Integrative Projects.

Leys Bostrom
Major: Gender and Women's Studies
Internship: Institute for Central American Development Studies in Costa Rica
Senior Integrative Project: "Hidden From View: A Closer Look at Banana Production in Costa Rica." Academic Supervisor: Professor Ted Hendrickson, Photography

Marjorie Lundgren
Major: Environmental Studies Minor: Anthropology
Internship: Invasive Species Monitoring and Control Intern at The Nature Conservancy in Connecticut
Senior Integrative Project: "Environmental and Site Characteristics Influencing Invasion of Ten Exotic Plant Species in Southern New England." Academic Supervisors: Professors Christine Small and Glenn Dreyer, Botany

Laura Rowe
Major: Ethnobotany
Internship: The commercialization of tropical medicinal plants under the Malaysia-MIT Biotechnology Partnership at MIT
Senior Integrative Project: "Intellectual Property Rights in the K-Economy: Use and Protection of Traditional Knowledge." Academic Supervisor: Professor Manuel Lizarralde, Botany/Anthropology

Jessica Schwartz
Major: Biology
Internship: Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. in Watertown Massachusetts
Senior Integrative Project: "Long term Change (1952-1992) in the Vegtation of the Bolleswood Natural Area, Connecticut College, New London Connecticut." Academic Supervisor: Professor Scott Warren, Botany

Hannah Shayler
Major: Environmental Studies Minor: Art
Internship: The Freshwater Ecology Lab at Connecticut College
Senior Integrative Project: "Biodiversity of the diatom genus Brachysira Kutsing (Bacillariophyceae) in the Ocala National Forest, FL, USA". Academic Supervisor: Professor Peter Siver, Botany

Maria Sinnamon
Major: Environmental Studies
Internship: Water Management Bureau, DEP of Hartford
Senior Integrative Project: "The Response in Water Quality and the Propagation of Pollution-Senstive Taxa of the Naugatuck River Due to the Upgraded Waterbury Treatment Plant." Academic Supervisor: Professor Doug Thompson, Geophysics

Emily Templin
Major: Environmental Studies Minors: Government and Biology
Internship: Environmental research and policy intern at Oregon Environmental Council
Senior Integrative Project: "Mobilizing Support for School Environmental Health Issues: A Study of Connecticut Movements in New London, Lyme-Old Lyme and Litchfield." Academic Supervisors: Professors Robert Askins, Biology; Jane Dawson, Government; John Nugent

Rachael Towers
Major: Religious Studies
Internship: Historical and ethnobotanical research at the Mashantucket-Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT
Senior Integrative Project: "Spiritual Aspects of Native New England Ethnobotany: Beliefs and Practices of New England Tribes and Lessons for Western Society." Academic Supervisor: Professor Manuel Lizarralde, Botany/Anthropology