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class2003
Certificate Class of
2003
Twelve members of the class of `03 were the second class
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 group for their many achievements and diverse interests in the
environment.

Back row, left to right: Stefan Apse, Sarah
Lathrop, Vetri Nathan, Lauren Hartzell, Scott Epstein, Kassie Rohrbach,
John Traversi, Katie Jones, Daisy Small. Front row, left to right:
Jared Fertman, Molly Lippman,
Lindsey Kravitz.
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.
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Stefan Apse
Majors: Philosophy, German Studies
Internship:
Hofgut Brachenreute farm in Überlingen, Germany
Information Bureau of Bio-Dynamic Farming, Germany
Senior Integrative
Project: "The Equal Consideration of Animal Interests:
A Study of the Works of Peter Singer and Temple Grandin"
Academic Supervisor: Professor Derek Turner, Philosophy
Scott Epstein
Major: Environmental Studies Minor: Psychology
Internship:
US EPA, New England Regional Laboratory in Chelmsford, MA
Senior Integrative
Project: "Equity: A Changing Norm or Simply a Buzzword?
An Examination of Nuclear Fuel Waste Disposal Policies"
Academic Supervisor: Professor Jane Dawson,
Government
Jared Fertman
Major: Environmental Studies
Internship:US
EPA Region III Wetlands Enforcement Division, Philadelphia, PA
Senior Integrative
Project:"The Clean Water Act, Wetlands and the Courts:
A Paper-Thin Protection for our Nation's Most Vital Aquatic Resource."
Academic Supervisor: Professor William Frasure, Government
Lauren Hartzell
Majors: Philosophy and Environmental Studies
Internship:
Environment and Human Health, Inc. in North Haven, CT and
the Connecticut College Philosophy Department.
Senior Integrative
Project: "An Ever-Changing Future: Obligations to
Future Generations and the Future Environment"
Academic Supervisor: Professor Derek Turner, Philosophy
Katie Jones
Major: Environmental Studies
Internship: Appalachian
Mountain Club in Boston, MA
Senior Integrative Project:
"Wilderness and the 'Leave No Trace' Ethic"
An examination of the established wilderness ethic of "Leave
No Trace" (LNT).
Academic Supervisor: Professor Derek Turner, Philosophy
Lindsey Kravitz
Major: Environmental Studies Minor: Art
Internship:
Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, CT
Senior Integrative
Project: "Environmental Education: Cross-Cultural
Modeling"
Academic Supervisor: Professor Jane Dawson, Government
Sarah Lathrop
Major: English Minor: Religious Studies
Internship:
Littlewood Organic Farm in Plainfield, VT - Northeast Organic
Farming Association (NOFA).
Senior Integrative
Project: "Post-Modern American Poetry in the Eco-Critical
Context"
Academic Supervisor: Professor Ben Weaver, English
Molly Lippman
Major: Human Development
Internship:
Roughing It Day Camp in Orinda, CA
Senior Integrative
Project: "Environmental Education in a Traditional
Day Camp: A Case Study of the Effectiveness and Impact on Pre-Adolescent
Children"
Academic Supervisor: Professor Margaret Sheridan, Human Development
Vetri Nathan
Major: Italian Minor: Zoology
Internship:
"Kids for Tigers" Program, Conservation Education
Center (CEC) of the Bombay Natural History Society in Bombay,
India
Senior Integrative
Project: "Ecological Post-Colonial Discourse in India:
Where the Realms of Culture and Ecology Meet"
A study in which Vetri assessed the contemporary cultural and
political norms in India that shed light upon the larger picture
of the environmental situation in the country.
Academic Supervisor: Professor Manuel Lizarralde, Anthropology
Kassie Rohrbach
Major: Gender and Women's Studies
Internship:
Center for Resource Solutions in San Francisco, CA
Senior Integrative
Project: "Gender and Sustainable Energy Development:
An Examination of Three Case Studies from a Transnational Environmental
Feminist Perspective"
Academic Supervisor: Professor Mab Seagrest, Gender and Women's
Studies
Daisy Small
Majors: Botany and Environmental Studies
Internship: Vegetation
Surveys in Southeastern Connecticut Natural Areas at Connecticut
College
Senior Integrative Project:
"Forest Community Changes Following Hemlock Wooly
Adelgid Infestation in Southern New England"
Academic Supervisor: Professor Christine Small, Botany
John Traversi
Major: Zoology
Internship:
New England Aquarium in Boston, MA
Senior Integrative
Project: "Exploring Turtle Hearing Through Operant
Conditioning"
Academic Supervisor: Professor Robert Askins, Zoology
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