• <div class="hero-story-wrapper container mb-2"><div class="hero-story col-lg-3 offset-lg-3 px-3 pb-2"><h4><a href="/live/news/5162-planning-the-urban-forest">Planning the urban forest</a></h4><p><p> Two Beloit College seniors, Emmalynn May’23 and Mikaila Davis’23, conducted research on campus resulting in an urban forest plan and campus tree map. Collaboration and mentorship led to projects that will be valuable for years to come.</p></p><p><a href="/live/news/5162-planning-the-urban-forest" style="font-size: 1.05em;">Read More →</a></p></div></div><div class="hero-header-image" style="background-image: url(/live/image/gid/125/height/670/src_region/0,416,2135,2553/10971_BeloitCollege__AlexGarcia_518.rev.1682449730.jpg); background-size:cover; background-position:center; min-height:400px;"><div class="" style="position:static;"><span class="lw_image_caption lw_align_right px-3" style=""><a href="/live/news/5162-planning-the-urban-forest">Two students. Two projects. Many trees.</a> </span></div></div>

Protecting the environment takes work at every level

What is your dream career?

Become an advocate, consultant, educator, engineer, lawyer, or policymaker tackling real-world sustainability challenges such as food security, clean energy, climate change, sustainable development, and access to clean water.

Keep your focus local like Stan Riggs’60, a coastal geologist and evangelist for science education who’s been advocating for coastal conservation in North Carolina for nearly 60 years.

Or, perhaps, seek solutions with global impact like Aaron Nesser’11, whose work on sustainable materials for durable products such as sneakers is bringing eco-options to a notoriously polluting industry. 

Chart your own path

Find coursework to match your interests. Get involved with one of Beloit’s numerous environmental groups to effect change on campus. Gain experience through your job or internship to build your resume and explore different fields. 

Your new professional network

Along the way, Beloit faculty, staff, and alumni are your guides and mentors. They open doors. Share opportunities. Help you make decisions. 

Sustainability

Your Mentors

Matt Tedesco
Matthew Tedesco

Matt was involved in the creation of Beloit’s current Environmental Studies program, and because climate change is plausibly the most important challenge in the history of humanity, he believes deeply in the importance of sustainability as a focus for students both at Beloit and beyond.

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Alicia Bailey
Alicia Bailey

Alicia works with students in the scene shop to help bring shows to life. Students not only learn practical skills necessary for technical theatre, but also how to be more sustainable in the work they’re doing.

Joseph Derosier
Joseph P. Derosier

Joseph Derosier and his students examine literature, film, and other forms of media to understand how our world has been imagined and realized, and how we ourselves participate in how these worlds are perpetuated, altered, and reimagined.

Susan Furukawa
Susan Westhafer Furukawa

Susan Furukawa works with students to understand how the narratives people create are subject to cultural, historical, and sociopolitical influences. Furukawa-sensei and her students examine the ways in which language and stories are often used to curate our understanding of the environment and the world.

Yaffa Grossman
Yaffa L. Grossman

Yaffa mentors students in biology, environmental studies, and sustainability.

Pablo Toral
Pablo Toral

Pablo Toral takes students into the field to learn sustainability from the ground up, working with the communities they visit.

Shelbi Wilkin
Shelbi Wilkin

Shelbi mentors students in theatre design and technology specializing in costume design, cultural representation onstage, fashion history, and sustainable fashion practices.

Jay Zambito
Jay Zambito

Jay mentors students interested in climate change and natural resources.

Alumna Clare Eigenbrode’20 pursues career as a science communicator
COLLEGE TO CAREER

Alumna Clare Eigenbrode’20 pursues career as a science communicator

Clare has held several positions in the fields of social justice and environmental justice, with a focus on communication, outreach, and community building and empowerment. Now, she’ll attend Johns Hopkins to pursue an MA in science communication. 

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Issac Bamgbose

Urban development trailblazer

Isaac Bamgbose’13  is a true trailblazer in the field of urban development with invaluable insights and innovative ideas on how we can shape the cities of the

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Garrison Ferone’22

Fisheries biology and tropical ecology

At Beloit College, students don’t have to decide between academics and sports, thanks to supportive mentors and a flexible curriculum. Garrison Ferone’22 has set college baseball records, and…

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