Majors:
Earth sciences and environmental science.
Clubs and organizations:
Dickinson’s Sustainable Investments Task Force, Presidential Commission on Environmental Sustainability, Outing Club, Reinvest Dickinson, Environmental Studies/Science Majors Committee, Student Handiwork for Organized Projects (SHOP), the Treehouse (ecosystems manager), Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Farm (student farmer), EarthNow (vice president), Geology Club (secretary) and Interdisciplinary Dialogue on Climate Change (treasurer).
Why I chose Dickinson:
My criteria were pretty simple. First, how strong is the sustainability program? And second, does the college have a farm? Dickinson has an incredible farm and a great sustainability program, so it was the clear choice.
Favorite learning experience:
During my first semester I took Introduction to Archaeology and World Prehistory with Professor Maria Bruno to fulfill [liberal-arts] requirements, but I ended up really enjoying the course. Last summer [Bruno] invited me to work on research with her in Bolivia. It was an incredible experience to get to work with a professor in a different field than my major.
Favorite Dining Hall food:
Anything from the College Farm, especially the cherry tomatoes.
Favorite book:
Life of Pi.
Favorite movie:
[James Balog's] Chasing Ice.
Post-graduation plans:
I have a blueberry farm back home in Tennessee that I really enjoy. I would like to use permaculture-design principles to make it a fully functioning farm. I am also deeply concerned with global climate change and the effects that humans are having on our only planet. Many people are already feeling the effects of our fossil-fuel consumption, and I would like to do whatever I can to help mitigate global climate change.
Favorite place on campus:
The Handlebar.
Little-known talent:
I occasionally play the harmonica.
If I could have dinner with anyone, living or dead, it would be . . .
Barack Obama. I would love to fill his ear [with] climate change for a couple of hours and learn about why we are struggling to address it.
Published November 15, 2013