o’donnell ’19 takes action at climate museum

Maggie O'DonnellMaggie O’Donnell ’19 is the research and program associate at The Climate Museum in New York City, where she coordinates new aspects of the Museum’s online presence including the Online High School Internship Program and the Climate Ambassador Card. Maggie was a religion and environmental studies major and art history minor at Wesleyan and a member of our 2018-19 COE Think Tank.

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wes students earn master gardener certification

Master Gardeners at Wesleyan
L to r: UConn’s Gail Reynolds, Mairead Kennedy ’24, and Professor Rosemary Ostfeld ’02. Kennedy was one of 10 Wes students who earned their master gardener certificate through ENVS125F in spring 2021.

First-year students enrolled in ENVS125F/Community Gardening, taught by Rosemary Ostfeld ’02, assistant visiting professor of environmental studies, in spring 2021, became University of Connecticut Certified Master Gardeners this fall, thanks to a partnership by the College of the Environment, Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, and the UConn Extension Master Gardener Program.

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edwards ’21 contributes to higher ed toolkit for displaced students

Lizzie Edwards '21Lizzie Edwards ’21 (she/her)  double majored in Anthropology and Environmental Studies and minored in Middle Eastern Studies. While at Wesleyan, her senior capstone project, Politics of Thirst: Privatized Water, the Shadow State, and Citizenship Claims in Jordan, examined how water has become a key medium in which state responsibility is being privatized as well as the water access of refugees, low-income Jordanians, and elite residents. Here she shares her experience volunteering with the Student Voices for Refugees program of the University Alliance for Refugees & At-Risk Migrants (UARRM).

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