Environmental studies (ENVS) is the academic component of the Bailey COE. Offered as a linked major or minor, all ENVS linked majors have a primary major (or majors) in another academic department or program. So linked equals more, not less! Our current and past students hail from almost every single department and program at Wes: from government, art, and chemistry to economics, English, and earth and environmental sciences to film studies, sociology, and biology!
As we congratulate and wish all good things for our Class of 2026 ENVS majors, check out how the ENVS major can be linked across natural sciences, social sciences, and the arts and humanities, while learning more about four of our amazing graduating seniors (starting top left, above): FILM/ENVSmajor Chloe Andersen, PSYC/ENVS major Rachel Masterson, STS/GRST/ENVS major Isaac Ostrow, and E&ES/ENVS major Catherine Auerbach!
Isaac Ostrow ’26 recently returned from Egypt, where he met with international climate activists and attended the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27), thanks to support from sources that included the Robert F. Schumann Institute of the College of the Environment.