Alumni Profile: David Bennett
Name: David Bennett Education: BS in Geographic Information Science, James Madison University; MA in International Development & Social Change, Clark University; MBA in Sustainable Business Management, Presidio Graduate School SFS Program: Mexico Summer ‘97; SFS Intern Mexico Spring ‘98 Current Position: Green Team Operations & Innovations Lead at Google Why did you choose SFS as [...]
SFS Was Just the Beginning
By Anne Rosinski SFS TCI Spring ‘07 2013 NOAA Coral Reef Management Fellow Cramming for final presentations; the last snorkel at your favorite reef site; jamming sweaty, salty, dirty clothes back into your suitcase; and tearful goodbyes to friends and colleagues that have shared every minute of your experience over the last four months…this is [...]
Alumni Profile: SJ Byce, TCI Fall ’10
I left the island of South Caicos in December of 2010, and my journeys since — from South Caicos to Virginia to North Carolina to Idaho to Chile — have all involved, in some way, a continuation of the academic projects and experiential leaning principles introduced to me at the SFS Center for Marine Resources. [...]
Alumni Profile: Jen Ryan
SFS alumna Jen (Loose) Ryan Costa Rica Spring ’94 learned a lot from riding the buses through Central America, even if she did not realize it at the time. “Looking at the massive erosion from certain agricultural practices gave me a sense of how important good environmental laws and regulations are. I saw for myself [...]
Alumni Profile: Becky Halvorsen
Becky Halvorsen, SFS East Africa Fall ’10, has a thrilling story about camping in the Serengeti: “One of the night guards, named Askari Bora, spoke hardly any English but he made fantastic animal noises,” she said. “He did a particularly awesome hyena impression. ‘Fisi hehehehehehe, Askari Bora BAM BAM BAM,’ he would say, while pantomiming [...]
Dispatch from the 100-day, 1000-mile Expedition
Name: Marta Brill Position: Communication Specialist, Alumni Relations and Development Location: SFS Headquarters “Before we start, I need to warn you that I am hiking through national forest, and I’ve only got one bar,” said conservationist Mallory Lykes Dimmitt Mexico Spring ’97. Dimmitt is on the phone with me from the Osceola National Forest, near the [...]
