Undergraduate Student Profiles

Mar 20, 2025

FER @ 2025 Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) Conference

By: Dr. Angela Allen On March 19th, students from the Environmental Resources Water Assessment Training Program (ERWATP) presented at the 2025 Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) Conference held at the…

Mar 7, 2025

From Cubicles to Construction Sites: My Dual-Perspective Dive into Natural Resource Permitting

By: Novotna Talavera Imagine an internship where your environmental passion aligns seamlessly with the dynamic challenges of the energy sector, where every decision you make directly impacts the preservation of…

Jan 24, 2025

Sometimes Saving Plants Takes Removing Others: The Threat Invasive Species Hold Against Forest Health

By: Cate Harris Ever since I was little, I dreamed of a job where I could spend the day outside just as I did then. It wasn’t until I was…

Jan 17, 2025

Students Gain Hands-On Experience With Local Engineering Firm

College of Natural Resources students gain valuable skills through internships with many employers, including Raleigh-based engineering consulting firm Terracon.

Jan 9, 2025

Isabelle Zarsadias: A Summer in Charlotte Storm Water Services: Safeguarding Our City, One Storm Pipe at a Time

It was a scorching July afternoon when I found myself standing in a resident’s backyard, examining a sinkhole the size of my bedroom. As I looked down into the gaping…

Dec 20, 2024

SOARE: SWAG Summer Research Experience

Written by: Eric Martineau The annual problem of my generation is finding a good way to spend their summer vacation, but luckily for me, I didn’t have any questions about…

Dec 13, 2024

New Pollutants: Analyzing Soil Samples for a Newly Discovered PFAS Becoming Another

Written by: Sophia Cunningham The government scientist: someone whose stereotype is strange experiments in a lab you need special clearance to even get into. There are possibly cutting-edge chemicals and…

Dec 6, 2024

CLT Stormwater: One Piece of a Dynamic System

Written By: Halee Reinhardt, NCSU If you’d asked me last fall what my summer would look like, I’d probably have painted a picture of long, lazy days in the sun…

Nov 15, 2024

Nicky Todorov: My First Ever Job Experience!

Hi, my name is Nicky Todorov, and I’m a senior at NC State majoring in environmental sciences and minoring in renewable energy assessment. This past summer, I worked at a…

Nov 1, 2024

Emma Budden: Discovering My Passion for Field Work

Fulfilling…is the word I would use to describe the two months I spent doing field work in the Warm Heart of Africa. Upon landing in Lilongwe, Malawi, we drove the…