Undergraduate Student Profiles

Apr 18, 2023

Natural Resources Student Gains Hands-On Experience With Endangered Lemurs

As a communications assistant at the Duke Lemur Center, Rhiannon See photographs free-ranging lemurs for the organization’s social media platforms and much more.

Mar 16, 2023

Miles Dillard: DEQ Step Intern Experience

Have you ever wanted to take part in environmental research that will help new environmental standards and initiatives become reality? If so then you will be interested in the internship…

Mar 6, 2023

Goodnight Scholar Q&A: A Conversation with Emanuella Tran ’26

Tran, a freshman studying environmental sciences, is among the 50 students in the class of 2026 recently selected for the Goodnight Scholars Program. 

Mar 1, 2023

Forestry Student Mary Marriott Awarded Prestigious Scholarship

Mary Marriott, a junior majoring in forest management, has been awarded the Nicholas M. Curtis Memorial Scholarship Endowment from the North Carolina Forestry Association.

Feb 27, 2023

Goodnight Scholar Q&A: A Conversation with Patrick Cardona ’26

Cardona, a freshman studying environmental sciences, is among the 50 students in the class of 2026 recently selected for the Goodnight Scholars Program at NC State.

Feb 24, 2023

Lana Davenport: Backcountry Ranger Assistant at Shuyak Island State Park, AK

This past summer I embarked on the greatest adventure of my life: two and a half months on the Kodiak Archipelago, in southwest Alaska. Fifty days were spent on a…

Feb 10, 2023

Audrey Benton: Uncovering the Wonders of Our Coasts

Imagine waking up, stepping outside, and seeing dolphins swimming right in your backyard. That’s what I did this summer at the North Carolina Coastal Federation in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.…

Jan 27, 2023

Cassi Shires: Diving in to North Carolina Marine Fisheries

I held on to the rain-soaked handrails as tightly as I could, adrenaline pumping through my system as we motored back to the dock to escape the storm. In that…

Jan 13, 2023

Rhiannon See: A Summer of Photography, Writing, and Lemurs!

The first day of my internship at the Duke Lemur Center was unlike any other first day at a new job I have ever experienced. I began the day with…

Dec 12, 2022

Eben Preston: Invasive Plant Specialist with Raleigh Parks

Everyone enjoys a lovely trip to Anderson Point Park, Lake Johnson or any of the other wonderful parks the city of Raleigh has to offer, but did you know that…