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What several Purchase College ES alumni liked about the program and where they are now...

Lindsay Randall (2007)  Environmental Sustainability Coordinator, Purchase College

Lindsay dove into the pioneering role as the first Sustainability Coordinator at Purchase College.  Reflecting on her undergraduate career, Lindsay says, “my efforts to promote sustainability at Purchase through my Senior Project have shown me the power of persistence, and that doing work within the environmental field doesn’t always have to be a battle. I learned a great deal in the classrooms about what needs to be done, but my experiences outside the classroom taught me that these things can be done and how to do them.”

Christine Bruno (2006) in Jujuy provence, Argentina (ca. 3400 meters) 

"The ES program at Purchase allowed me to work one on one with professors who cared about my future success. Through the small class size and emphasis on group work I formed friendships that have continued since I graduated from Purchase College.  Purchase provided me with an encouraging atmosphere that fostered learning and prepared me for graduate school.

I am currently working towards my Masters degree in Biology at California State University, Northridge.  I am studying the effects of ultraviolet radiation on a high elevation toad species in the Andes mountains. I will be living in Argentina for six months while I collect data and perform experiments."    (link to Christine's lab)

"Studying environmental science at Purchase College is all about small classes and interaction with faculty. While the classes are small, the benefits of Purchase’s intimacy are huge – you will learn from and conduct research firsthand with established professors."

"I graduated from the ES program in January ‘03 and will begin pursuing a Master’s degree in coastal geology at University of California – Santa Cruz in September. As I write this, though, I’m gazing at the blue-green water of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, where I am currently working (summer 2003)."

Fred Ottman (2003) assessing hatching success of loggerhead turtles in Ft. Lauderdale (FL)

"Purchase College is a small school with many opportunities for the motivated student. I was better prepared for graduate school than many of my peers due to the emphasis placed on research and lab experiences by the ES program. With the support of my professors I was awarded a grant from the Hudson River Foundation to study the intertidal nekton of the Lower Hudson River."

"I also worked as a research assistant for a fish-seaweed aquaculture project where I gained experience in media prep, general laboratory methods, and statistics. I cannot say enough good about my Purchase experiences."

Gretchen Culp (1997)

"I entered Purchase College intending to transfer out after my sophomore year (I had been accepted into the ESF program at Syracuse University). I didn't count on enjoying Purchase so much. I loved the small class size and the contact with the faculty."

"I stayed and graduated in 1997 with my BS. I just started a new job as an Environmental Database Manager for the Hudson River Foundation."

Dr. Dave Yozzo (1987) working as an environmental scientist

"Small classes, an interdisciplinary focus, opportunities for field trips, and accessible faculty were the highlights of the program the ES Program."

"My most valuable experiences were independent research projects. My senior thesis, an evolutionary study of deep-sea ostracods, was published in the Journal of Micropaleontology.  I also published work on ostracods in the Hudson River Estuarine Reserve. The field and laboratory research and scientific writing provided me with a distinct advantage when I entered graduate school.  I am now a Senior Project Manager with Barry Vittor & Associates, an environmental consulting firm."