Fellowships > 2004 Fellows

(Grant Period: February 2004 - December 2004)

National Wildlife Federation's (NWF) 2004 Campus Ecology fellows are building upon the efforts of 50 alumni fellows from 24 states across the country. With projects ranging from composting to green roofs and biodiesel to reuse and recycling, the fellows are partnering with campus and community members to advance initiatives toward a sustainable future.

In spirit of the National Wildlife Federation's continued commitment to fostering youth leadership within NWF and among our affiliate organizations, the fellows are participating in a training hosted in conjunction with NWF's 2004 Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO. The training includes key skills such as asset mapping, capacity building, project management and media outreach. The fellows are also participating in Annual Meeting general sessions, conservation and education workshops and social events.

2004 Fellows

The following project highlight the goals of this year's fellows. For more information and contact information on these projects and more, search the Fellowships database by campus or project topic.

Philip Aroneanu, sophomore
Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont
Instituting a small-scale vermicomposting system in a pre-existing college greenhouse using food waste from on-campus dining halls and producing fertilizer for campus and community organic gardening.

Scott Barvainis, senior
State University of New York - Binghamton
Binghamton, New York
Designing and implementing a composting system using food waste from on-campus dining halls and developing a sustainable agriculture program in the form of an organic garden.

Penny Bauder, graduate student
Alaska Pacific University
Anchorage, Alaska
Establishing a 2-credit course as part of the Summer Field Session on Sustainability, encouraging the use of biodiesel in campus vehicles and generators and launching a biodiesel cooperative.

Tim Carter, graduate student
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Informing campus and community members about the function and feasibility of retrofitting campus buildings with vegetated roofs by creating signage at a recently built site on campus and conducting outreach activities.

Reid Coffman, graduate student
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Constructing roof top plots and a terrestrial plots to simulate environmental conditions and evaluating ecological and economic costs and benefits between green roof ecosystems and terrestrial ecosystems.

Meghan Daly, junior
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Implementing a composting program, conducting educational outreach to campus and community members and working with Sodexho to initiate composting programs on other campuses.

Sarah Ferriter, senior
University of Southern Maine
Portland, Maine
Establishing a permanent fund supported by student fees to implement and maintain biodiesel use in campus buses and conducting a greenhouse gas emissions audit.

Garret Fitzgerald, graduate student
University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Conducting a comprehensive sustainability assessment and launching an awards program recognizing faculty and staff who have demonstrated a commitment to improved environmental performance.

April Ipock, junior
New College of California
San Francisco, California
Retrofitting a campus roof to support the weight of a vegetated roof, building a guardrail on two sides of the roof and using the garden as a teaching tool.

Jeffrey Lyng, graduate student
University of Colorado - Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Designing a Zero Energy Bicycle Kiosk for the CU Environmental Center in conjunction with students, faculty and staff, serving as the primary facility for the bicycle rental and loan program, transit information and the QuickFix tool station.

Summer Rayne Oakes, senior
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Promoting environmental awareness through fashion design, art and popular media by connecting academic and professional designers to create organic, nature-inspired designs for use in fashion photography and for the production of a coffee table book.

Jerrad Pierce, graduate student
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Producing and distributing paper and digital Green Maps of the MIT campus and Cambridge area by conducting research and by collaborating with campus and community stakeholders.

Lisa Rasbach, sophomore
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, New York
Investigating the feasibility and sustainability of producing and using biodiesel fuel in campus vehicles and raising awareness about and participation in environmental issues.

Josef Robinson, junior
Tennessee State University
Nashville, Tennessee
Establishing a solid waste recycling program and conducting educational outreach on campus and among inner-city residents to address barriers to full participation in the city's new curbside recycling program.

Allison Rogers, senior
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Creating a campus store which will sell and donate reused and refurbished materials to students and the local community, creating a student-operated non-profit that promotes waste reduction and reuse.

Richard Strain, junior
State University of New York - Albany
Albany, New York
Removing invasive species, reintroducing native plant species of the Albany Pine Bush and conducting educational outreach among campus and communities members about the importance of native species.

Joe Wong, sophomore
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Assessing water usage and wastewater generation on campus and developing plans for expanded water use metering and wastewater generation measurement.