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NWF's 2002-2003 Campus Ecology fellows are leading the way for future student leaders, advancing campus greening initiatives at colleges and universities throughout the country.

This class of fellows are focusing their efforts on strengthening the importance of native habitats in an urban environment, educating youth about alternative energy, implementing a range of projects to support sustainable markets and providing resources and tools to support student leaders on campus and in the community.

Transitioning to full year fellowship projects, the fellows are taking advantage of the additional time by identifying and cultivating key relationships with stakeholders on and off campus. Through matching support, in kind contributions, technical assistance and community building, the fellows are ensuring successful initiatives on campus and leveraging their projects to extend beyond the bounds of the college grounds.
 

2002-2003 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.

Susan Aiezza, graduate student
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
Producing a seven-minute video segment on sustainability for a weekly magazine program called Indiana Outdoors. Contact: suzydiscovery@excite.com

Isiah Dalton, sophomore
Wilbur Wright College
Chicago, Illinois
Creating a natural landscape in an urban setting, incorporating Schoolyard Habitat criteria, by expanding the existing native prairie garden on campus. Contact: idalton@ccc.edu

Ariel Diamond, sophomore
Wellesley College
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Creating a sustainable and expandable campus recycling program building upon the efforts of the multi-constituency group, Wellesley Energy and Environmental Defense. Contact: adiamon1@wellesley.edu

Lyndsay Hazen, senior
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
Implementing an environmentally preferred purchasing policy, ensuring a market for recycled products by "closing the loop." Contact: lhazen@zoo.uvm.edu

Corinna Kester, senior
University of Texas- Austin
Austin, Texas
Establishing a Campus Environmental Center to build capacity among student environmental leaders, assist students in collaborating with the University to reduce it's environmental impact and serve as a venue for environmental education on campus and beyond. Contact: corinnak@mail.utexas.edu

Collin Lee, junior
University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Organizing educational seminars, field trips and Town Hall forums and securing the purchase of green energy shares for the University's Academic and Health Affairs campuses. Contact: cblee@email.unc.edu

Lorenzo Macaluso, graduate
University of Massachusetts- Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts
Conducting three training sessions for departmental assistants and office managers and offer on site technical assistance on green procurement as part of the Office of Waste Management's Green Office Training Institute. Contact: lorenzo@facil.umass.edu

Katherine Manchester, junior
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island
Developing and delivering a portable curriculum that demonstrates the environmental and economic impacts of traditional and green energy. Contact: kman1565@postoffice.uri.edu

Nyrie Palmer, graduate
Rutgers University
Piscataway, New Jersey
Developing and integrating environmentally preferable purchasing criteria into e-commerce procurement systems and demonstrating how others can utilize such technology. Contact: nyrie_palmer@hotmail.com

Campus Ecology...It takes a big step to make a smaller footprint.