Environmental Studies

Professional Pathways

Environmental Studies graduates have chosen to work for public interest groups and other non-governmental organizations, some teach, some work for environmental consultant companies, and others find careers in recycling education. Our graduates have gone on to work for the following companies:

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Watershed Agricultural Council
Cornell Cooperative Extension
NYS Office of Parks and Recreation and Historic Preservation
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc.
Bermuda National Trust
Adopt a Stream
Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection
New Hampshire Dept. of Environmental Services

Many of our graduates go on to graduate school in Environmental Science, Policy Studies or Economics, while others go on to earn a medical or law degree. Below is a sampling of some of the graduate schools HWS Environmental Studies majors have attended:

University of Vermont
Vermont Law School
Texas A&M
North Carolina State University
Tufts University
University of Michigan
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Roger Williams University of Law

Internships:

Pace Energy and Climate Center of Pace Law School

Graduate Profile:
Rob Holmes '92

Founder & Chief Strategist GLP Films

With two decades of experience in multi-media production, storytelling, conservation, tourism and entrepreneurship, Holmes has worked and consulted with leading international organizations, including The Nature Conservancy, Appalachian Mountain Club, Woodland Park Zoo, Trails.com and REI. He earned his B.A. in environmental studies from Hobart College and went on to receive his MBA in international business, environmental management and marketing from University of Washington. At HWS, he played soccer, minored in biology, and was a member of Sigma Chi.
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Graduate Profile:
Augusta “Gussie” Williams ’13

Doctoral Student, Harvard University

It was a high school project on the Black Plague that peaked my interest in disease transmission and epidemics, which led me to choose my First-Year Seminar, “Epidemics and the Promise of Biotechnology.” Through that course, I was able to learn about influenza pandemics, cholera transmission, and more. Although I didn’t understand that these topics were related then, I was long ago set on a path to public health.
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Environmental Studies