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Congratulations to our new ENVR-SO Officers for 2008-2009! Check out the ENVR-SO Officers page to get more involved. Upcoming events: Ford Lecture: Monday April 14th at 4:30 *Go the the sph alumni website to sign up, there will be good food and an excellent speaker ENVR Table and Trivia in the Pit: April 21st 11am-1pm Middle School Outreach Visits: May 21 & 22 *Contact Grace Wallenborn to volunteer for one or both days |
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The Environmental Sciences & Engineering Student Organization @ Carolina was created in the Fall of 2005. The organization's mission is to provide students with the opportunity to engage in personal and professional activities with other ENVR students and to have a place where students can go for information and to voice their concerns about the department. The organization hopes to meet this goal by organizing events that foster unity within the department. These include career and alumni networking opportunities, talks by environmental professionals, monthly meetings to discuss departmental issues, and social activities, all to encourage communication between students. |
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At the DESE Spring 2007 Picnic, ENVR-SO VP Josh Hunn announced that Milton Heath was chosen by the ENVR students as the recipient of the 2007 Newton Underwood Award for Excellence in Teaching. Joining the UNC faculty in 1957, Milton Heath has taught generations of graduate students, including current faculty, as well as state and local officials environmental law. The student nominating Prof. Heath said his reading handouts are six inches thick, but there is no need to worry. Prof. Heath will go out of his way to help his students with his assignments and their understanding of the law. An architect of countless NC environmental and natural resource legislation, one is hard press to find a better instructor for environmental law. And in the words of his students, he is one of the best professors they have ever had. Congratulations to Milton Heath on an award well deserved! |
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 Gina is a PhD student in Dr. Steve Whalen’s lab whose research primarily involves the biogeochemistry of both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Gina is originally from western Pennsylvania (GO STEELERS!) She received a B.S. in Biology with a specialization in Marine Science and a minor in Environmental Science from Boston University. After a few years of living in the San Bernardino Mountains in southern California teaching science to kids, she came to North Carolina via UNCW, where she obtained her M.S. in Marine Biology. Her masters project dealt with measuring benthic chlorophyll levels to determine the viability of wetlands restoration using dredge spoil material. After completing her masters in 2003 Gina came to UNC to begin working on her PhD. Her research is centered around nutrient cycling (specifically Nitrogen) in both soil and groundwater at a large, precision agriculture farm along the Carolina coast. While determining a nitrogen mass balance for the agricultural ecosystem and determining the relative quantities and forms of N (specifically NO3, NH4 and urea) she is also in trying to determine if differences exist between management practices used on the farm. All of this raw data is also being analyzed using GIS analysis in conjunction with BME/MATLAB modeling software and create a spatio/temporal management budget for the ecosystem. In her spare time Gina enjoys sports (soccer and tennis, mostly) and hanging out with her husband and their NINE pets!
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