{"id":3887,"date":"2023-11-13T19:50:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T19:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-environmental-studies\/?page_id=3887"},"modified":"2024-10-09T19:29:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T19:29:33","slug":"newsletter202311","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/environmental-studies\/about\/enewsletters\/esnewsletter\/newsletter202311\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Newsletter – 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Publication of Macalester’s
Environmental Studies Department
<\/strong>November 2023<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Letter From the Chair<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dear Friends of Environmental Studies,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome back to campus! Last year was a great one for the Department of Environmental Studies, and after the relative quiet and slowness of summer, it was a real pleasure to welcome students back to campus, where the pace has picked up considerably!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are delighted to have Anika Bratt continuing in the department for another year as the Wallin Postdoctoral Fellow of Environmental Studies. We\u2019re also very happy to report that Stotra Chakrabarti, who was a full-time visiting faculty member in the ES Department last year, has moved into a tenure-track position in the Biology Department, where he will continue to offer a variety of classes that are cross-listed with ES. We are lucky to have them both here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year we graduated 31 majors and 11 minors, making us the 8th<\/sup> largest department on campus. Of the 2023 graduates, 10 had interdisciplinary emphases and 21 had disciplinary emphases, with Biology and Economics the two largest concentrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also want to congratulate our student award winners from the class of 2023. Dheera Yalamanchili won the ES Citizenship Award; Alexandra Jabbarpour and Vivian Powell were the co-winners of the ES Scholarship Award; and Ahmed Abdala Ahmed and Joseph Mogul both won the Environmental Justice award. Congratulations as well to Valeska Fresquet Kohan and Madeline Medina, who both wowed us with their ambitious honors thesis projects. A heartfelt thank you to all of these students for their work and the impact that they had on the department and the school. A special thanks as well to Francesca LoPresti and Mariko Yatsuhashi, who are serving as student representatives to the department this year. Mariko is also serving as the department\u2019s anti-racism fellow. I encourage you to be in touch with her (and with ES faculty) with your ideas and aspirations, and to look for communication from her about how to be involved in the peer mentoring program and other opportunities for engagement that she is organizing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, I will give my annual plug for you to read the updates shared by each faculty member in this newsletter. Our department boasts an exceptional team of faculty and staff. You know firsthand what they all contribute in the classroom and in the office, but you might not know as much about the rest of their professional and personal lives. Truly, they are a remarkable group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so are you! If you\u2019d like to share your own latest adventures and achievements, we would love to hear about them. If you find yourself near the office, please don\u2019t hesitate to drop by to talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Wells
Chair, Environmental Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Christie Manning Wins Two Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In September 2023, Prof. Christie Manning was a Trustee Award winner.  The Trustee Awards were created by Trustee Steve Euller \u201871 in 2013. The fund is used to provide awards of $5,000 to faculty members (typically 5 per year) who demonstrate exemplary achievement in teaching, scholarship, and\/or service to the Macalester or professional community. Trustee Awards are open to faculty who are tenured, tenure-track, or in the NTT series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also in May 2023, Christie was honored with the Disability Services Champions Award.  This award recognizes the faculty, staff and students who are \u201cchampions\u201d of disability awareness and advocacy at Macalester.  These individuals exemplify inclusive practices, promote disability awareness and diversity in a wide variety of ways, and are strong advocates for physical and programmatic access at Mac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations Christie!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Environmental Studies Student Award Winners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The 2023 Environmental Studies Student Award winners are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n