Peter Schwartzman
Associate Professor and Chair of Environmental Studies
2 East South Street
Galesburg, IL 61401-4999
309-341-7142
E-mail: pschwart@knox.edu
A significant number of Knox graduates have careers or have pursued graduate study in environmental fields, including the following:
Teacher, Environmental Studies, High School, Dan Prieto '08.
Community Organizer, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, Selene Gonzalez '08.
Graduate Student, Environmental Studies, Washington State University, Megan Hill '02.
Peace Corps, Malawi. Bryan Quinn '02.
Deputy Director, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Springfield, Illinois. William Seith '81.
Assistant Support Scientist /Database Manager, Center for Biodiversity, Illinois Natural History Survey. Karyla Trester '97, winner of the 1999 Ratza Memorial Scholarship.
Intern,Hygieneering, Willowbrook, Illinois. Neeha Shrestha '07.
Graduate student, Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development, University of Wisconsin, Desmond Fortes '00.
Environmentalist, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, Illinois.
Marcia Damato '87.USDA Forest Hydrologist, Hiawatha National Forest, Escanaba, Michigan. Robert W. Hennes '75.
Graduate Student, Behavioral Ecology, Indiana University. Jennifer
Grindstaff '98, winner of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.Professor of Biology, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana. David T. Krohne '74.
Technical Assistance Program Manager, Border Environment Corporation, El Paso, Texas. April Lander '87.
President, Peak Environmental Management, Inc., Green River, Wyoming. Myra Peak '76.
Graduate student, Environmental Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Chih Lun Tsau '94.
Naturalist/Data Analyst, Du Page County, DuPage, Illinois. Forest Preserve, Rachel Reklau '96.
Like many Knox College students, Steve Galdek is fond of the squirrels wandering around campus. His research project is enabling him to learn more about their winter-survival strategies.
Knox College scored among the top five liberal arts colleges in its region, in the 2011 Association for Computing Machinery Intercollegiate Programming Contest. Knox sent three teams to the expanding regional competition.
Knox College senior Lauren Smith, recipient of a 2011 Student Laureate Award from the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, talks about her research, classes and extracurricular activities.
I can't imagine doing anything more fun than this. It shows that it's possible to find a topic that you can fall in love with, and I want my students to see that. I am Nicole
Whittaker Malley '98, instructor of music, and...
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