Graduate Profile: Stephanie Smith
Stephanie Smith knew she wanted to work in science, but it was consultation with her faculty advisor, Murray Borrello, that helped her decide on environmental consulting.
“The most rewarding experience I got from the environmental science department was the one-on-one attention and hands on learning from various projects,” the 2004 graduate says.
"The most rewarding experience I got from the environmental science department was the one-on-one attention and hands on learning from various projects."
“Attending Citizen Action Group meetings in St. Louis regarding the progress of the EPA cleanup on the Velsicol site, and conducting an independent study on gypsy moth control — these aspects of the department combined with personal interaction with professors helped me get where I am today.”
She now works for AKT Peerless Environmental Services assessing sites and working with Environmental Protection Agency Brownfield Redevelopment Grant projects.
“Several classes that I took at Alma have helped me in my work,” she says. “Classes like environmental policy and environmental economics, neither of which I was remotely interested in at that time, have helped me gain an understanding of government policy, action and laws that we apply every day in our profession.”
The biology major played softball for the Alma Scots and was involved in Students United for Nature, Beta Beta Beta and Zeta Sigma.
