Meet recent MSUS alumna and Mayor of Sharpsburg, Brittany Reno!

Sustainability dual-degree seeker Lucy Ruzanic is learning more about energy legislation in her internship at Duquesne Light this summer.

From the start of her Masters of Sustainability program, Jen Sabol has been immersed in forest ecology research. Recently, that research helped her win first place in the Oral Presentation category at the Student Symposium on the Environment at Westminster College. We caught up with Jen to learn more about her work, her post-graduate plans, and her hopes for the field of sustainability.

Mary Schrott, MSUS+MBA ’21 is passionate about sharing sustainability with others. Through her time spent in the Falk School of Sustainability, Mary was able to secure a job working for FedEx making sustainability accessible for their employees.

Morgan Block, MSUS ‘19 acts as the current sustainability project manager at the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh. Learn how his search for equity in sustainability led him to Chatham’s Masters of Sustainability program and how his hands-on learning experiences, and coursework aid him in his current role.

Newly graduated, Nelson DiBiase MSUS + MBA ‘21 used his hands-on learning experiences to secure a position as a senior consultant in the department of energy sustainability infrastructure at Guidehouse, a consulting company. Join us as we catch up with Nelson and learn how his experiences at Eden Hall have translated to the workplace.

Double alumna and recent graduate Cat Giles ‘15, MSUS ‘17 recently founded her very own sustainable candle company: Forgotten Glass. We caught up with Cat to learn more about her sustainable candle-making strategies, her entrepreneurial work with the CWE, and her recommendations for making your career dreams come true.

Agroecology is the science of sustainable, equitable food systems. Chatham’s agroecology garden puts this science into action with practices including recycling nutrients as much as possible, taking advantage of natural relationships in the production of food, and building healthy soil to mitigate the need for pesticides.

Eden Hall Campus is now home to a microgrid, a contained energy grid that can use locally-generated energy to power its surroundings. Nelson DiBiase, MSUS + MBA ‘21 played a crucial role in setting up the microgrid for Elsalma Field, which will power the outdoor classroom, a future hoop house, and more.

Clare Clark is a traveler, a hiker, a cook, a kayaker, a cat mom, and a painter. But above all, she is a lover of food and all that it encompasses. Learn more about the work she is doing in sustainability, her love of produce, and her plans for the future in this for-students, by-students feature.

Falk School faculty offer a variety of tools sampled from some of the world’s leading sustainability-minded organizations in a new Field Guide for Future Sustainability Leaders.

“I have many dream jobs,” laughs Julia Saintz, MSUS ’19, “but this is one of them.”