ENSP alumni Blair Delean (Marine & Coastal Management, 2010) and Dustin Picard (Marine & Coastal Management, 2013) are newly-commissioned officers in the NOAA Commissioned Officers Corps. NOAA Commissioned Officers are an integral part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and can be found operating one of NOAA's 19 ships or 12 aircraft that support NOAA's missions. Duties and areas of operations can range from launching a weather balloon at the South Pole, conducting hydrographic or fishery surveys in Alaska, maintaining buoys in the tropical Pacific, flying snow surveys and into hurricanes. After the US Environmental Protection Agency, NOAA is ENSP's largest government employer; Blair and Justin, however, are the first ENSP alumni to become commissioned officers. To learn more about the NOAA Commissioned Officers Corps, go here. Published: Summer 2014.
ENSP alumnus Nathan Hurwitz (Politics & Policy, 2012) has just been named a Presidential Management Fellow. As a Presidential Management Fellow, Nathan is currently working as a Social Science Analyst with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
While at the University of Maryland, Nathan participated in the Federal Semester Program and was a member of the University Honors College. Nathan received his MPP from the UMD School of Public Policy in 2014.
Previous government positions include a Step appointment with the U.S. Department of Energy, a Legislative Assistant internship with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and a Pathways internship with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Published: Summer 2014.
ENSP Senior Chris Riley (Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, 2014) has received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship, which recognizes outstanding students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. NSF fellows receive three years of support from the agency, including a $32,000 annual stipend, a $12,000 cost-of-education allowance to the institution, international research and professional development opportunities, and access to a supercomputer. The NSF received more than 14,000 applications for the 2014 competition and made 2,000 fellowship award offers. Chris will use his fellowship at The Ohio State University, where he plans to study the ecology of insects in urban and suburban areas. Published: Spring 2014.
