college of natural resources

May 6, 2022

Graduation to Vocation: Katie Kolcusky is Using Data to Protect Nature

Katie Kolcusky will graduate in May 2022 with a professional master’s degree in geospatial information science and technology (MGIST). Upon graduation, she will work as a solution engineer with Esri’s National Government Team. 

Mar 3, 2022

Living in Nashville, Learning at NC State

Tanner Sulser is an NC State graduate student completing the online Graduate Certificate in Renewable Energy Assessment and Development. Sulser recently switched jobs and he accredits this certificate to be a significant reason as to why he was hired. 

Feb 23, 2022

Celebrating Black Excellence: Tira Beckham is Tackling Climate Change

Tira Beckham, a graduate student in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, is studying the socio-political barriers to climate resilience in low-income, rural, inland communities. 

Feb 23, 2022

Deja Perkins Recognized as One of North Carolina’s Black STEM Leaders

Deja Perkins, a Ph.D. student studying geospatial analytics at the NC State College of Natural Resources, is co-organizer of #BlackBirdersWeek and the BlackAFinSTEM Collective. 

Jan 24, 2022

NC State Student Supports Wildlife Conservation in Africa

Matt Snider, a doctoral student, is conducting camera trap studies at Kasanka National Park in Zambia to better understand the effects of habitat loss and to combat poaching. 

Nov 30, 2021

Graduation to Vocation: Hayley Tate is Promoting Wellness through Recreation

Hayley Tate will soon graduate with a master’s degree in parks, recreation, tourism and sport management. She is currently a licensed recreational therapist with UNC Health. 

Aug 10, 2021

NC State Student Brings Indigenous Knowledge to State Climate Policies

College of Natural Resources Ph.D. student Jocelyn Painter is giving North Carolina’s Native American tribes a seat at the governing table. 

Jun 14, 2021

Alum Leads Honduran University, Conservation Efforts Through Pandemic

Wilmer Reyes graduated from NC State with a Ph.D. in forestry and environmental resources in 2017. He is now president of the Universidad Nacional de Agricultura (UNAG) in Honduras, where he also teaches in the department of hydrometeorology. 

May 3, 2021

Where There’s Smoke: Reducing Downwind Impacts of Prescribed Burns

New research by Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Kate Jones will use geospatial modeling and interactive data visualization to help fire managers consider the vulnerability of communities downwind of prescribed burns. 

Feb 17, 2021

Black Excellence: Wildlife Biologist Lauren Pharr

Lauren Pharr, a master’s student in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at NC State’s College of Natural Resources is partnering with Neighborhood Nestwatch out of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., to research the effects of urban noise and light pollution on avian survival.