CHC Most Sustainable Student

Caitlin Zoetis 

Graduation Year: 2011

Major: Biology

Caitlin is a Biology and Environmental Science major and Longwood's current Student Assistant Sustainability Coordinator. Last summer she completed GNED 495, a week-long course taught in Yellowstone National Park, during which students explore controversial issues like wolf reintroduction, bison management, snowmobile policy. She was inspired by that experience to write a letter to the Loudoun County School Board about the placement choice of the new High School, a highly debated topic there. She also attended a the NEXTGEN College Activist Environmental Conference this fall at Yale University. Among other follow-up actions, she reported to me about a session strictly for School gardens where she learned how a campus garden can be not only a sustainable option but and educational one. She is clearly applying what she learns in her class work to actively support sustainability causes on and off campus.