Student Ambassadors for the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences serve in a variety of different activities for the Department. Primarily they serve as student representatives for the undergraduate population. They assist in providing prospective students the current perspective of a student in our program as well as providing feedback to our faculty and staff regarding the state of our program. Listed below are our current Student Ambassadors for the 2016-2017 school year. Please browse their profiles to learn more about them and why they chose to study here at Illinois with NRES. Feel free to contact them directly if you have any specific questions.
| Name | Hometown | Year in School/Expected Graduation | Concentration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Milla | Honolulu, HI | Senior, May 2017 | Global Change and Landscape Dynamics |
| Kathleen Russell | Park Ridge, IL | Senior, May 2017 | Global Change and Landscape Dynamics |
| Valarie Repp | Benton, IL | Senior, May 2017 | Resource Conservation and Restoration Ecology |
| Joe Edwards | Springfield, IL | Senior, May 2017 (Transfer Student) | Fish and Wildlife Conservation |
| Kevin Quealy | Lansing, IL | Senior, May 2017 | Human Dimensions of the Environment |
| Taylor Cascia | Pekin, IL | Senior, May 2017 | Human Dimensions of the Environment |
| Miranda Sanford | Grayslake, IL | Senior, May 2017 | Fish and Wildlife Conservation |
| Matt Michels | Aurora, IL | Senior, May 2017 | Human Dimensions of the Environment |
| Julia Antonson | Gray, ME | Senior, May 2017 | Resource Conservation and Restoration Ecology |
| Taylor West | Roscoe, IL | Senior, May 2017 | Fish and Wildlife Conservation |
| Saachi Kuwayama | Buffalo Grove, IL | Senior, May 2017 | Human Dimensions of the Environment |
| Sarah Kania | Geneva, IL | Junior, May 2018 | Global Change and Landscape Dynamics |
| Erin Slifer | Champaign, IL | Junior, May 2018 | Resource Conservation and Restoration Ecology |
| Nisarg Shah | Chicago, IL | Junior, May 2018 (Transfer Student) | Fish and Wildlife Conservation |
| Aaron Gatdula | Naperville, IL | Junior, May 2018 | Global Change and Landscape Dynamics |
| Krti Tallam | Bay Area, CA | Sophomore, May 2019 | Fish and Wildlife Conservation |
| Effie Lu | Xiamen, China | Sophomore, December 2018 | Human Dimensions of the Environment |
| Kealie Vogel | Peoria, IL | Sophomore, December 2018 | Human Dimensions of the Environment |
