Becoming an Environmental Health Major or Grad Student

[Phoenix Mourning-Star]

Hi! So I get a few questions every so often about what its like and what we do as environmental health academics. I thought this might be a good first discussion.

How did you become a CSU EH major/grad student?

[Samantha Kantrowitz]

Like a lot of people, I was recruited into the EH major by Dr. Gilkey. I was presenting a poster last spring about chronic wasting disease contamination in soil and water around Fort Collins, and found out that it was really an environmental health topic. I was more interested in EH than anything else, I just had to get it pointed out to me! The major is great because it is so diverse and you can go so many directions with it.

[Charlotte Boney]

In high school, my AP Biology teacher had a big poster all about Environmental Health as a major. I wanted a major where I could help people (and still make $). CSU has such a good program, it was actually one of the main reasons I decided to come to Colorado!