2000 Major: Biology
"It set the stage for my career in academia, especially because my PhD advisor was also a Duke alumnus and seeing Duke on my application caught his attention. As I progressed through my PhD and into my career (I am now the Chair of the Department of Environmental Studies at The University of Tampa), the quality of my Duke education has helped me to develop and deliver my personal educational philosophy about experiential, interdisciplinary education."
"Take every opportunity you can because the only thing more important than figuring out what you want to do with the rest of your life is figuring out what you don't want to do with the rest of your life."
Department of Biology