Department, Degree, Certificate Environmental Health Sciences, MPH, Toxicology Life before Mailman I graduated from the University of Michigan (go blue!) in 2014, where I majored in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Evolutionary Anthropology. I spent three of my years there working in a biology lab doing research on monarch butterflies and milkweed plants. I wrote my honors thesis on monarch butterfly wing shape variation. After graduating from Michigan, I joined an AmeriCorps program doing community service in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I lived on Cape Cod for eleven months doing environmental work outdoors mostly. The focuses of the program were natural resource management, emergency disaster preparedness and response, environmental education, and volunteer engagement. I thoroughly enjoyed my AmeriCorps experience, but after my break from school, I was ready to move to NYC and start at Mailman! Why Mailman? I attended Admitted Students Day last year, trial unsure of where I wanted to attend. During lunch I was seated at a table with current and prospective EHS students. Talking to the second year students, I realized I had a lot in common with them. I saw that there were, like me, environmentally focused students here at Mailman. After seeing that I shared many common interests with the second year students, I knew that I would be happy at Mailman. Life at Mailman In the Core, Biological and Environmental Determinants of Health was by far my favorite course. It was a review of many biological concepts, as well as an overview of environmental issues. For someone interested in climate change and its effect on human populations, this class was fantastic. Dr. Freyer was the professor for this class, and he is a very captivating lecturer. Additionally, I am on the executive board of Students for Environmental Action (SEA), a student group at Mailman. It has given me a chance to really get engaged with other environmentally focused like-minded students. I am looking forward to seeing all that we can do for Mailman and the Washington Heights community. Life Mailman Although I am not sure what I want to do after I graduate from Mailman, I know that I want to work in the environmental field. My favorite course so far is Risk Assessment, and I hope that I can work in that field. DAVID BOEDEKER Hometown Omaha, NE, USA
Department, Degree, Certificate Environmental Health Sciences, MPH, Toxicology Life before Mailman I graduated from the University of Michigan (go blue!) in 2014, where I majored in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Evolutionary Anthropology. I spent three of my years there working in a biology lab doing research on monarch butterflies and milkweed plants. I wrote my honors thesis on monarch butterfly wing shape variation. After graduating from Michigan, I joined an AmeriCorps program doing community service in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I lived on Cape Cod for eleven months doing environmental work outdoors mostly. The focuses of the program were natural resource management, emergency disaster preparedness and response, environmental education, and volunteer engagement. I thoroughly enjoyed my AmeriCorps experience, but after my break from school, I was ready to move to NYC and start at Mailman! Why Mailman? I attended Admitted Students Day last year, unsure of where I wanted to attend. During lunch I was seated at a table with current and prospective EHS students. Talking to the second year students, I realized I had a lot in common with them. I saw that there were, like me, environmentally focused students here at Mailman. After seeing that I shared many common interests with the second year students, I knew that I would be happy at Mailman. Life at Mailman In the Core, Biological and Environmental Determinants of Health was by far my favorite course. It was a review of many biological concepts, as well as an overview of environmental issues. For someone interested in climate change and its effect on human populations, this class was fantastic. Dr. Freyer was the professor for this class, and he is a very captivating lecturer. Additionally, I am on the executive board of Students for Environmental Action (SEA), a student group at Mailman. It has given me a chance to really get engaged with other environmentally focused like-minded students. I am looking forward to seeing all that we can do for Mailman and the Washington Heights community. Life Mailman Although I am not sure what I want to do after I graduate from Mailman, I know that I want to work in the environmental field. My favorite course so far is Risk Assessment, and I hope that I can work in that field. DAVID BOEDEKER Hometown Omaha, NE, USA trial
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