Congratulations CC&E Class of Summer 2024!
August 15, 2024
BATON ROUGE - The LSU College of the Coast & Environment is excited to welcome its latest set of alumni, the class of summer 2024!
“Congratulations graduates! Your passion, commitment and hard work have gotten you to the finish line,” said CC&E Dean Clint Willson. “Be sure to take a minute to enjoy your success before heading off to your next adventure. I know you will continue to make CC&E proud!”
The achievements of this illustrious group of students speak for themselves. Haley Marquette of Covington, Louisiana, completed her online Masters in Environmental Sciences in only one year, and graduated with a 4.0 GPA.
She said the program benefitted her in more ways than one: “I absolutely loved learning about sustainability and our impacts on the environment, how even individual changes can have significant effects on our ecological footprint. Also, through this online program, I have significantly improved my time management and discipline, enabling me to balance my social life, full-time work, and educational pursuits more effectively.”
Md. Muzahidul Islam is receiving a Masters in Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, inspired by his experiences growing up in Bangladesh. “I was born in Khulna, Bangladesh, a particularly vulnerable city to climate change. Growing up there, I witnessed firsthand the challenges coastal communities face due to climate change. These experiences, which are deeply personal to me, have instilled in me a solid motivation to advocate for and protect our endangered coastal regions.”
Islam will be returning CC&E in the fall as a PhD student, with the goal of working to protect vulnerable coastal communities worldwide from the adverse effects of climate change.
Coastal Environmental Sciences student Olivia Hebert will be receiving her Bachelor’s, but she too plans to be back on LSU’s campus in the fall – this time as a law student. Hebert enrolled in the CES 3+3 Environmental Law program to fulfill her career goal of becoming an environmental lawyer.
“I decided to do the 3+3 program because I have always known I wanted to go to law school and therefore a fast-track program made perfect sense,” she said. “I ultimately plan to live and work in New Orleans. Understanding coastal science is extremely valuable in the field of law, particularly in New Orleans. My short-term plan is to finish my last two years of law school and complete another clerkship this upcoming summer.”
Congratulations graduates!