05/16/2024

Saying Yes to Opportunities, at Home and Abroad

Cole ZuWallack ’24, a Parks, Recreation and Tourism (PRT) major, was travelling to Auckland, New Zealand for his semester abroad when the unthinkable happened: the pilot came over the loudspeaker and told the passengers that...

03/09/2023

Senior Katie Conlon Turns Snowboarding Passion Into Career

A snowboarder since age nine, Katie Conlon ’23 found her niche in the Parks, Recreation and Tourism major at the University of Vermont. A required summer internship took her to a Vermont ski and resort area, where she was...

05/06/2021

Senior Andrew Romano Shares His Passion for Outdoor Recreation to Raise BIPOC Participation

University of Vermont senior Andrew Romano ’21 has a mantra. “Everything and everyone outdoors,” he says. “I’d like to help close the gap between less represented People of Color and White-dominated participation in outdoor recreation.” From hiking and skiing in the mountains to...

08/22/2019

Graduate Lauren Masters Pursues Career in Sustainable Business Management

Rubenstein School graduate Lauren Masters ’18 combined a Parks, Recreation and Tourism degree, a Business minor, internships and work experience, and a Sustainable...

03/21/2018

Alum Rebecca Stanfield McCown Appointed to Rubenstein School Board

Rebecca Stanfield McCown, Director of the National Park Service’s Stewardship Institute, joined the University of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources’ Board of Advisors March 1, 2018. A two-time alumna, Dr. Stanfield McCown...

03/07/2018

UVM Says Sí to Its First-Ever Semester Abroad Program in Costa Rica

It’s 5 o’clock on a recent Tuesday at a palm-fringed beach in Costa Rica, where Lecturer Dave Kestenbaum ‘02 wears a grin that stretches nearly as wide as the mountains and sunset behind him. This sunset, or puesta del sol, over the Golfo Dulce sees 20 students from UVM’s...

02/06/2018

Emily Bogan Pinpoints Her Interest in Environmental Education Through Experiential Learning Opportunities

A senior in the UVM Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Emily Bogan ‘18 appreciated that she could take core courses in the natural sciences, build an ecological background, but follow a socially oriented major in the Parks, Recreation...

07/19/2017

Alum Hilary Cooley Tracks Lions and Wolves and Bears

Hilary (Cruickshank) Cooley (RM ’97) headed west after graduation from the then School of Natural Resources at the University of Vermont and landed in Laramie, Wyoming as a seasonal technician on a mountain lion (cougar) project at the University of...

05/12/2016

Oliver Scofield Goes the Distance: Parks, Recreation and Tourism Degree

Although born in Massachusetts, Oliver Scofield did much of his growing up in Jackson Hole, Wyoming with Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks practically in his backyard. In high school, he worked on the Teton’s Jenny Lake ferry and did trail and conservation work in the Park. He imagined...

09/22/2015

David Kaufman Infuses Forty Years of Tourism and Marketing Experience into RSENR Teaching and Advising

Senior Lecturer David Kaufman puts the business and marketing side of recreation and tourism into the Parks, Recreation and Tourism (PRT) Program in the UVM Rubenstein School. He has taught marketing and entrepreneurship courses in the School for the last 35 years. He’s advised...