Student Profiles

Engagement

Alex Thiel

Alex joined the UWM Office of Sustainability in the summer of 2019 and graduated in 2022 with a major in Conservation and Environmental Science. Alex lives by the mantra of reduce, reuse, and recycle and strives to promote these concepts as best as he can. Alex hopes to use his passion and education to spread awareness for a sustainable and clean environment. Alex dedicated three years to help run a successful Surplus program at UWM!

Morgan Shapiro

Through a paid internship in conjuction with the Department of Urban Planning, graduate student Morgan Shapiro undertook the herculean task of assessing research and curriculum at UW-Milwaukee for sustainability content. The assessment will be used in UWM’s upcoming STARS submission as well as provide a baseline of information to aid future programs centered around research and curriculum.

Allyn

Allyn completed an internship in the Office of Sustainability to close out his time at UWM. Allyn researched and built an earth tub, in-vessel composting system for the UWM hoop house. The earth tub employs an augur to speed up the composting process all within a contained vessel which provides control of odors and leachate. Allyn also spoke to the UW System Board of Regents about the importance of institutional climate action to students.