Impact in the real world...

Rachel Claucherty-Arnold does not want a nine-to-five office job after she graduates, so she is finishing a degree in environment health.

"I like working in a lab, but I also really enjoy working outside," she says. "My environmental health degree allows me to do that while it opens up opportunities for travel and new experiences."

She already has a ticket to work anywhere in the United States.

"I plan to get an environmental science internship in Phoenix after I graduate," she says. "I may stay there, move back to Michigan, or head up to Alaska, where I can work in water sampling."

What made Rachel's Lake Superior State experience so unique was the practical research she did with top-notch faculty.

"I really enjoyed working with environmental chemistry professor Judy Westrick and biologist Deb Stai," Rachel says. "For my senior project, we evaluated a lab method for cultivating a fungus that causes infections in humans."