Since graduating from Cook College in 1992, Katie Applegate Bobowski has lived with her family in seven states – Oregon, Utah, Maryland, Arizona, Montana, Colorado and, since 2016, Alaska. In each place she’s lived, Katie’s grassroots commitment to community and to environmental education has been steadfast throughout, particularly those organizations that invest in youth and their futures.
Dylan Dreyer, Co-Host, "The 3rd Hour of Today,” and Meteorologist with NBC News, was the 2025 Convocation Speaker for the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences on May 19.
Fourteen years after her first teaching experience as an undergraduate student at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Nora Jean Nealon (SEBS’13) finds herself just as passionate about and fulfilled by teaching in her current role as a faculty member at the Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine at Rowan University.
Cook College alumnus Thomas Molnar came to Rutgers University in the 90s, graduating with a B.S. in plant science in 2000, then a Ph.D. in plant biology in 2006. Now an associate professor of plant biology at SEBS, Molnar has cultivated a reputation for innovative research of hazelnut trees.
Rishi Jaggernauth earned a bachelor’s degree in biotechnology from Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) in 2015, with a concentration in Bioscience Policy and Management, along with a minor in Environmental and Business Economics.
Richard P. Moses (SEBS'12), has achieved remarkable success since his time as an undergraduate in the Educational Opportunity Fund program. After earning a degree in Biological Sciences, with honors, Richard went on to graduate from Pennsylvania State College of Medicine in May 2016. He is now an officer and an accomplished anesthesiologist with the United States Navy.