Over the next few weeks we'll be highlighting the work and viewpoints of our student volunteers, the #‎UMBC Eco-Ambassadors! First we are kicking off the series with a spotlight on Kourtney Rutkowski, our eco-ambassador coordinator intern. Kourtney is majoring in Chemical Engineering on the Environmental Engineering. Here's her own words about why she decided to join the eco-ambassadors last year:

"I decided that change would not be impossible to make, as long as students were willing to put time and effort into making it. I hope to be one of these students making change which is why I hope to be an Eco-Ambassador. Making UMBC a green campus is one step on a long road of mitigation and adaptation our planet must take, but a crucial one. The students at UMBC are our future leaders, scientists, and neighbors; if we want to make change for the future, we must change the minds and actions of those in the present."