College Connections

Isabella is a Semester 39 alum and graduated from Colby College in May 2023. She majored in Global Studies with a concentration in Latin America and minored in Environmental Studies. She studied abroad in Chile and wrote an honors thesis about Indigenous rights and lithium mining in Chile for Colby’s Global Studies department. At Colby, she was involved with both the COOT and CCAK programs on campus. In her free time, she enjoyed hiking, skiing, running, and surfing around Maine! Following graduation, she is headed back to Leadville as the Science Apprentice at HMI! You can reach Isabella at isabellawhelan5@gmail.com

Eunice is a junior Environmental Studies Major and a potential Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies minor at Carleton. Eunice is a part of an A Capella group, a dance group, and spent the past summer working as an intern on Carleton’s Student Organic Farm. Ask Eunice about work-study, accessibility resources, opportunities to engage with the Northfield community, and the trimester system! You can reach Eunice at gaoe@carleton.edu.

Frances is a Semester 33 alum and graduated from Bennington College in 2020, with focus in poetry and architecture. She currently lives in Portland, OR, where she teaches upper elementary in a public Montessori school. Prior to moving to Portland, Frances spent two years in Green River, UT, a rural town of 800 people, running the afterschool program at the community center, subbing at the elementary school and working as a specialist at Epicenter, a nonprofit community design center. Reach out to Frances by email: frances.erlandson@gmail.com

Lenny is originally from Philadelphia, PA and is currently a student at Colorado College. Lenny was a semester 43 alum and is currently a Southwest Studies major. She was also a winter start in January of 2022. In addition to academics Lenny is involved in Outdoor Education, and is an avid intramural inner tube water polo player. Reach Lenny at l_lorenz@coloradocollege.edu

Catherine is an alum of Summer Term 2019 and is now a junior at Northwestern University after transferring from the University of Michigan her freshman year. She is planning to major in Economics and minor in Business Institutions and Marketing. She currently has a marketing internship with Northwestern Athletics along with being a member of the volunteer club All Paws In. If you want to reach out to Catherine, you can email her at hcatherine342@gmail.com!

Hanna is a Semester 25 alum who attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated in 2017. Hanna studied Anthropology and History and competed on the women’s Division I rowing team at Penn. She also contributed to the student travel magazine and elected to study abroad in New Zealand and Sweden. Hanna has now traveled to 39 countries and spent several years living abroad. You can reach her at hannadethlefs@gmail.com for any questions about Penn, college sports, or traveling!

Benny was a part of Semester 44 at HMI and is now a junior at Bowdoin College. He is a surf instructor at the Bowdoin Outing Club and is a part of a wide-variety of extracurriculars. You can reach Benny at beniadler@gmail.com!

Annabel Resor is an alum of summer term 2019. Annabel is a rising junior at the University of Vermont pursuing a dual degree in environmental studies and business management with a concentration in accounting. Annabel is very involved in UVM’s outing club and people of color outdoors club. You can reach Annabel at annabelresor@gmail.com. 

SJ O’Connor is a senior at Middlebury College in Vermont and is a Semester 42 alum. SJ is a Mountain Club hiking guide and involved with the sailing and environmental group on campus. If you have any questions about Middlebury, feel free to reach out to SJ at sjoconnor8@gmail.com!

Kayla is a Semester 46 alum and attended Cornell University for freshman year where she studied neurobiology and Spanish. She was on the club crew team, participated in outdoor odyssey and prison reform clubs. While she decided to transfer to CC after her first year, she has lots of helpful info about Cornell – good, bad, and everything in between! She can be reached at kaylashelley6@gmail.com

Jane is a Semester 44 and Sumer Term alum and now attends Scripps College, a part of the Claremont Colleges in California. She is a Junior majoring in Political Science and  minoring in Anthropology. She is an orientation ambassador, a leader of the Claremont Colleges Prison Abolition Collective, works in the Pomona College maker space, and is interested in all things political organizing! If you want to reach out to Jane you can email her at janeolovett@gmail.com!