An intern at NASA. A grand prix racecar driver. Ground-breaking programs. Life-changing friendships. These are just some of the stories we feature here on Pulse.
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Alumni Profile: Scott Marshall, Bachelor of Sustainability ‘16
Marshall had begun thinking about how he could use his grandparents’ farm as a family asset in 2013, and after a job change, he decided a return to school was in order.

Alumni Profile: James Snow, MSUS '16
“Chatham is a big enough program to obtain resources, but it’s small enough to build really close relationships,” Snow says. This allowed Snow to truly understand the world he’d be working and making a difference in.

Interview with Marc Nieson on Writing his New Memoir
“I try to help my students get past the presumption that this should be an easy thing. When you’re a visual artist, you know you’re going to have to do 8,000 sketches. Somehow in writing that idea isn’t so present; people think they can just jump in and do it. It’s all about building your facility and taking on the next challenge.”

Award-Winning Filmmaker Chester Lampman, MFA Film & Digital Technology '12
If you think of award-winning filmmakers, Chester Lampman, MFA Film and Digital Technologies ’14, may not be the first to come to mind, but make no mistake—he’s the real deal.

Alumna Profile: "Sniffing Around Brooklyn"
As with so many New York stories— at least in the movies—it began with a gun. A 3,200-pound custom-built breakfast cereal-puffing gun that traveled the city demonstrating how grains get puffed into cereal.


Alumni Profile: Dr. Kathi Elliott DNP '14
“I plan to continue my mother’s legacy by exposing girls to opportunities and experiences that they traditionally would not have access to.”

Alumni Profile: Dianne Shenk, Master of Arts in Food Studies ‘12
The mission of Dylamato’s Market is to partner with other locally-owned micro-businesses to create viable livelihoods and access to fresh, healthy foods in the Hazelwood community.