Orange College Student Honored

From Eastern CT State:A group of Eastern Connecticut State University students were honored at the annual Environmental Earth Science (EES) Department's awards ceremony on May 3. Awards were bestowed upon students who excelled in research or academic excellence.

Dominic Livoti '19 of Orange, who majors in Environmental Earth Science, was presented with the Soft Rock Geology Recognition Award.

Eastern's Department of Environmental Earth Science provides students with an educational foundation in environmental geoscience that draws upon classroom, online, laboratory and field-based experiences. Students develop an understanding of the natural world, its materials, processes and geologic records of environmental change, associated energy and sustainability issues, and the relevance of these issues to Eastern's liberal arts mission.

Eastern Connecticut State University is the state of Connecticut's public liberal arts university, serving more than 5,300 students annually at its Willimantic campus and satellite locations. In addition to attracting students from 163 of Connecticut's 169 towns, Eastern also draws students from 26 other states and 20 other countries. A residential campus offering 40 majors and 65 minors, Eastern offers students a strong liberal art foundation grounded in an array of applied learning opportunities. Ranked the 25th top public university in the North Region by U.S. News and World Report in its 2018 Best College ratings, Eastern has also been awarded "Green Campus" status by the Princeton Review eight years in a row. For more information, visit www.easternct.edu.

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