The Sustainable Alumni Speaker Series allows current Elon students to connect with alumni working in sustainability-related fields.
The Sustainable Alumni Speaker Series is a virtual event hosted by the Office of Sustainability, connecting current Elon students with Elon alumni working in sustainability-related fields. Each event is 30 minutes and allows students to hear about alumni speakers’ career insights and journeys, as well as providing them with networking opportunities.
Lauren Hill ‘24 graduated from Elon with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering. During her time at Elon, she worked as an Intern for the Office of Sustainability, where she regularly attended the Sustainable Alumni Speaker Series. Lauren also participated in the Sustainable Alumni Speaker Series as an Elon graduate in September 2025.
Hill currently works for the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality as a permit engineer within the Division of Waste Management. Her responsibilities include reviewing permit applications for large composting facilities, which helps support public health and the environment.
The Sustainable Alumni Speaker Series helped to show Hill, as an Elon student, that the path to finding a job in a sustainable career is rarely linear.
“Up until you graduate, you’re always in a really set path,” Hill observed.
Additionally, hearing from several different alumni working in sustainability helped her to gain a broader perspective of how different the job path can be for everyone.
“My biggest takeaway from the speaker series that I attended and something I really felt when I was looking for a job is just how different that journey is for everyone,” she said.
Students may view upcoming Sustainable Alumni Speaker Series on the Office of Sustainability’s events webpage. Students may register to receive a link to virtual meetings. For more information on upcoming sustainability-related events across campus, please visit the Office of Sustainability’s Events Calendar.