Opportunities exist for employment in corporate technical positions, environmental consulting firms, non-governmental organizations, or in the public sector at the federal, state, and local levels. The Environmental Junior Year enables rising juniors to expand their study of environmental problems by spending part or all of their junior year at one of several universities in different regions of the country. Internships Student internships have included work with the National Audubon Society, the Virginia Air Quality Control Board, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Robert E. Lee Soil and Water Conservation District, the Sierra Club, the Department of Energy, and the White House Council on Environmental Quality. The new department laboratories are located in a restored Victorian train station with some faculty offices located in an adjoining railroad caboose. The 3,300-acre Sweet Briar campus includes old growth oak and hickory forests, two lakes, and miles of marked trails.
Students extensively utilize the campus for class projects as well as undergraduate research.
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