Monica Nokes
- mnokes2@nd.edu
Environmental Science
Graduation year: 2025
Hometown: Jeffersonville, IN
Dorm: Ryan Hall (off campus now!)
Email address: mnokes2@nd.edu
Major(s)/Minor(s): Environmental Sciences major, Earth Sciences minor
Research: Sensenig Lab researching burning/grazing effects on prairies
Post-graduation plans: Not sure yet! Hopefully something in conservation or restoration, working with both geology and ecology :)
Favorite Biology/ES courses: Local Flora and Restoration Ecology
Extracurriculars: Raclin Murphy Museum of Art Student Programming Committee coordinator, Library Archives student worker
Advice for First-Year Biology/ES majors: Hang in there through the tough requirements– it gets better when you start to take classes about things you care about. Also, rely on your support system and get to know your fellow Bio/ES majors. They make the tough classes more fun!
Fun/interesting fact about yourself: I play the jaw harp (a very cool instrument)
Favorite part about Notre Dame: ND’s campus and the greater Michiana area are so beautiful; there are lots of cool rocks, plants, and animals if you just look around!