Meet our mission-driven team

Our mission is simple yet powerful:

“To strengthen students’ commitment to creating a more environmentally and socially responsible world by providing meaningful opportunities to foster change on campus and in the community.”

Professional staff

Sadie Magnifico

Sadie Magnifico

Assistant Director
 Email Sadie
 970-247-7091

I think answers to many of the questions in our lives can be found in nature and by examining healthy and intact ecosystems. I love to chat with others about their experiences connecting with landscape, your latest adventure in a wild place, the veggies you’re growing, what gives you hope for the future and where you find meaning, or any ideas you have about restoring and sustaining the social and ecological fabric of our campus! I’m passionate about sustainability, and I want to work with you to make positive change on a local level! 

Contact me regarding:

  • Communications and promotions including the EC Digest
  • Large-scale events and programs
  • Community member guest speakers
  • Strategic planning and new initiatives
  • Donor and fundraising opportunities
  • Campus food service sustainability and institutional composting

Artemis Eyster

Artemis Eyster

Coordinator
 Email Artemis

I'm grateful to have the opportunity to work directly with students to create a more sustainable campus and community. I grew up in southeast Michigan where I developed a strong connection to the natural world. I'm committed to celebrating our interconnection with all life and finding ways to enhance the well-being of individuals, our community, and the natural world. As the EC Coordinator, I organize events and support student Project Leaders as they carry out projects. I believe that it's important to honor our physical, emotional, and spiritual insights as we seek to create a more environmentally and socially responsible world. When I'm not on campus I like to go bird watching, trail running, swimming in natural waterways, and make music with friends.

Contact me regarding:

  • EC office management and administration
  • Student member hiring and human resources
  • Zero Waste initiatives, including campus recycling
  • Climate, Energy, Transportation initiatives, including our e-bike loan program

Maggie Magierski

Maggie Magierski

Environmental Experiential Learning Coordinator
 Email Maggie

Throughout my life, I have often found that the world offers various ‘classrooms’ for experiential learning. Whether hiking a mountain or tending a garden, activation through the senses turns a lesson plan into a living memory. I am passionate about the space where plants and humans intersect as well as finding ways to integrate reconciliation and healing through land stewardship.

Contact me regarding:

  • Campus Garden and Food Forest
  • Ecology and lands initiatives
  • ENV field and laboratory equipment
  • Environmental justice advocate

Student team members

EC students in the mountains

Our center is student driven, and a lot of our sustainability projects are run by our student Project Leads. To contact any of our Project Leads, please come by our office.