/envs/ en /envs/2016/11/15/masters-degree-helps-professionals-pivot-careers-environmental-directions <span>Master's degree helps professionals pivot careers in environmental directions</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-15T10:10:49-07:00" title="Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 10:10">Tue, 11/15/2016 - 10:10</time> </span> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/envs/taxonomy/term/122" hreflang="en">Joel Hartter</a> <a href="/envs/taxonomy/term/120" hreflang="en">MENV</a> <a href="/envs/taxonomy/term/64" hreflang="en">Patty Limerick</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Ryan Patterson was looking for a reason to get up in the morning.</p><p>Bored with his career in finance, the licensed certified public accountant says he decided to switch to an environmental career after living in Southern California during a drought. Simultaneously, he read about renewable energy companies failing and he realized his finance background could help such environmental companies succeed.</p><p>“I felt like I could make a big difference,” Patterson, 26, said.</p><p>Patterson said he needed to return to school to achieve his goals, but he didn’t want to pursue a second undergraduate degree.</p><p>Instead, he enrolled in ����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ’s <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/menv/" rel="nofollow">Masters of the Environment (MENV)</a> program, a professional environmental graduate degree designed for new and early-career professionals.</p><p><a href="http://www.colorado.edu/today/2016/11/14/masters-degree-helps-professionals-pivot-careers-environmental-directions" rel="nofollow">Read entire article</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 15 Nov 2016 17:10:49 +0000 Anonymous 1012 at /envs