As part of Hampden-Sydney’s Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Program, former New Jersey Governor and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Christine Todd Whitman visited Dr. Rachel Goodman’s Water Resources and Environmental Issues Class.

Governor Whitman speaks in Dr. Goodman's class

Governor Whitman answered a host of student questions on current environmental policy, the problems and trade-offs facing society in the future with respect to water supplies and energy policy, and potential solutions for dealing with society’s most pressing needs in these areas.

Governor Whitman speaking with Dr. Goodman and one of her students

Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows connect a liberal education with the world beyond the campus by bringing thoughtful and successful practitioners to colleges for a week of classes and informal discussions with students and faculty. Fellows, who include government officials, business leaders, journalists, environmentalists, and medical ethicists, are matched with small colleges like Hampden-Sydney chosen for their commitment to the goals of the program. Together they help to equip students for the social, political, and economic settings they will enter and illuminate the roles they may play as professionals and informed citizens.

Dr. Goodman and Governor Whitman