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Sound Rivers’ 2024 “Swim-terns” are headed back to school as summer draws to a close.

“Eloise, Katrina and Tierney were wonderful additions to the Sound Rivers team this summer,” said Sound Rivers Executive Director Heather Deck. “We could not run our summer Swim Guide program without them. All three were a joy to work with and we wish them the very best as they finish up their degrees at UNC and ECU.”

Volunteer Coordinator Emily Fritz agreed.

“Swim Guide was their main focus, and they absolutely crushed it, but they truly helped in nearly every aspect of Sound Rivers’ work,” Emily said. “They brought so much light and excitement. All three of them are such wonderful, intelligent people, and they brought their own backgrounds and knowledge to their work with us. They are all studying different fields in university, so it was cool to have their varying perspectives added to the team this summer.”

Tierney Reardon, who was based out of the Washington office, is studying political science and philosophy at East Carolina University. Her goal is to work in environmental law.

Working out of the New Bern office this summer, Katrina Borgen is a senior majoring in environmental science at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She hopes to use her degree to help preserve and protect North Carolina’s waterways and conduct research on their ecology.  

Eloise MacLean, also a UNC-Chapel Hill student, interned at the Raleigh office. Her plan is to pursue a career in environmental consulting with a focus on plant science.

“I hope they had a really fun and unique experience,” Emily said. “My main goal is that all the interns get to see all the different paths they can take in environmental work — that they can meld their passions with research and advocacy and all the different things we do at Sound Rivers.

“It really gives me hope to know that these passionate and talented students will be working for a healthier environment in the very near future,” Heather added.

Thank you, Tierney, Kat and Eloise, for all your hard work this summer!