Paul Smith’s College Alumni Magazine Features Senior Manager Christopher L. Mikolajczyk, CLM

Paul Smith’s College (PSC) is a private institution that was founded in 1946. The college is known to have one of the largest campuses in the world. That’s because it’s located on 14,000-acres in New York’s Adirondack State Park.

Surrounded by lakes, streams and forests, PSC offers students in its Natural Sciences program a rare opportunity to directly study ecosystems and environmental issues within a vast and diverse landscape. Princeton Hydro’s Senior Manager in Aquatics, Chris Mikolajczyk, CLM, received his Associate’s Degree in Ecology and Environmental Technology (Class of 1990) from PSC (it was a two-year school at the time) before continuing on to earn his Bachelor and Master degrees. Princeton Hydro Environmental Scientist Jesse Smith also received his Bachelor Degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences from Paul Smith’s College (Class of 2015).

In August 2022, PSC hosted the 7th Annual Adirondack Lakes Alliance conference, which represents lake and river associations within Adirondack Park and is dedicated to the protection and preservation of Adirondack waters. As both an alumnus of PSC and the President of the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS), Chris was invited to attend the conference as the plenary speaker. He was honored to participate in the event and thrilled to visit his alma mater.

Afterwards, Chris was asked to write an article for The Sequel, a publication for the alumni and community of PSC, reflecting on his college experience and his recent return to the community.

In the article, Chris writes, “After I spoke on that August day, I went outside where the sun was shining brightly and the loons were calling, and reflected on alI that I had learned from PSC. I realized that I learned just as much from the entire campus community over the years, as I have from all the textbooks I had through the completion of graduate school, if not more.”

Click here to read Chris’ complete article. And, to learn more about PSC’s natural sciences programs, click here.

Chris was also recently featured in LakeLine Magazine; read more by clicking below.

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