{"id":5488,"date":"2026-07-29T10:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/?p=5488"},"modified":"2026-07-29T10:04:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:04:47","slug":"biological-sciences-alumna-amy-parsons-white-leads-sustainability-and-community-resilience-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/2026\/07\/29\/biological-sciences-alumna-amy-parsons-white-leads-sustainability-and-community-resilience-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology alumna Amy Parsons-White leads sustainability and community resilience initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University biology alumna Amy Parsons-White is featured in the Summer 2026 edition of <em>Marshall Magazine<\/em>, highlighting her work advancing sustainability and community resilience across West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>In the spotlight, Amy discusses how her experiences studying biology and working on water quality issues led her to pursue a career focused on conservation, sustainability, and improving quality of life in Appalachian communities. She also shares her vision of sustainability as a balance of environmental, social, and economic well-being.<\/p>\n<p>The article highlights Marshall University&#8217;s growing sustainability efforts, including West Virginia&#8217;s first commercial composting facility, workforce development initiatives, and campus programs that reduce waste while supporting students. Amy also reflects on the future of sustainable economic development and resilience in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Amy&#8217;s story reflects the impact Marshall University graduates are making across the region and beyond.<\/p>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshallmagazine.com\/summer-2026\/amy-parsons-white\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button green \">\n\t\t<span>Read the full feature<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University biology alumna Amy Parsons-White is featured in the Summer 2026 edition of Marshall Magazine, highlighting her work advancing sustainability and community resilience across West Virginia. In the spotlight, Amy discusses how her experiences studying biology and working on water quality issues led her to pursue a career focused on conservation, sustainability, and improving<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":5489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,44,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-biology","category-science-abstracts"],"acf":[],"fimg_url":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/biology-amy-parsons-white-sustainability-manager-marshall-magazine.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5488"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5492,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5488\/revisions\/5492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}