All64: Every corner of Colorado. CSU connects with every county.
“I found a great advisor and a graduate project that perfectly aligned with my career goals. Also, I wasn’t ready to leave Colorado yet!”
During the 2022-23 academic year, we are highlighting one Colorado State University student or alum from each of Colorado’s 64 counties. The Centennial State’s land grant university has a connection to the diverse lands and people from the counties of Moffat to Baca, Montezuma to Sedgwick and everywhere in between.
Madison Shogrin
Major(s): Atmospheric Science (graduate student)
Why I chose CSU: An amazing atmospheric science program and community; I found a great advisor and a graduate project that perfectly aligned with my career goals. Also, I wasn’t ready to leave Colorado yet!
My favorite thing about CSU: The people and community. Everyone is so kind and welcoming.
Career goals: First, finish my PhD. Then something along the lines of working at a national lab doing research using satellite observations of the atmosphere.
Favorite instructor: Dr. Emily Fischer’s Interpreting Satellite Observations of Atmospheric Composition. Emily brings so much enthusiasm and passion into everything she teaches and I just really enjoyed the course overall.
Favorite achievement in high school or college: Doing an internship at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory for two years of undergrad. But mostly, my favorite achievement is still being here and pursuing a career in science, despite immense struggles with both mental and physical health.
I’d like to thank: Dr. Natalie Freeman and Dr. Vivienne Payne. Natalie was my mentor for my first research project when I was a high school senior. Vivienne was my mentor through my internship in undergrad and is serving as a member of my graduate committee. Without their support and kindness, I would have never made it to where I am today.
Favorite NOCO food and hangout places: The Social, DGT, Blind Pig, Horsetooth Reservoir
Quirky fact about you: I love learning languages. There are six I am working on! I am not fluent, but learning is so fun.
What do you tell people from Boulder County about CSU: Similar in all the good ways, but just far enough away to feel different.
Biggest adversity you’ve overcome at CSU: Navigating online classes and the transition into graduate school during the pandemic.
CSU’s All64 Project
Read about more students or alums in Colorado connected to all 64 counties. Explore all the questions and answers from every corner of the Centennial State.
