NRES Secondary Major
As K-State's first interdisciplinary program, the NRES Secondary Major leverages expertise from across campus to expand student knowledge, skills, and perspectives beyond those learned in a primary major to more effectively solve complex environmental and sustainability challenges.
Creatively solve natural resource and sustainability problems
Enhance your resumé for the job market or graduate school
Conduct collaborative research with a dedicated mentor
Work effectively in real-world multidisciplinary teams
Recent NRES News
- NRES Awards Graduate Fellowships for Fall 2026
Doctoral students Menard Soni, Department of biological and agricultural engineering; Ify Okonye, Department of geography and geospatial sciences; and Sorour Salehi, Department of chemistry; have been awarded graduate fellowships for the Fall 2026 semester by the natural resources and environmental sciences, or NRES, secondary major. - Natural Resources and Environmental Science Secondary Major Students to Present Capstone Research Projects
Students in the natural resources and environmental sciences, or NRES, secondary major capstone course will discuss findings from their semesterlong multidisciplinary research projects from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, in the Courtyard at the Union. - NRES Graduate Fellows to Mentor Interdisciplinary Research in Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
Four K-State scholars, including the late addition of biology doctoral student Elli Teige, have been awarded fall 2025 graduate fellowships to be research mentors to undergraduate students conducting environmental and sustainability research as Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Graduate Fellows.
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