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My name is Megan Welsh. I'm the owner of Higher Ground Green Roofs, and a graduate of the
College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences. I started Higher Ground Green Roofs
to be a local hub for information about green roofs but also I do consultation, design,
installation, and maintenance on green roofs. I have a combined degree in construction systems
management and horticulture. I combined the two because I wanted to work in the green
roof industry. And I chose Ohio State because through the College of Food, Agriculture,
and Environmental Sciences, through their honors program, I could combine the two and
kind of customize my own program. One of my favorite classes was taught by Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson.
It was on the debate of global climate change, and that was an honors environmental sciences
class. And the other one has to be Victoria Chen's green building class. It was only in
its, I think second quarter when I took the class and it was pretty new, but it was the
first exposure a lot of students got to LEED certification and some green building technologies.
It was really great. After taking Victoria Chen's green building class, I had the opportunity
to apply all of that information to a real life case study. We studied different green
building certifications including LEED and helped the homeowners take that construction
project through the LEED process and get certified. I have made so many friendships and so many
relationships during my time here at Ohio State, from, especially being a part of this
green roof project, I got involved in different architecture programs in the office of energy
and the environment. Certainly many friends in the horticulture department I remain close
with, and through the gardening, the masters gardeners program here. For students that
want to get involved in the green industry, I think that if you have the idea, if you
can dream it up, Ohio State University has the resources to make it happen here.