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Connecting knowledge.
Practicing sustainability.
An exploration of the places where ecological stewardship, economic decisions, and the built environment meet.
Explore the coursework ↗Professional Science Master’s
Environmental Sustainability &
Natural Resources Management
Expected graduation: December 11, 2026
01 / Introduction & about me
Experience, leadership
and stewardship.
My career goal is to help manage natural resources.
I am Dewayne Haverstick, a professional whose background connects military service, emergency medical response, business leadership, and environmental science. My Professional Science Master’s coursework at Texas Tech University brings ecology, economics, energy, and sustainable design together with environmental project management. My expected graduation date is December 11, 2026.
I began my career as a U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class at Navy Hospital Camp Lejeune and with the Fleet Marine Force, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines. My responsibilities included leading junior enlisted personnel, managing medical supply logistics, and delivering emergency care. After earning my Paramedic Certification from the University of South Alabama in 2006, I spent more than a decade in emergency medical care.
For four years, I owned and operated CrossFit Misneach as a personal trainer and fitness consultant, overseeing client training, operations, and expenses. In December 2021, I earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Geography from Sam Houston State University, with a minor and certification in GIS.
As an Environmental Technician and GIS Analyst at New Tech Global Environmental, my work includes soil sampling, field testing, remediation, GIS mapping, lab packing, and chemical consolidation. My experience includes managing a project with more than 2,000 soil samples across over 10 square miles and managing due diligence projects in multiple states.
My background also includes 40-hour HAZWOPER training, proficiency in ESRI GIS software, and an inactive Top-Secret clearance. These experiences bring field expertise, crisis response, analytical skills, and leadership to my goal of responsible natural resource management.
02 / Coursework & reflection
The learning behind the work.
Explore each subject’s sustainability connection and the evidence available. Course completion remains to confirm.
BIOL 6360Environmental Sustainability+
Fall 2022 syllabus
How human activities and ecological systems interact. The course balances environmental quality, economic growth, and cultural development.
- Knowledge & skills
- Ecosystem services, water and air quality, agriculture, transportation, energy, and buildings.
- Application & reflection
- Connect ecological research with decisions in communities and organizations. The ecosystem services essay considers benefits that people often overlook until they are lost.
Online discussions contribute 50%. Midterm and final essay assessments each contribute 25%.
NRM 5312Ecology of Renewable Natural Resources+
Fall 2023 syllabus
Ecological foundations for managing vegetation, wildlife, soil, and water.
- Knowledge & skills
- Population limits, biodiversity, ecological cycles, environmental ethics, and conservation.
- Application & reflection
- Evaluate resource use in relation to regeneration rates and ecological limits. Personal reflection and representative work remain to add.
The syllabus includes exams, essays, quizzes, discussions, and a final assessment.
BIOL 5309Advanced Ecology+
Spring 2024 syllabus
Processes influencing organism distribution, abundance, interactions, and the movement of energy and matter.
- Knowledge & skills
- Population growth, environmental variation, species diversity, and human impacts.
- Application & reflection
- Use ecological evidence to evaluate management decisions. Personal reflection and representative work remain to add.
Readings and simulation-based learning support ecological analysis. Assessment results remain to confirm.
BIOL 6301Reconciliation Ecology+
2023 syllabus
Adapting places where people live, work, and play to support biodiversity and restore ecosystem services.
- Knowledge & skills
- Urbanization, brownfield restoration, heat islands, urban agriculture, and closing resource loops.
- Application & reflection
- Connect conservation with improvements to everyday urban spaces. Personal reflection and the city-block project remain to add.
Discussions contribute 50%. Midterm and final project assessments each contribute 25%.
Coursework collectionEnvironmental Economics & Policy+
Representative essays available
Economic analysis of conservation, resource allocation, environmental value, and costs that markets can overlook.
- Knowledge & skills
- Use and non-use value, discounting, restoration economics, scarcity, and external costs.
- Application & reflection
- The playa restoration essay connects water conservation with landowner incentives and long-term ecological value.
Course code, term, grading requirements, and completion status need confirmation.
CONE 5304Sustainable Design & Construction+
Fall 2025 coursework
Building design choices that balance environmental performance, economic feasibility, and community needs.
- Knowledge & skills
- Passive design, integrated delivery, ventilation, energy modeling, life cycles, and deconstruction.
- Application & reflection
- The recreation center proposal brings energy efficiency and water conservation into a shared renovation plan.
Representative homework and project work are available. Final grading and completion status need confirmation.
WE 5302 materialsRenewable Energy & Finance+
Research and finance exercises
Wind and solar equipment life cycles alongside the financial assumptions that influence energy investment.
- Knowledge & skills
- Manufacturing, raw materials, upkeep, disposal, cash flow, electricity pricing, and net present value.
- Application & reflection
- The research paper asks how equipment materials and supply chains affect the broader cost of renewable energy.
Course completion and assessment requirements need confirmation.
Coursework collectionBiological Conservation Policy+
Representative assignment available
The relationship between scientific evidence, public values, and management of shared natural resources.
- Knowledge & skills
- Wildlife policy, public trust, species protection, habitat, and public education.
- Application & reflection
- The assignment emphasizes stewardship and education as a foundation for conservation support.
Course code, term, grading requirements, and completion status need confirmation.
Summaries draw on supplied syllabi and coursework. Reflections describe themes in the work. Personal growth and career reflections require student review.
03 / Selected work & experience
Ideas applied to real questions.
Internship / capstone experience
Environmental project management
Managing fieldwork at scale and coordinating due diligence across state lines supports my goal of helping manage natural resources.
2,000+soil samples in a managed project
10+ sq miproject coverage
Multiple statesdue diligence project management
Experience and scope provided by Dewayne Haverstick. Dates, reports, outcomes, and supervisor documentation remain to add.
Collaborative course project
Exall Recreation Center
A proposed renovation in Dallas, Texas
Developed with Jessica Galindo Garcia, this project considers a 15-year renovation approach combining energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water conservation.
- Approach
- Site observations, research, calculations, and energy modeling.
- Proposed measures
- Solar panels, HVAC and lighting improvements, water collection, efficient fixtures, and native planting.
- Sustainability connection
- Evaluate environmental benefits alongside operating costs and community use.
A course proposal. Installation and measured savings are not documented.
Request the project presentation ↗Research paper
Renewable energy: What does it really cost?
An examination of manufacturing, material extraction, maintenance, and disposal that broadens the assessment of wind and solar energy.
Request the paper ↗Course research paper. Formal research experience status requires confirmation.
Environmental analysis
The value of ecosystem services
A reflection on natural processes people rely on and the difficulty of replacing those benefits after ecological damage.
Request the essay ↗Visual references
Sustainability in practice and concept.
A collection of supplied design references connecting the coursework with sustainable buildings, energy systems, and water conservation. These images illustrate concepts rather than document my completed projects. Select an image to view the original at full size.
Sustainable buildings
Energy systems
Water conservation
04 / Business skills
Skills that help ideas
become workable projects.
Leadership, finance, and communication help teams explain choices and manage resources.
Leading & communicating
Leadership and active listening support collaboration across different priorities.
Managing delivery & cost
Project management and accounting help organize responsibilities and assess financial decisions.
Planning for resource use
Circular economy and sustainability reporting connect business decisions with conservation.
The supplied guideline describes a 92-hour business training option or qualifying graduate business coursework. The collection does not yet verify completion of that requirement. Add a module-and-hours spreadsheet, completion evidence, and a personal reflection.
Request business learning documents ↗05 / Portfolio record
A record that grows
with the work.
Organized around the supplied student portfolio guideline.
Curriculum vitaeTo add
Add an annually updated CV with education, professional experience, presentations, publications, honors, grants, and affiliations. Expected PSM graduation: December 11, 2026.
Student progress & placementTo add
Add the official progress and placement template. Confirm completed courses, courses in progress, and remaining requirements. The course summaries describe available evidence rather than verified academic standing.
Internship / capstone reportExperience supplied
My experience includes managing a project with over 2,000 soil samples across more than 10 square miles and managing due diligence projects in multiple states. Add the report, organization, dates, objectives, methods, outcomes, site verification, and supervisor evaluation.
Research experienceConfirm applicability
If research formed part of the degree, add the title, abstract, methods, results, conclusions, references, reflection, and advisor evaluation. The renewable energy paper is a course research paper. Its formal degree research status requires confirmation.
Certificates, honors & professional developmentPartial collection
Dean’s List for four years. GPA: 3.666.
Certifications
- Leadership
- Communication
- Accounting
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- CPR Instructor
Additional credential details and supporting certificates can be added as available.
Photos & recommendationsTo add
Eight supplied visual references appear in the image gallery. Add authentic project or fieldwork photographs and letters of recommendation as available. The reference images are not presented as my completed projects.
Faculty review & assessmentTo add
Add faculty feedback, work assessments, supervisor evaluations, and final portfolio review documentation. No final degree assessment or approval is claimed here.
Career reflection & next stepsPersonal reflection to add
My career goal is to help manage natural resources. A fuller reflection will connect my PSM preparation and project experience with specific next steps after my expected graduation on December 11, 2026.