When O’Neill Sustainability Management and Policy major Jonathon Lewis stepped onto IUPUI’s campus, he knew he was ready to make a difference.
“I chose to study sustainability because I like helping people and the environment—sustainability lets me do both at the same time,” he explains.
He already plays an important role in the campus’ Office of Sustainability, part of a group of interns who lovingly refer to themselves as the Sustain Gang. His work there—which made headlines recently with the NCAA—and his efforts in the classroom earned him the attention of university leaders.
Even though Lewis isn’t expected to graduate until fall 2021, he was selected as one of this year’s Top 100 undergraduate students at IUPUI. Each year, the IUPUI Office of Alumni Relations honors 100 undergraduate students at the university. For demonstrating academic excellence, campus leadership, and community engagement.
We asked Lewis to weigh in on questions about how he arrived at the O’Neill School, adjusting to college during the pandemic, and what he has planned for the future: