# CEGU

**Source**: https://cegu.uchicago.edu/2023/03/27/tess-conway/
**Parent**: https://cegu.uchicago.edu/doctoral-certificate/

## Tess Conway

**Student Affairs Administrator, Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization (CEGU)**

**[tconway@uchicago.edu](mailto:tconway@uchicago.edu)↗, [Calendly](https://calendly.com/tessconway)↗**

Tess Conway is the Student Affairs Administrator for the Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization. Tess previously worked as Assistant Director of Programming & Partnerships for [Chicago Studies](https://chicagostudies.uchicago.edu/)↗, where she developed city-based para-curricular programming and managed on- and off-campus partnerships that aided the College in learning *from* and *with* the communities of the city in which it makes its home. Prior to her time at the University, Tess served as Program Coordinator for the [Calumet Collaborative](https://www.linkedin.com/company/calumet-collaborative)↗, a non-profit focused on sustainable urban development on the Southeast Side of Chicago.

​Tess is a life-long Chicagoan and received her bachelor’s degree from DePaul University in Environmental Studies, where she focused on human/nature relationships and urban sustainability. Outside of the office Tess is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys hiking with her dog Brady, camping, kayaking, and most importantly, bird watching.