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How Pranav Hooda’s Leadership Skills Sprung From Project Earth
When senior Pranav Hooda made the choice to attend Duke University, his first academic decision was easy: signing up for Project Earth experiential orientation – a weeklong orientation focused on climate and sustainability hands-on programming for first-year students. In his first few days as a Blue Devil, Hooda met a transformative student leader in Felicia Wang, who graduated in 2025. “She led Project Earth from the beginning, and put a lot of elbow grease into it, and made it,” Hooda said. Hooda followed in those footsteps, applying to be a…
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