College of the Environment announces 2015-2016 scholarship recipients

At the College of the Environment, we’re striving to build a truly sustainable world—one where a robust economy, social equity and a healthy environment go hand in hand. Our students are tackling this head-on, driving discovery, and generating new knowledge that’s accessible beyond academia. The College’s Office of the Dean is pleased to help support their work, and congratulates all of the 2015-2016 scholarship awardees below—it’s an honor to support their contributions to our campus, our communities and the planet. For more information about scholarships offered through the College’s Office of the Dean, submission due dates and eligibility requirements, visit our Scholarships page.

Del Rio Endowed Environmental Studies Scholarship

The Del Rio Family Foundation established the Del Rio Endowed Scholarship Fund for Environmental Studies to encourage and support students with an interest in the environment and who are participating in the Educational Opportunity Program, which promotes academic success and graduation for under-represented ethnic minority, economically disadvantaged and first generation college students at the University of Washington.

  • Samantha Mendez, Senior, Bioresource Science & Engineering
  • Viviana Castillo, Junior, Oceanography
  • Andrea Odell, Sophomore, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
  • Alanna Greene, incoming 2015 Freshman, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

Nancy Wilcox Endowed Scholarship

This scholarship is made possible by the generosity of former UW Provost Phyllis Wise, who established it to support students pursuing degrees in the College of the Environment. Wise named the endowment in honor and memory of her late sister, Nancy E. Wang Wilcox, a middle school teacher who tried to develop the minds of young adolescents using creative and innovative ways of learning. It is this legacy that inspired Provost Wise to establish this endowment to carry on her sister’s commitment to helping others achieve their educational goals.

  • Emily Richmond, Senior, Environmental Science and Terrestrial Resource Management
  • Dana Chapman, Junior, Environmental Science and Terrestrial Resource Management
  • Jonathan McLean, Sophomore, Oceanography
  • Signe Bergman, incoming 2015 Freshman, Environmental Science and Terrestrial Resource 
Management

Clarence H. Campbell Endowed Lauren Donaldson Scholarship

Clarence H. Campbell established this scholarship in memory of Lauren “Doc” Donaldson to support students in the Schools of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, Marine and Environmental Affairs and Oceanography. Professor Donaldson earned his MS and Ph.D. from the UW in 1931. He served on the faculty of the School of Fisheries from 1932 until his retirement in 1973. Doc was a world-renowned expert in development of fish stocks and trained countless students in freshwater fisheries research and management. Clarence Campbell, ’30, established this fund to recognize Doc’s lasting influence.

  • Nirupam Nigam, Senior, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences / Biology
  • Rachel Manning, Junior, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (received CoEnv Scholarship last year)
  • Marisa Borreggine, Sophomore, Oceanography
  • Michelle Lee, Freshman, Oceanography
  • Katherine Wold, incoming 2015 Freshman, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

College of the Environment Scholarship

This scholarship is made possible by the generosity of donors and was created to support both undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in the College of the Environment.

  • Edward Nebendahl, Senior, Environmental Science & Terrestrial Resource Management
  • Guy Giesa-Wilson, Senior, Earth and Space Sciences
  • Raona Mecka, Junior, Environmental Science & Terrestrial Resource Management
  • Will Mooreston, Junior, Environmental Science & Terrestrial Resource Management
  • Weiming Ma, Junior, Atmospheric Sciences
  • Alison Wang, Sophomore, Environmental Science & Terrestrial Resource Management
  • Andrea Odell, Sophomore, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
  • Signe Bergman, incoming 2015 Freshman, Environmental Science and Terrestrial Resource 
Management
  • Martin Arostegui, incoming 2015 Ph.D. student, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
  • Lindsay Gordon, incoming 2015 MMA student, Marine & Environmental Affairs
  • Catherine Kuhn, incoming 2016 Ph.D. student, Environmental & Forest Sciences
  • Alanna Greene, incoming 2015 Freshman, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

Hall Conservation Genetics Research Award

This award is made possible by the generosity of Drs. Benjamin and Margaret Hall. During his 38 years in genetics, UW Professor Emeritus of Genome Sciences and Biology Benjamin “Ben” Hall made many key discoveries, including the patented invention “Expression of Polypeptides in Yeast” which the UW-licensed for the production of vaccines against Hepatitis B Virus and Human papillomavirus, as well as Human Insulin and other recombinant proteins. Hall’s more recent research has focused on understanding the speciation and evolution in the genus Rhododendron. Margaret Hall received her Ph.D. in History from the UW, doing important thesis work on women in academia, and subsequently devoting herself to teaching.

  • Tyler Dann, Ph.D. student, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
    • Project: Improved understanding of the genetics of Pacific salmon advances management of commercial fisheries
  • Shannon Kachel, Ph.D. student, Environmental & Forest Sciences
    • Project: Snow leopards, wolves, and the ecology of fear in Central Asia
  • Wesley Larson, Ph.D. student, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
    • Project: Transforming conservation genetics theory into practice: using adaptively important genes to conserve discrete populations of economically important fishes