The College of the Environment is pleased to announce the following undergraduate and graduate scholarships awarded for 2020-21:

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 who are participating in the Educational Opportunity Program. The Program promotes academic success and graduation for under-represented ethnic minority, economically disadvantaged and first-generation college students at the University of Washington. The Foundation hopes that through their studies and participation in real-world environmental research and problem-solving, students will broaden their personal horizons to include issues of global concern and will develop a passion and the skill set for making a difference in the world.

Recipients

• Emily Seaman*, Sophomore, Marine Biology
• Kamari Carroll, Incoming Freshman, Environmental Science and Terrestrial Resource Management

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. Dr. 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.

Recipients

• Raphael Bakin*, Sophomore, Atmospheric Sciences
• Amanda Jackson, Incoming Junior Transfer Student, Earth and Space Sciences

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 and Fishery Sciences, Marine and Environmental Affairs and Oceanography. Professor Donaldson earned his MS and Ph.D. degrees 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 the 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.

Recipients

• Joshua Lai, Senior, Oceanography
• Christine Mantegna, Senior, Marine Biology
• Andrea Cressey, Incoming Freshman, Marine Biology
• Lucy Lipscomb, Incoming Freshman, Marine Biology
• Henry Stier, Incoming Junior Transfer Student, Marine Biology
• Elise Littell, Incoming Junior Transfer Student, Oceanography

Dani Elenga Environment Scholarship

Sigrid Elenga and Steve Smyth established the Dani Elenga Environment Scholarship in memory of their daughter, Dani Elenga. The Scholarship encourages and supports students with an interest in the environment 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 UW.

Recipients

• Sierra Red Bow, Senior, Environmental Science and Terrestrial Resource Management
• Elysia Viengkham, Incoming Junior Transfer Student, Earth and Space Sciences

College of the Environment Scholarship

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

Recipients

College of the Environment Top-Off Award

This award is offered to top ranked incoming graduate student applicants across the College and provides a one-time payment to be used as the student sees fit to enhance their scholarly work at the University of Washington.

Recipients

• Rachel Fricke, Incoming Graduate Student, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
• Markus Min, Incoming Graduate Student, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
• Andrew Oppliger, Incoming Graduate Student, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

Integral Environmental Big Data Research Fund Award

This funding award supports graduate students who are incorporating a big data approach to their scholarly work. In this context, a big data project is defined as one where the student is focused on extracting information from large datasets through the use of interesting, innovative computational and analytic approaches, and where the object of the work is an exploration of emergent patterns and/or relationships of scientific interest.

Recipient

• Amelia Duvall, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (advisor: Sarah Converse)

Project: The ecology and conservation of seabird populations in the rapidly changing Pacific Ocean

Hall Conservation Genetics Research Fund

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. This funding award supports graduate students working in the field of conservation genetics.

Recipients

• Natalie Kellogg, Oceanography (advisors: Gabrielle Rocap/Anitra Ingalls)

Project: Genomics of Prochlorococcus isolates cultivated from the oxygen deficient zone of the eastern tropical north Pacific

• Samuel May, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (advisor: Kerry Naish)

Project: Examining the Effects of Predator Avoidance Behavior on Fitness and Recruitment in Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

• Christina Rathwell, Oceanography (advisor: Gabrielle Rocap)

Project: Revealing viral activity and ecology of marine Oxygen Deficient Zones through DNA proximity linkages

• Rebecca Windell, Environmental and Forest Sciences (advisor: Laura Prugh)

Project: Impacts of recolonizing wolves on coyote reproduction in Washington

*Denotes continued funding from 2019-2020