The School of Environmental and Forest Sciences is pleased to announce that seven students have been awarded scholarship funding for the 2022-23 academic year from the College of the Environment. This includes five undergraduates and two graduate students. The competition for these funds increases each year as more and more students apply, so winning these awards is a significant achievement. 

Congratulations to each of these SEFS students! 

Nancy Wilcox Endowed Scholarship
   • Gabriel Thomas Kennedy-Gibbons, Incoming Freshman, Environmental Science &
      Terrestrial Resource Management
   • Apollo Normet, Junior, Environmental Science & Terrestrial Resource Management

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.

College of the Environment Scholarship
   • Kyle Yasui, Senior, Environmental Science & Terrestrial Resource Management
   • Stephanie Schmid, Senior, Environmental Science & Terrestrial Resource Management
   • Julia Lewicki, Junior, Environmental Science & Terrestrial Resource Management 

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.

College of the Environment Top-Off Award
Gregory Moore, Incoming Graduate Student, Environmental and Forest Sciences

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.

Hall Conservation Genetics Research Fund
Samantha Kreling, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
Advisor: Laura Prugh
Project: Urban Islands: Assessing genetic diversity of Seattle urban coyotes through the lens of island biogeography.

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.