Twelve students in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences have been awarded scholarship funding for the 2023-24 academic year from the College of the Environment, including ten undergraduate and two graduate students. Congratulations to the following students and the other College of the Environment awardees!

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.
SEFS Recipients:

• Kylie Baker, Senior, Environmental and Forest Sciences
• Joshua Kim, Senior, Environmental and Forest Sciences

Dani Elenga Environment Scholarship
Sigrid Elenga and Steve Smyth established the Dani Elenga Environment Scholarship in memory of their daughter, Dani Elenga, to encourage and support 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.
SEFS Recipients:

• Hiatt Hast, Sophomore transfer, Environmental and Forest Sciences
• Maya Rios, Sophomore transfer, Environmental and Forest Sciences

Michael and Rebecca McGoodwin Endowed Scholarship in Environmental Conservation, Atmospheric, and Earth Sciences
Dr. Michael McGoodwin established an endowment to support undergraduate students in the College of the Environment in December 2019. This endowment honors the life and memory of Rebecca McGoodwin and their shared passion for the natural environment. By supporting undergraduates on the basis of academic merit and financial need, this scholarship helps students who are pursuing the study, investigation, and conservation of the biosphere and its protection from human impacts. Areas of study may include but are not limited to, the study of relevant Earth and atmospheric sciences such as aquatic and terrestrial habitats including oceans, soils, forests, atmospheric physics and chemistry, and the interactions of these with past and current life forms.
SEFS Recipients:

• Ella Coleman, Junior, Environmental and Forest 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.
SEFS Recipients:

• Sarah Kelly, Junior, Environmental and Forest Sciences
• Eric Kaganyuk, Senior, Environmental and Forest Sciences
• Julia Lewicki, Junior, Environmental and Forest Sciences
• Natalie Caro, Senior, Environmental and Forest Sciences

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.
SEFS Recipients:

• Gissella Quiroga, Environmental and Forest Sciences
• Beatriz Oliva, Environmental and Forest Sciences

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.
SEFS Recipients:

• Yasmine Hentati, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (advisor: Laura Prugh)
  Project: Investigating drivers of parasite communities in urban coyotes using DNA metabarcoding