2022 Undergraduate Scholarship Winners

The Department of Ecology is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2022 departmental undergraduate scholarship awards:

Ecology Memorial Scholarship

Maya Heffernan

 

This award is given to a full-time junior or senior majoring in biological sciences in memory of John C. Wright, C.J.D. Brown, and T.B. Holker who all contributed greatly to ecology and conservation.   John C. Wright was a MSU professor of Botany & Bacteriology and served as the director for the Center for Environmental Studies. C.J.D. Brown was a MSU professor of Zoology and Entomology and wrote the book “Fishes of Montana.”   T.B. Holker was a MSU student in the Fish & Wildlife Program and had a lifelong love of Montana’s wildlife.  He was killed during a flying mission in the Pacific in 1954 while serving as a captain in the US Air Force.

Awarded to Maya Hefferman & Denali Smith

Denali Smith

MT Trout Unlimited Fisheries Scholarship

Kelson Hickman

 

This scholarship was established by the state of Montana chapter of Trout Unlimited to support undergraduates who seek an education and career in fishery science, especially in the area of coldwater fisheries.

Awarded to Kelson Hickman

Yarnall Family Scholarship

Dan Quinby

John and Kristi Yarnall are former MSU students who remain passionate about wildlife and conservation biology.  They have established this award to help support a junior or senior in good academic standing who is studying fish and wildlife or conservation biology.

Awarded to Daniel Quinby