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Scholars’ Night

COLLEGE O F AGR I CULTURE , HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES

RATCL I FFE H I CKS S CHOOL O F A GR I CULTURE

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Special Thanks to our generous donors, faculty, staff, and families of this year’s scholarship recipients for their continued support and encouragement.

CAHNR

Scholars’ Night

2020

6:00 PM WELCOME & REFLECTIONS ON SCHOLARSHIPSIndrajeet Chaubey Dean and Director

SCHOLARSHIP VIDEO PRESENTATION

DONOR ADDRESSRobbin CabelusDel Favero Agricultural Economics ScholarshipStanley K. Seaver Scholarship

STUDENT RECIPIENT ADDRESSZachary Duda Agriculture & Natural Resources BS

SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT & DONOR RECOGNITION

Amy ChesmerSenior Director of Development

STUDENT RECOGNITION AND CLOSING

Sandra Bushmich Associate Dean and Director

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES

RATCLIFFE HICKS SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURE DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources

Tishell Allen, Environmental Sciences, Hartford, CT Jenna Bojnowski, Environmental Studies, Middletown, CT Melanie Broderick, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Cromwell, CT Gabriel Galouzis, Environmental Sciences, Mystic, CT Rebecca Gibson, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Amston, CT Javon Hernandez, Allied Health Sciences, Danbury, CT Stephanie Royko, Animal Science, Mays Landing, NJ Jiawei Zhou, Nutritional Sciences, Lianyungang, China

ANDREW T. AIKEN PHYSICAL THERAPY SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Ryan Bogrette, Physical Therapy DPT, Cheshire, CT Carli Ceckanowicz, Physical Therapy DPT, Carmel, NY Tyler Clements, Physical Therapy DPT, Cheshire, CT

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Scholarship and Awards Recognition

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WILLARD H. ALLEN SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Michio Agresta, Natural Resources, Burlington, CT Kathryn Atkinson, Nutritional Sciences, Old Lyme, CT Vianna Bassani, Animal Science, New Fairfield, CT Shantal Benjamin, Allied Health Sciences, Manchester, CT Alexander Bingham, Pathobiology, Enfield, CT Lillian Borbas, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Morris, CT Gabrielle Bossers-Brisson, Natural Resources, Gaylordsville, CT Melanie Bucciero, Allied Health Sciences, Orange, CT Matthew Chen, Applied & Resource Economics, Oakdale, CT Megan Davenport, Animal Science/Agriculture & Natural Resources, Litchfield, CT Rachel Deponte, Animal Science, Southington, CT Jenna Donnelly, Nutritional Sciences, Manchester, CT Madelyn Dupre, Pathobiology/Animal Science, Westford, MA Robert Du Toit, Landscape Architecture, Fairfield, CT Cheyenne Gibilaro, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, North Branford, CT Abigail Hatch, Animal Science, Marstons Mills, MA Cameron Irvine, Plant Science AAS, Cromwell, CT Stephen Kelly, Landscape Architecture, Fairfield, CT Madison Lane, Animal Science AAS, Braintree, MA Jacob Makuc, Diagnostic Genetic Sciences, Monterey, MA Lydia McGrath, Nutritional Sciences, Sudbury, MA Devon Merritt, Pathobiology, Lake Ariel, PA Kerry Morgan, Allied Health Sciences, Norfolk, MA Soohyun Oh, Exercise Science, Clifton Park, NY Daniel Pestrichello, Environmental Studies, Wethersfield, CT Sarah Preleski, Allied Health Sciences, Avon, CT Madison Robicheau, Animal Science AAS, Amesbury, MA Kimberly Rosenthal, Allied Health Sciences, New London, CT Kasey Schempf, Applied & Resource Economics, Middletown, CT Ashanthi Snell, Exercise Science, Lexington, MA Elaine Tantalo, Applied & Resource Economics, Manlius, NY Sara Tomis, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Preston, CT Kevin Twohig, Applied & Resource Economics, Manchester, CT Chloe Zampetti, Natural Resources, Haworth, NJ Christina Zone, Environmental Sciences, Avon, CT

KAYE ANDRUS SCHOLARSHIPJeff Andrus

Samantha Barretta, Animal Science, Old Lyme, CT Marie Frese, Animal Science, Shelton, CT Kirsten Krause, Animal Science, Coventry, CT Jacqueline Lampert, Animal Science, New Canaan, CT

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ANIMAL SCIENCE FACULTY & STAFF UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPJohn Riesen

Julia Trafaconda, Animal Science, Danielson, CT

THE ANTHONY YURGAITIS & GEORGE MALKEMUS ARETHUSA FARM SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Kathleen Atkinson, Animal Science, Pelham, NH Heather Cashman, Animal Science AAS, Storrs, CT Carolyne Comstock, Animal Science AAS, Wallingford, CT Kirsten Krause, Animal Science, Coventry, CT Ariel Kuhl, Animal Science, Jackson Heights, NY Sofia Mori, Animal Science, Norwalk, CT Aneury Moya, Animal Science AAS, New London, CT Sophia Sarlo, Animal Science, Wolcott, CT Michael Wolf, Animal Science, Lebanon, CT

THE ARMSTRONG FAMILY SCHOLARSHIPThe Armstrong Family

Bethany Pilon, Animal Science, Farmington, CT

ASHMORE SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCESEndowed Scholarship

Josephine Angers, Physical Therapy DPT, Tolland, CT Casey Diaz, Physical Therapy DPT, Stamford, CT Elena Masiello, Physical Therapy DPT, Cromwell, CT Geordan Nunes, Physical Therapy DPT, South Windsor, CT Thomas Rigby, Physical Therapy DPT, Suffield, CT

BEULAH SHANLEY BALDWIN SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Shaharia Ferdus, Nutritional Sciences, Meriden, CTGuymara Manigat, Allied Health Sciences, Coventry, CT

YOLANDE M. BIGELOW HORTICULTURE SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Gasselle Cordova, Plant Science PhD, Riverside, CA Pan Zhang, Plant Science PhD, Tangshan, China

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ELLEN BISHOP CARDER SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Gasselle Cordova, Plant Science PhD, Riverside, CA Kaitlin Ferrero, Agricultural & Resource Economics PhD, East Haddam, CT Adam Haynes, Natural Resources MS, Jackson, MI Binod Khanal, Agricultural & Resource Economics PhD, Gorkha, Nepal Dongin Kim, Agricultural & Resource Economics PhD, Seoul, Korea Alyssa Mcdonnell, Applied & Resource Economics MS, Bolton, CT Kerste Milik, Natural Resources MS, Middletown, CT Florian Neubauer, Agricultural & Resource Economics PhD, Homberg, Germany Anna Puchkoff, Natural Resources MS, Staten Island, NY Joshua Snarski, Natural Resource MS, Marlborough, CT Xiaohan Sun, Agricultural & Resource Economics PhD, Weihai, China Danielle Tanzer, Natural Resources MS, Coventry, CT Daniel Wright, Natural Resources MS, Chicopee, MA

ARTHUR C. & LYNETTE B. BOBB SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Patrick Bibeau, Landscape Architecture, Stonington, CT Lauren Bower, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Norwich, CT Daniel Mitola, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Monroe, CT Lauren Murtagh, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Sharon, CT Collin Sitz, Landscape Architecture, Ledyard, CT Benjamin Zaccara, Landscape Architecture, New Milford, CT

BOBB-KOTHS PLANT SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Chloe Girouard-Martel, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Southbury, CT Lauren Murtagh, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Sharon, CT

BRUNDAGE FAMILY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Miriam Dugas, Animal Science, Enfield, CTPatrick Kennedy, Animal Science, West Cornwall, CT

DOROTHY BURNS NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Dana Chamberlain, Nutritional Sciences, Middletown, CT Briana Nosal, Nutritional Sciences, Cromwell, CT Brian Russell, Nutritional Sciences, Hartford, CT

CLIFFORD R. BURR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Bivek Bhusal, Plant Science MS, Gulmi, Nepal Rahul Kumar, Plant Science PhD, Lilaun, India Gang Ma, Plant Science PhD, Beijing, China Cora McGehee, Plant Science PhD, Prairieville, LA Gaurav Thapa Chhetri, Plant Science PhD, Baglung, Nepal

BUSCH AGRICULTURE AWARDDepartment of Plant Science & Landscape Architecture

Patrick Bibeau, Landscape Architecture, Stonington, CT Robert Du Toit, Landscape Architecture, Fairfield, CT Cheyenne Gibilaro, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, North Branford, CT

SAMANTHA CALZONE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Hannah Soifer, Animal Science, Stamford, CT

GEORGE F. CLOUTIER SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Chelsey Reyes, Urban Forestry & Arboriculture AAS, New Haven, CT

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, HEALTH & NATURAL RESOURCES DEAN’S RECRUITMENT SCHOLARSHIPCollege of Agriculture, Health & Natural Resources Dean’s Fund/ The New York Farmers

Abigail Chen, Nutritional Sciences, Fresh Meadows, NY Morgan Dougherty, Animal Science, Westford, MA Joseph Drossman, Nutritional Sciences, Merrick, NY Madelyn Dupre, Pathobiology/Animal Science, Westford, MA Hannah Fortune, Animal Science, Rockaway, NJ Hadrien Grube, Pathobiology, Nazareth, PA Anthony Ho, Pathobiology, Worcester, MA Emily Kirillov, Animal Science, Fair Lawn, NJ Devon Merritt, Pathobiology, Lake Ariel, PA Claire Nitzsche, Allied Health Sciences, Thousand Oaks, CA Helen Schott, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Baltimore, MD Caroline Selesky, Animal Science, Fairhope, AL Alyssa Slovensky, Animal Science, Fort Washington, PA Rebecca Tudor, Animal Science, South Burlington, VT

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CONNECTICUT GROUNDS KEEPERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Lillian Borbas, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Morris, CT Chloe Girouard-Martel, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Southbury, CT Matthew Ternullo, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Billerica, MA

THE CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIPConnecticut Horticultural Society

Carl Johnson, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Storrs, CT Daniel Mitola, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Monroe, CT Bethany Pelletier, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Plainville, CT

CONNECTICUT VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION NIEL W. PIEPER, D.V.M. SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Mackenzie Fischer, Animal Science, Litchfield, CT

MARY M. AND KATHRYN E. CONNELLY SISTERS SCHOLARSHIP Endowed Scholarship

Kathryn Atkinson, Nutritional Sciences, Old Lyme, CT Troy Barbieto, Allied Health Sciences, Bridgeport, CT Brandon Basdeo, Nutritional Sciences, Plainsboro, NJ Autumn Blasi, Nutritional Sciences, Bristol, CT Dana Chamberlain, Nutritional Sciences, Middletown, CT Darah Deroly, Pathobiology, Hartford, CTJenna Donnelly, Nutritional Sciences, Manchester, CTJoseph Drossman, Nutritional Sciences, Merrick, NYShaharia Ferdus, Nutritional Sciences, Meriden, CTQuamyia Foye, Nutritional Sciences, New Haven, CT Samantha Goffredo, Nutritional Sciences, Wolcott, CTBritney Heyse, Nutritional Sciences, Suffield, CTZachary Hoffman, Nutritional Sciences, South Windsor, CTKyren Jones, Allied Health Sciences, Bridgeport, CTKelly Kozon, Nutritional Sciences, South Windsor, CTSunamita Lang, Nutritional Sciences, Stratford, CTSifan Lin, Nutritional Sciences, Fuzhou, ChinaRebecca Mailhot, Nutritional Sciences, Wallingford, CTTatyana Maldonado, Allied Health Sciences, Meriden, CTWilisha Malla, Allied Health Sciences, East Windsor, CTPaige Marion, Exercise Science, Manchester Center, VT

Lydia McGrath, Nutritional Sciences, Sudbury, MABriana Nosal, Nutritional Sciences, Cromwell, CTKatherine O’Brien, Nutritional Sciences, Tolland, CTBrian Russell, Nutritional Sciences, Hartford, CTJosephine Safo-Agyeman, Allied Health Sciences, East Hartford, CTNikki Santillo, Nutritional Sciences, Wallingford, CTPerry Schattman, Exercise Science, Storrs-Mansfield, CTNaniel Scott, Pathobiology, Windsor, CTKarisa Shukaitis, Nutritional Sciences, Thomaston, CTMaia Smith, Nutritional Sciences, Pawcatuck, CTChang Sun, Nutritional Sciences, Beijing, ChinaJennifer Vargas, Nutritional Sciences, Elmsford, NYBingning Wang, Nutritional Sciences, Langfang, ChinaTiffany Xayavoutthy, Allied Health Sciences, Stafford Springs, CTNicole Zapherson, Nutritional Sciences, Stratford, CTJiawei Zhou, Nutritional Sciences, Lianyungang, China

ADELAIDE CONNOLLY SCHOLARSHIPAmy Chesmer

Julia Brower, Animal Science, Westport, CT

JIM CORNISH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Emma Flynn, Allied Health Sciences, Walpole, MA

JANINA M. CZAJKOWSKI SCHOLARSHIP IN COMMUNITY NUTRITIONEndowed Scholarship

Hyunju Kang, Nutritional Science PhD, Daejeon, Korea

WILLARD H. DANIELS – SALVATORE A. ORSINI SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Madilyn Cole, Pathobiology, Newtown, CT

BURTON C. DAWSON SCHOLARSHIPPaul Hammer

Morgan Macmillan, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Hollis, NH

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DEL FAVERO AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Matthew Chen, Applied & Resource Economics, Oakdale, CTMark Sniffen, Applied & Resource Economics, Morris, CTElaine Tantalo, Applied & Resource Economics, Manlius, NY

THE DESMARAIS-CHERHONIAK FAMILIES SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Allyson Cosman, Exercise Science, South Windsor, CT

THE THOMAS A. DIBENEDETTO SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Hannah Desrochers, Natural Resources, Wethersfield, CT

DIETETICS PROGRAM DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Kate Walder, Dietetics, Ellington, CT

HAMILTON D. EATON AWARD FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE IN NUTRITIONAL SCIENCEEndowed Scholarship

Jingyi Xue, Nutritional Science MS, Beijing, China

HORACE C. ERIKSSON FORESTRY SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Isaac Betts, Natural Resources, Meriden, CTEve Cullerton, Natural Resources, Canaan, CTMari Cullerton, Environmental Sciences/Natural Resources, Canaan, CTPhoebe Mrozinski, Environmental Sciences, Tolland, CT

JACK AND SANDRA EVANS PHYSICAL THERAPY SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Ethan Finn, Physical Therapy DPT, Farmington, CTShannon Keenan, Physical Therapy DPT, Simsbury, CTMatthew Lockhart, Physical Therapy DPT, Woodbridge, CT

Luke Manjooran, Physical Therapy DPT, Hillsborough, NJLaura Sweeney, Physical Therapy DPT, Suffield, CTKiley Vermette, Physical Therapy DPT, Enfield, CT

DOROTHY WILHELM FABER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Annabelle Caswell, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Waterford, CT

ALAN S. FARWELL SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Emma Krebs, Allied Health Sciences, Roxbury, CT

CAMERON & CAROL FAUSTMAN FOOD SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIPCameron & Carol Faustman

Kathleen Atkinson, Animal Science, Pelham, NH

POLLY FITZ CREATIVE LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Sarah Anderson, Health Promotion MS, Stafford Springs, CTChris Blancarte, Health Promotion MS, Dayville, CTHanna Caridad, Health Promotion MS, New Milford, CTBonnie Caulfield, Dietetics, Essex, CTAmanda Celone, Dietetic Internship Program, Cheshire, CTYanyan Chen, Health Promotion MS, Kunming, ChinaAmy Corcoran, Dietetics, Madison, CTNatalie Cyr, Dietetic Internship Program, Stafford Springs, CTKatherine Daley, Allied Health Sciences/Dietetics, Clinton, CTOlivia DuBois, Dietetic Internship Program, North Billerica, MAAnthony Duong, Health Promotion MS, Berlin, CTAlicia Farris, Dietetic Internship Program, Palmer, MAOlivia Ford, Health Promotion MS, Wakefield, RIMadeline Fulton, Heath Promotion MS, Wethersfield, CTAlyson Gaylord, Allied Health Sciences/Dietetics, Tolland, CTBenjamin Giroux, Health Promotion MS, Baltic, CTNicole Glick, Health Promotion MS, New London, CTIsabella Gorski, Health Promotion MS, Newington, CTJosie Hare, Health Promotion MS, Bruce Township, MIAlexa Horkachuck, Dietetics, Sandy Hook, CTBreanna Karabeinikoff, Health Promotion MS, Meriden, CTRama Kattan, Health Promotion MS, Cranston, RI

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Aylin Kavgaci, Dietetic Internship Program, Mystic, CTAmanda Koss, Health Promotion MS, Colchester, CTShawn Lada, Health Promotion MS, Southington, CTMackenzie Lane, Dietetics, Bozrah, CTKarah Lewis, Health Promotion MS, Ventura, CALeah Macfarlane, Dietetics, Wethersfield, CTAriana Morasutti, Health Promotion MS, Clinton, CTLeah Pfrommer, Health Promotion MS, Killingworth, CTHeather Phillips, Allied Health Sciences/Dietetics, Gales Ferry, CTDana Purcell, Health Promotion MS, Vernon, CTNatalie Ranelli, Dietetics, Somers, CTRonnie Rivera, Dietetics, Willimantic, CTJody Smith, Dietetics, Guilford, CTAnastasia Stergos, Dietetics, Burlington, CTLilly Tartsinis, Health Promotion MS, Windham, CTCaroline Thiede, Health Promotion MS, Moodus, CTJessica Tucker, Health Promotion MS, Wethersfield, CTKate Walder, Dietetics, Ellington, CTHannah Waxler, Health Promotion MS, Unionville, CTElizabeth White, Dietetics, Hebron, CTKatherine Wojenska, Dietetic Internship Program, Stratford, CT

GAVITT AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMUNICATIONS AWARDEndowed Scholarship

Maria Buzzelli, Applied & Resource Economics MS, Cheshire, CT

MARSHALL BIXBY GEER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Jillian Derjue, Pathobiology/Animal Science, Windham, CT

FIRST COMPANY GOVERNOR’S FOOT GUARD SCHOLARSHIPFirst Company Governor’s Foot Guard

Marissa Matarazzo, Animal Science, Southington, CTVivian Tang, Pathobiology, Uncasville, CT

NATHAN HALE AWARD IN ANIMAL SCIENCEEndowed Scholarship

Kansas Sienna, Animal Science, Union, CT

HENRY & EBBA HANSEN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Olasubomi Ajayi, Allied Health Sciences, Washington, NJ

THE HAROLD G. HELMBOLDT & MELBA E. HELMBOLDT SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Nia Diaz, Animal Science, Bridgeport, CT

RATCLIFFE HICKS HERITAGE SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Hayden Amtower, Plant Science AAS, Storrs-Mansfield, CTTyler Bentley, Animal Science AAS, Mansfield Center, CTHeather Cashman, Animal Science AAS, Storrs, CTKiyan Dadras, Animal Science AAS, Southington, CTKylie Dalton, Animal Science AAS, Marlborough, CTJamilla George, Plant Science AAS, Darien, CTQuinn Green, Plant Science AAS, Storrs-Mansfield, CTShynaijah Hall, Plant Science AAS, Hartford, CTCameron Irvine, Plant Science AAS, Cromwell, CTSydney Lafrance, Animal Science AAS, Simsbury, CTEmma Mulhall, Plant Science AAS, Newington, CTSephton Reid, Plant Science AAS, Bloomfield, CTChelsey Reyes, Urban Forestry & Arboriculture AAS, New Haven, CTKyle Robin, Plant Science AAS, Ellington, CTGabriel Slade, Plant Science AAS, Middletown, CTNeil Tighe, Plant Science AAS, Berlin, CTEvan White, Plant Science AAS, Milford, CT

EMANUEL “MIKE” HIRTH FAMILY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Zachary Duda, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Woodbury, CTMarissa Naclerio, Natural Resources, New Haven, CTAlexa Pompa, Pathobiology, Cos Cob, CT

WILLIAM DURAN HOLMAN PRIZE FUND AWARDEndowed Scholarship

Heather Cashman, Animal Science AAS, Storrs, CTJacob Payton, Animal Science AAS, Granby, CT

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HORTICULTURE CLUB SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Carl Johnson, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Storrs, CT

THE OLIVER J. HUBBARD MEMORIAL POULTRY SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIPHubbard Farms Charitable Foundation

Emma Forster, Animal Science, Bloomfield, CT

JARVIS PRODUCTS CORPORATION SCHOLARSHIPJon Jarvis

Meagan Bourgette, Animal Science, Attleboro, MANeasa Canaley, Animal Science, Saratoga Springs, NYShavoni Douglas, Animal Science AAS, East Hartford, CTRyan Duncan, Animal Science AAS, Sharon, CTMackenzie Fischer, Animal Science, Litchfield, CTMadison Lane, Animal Science AAS, Braintree, MA

THE PATRICIA J. JEPSON SCHOLARSHIPPatricia J. Jepson

Maggi Anstett, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Riverton, CT

ROBERT E. JOHNSON ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Meagan Goodridge, Animal Science, Storrs-Mansfield, CT

FRANCES E. OSBORNE KELLOGG FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Lyla Andrick, Animal Science, Staatsburg, NYCandace Banasiewicz, Animal Science, Windsor, CTJulianna Bosco, Animal Science, Stamford, CTAlexandria Boutin, Animal Science, Needham, MAMadison Boylan, Animal Science, Ansonia, CTHannah Brewer, Animal Science, Castleton on Hudson, NYAmanda Cohen, Animal Science, Oakland, NJMorgan Dougherty, Animal Science, Westford, MASophia Finkelstein, Animal Science, Valley Stream, NYGabriela Fonseca, Animal Science, Trujillo Alto, PREmma Forster, Animal Science, Bloomfield, CT

Hannah Fortune, Animal Science, Rockaway, NJHailey Kampton, Animal Science, Valley Stream, NYEmily Kirillov, Animal Science, Fair Lawn, NJRylyn Koger, Animal Science, Argyle, TXJonathan Looney, Animal Science, Bethpage, NYJessica Ortega, Animal Science, Bethel, CTEmily Papp, Animal Science, New Milford, CTSophia Sarlo, Animal Science, Wolcott, CTCaroline Selesky, Animal Science, Fairhope, ALMeaghan Shannon, Animal Science, Cranbury, NJJulianne Sheehan, Animal Science, Colonia, NJVictoria Shuster, Animal Science, Shelton, CTDaria Soto, Animal Science, Worcester, MAGabriella Sulpizi, Animal Science, New Canaan, CTMia Sweeney, Animal Science, Guilford, CTGabriela Velazquez, Animal Science, Waterbury, CTCatherine Wilson, Animal Science, Oxford, CT

NATHAN KOENIG AG/EC FUND SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Daniel Coleman, Applied & Resource Economics, Meriden, CTMadina Isroilova, Applied & Resource Economics, Meriden, CTCameron Kranich, Applied & Resource Economics, Storrs, CTKevin Twohig, Applied & Resource Economics, Manchester, CT

LESLIE F. LAUGHLIN SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Chelsey Marr, Physical Therapy DPT, Bethel, CTMichelle Materna, Physical Therapy DPT, Chelmsford, MAMichael Rutt, Physical Therapy DPT, Tolland, CT

JOSEPH M. LENT PLANT SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Cheyenne Gibilaro, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, North Branford, CTEmily Syme, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Broad Brook, CT

MARTHA LUDEMANN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Mackenzie Lane, Dietetics, Bozrah, CT

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CHRISTOPHER P. MARSOCCI MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Aaron Chaffee, Environmental Sciences, Vernon-Rockville, CTShawn Re, Animal Science, Dover, NJ

DONALD N. MAYNARD SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Brian Garzon, Landscape Architecture, West Haven, CT

ANN MCLENDON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Alanna Tarabek, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Groton, CT

MEHLQUIST HORTICULTURE SCHOLARSHIPDepartment of Plant Science & Landscape Architecture

Lillian Borbas, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Morris, CTAnnabelle Caswell, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Waterford, CT

ALBERT WADSWORTH MESERVE & HELEN CLARK MESERVE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Mari Cullerton, Environmental Sciences/Natural Resources, Canaan, CTEmma Hurley, Applied & Resource Economics, Gales Ferry, CTLauren Murtagh, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Sharon, CT

GARY A. & EUNICE M. MILES AWARDEndowed Scholarship

Olivia Swanson, Natural Resources, Danielson, CT

DR. LLOYD & CORA MITTERLING SCHOLARSHIP Susan Mitterling & Kevin Bohacs

Shynaijah Hall, Plant Science AAS, Hartford, CTCameron Irvine, Plant Science AAS, Cromwell, CTFelicia Millett, Plant Science AAS, Plainville, CTEmma Mulhall, Plant Science AAS, Newington, CTSephton Reid, Plant Science AAS, Bloomfield, CTKyle Robin, Plant Science AAS, Ellington, CT

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Gabriel Slade, Plant Science AAS, Middletown, CTNeil Tighe, Plant Science AAS, Berlin, CTEvan White, Plant Science AAS, Milford, CT

MARYANN MORRIS ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES SCHOLARSHIPMaryann Morris

Brittany Anderson, Allied Health Sciences, Glastonbury, CT

JANE T. MUHLETHALER AWARD IN PLANT SCIENCEJane T. Muhlethaler Foundation

Patrick Bibeau, Landscape Architecture, Stonington, CTMelanie Broderick, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Cromwell, CTRobert Du Toit, Landscape Architecture, Fairfield, CTBrian Garzon, Landscape Architecture, West Haven, CTRebecca Gibson, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Amston, CTRyan Gussen, Landscape Architecture, Weston, CTCiara Hale, Landscape Architecture, Torrington, CTSybren Hoekstra, Landscape Architecture, Riverside, CTStephen Kelly, Landscape Architecture, Fairfield, CTWilliam Romaniello, Landscape Architecture, New Milford, CTJunyi Shi, Landscape Architecture, Dandong, ChinaCollin Sitz, Landscape Architecture, Ledyard, CTJulie Turner, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Shelton, CTBenjamin Zaccara, Landscape Architecture, New Milford, CT

NATURAL RESOURCES & THE ENVIRONMENT SCHOLARSHIPDepartment of Natural Resources & the Environment

Tishell Allen, Environmental Sciences, Hartford, CTJenna Bojnowski, Environmental Studies, Middletown, CTGabriel Galouzis, Environmental Sciences, Mystic, CT

NEW ENGLAND FARM & GARDEN SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Eve Cullerton, Natural Resources, Canaan, CT

NEW YORK FARMERS SCHOLARSHIPThe New York Farmers

Abigail Chen, Nutritional Sciences, Fresh Meadows, NYMorgan Dougherty, Animal Science, Westford, MAJoseph Drossman, Nutritional Sciences, Merrick, NY

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Madelyn Dupre, Pathobiology/Animal Science, Westford, MAHannah Fortune, Animal Science, Rockaway, NJHadrien Grube, Pathobiology, Nazareth, PAAnthony Ho, Pathobiology, Worcester, MAEmily Kirillov, Animal Science, Fair Lawn, NJDevon Merritt, Pathobiology, Lake Ariel, PAClaire Nitzsche, Allied Health Sciences, Thousand Oaks, CAHelen Schott, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Baltimore, MDCaroline Selesky, Animal Science, Fairhope, AL Alyssa Slovensky, Animal Science, Fort Washington, PARebecca Tudor, Animal Science, South Burlington, VT

FRANK NIEDERWERFER FAMILY AWARD IN ANIMAL SCIENCEEndowed Scholarship

Meagan Bourgette, Animal Science, Attleboro, MA

FRANK NIEDERWERFER FAMILY AWARD IN SOIL SCIENCEEndowed Scholarship

Rebecca Gibson, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Amston, CT

NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES SCHOLARSHIPDepartment of Nutritional Sciences

Kathryn Atkinson, Nutritional Sciences, Old Lyme, CT

THE RUSSELL PALEN SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Avery Bikerman, Applied & Resource Economics, Old Lyme, CTHannah Clarke, Applied & Resource Economics, Fairfield, CTLindsay Drotman, Applied & Resource Economics, Storrs, CTJohn Edwards, Applied & Resource Economics, Stamford, CTShane Palmer, Applied & Resource Economics, Ridgefield, CTSarah Proto, Applied & Resource Economics, Bloomfield, CT

STEVEN G. & RUTH A. PATRICK SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Kaylee Carlisle, Applied & Resource Economics, Brooklyn, CT

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PECK LANE SPORTMAN CLUB SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Nicholas Buchmeier, Allied Health Sciences, Cheshire, CTNoah Gomes, Allied Health Sciences, Cheshire, CTJasmine Greene, Animal Science, Cheshire, CTLily Hackett, Animal Science, Cheshire, CTAlyssa Kosiorowski, Allied Health Sciences, Cheshire, CTAllison Leonetti, Allied Health Sciences, Cheshire, CTRyan Nguyen, Exercise Science, Cheshire, CT

THE PESCATELLO FAMILY ENDOWED SCHOLARHSIPEndowed Scholarship

Jacob Bowie, Kinesiology PhD, Vernon, CT

PHYSICAL THERAPY SCHOLARSHIPDepartment of Physical Therapy

Jessica Decoteau, Physical Therapy DPT, Mystic, CTOlivia Deluca, Physical Therapy DPT, Rockland, MAKristen Dutertre, Physical Therapy DPT, Bridgeport, CTKelly Haptas, Physical Therapy DPT, New Britain, CTMichelle Materna, Physical Therapy DPT, Chelmsford, MA

CLINTON S. ROBERTS FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPClinton S. Roberts Foundation

Hannah Desrochers, Natural Resources, Wethersfield, CTMadeleine Enriquez, Animal Science, Andover, NJLiam Ford, Natural Resources, Bethel, CTSophia Lesko, Animal Science, Cooperstown, NYNicholas Medeiros, Natural Resources, Manchester, CTCassidy Mucherino, Animal Science, Oxford, CTAbigail Pierce, Natural Resources/Environmental Studies, Coventry, CTSofia Prata, Animal Science, Cranford, NJAlyssa Slovensky, Animal Science, Fort Washington, PAEmily Woodin, Natural Resources, Colchester, CT

PAMELA ROBERTS PHYSICAL THERAPY PEDIATRIC EDUCATION FUND SCHOLARSHIPDepartment of Physical Therapy

Hannah Fields, Physical Therapy DPT, Middletown, CTJillian O’connell, Physical Therapy DPT, Tolland, CTChristine Volz, Physical Therapy DPT, Andover, CT

A. SALMON & SONS SCHOLARSHIPEleanor & Daniel Salmon

Meagan Bourgette, Animal Science, Attleboro, MA

MARY MAHAR SANTANIELLO SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Heidi Pokorny, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Stafford Springs, CT

DAVID B. SCHROEDER SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Olivia Swanson, Natural Resources, Danielson, CT

SCHUR FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHEndowed Scholarship

Jameson Corey, Allied Health Sciences, Glastonbury, CT

SCHUR/SILBART SCHOLARSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHPaul Schur & Lawrence Silbart

Allyson Cosman, Exercise Science, South Windsor, CTJulia Desiato, Pathobiology, Southbury, CT

SHANLEY FAMILY SCHOLARSHIPEllen Shanley & Family

Natalie Ranelli, Dietetics, Somers, CT

SIMSBURY GARDEN CLUB SCHOLARSHIPSimsbury Garden Club

Emily Syme, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Broad Brook, CT

JOSEPH W. SMEY ’68 EdD, PT ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP IN PHYSICAL THERAPYEndowed Scholarship

Christine Volz, Physical Therapy DPT, Andover, CT

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RONALD & JUDITH SOMMERS HEMS SCHOLARSHIPRonald & Judith Sommers Hems

Kathryn Atkinson, Nutritional Sciences, Old Lyme, CT

JAMES V. SPIGNESI, JR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Madison Traystman, Natural Resources/Animal Science, Ledyard, CT

HARRY EATON STEWART SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Taylor Caruso, Physical Therapy DPT, East Hampton, CTCarli Ceckanowicz, Physical Therapy DPT, Carmel, NYDylan D’addio, Physical Therapy DPT, Cheshire, CTLarissa Dembin, Physical Therapy DPT, Monroe, CTKyle Eline, Physical Therapy DPT, Deep River, CTFrancesca Esposito, Physical Therapy DPT, Trumbull, CTAmanda Holtzman, Physical Therapy DPT, Avon, CTRyan Poutre, Physical Therapy DPT, Vernon, CTDhimitri Stojko, Physical Therapy DPT, Waterbury, CTJoy Tso, Physical Therapy DPT, West Simsbury, CT

FRAN TAPPAN STUDENT AID FUNDEndowed Scholarship

Hannah Fields, Physical Therapy DPT, Middletown, CTThomas Nickel, Physical Therapy DPT, Foxboro, MAMichael Norell, Physical Therapy DPT, Sherman, CT

JOHN B. TUCKER, JR. MEMORIAL AWARDEndowed Scholarship

Megan Davenport, Animal Science/Agriculture & Natural Resources, Litchfield, CT

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, HEALTH & NATURAL RESOURCES ALUMNI (UCAHNRA) SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Kimberly Alvarez, Animal Science, Danbury, CTSydney Osborne, Allied Health Sciences, New Haven, CT

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UCONN STRIVE SCHOLARSHIPAnonymous Donor

Milagros Nieves, Nutritional Sciences, New Britain, CT

WALTZ FAMILY DIFFERENCE MAKER SCHOLARSHIPThe Waltz Family

Alexandra Bettencourt, Pathobiology/Animal Science, Raynham, MAAlyson Schneider, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Shelton, CT

MARGARET J. WARE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Dana Chamberlain, Nutritional Sciences, Middletown, CTShaharia Ferdus, Nutritional Sciences, Meriden, CT

WEIDEMANN ENDOWMENT FOR CAHNREndowed Scholarship

Aneury Moya, Animal Science AAS, New London, CT

THE WEINGART FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP IN ANIMAL SCIENCEEndowed Scholarship

Megan Davenport, Animal Science/Agriculture & Natural Resources, Litchfield, CT

GEORGE E. & DOLLY H.R. WHITHAM MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPThe Whitham Family

Sara Tomis, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Preston, CT

ALBERT E. WILKINSON SCHOLARSHIPEndowed Scholarship

Benjamin Zaccara, Landscape Architecture, New Milford, CT

XIANGZHONG (JERRY) YANG RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARD Endowed Scholarship

Arlind Mara, Pathobiology PhD, Bristol, CT

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CORNELIUS & MARY JANE YORK AWARDEndowed Scholarship

Annika Benedetti, Natural Resources, Milford, CTZachary Bushling, Applied & Resource Economics, Lake Isabella, CAJillian Derjue, Pathobiology/Animal Science, Windham, CTEvelyn Johnson, Allied Health Sciences, Groton Long Point, CTKelly Kozon, Nutritional Sciences, South Windsor, CTPhoebe Mrozinski, Environmental Sciences, Tolland, CTLauren Murtagh, Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems, Sharon, CTJulia Oudiz, Animal Science, Manhattan Beach, CAJordan Pelletier, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Amston, CTLauren Rudin, Exercise Science, Forest Hills, NY

W.B. YOUNG LEADERSHIP & SERVICE AWARDThe Family of Wilfred B. Young

Christian Heiden, Applied & Resource Economics, Bloomfield, CT

Scholarship & Award Legacy Abell and Potter Family Endowed Scholarship Frederick G. Adams Allied Health Scholarship Agriculture Dean’s Scholarship Agriculture Education Scholarship/Professional Development Award Al & Barbara Scholarship Andrew T. Aitken Physical Therapy Scholarship Willard H. Allen Scholarship American Family and Consumer Sciences Scholarship Kaye Andrus ScholarshipAnimal Science Faculty/Staff Undergraduate ScholarshipAnthony Yurgaitis & George Malkemus Arethusa Farm ScholarshipThe Armstrong Family ScholarshipAshmore Scholarship for the College of Agriculture, Health & Natural Resources Beulah Shanley Baldwin Scholarship Elliot J. Barnard ’54 Physical Therapy Scholarship Yolande M. Bigelow Horticulture Scholarship Mark Bishop and Lynette Bishop Bobb Scholarship Arthur C. & Lynette B. Bobb ScholarshipBobb-Koths Plant Science Scholarship John P.H. Brand Travel Scholarship

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Brundage Family College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Scholarship Dorothy Burns Nutritional Sciences ScholarshipClifford R. Burr Memorial Scholarship Busch Agriculture AwardSamantha Calzone Memorial ScholarshipCAHNR Dean’s Recruitment Scholarship Ellen Bishop Carder Scholarship Carlson Therapy Network, PC Scholarship George E. Cloutier ScholarshipConnecticut Greenhouse Growers Association ScholarshipConnecticut Grounds Keepers Association Scholarship The Connecticut Horticultural Society Scholarship CT Institute of Water Resources ScholarshipConnecticut Trustees of the Eastern States Exposition Scholarship Connecticut Veterinary Medical Association - Niel W. Pieper, DVM Scholarship Mary M. and Kathryn E. Connelly Sisters Scholarship Adelaide Connolly ScholarshipCorbo Physical Therapy Scholarship Jim Cornish Memorial Scholarship W. A. Cowan Undergraduate Award in Animal ScienceJanina M. Czajkowski Scholarship in Community NutritionElna E. Daniels ScholarshipWillard H. Daniels & Salvatore A. Orsini Scholarship Burton C. Dawson Scholarship Del Favero Agricultural Economics ScholarshipDesmarais-Cherhoniak Families ScholarshipThomas A. DiBenedetto Memorial Scholarship Dietetics Program Diversity Scholarship Priscilla Douglas AwardHamilton Eaton Award for Research Excellence in Nutritional SciencesHorace C. Eriksson Forestry Scholarship Jack and Sandra Evans Physical Therapy ScholarshipDorothy Wilhelm Faber Memorial Scholarship Fairfield County Horticultural Society Memorial Scholarship Harry Farnham Award Alan S. Farwell Scholarship Cameron & Carol Faustman Food Science ScholarshipIrving & Justine Fellows Scholarship Polly Fitz Creative Leadership Scholarship Norman and Winifred Freyer AgribusinessGavitt Agriculture and Natural Resources Communications Scholarship Marshall Bixby Geer Memorial Scholarship Ann Collins Gill FundFirst Company Governor’s Foot Guard Scholarship Greenfield Hill Garden Club ScholarshipFrancis E. and Holly S. Griffin Memorial Scholarship Henry G. Haalck Memorial Award Henry Nathan Hale Award in Animal Science and Ebba Hansen Leadership Award

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Theresa Victoria Plouffe Hayward Scholarship in Allied Health Sciences Harold G. Helmboldt & Melba E. Helmboldt ScholarshipHans Hercule Memorial Undergraduate ScholarshipRatcliffe Hicks Award of Excellence Ratcliffe Hicks Heritage Scholarship Emanuel “Mike” Hirth Family Endowed Scholarship William Duran Holman Prize Fund Award Horticulture Club Scholarship The Oliver J. Hubbard Memorial Poultry Science ScholarshipJarvis Products Corporation Scholarship The Patricia J. Jepson Scholarship Robert E. Johnson Endowed Scholarship Stewart Johnson Scholarship Martha Keagle DGS Clinical Experience AwardFrances E. Osborne Kellogg Fund Scholarship Kinsman Family International Agriculture Fund Award Merle and Irene Klinck Scholarship Nathan Koenig AG/EC ScholarshipJay Koths Travel AwardMarvin W. Kottke Scholarship Mary Kumpf ScholarshipSusan Hassett Laudano ScholarshipLeslie F. Laughlin Scholarship Joseph M. Lent Plant Science Scholarship John Livieri Memorial Scholarship Ruthann & Rebecca Lobo ScholarshipMartha Ludemann Memorial ScholarshipAnn Lurate Lupo Scholarship in Clinical Dietetics The Robert S. Malloy Memorial ScholarshipChristopher P. Marsocci Memorial Award Donald N. Maynard Scholarship McDowell Wildlife Award Dorothy McLaughlin Miss Mac Endowed Scholarship in Physical Therapy Ann McLendon Memorial Scholarship Carol Motta McMahon Fund for Programs in Health Promotion Mehlquist Horticulture ScholarshipAlbert Wadsworth Meserve and Helen Clark Meserve Memorial Trust Fund ScholarshipGarry A. and Eunice M. Miles Award Dr. Lloyd & Cora Marie Mitterling Scholarship Montana Physical Therapy Scholarship Maryann Morris Scholarship in Allied Health SciencesJane T. Muhlethaler Scholarship in Plant Science Horace F. and Gladys K. Murphey Plant Science Scholarship Natural Resources and the Environment ScholarshipNew England Farm and Garden Association Scholarship New England Outdoor Writers Scholarship New Haven County Agricultural Center Conservation Internship AwardNew York Farmers Scholarship

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Frank Niederwerfer Family Award in Animal Science Frank Niederwerfer Family Award in Soil Science NUSC Award for Excellence in ResearchRussell Palen Fund Scholarship Steven G. and Ruth A. Patrick Endowment ScholarshipPeck Lane Sportsmen’s Club Inc. Scholarship Gerri Pellecchia Memorial Scholarship The Pescatello Family Endowed ScholarshipPhysical Therapy ScholarshipThe PSLA Undergraduate Educational Experience AwardHilda Kreyssig Purrington & Eugene C. Purrington Scholarship Jennifer B. Riggs Scholarship Clinton S. Roberts Foundation Award The Pamela Roberts PT Pediatric Education ScholarshipJames M. Rosa Scholarship Salmon and Sons Scholarship Mary Mahar Santaniello Scholarship David B. Schroeder ScholarshipPaul Schur Scholarship in Environmental HealthSchur Family Scholarship in Environmental Health Schur/Silbart Scholarship in Environmental HealthStanley K. Seaver Scholarship Shanley Family ScholarshipSimsbury Garden Club Scholarship Simsbury Garden Club Memorial ScholarshipJoseph W. Smey, EdD, PT Endowed Scholarship in Physical Therapy Smyrski Farm Scholarship Sodexho Dietetics Diversity Scholarship Ronald & Judith Sommers Hems ScholarshipJames V. Spignesi, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Harry Eaton Stewart ScholarshipFran Tappan Student Aid Fund John B. Tucker, Jr. Memorial Award UConn Strive ScholarshipUniversity of Connecticut College of Agriculture Health, and Natural Resources Alumni Association ScholarshipWaltz Family Difference Maker ScholarshipMargaret J. Ware Memorial ScholarshipWeidemann Endowment Scholarship in CAHNRThe Weingart Family Scholarship in Animal ScienceGeorge E. & Dolly H.R. Whitham Memorial ScholarshipWalter R. Whitworth Ichthyology Award Albert E. Wilkinson Scholarship Xiangzhong (Jerry) Yang Research Excellence AwardCornelius and Mary Jane York Award Wilfred B. Young Leadership and Service AwardPriscilla Macklot Zink ScholarshipCharles J. Zwick Fund