Skip to main
Lichen
George Mason University
News

Announcement of the 2016 ESP undergraduate and graduate student award winners

achong

Congratulations to all of our undergraduate and graduate student award winners!  All prize winners and students with honorable mentions will receive a certificate and an invitation to the joint awards brunch sponsored by the departments of Environmental Science and Policy and Biology on May 11, 2016.

UNDERGRADUATES (by BS degree concentration)

Conservation
Hannah Miller & Lenore Pedicord

Climate Change
Chelsi Strange

Ecological Science
Kelly Floro
Honorable mentions
Sarah Brown & Shanna Rock

Environmental Health
Christine Figan
Honorable mention
Chase Altizer

Marine, Freshwater & Estuarine Ecology
Katie Saalbach
Honorable mention
Shannon Murphy Pace

GRADUATES

Best PhD Dissertation
Melissa Hawkins* & Jason O’Bryhim

Best MS Thesis
William Norfolk

Teaching awards
Jennifer Lewis, Amanda Sills, Katheryn Patterson

Conservation/Environmental Impact Award
Ashley Sitar

*Addendum: An earlier version of this post listed the Best PhD Dissertation winners as Monica Hawkins and Jason O’Bryhim, instead of Melissa Hawkins and Jason O’Bryhim.

* The programs and services offered by George Mason University are open to all who seek them. George Mason does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic national origin (including shared ancestry and/or ethnic characteristics), sex, disability, military status (including veteran status), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, pregnancy status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. After an initial review of its policies and practices, the university affirms its commitment to meet all federal mandates as articulated in federal law, as well as recent executive orders and federal agency directives.