Graduate research and graduate teaching in the sciences will receive a big boost through a precedent-setting gift from Richard and Catherine Becker ’96 MS Environmental Science and Policy. A $500,000 commitment from the Alexandria, Va.
Mason doctoral student Blake Klocke has been interested in amphibians for as long as he can remember. He talks about growing up in Minnesota, where he shared his bedroom with a few dozen frogs, snakes, and geckos, as well as the insects he cultivated to feed them.
Cathy Becker (’96 MS ESP) and her husband have generously established the Catherine Z and Richard J Becker Environmental Science and Policy Graduate Research Assistantship for students pursuing a graduate degree in the College of Science.