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Department of Animal Science, UC Davis HIGHLIGHTS A PUBLICATION FOR OUR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS Winter/Spring 2002 |
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Graduate Students Fare Well in Campuswide Fellowship Competition |
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The Department of Animal Science has recently learned that its current and
incoming graduate students were highly successful in competition for
campuswide fellowships for the 2002-2003 academic year. Angie Jinks, a
graduate student in the Animal Science M.S. program, received a Jarena D.
Wright and a Zolk Fellowship. Veronica Allen and Logan Smith, two incoming
students new to the Animal Science M.S. program for next fall quarter,
received McArthur and Tryon Fellowships. Johanna Rochester, an incoming
student in the Avian Sciences M.S. program, received a Graduate
Opportunity Fellowship. Three Physiology Ph.D. students also received
campuswide fellowships: Cindy Batchelder was awarded the Lillie Mae
Richards Fellowship, Jeff Mason the McDonald 5 Fellowship, and Eeman At-Taras
a Dissertation Year Fellowship. Josh Isreal, an Ecology Ph.D. student in
the Department of Animal Science, received a Walker Fellowship, and Sally
Pyle, a Nutrition M.S. student, received a McArthur Fellowship. These
awards in campuswide competition attest to the high quality of our
graduate students. Nevertheless, these fellowships support only a few of
the nearly 100 graduate students pursuing graduate studies research in the
department. The Department of Animal Science also has fellowships for its graduate students apart from those available campuswide. These departmental fellowships are supported by income from endowments established with donations given expressly for this purpose. Some of these fellowships have histories of more than 50 years, while some were established quite recently (e.g., the Jessup Fellowship). Some were established by departmental faculty (e.g., the Hart, Cole and Goss Fellowship, and the Ogasawara, Kratzer and Vohra Fellowship); other fellowships were established by alumni and friends of the department (e.g., Humphries Fellowship, Swingle Fellowship and Brownell Fellowship). Donations to the department can be added to the principal for specific fellowships, and larger donations can provide named fellowships to ensure long-term graduate student support. For information on contributing to the principal of an existing fellowship or establishing a new named fellowship, please call department chair Gary Anderson (contact information on Highlights cover page).
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