A reception honoring current recipients of UCSB and extramural fellowships in Engineering; Environmental Science and Management; and Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences was held on October 7, and Geography was particularly well-represented. Nineteen of our graduate students were feted at the event which was held at the Loma Pelona Center, 4 to 6 pm:
Brython Davis Graduate Fellowship: Erin Blake Wetherly
Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship: Alana Ayasse
Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship: Daniel Ervin, Yingjie Hu
NASA Fellowship: James Allen, Forest Cannon, Susan Meerdink, Andrew Thorpe
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship: Emily de Moor, Heather Frazier-Berry, Michelle Oyewole, Sarah Shivers, Katalyn Anne Voss
President’s Dissertation Year Fellowship: Sarah Harris
Regents in the Disciplines Fellowship: J Michael Johnson
Regents Special Pre-Doctoral Fellowship: Heather Frazier-Berry, Ying-Jung Chen, Daniel Philips
Special Fellowship in the STEM Disciplines: Lumari Pardo-Rodrigues
Carol Genetti, Dean of the Graduate Division, hosted the event; Don Lubach, Associate Dean of Students, gave a presentation titled “Networking Doesn’t Have To Make You Anxious: Tips for Working the Conference Reception”; and Geography faculty members/mentors David Lopez-Carr, Leila Carvalho, and Mary Hegarty were in attendance. Geography graduate student Yingjie Hu provided the accompanying photos. To quote him, “Geographers rock!.” Amen!
