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Eight Nicholas School Students Named 2005-06 Doris Duke Conservation Fellows

Eight students at the Nicholas School have been named 2005-2006 Doris Duke Conservation Fellows.

Doris Duke Conservation Fellowships are awarded to graduate students who show outstanding promise as future leaders in nonprofit or governmental conservation in the United States.

To date, fellowships have been awarded to 64 Nicholas School students who are pursuing Master of Environmental Management or Master of Forestry degrees. Selected by the school, fellows receive up to $30,000 to support tuition, a public sector domestic conservation internship, and educational loan repayment for fellows who pursue nonprofit or public sector conservation careers.

Created in 1996, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, based in New York City, seeks to improve the quality of people’s lives by preserving natural environments, nurturing the arts, seeking cures for disease and helping to protect children from abuse and neglect.

This year’s fellows are listed here along with their program of study at the Nicholas School and their internship organization.

  1. Analie Barnett of Krum, Texas; conservation science and policy; Conservation Trust for North Carolina.

  2. Sarah Borchelt of Santa Cruz, Calif.; coastal environmental management; NOAA Coastal Services Center (South Carolina).

  3. Holly Fling of Jacksonville, Fla.; environmental economics and policy; U.S. Geological Survey (Florida).

  4. Liz Forwand of Cambridge,Mass.; conservation science and policy; collaborative project between the Sonoran Institute, the Wildlife Conservation Society, Montana State University, the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Gallatin County Planning Department (Montana).

  5. Jordan Golinkoff of Wilmington, Del.; conservation science and policy and forest resource management; Garcia River Forest (California).

  6. Regan Lyons of Darien, Conn.; ecosystems science and management;Wildlife Conservation Society (Montana).

  7. Becca Madsen of Youngstown, Ohio; environmental economics and policy; Environmental Defense (North Carolina).

  8. John Tynan of Signal Mountain,Tenn.; environmental health and security; Friends of the Reedy River (South Carolina).

—Katherine Jennrich MEM’07