February 18, 2004
NC Beautiful to Fund Environmental Studies Fellowship at UNC-CH
Three North Carolina universities now participating in NC Beautiful's Environmental Studies ProgramRALEIGH, N.C. -- NC Beautiful, an organization established to promote environmental education and stewardship across the state, has finalized plans to fund a graduate research fellowship in environmental sciences engineering and ecology at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. The $10,000 fellowship will be part of NC Beautiful's Environmental Studies Program, which each year provides financial support to North Carolina graduate and undergraduate students whose studies and pacesetting research focuses on enhancing the state's environment or advancing environmental stewardship. Efforts at UNC-CH will focus on the environment as it affects human health.
"Today's students will play a critical role in protecting our state's environmental quality for decades to come," NC Beautiful managing director Jane Rogers said. "We are extremely pleased to have this opportunity to support the University of North Carolina in preparing students for this important work."
NC Beautiful will coordinate the program and selection of the fellowship recipient with Dr. Douglas Crawford-Brown, a professor in the UNC Department of Environmental Sciences and Studies, who is director of the university's multi-disciplinary Carolina Environmental Program. "Our students are working hard to make a difference in building environmental sustainability around the world," Crawford-Brown says. "We welcome the involvement of NC Beautiful in this mission."
UNC joins North Carolina State University, NC A&T, and the University of North Carolina - Asheville as beneficiaries of the Environmental Studies Educational Program. In 2003, NC Beautiful awarded a total of $46,000 in educational grants to college students.
The Environmental Studies Program is funded by donations to NC Beautiful from businesses and individuals across the state. "This program is part of NC Beautiful's 35 year commitment to the educational development of our state's future environmental leaders," Rogers said. "This initiative is an excellent example of a partnership between higher education in North Carolina and the people who contribute funds to support environmentally focused research and study."
Contact: Steve Vacendak, NC Beautiful, 919-828-3028
Mike Vanausdeln, Bouvier Kelly, 336-275-7000
NC Beautiful, P.O. Box 10155, Raleigh, NC 27605-0155
Phone: 919-828-3190 Email:
ncbeautiful@bellsouth.net
