DDWS accepting scholarship applications
The application deadline is March 31 for Environmental Studies Scholarships — ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 each and amounting to more than $25,000 — from the “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge.
High school seniors, college students and graduate students in or from Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry and Glades counties who are pursuing degrees in environmental-related studies can apply.
This year’s named scholarships include the following:
– Richard Bailey Scholarship
– Mike and Terry Baldwin Scholarship
– Dr. Andrew and Laura Dahlem Scholarship
– Dr. H. Randall Deming Scholarship for Conservation and Environmental Studies
– “Ding” Darling Conservation Scholarship
– Hans and Leslie Fleischner Scholarships (two scholarships)
– The Mary Elaine Jacobson Memorial Scholarship
– Win & Marilyn Kloosterman Scholarship
– Barry & Francine Litofsky Scholarship
– Tarpon Bay Explorers Scholarship
– Jane Werner Environmental Scholarships (two scholarships)
The DDWS will award the scholarships at a special ceremony at the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel in June.
In its 18th year, the scholarship program presented its first awards in 2006, donated by Tarpon Bay Explorers — the refuge’s official recreation concession. To date, it has awarded over $262,400.
For more information and to apply, visit dingdarlingsociety.org/articles/student-scholarships.
To learn more about the scholarship program and establishing a permanently endowed scholarship, contact Executive Development Assistant at Alex Fuentes at alex@dingdarlingsociety.org.