Scholarships available for conservation students

Emeritus board members Terry and Mike Baldwin have sponsored a scholarship for many years. COURTESY PHOTO

Students looking to help save the environment can apply for thousands of dollar in scholarship money from “Ding” Darling supporters.

The application deadline is March 31, for 13 environmental studies scholarships amounting to more than $25,000 from the “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS). Ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 each, the scholarships are available to high school seniors, college students and graduate students in or from Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry and Glades counties pursuing degrees in environmental related studies.

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)

DDWS will award the scholarships at a special ceremony at the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island in June. Now in its 18th year, the DDWS scholarship program presented its first awards in 2006, donated by Tarpon Bay Explorers, the refuge’s official recreation concession. To date, the program has awarded a total of $262,400 to deserving students.

Interested students can find more information and printable application forms at dingdarlingsociety.org/articles/ student-scholarships.

To learn more about the scholarship program and establishing a permanently endowed scholarship, contact Ann-Marie Wildman at wildman@dingdarlingsociety.org . ¦

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