Scholars
Ceremony & Brunch
Celebration
Program of Events • Saturday, November 16, 2024
Agenda & Speakers
Introduction
Kristen Govoni
Associate Dean and Director
Welcome
Indrajeet Chaubey
Dean and Director
Greetings
Amy Gorin
Interim Vice Provost for Health Sciences and Interdisciplinary Initiatives
Scholarship Support & Donor Recognition
Barb Palmer
Director of Development
Donor Address
Cameron Faustman
Cameron and Carol Faustman Food Science Scholarship
Student Recipient Address
Savanah Battles
Animal Science BS
Student Recognition & Closing
Kristen Govoni
Associate Dean and Director
CAHNR & RHSA Scholarship Recipients 2024-2025
Abell and Potter Family Scholarship
Paige Belsito, Allied Health Sciences, Coventry, CT
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Al & Barbara Scholarship
Claire Zess, Animal Science, Vernon, CT
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Andrew T. Aiken Physical Therapy Scholarship
Lauren Higgins, Physical Therapy DPT, Storrs, CT
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Kaye & Marie Andrus Scholarship
Iris Cunningham, Animal Science, Coventry, CT
Sophia McIntyre, Animal Science, New York, NY
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Animal Science Faculty & Staff Undergraduate Scholarship
Ileia Gibbs, Animal Science, Pasadena, CA
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The Anthony Yurgaitis & George Malkemus Arethusa Farm Scholarship
Megan Padykula, Animal Science, Newington, CT
Claire Zess, Animal Science, Vernon, CT
Mabel Matheson, Animal Science & Pathobiology, Hubbardston, MA
Amy Wiknik, Animal Science, Middletown, CT
Alyssa Teixeira, Animal Science, Shelton, CT
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The Armstrong Family Scholarship
Leena Kearse, Animal Science, Newport, VT
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Ashmore Scholarship
Kiersten Morrisroe, Physical Therapy DPT, Fairfield, CT
Tara White, Physical Therapy DPT, Weatogue, CT
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Beaulah Shanley Baldwin Scholarship
Ella May, Plant Science, New Haven, CT
Hannah Chapman, Natural Resources, Preston, CT
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Yolande M. Bigelow Horticulture Scholarship
Roshani Budhathoki, Plant Science PhD, Willington, CT
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Mark Bishop and Lunette Bishop Bobb Scholarship
Anastasia Serating, Plant Science, Pomfret Center, CT
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Ellen Bishop Carder Scholarship
Russell Beausoleil, Natural Resources MS, Willimantic, CT
Rebecca Leloudis, Natural Resources MS, Middletown, CT
Caitlin Rogers, Natural Resources MS, Glastonbury, CT
Brian Garzon-Romero, Plant Science MS, West Haven, CT
Laura Urban, Plant Science MS, Meriden, CT
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Arthur C. & Lynette Bobb Scholarship
Steve Dzen, Plant Science, Ellington, CT
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Brundage Family College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Scholarship
Tahlia Watson, Animal Science, Bloomfield, CT
Ava Tringali, Animal Science, West Hartford, CT
Madelyn Syme, Animal Science, South Windsor, CT
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Dorothy Burns Nutritional Sciences Scholarship
Lianna Accettullo, Nutritional Sciences, Westport, CT
Anthony Lazo, Nutritional Sciences, Yonkers, NY
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Clifford R. Burr Memorial Scholarship
Daniel Cerrito Garcia, Plant Science PhD, Mansfield Center, Storrs
Andrew Simmons, Plant Science MS, Danbury, CT
Sanjay Palakurthy, Plant Science PhD, Willington, CT
Zahra Ali, Plant Science PhD, Watertown, CT
Hengsong Li, Plant Science PhD, Vernon, CT
Xinran Zheng, Plant Science PhD, Storrs, CT
Matt Schillberg, Plant Science MS, East Hartford, CT
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Samantha Calzone Memorial Scholarship
Heidi Jarosz, Animal Science, Dudley, MA
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Claire Henighan Mather Fellowship Fund
Amanda Hausberger, Physical Therapy DPT, Manchester, CT
Gabrielle Zeller, Physical Therapy DPT, Suffield, CT
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George F. Cloutier Scholarship
Daniel Semmel, Natural Resources, Southington, CT
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College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources Dean’s Recruitment Scholarship
Lauren Harper, Nutritional Sciences, Worcester, MA
Maggie Burke, Nutritional Sciences, Harwich, MA
Grace Hartford, Pathobiology, Berwick, ME
Lori Huang, Nutritional Sciences, Albertson, NY
Chiamaka Okafor, Allied Health Sciences, Poughkeepsie, NY
Victoria Ledwith, Exercise Science, Malverne, NY
Jeanne Jerome, Animal Science and Marine Sciences, Ballston Spa, NY
Kaitlyn Mendez, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Sciences, Bethpage, NY
Alexa Lewis, Allied Health Sciences, Golden, CO
Emma Kate Hane, Animal Science, Williamstown, MA
Jasmyn Srinivasan, Environmental Sciences, Summit, NJ
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Connecticut Grounds Keepers Association Scholarship
Taghreed Hussein, Landscape Architecture, Wallingford, CT
Andrew Elmer, Landscape Architecture, Milford, CT
Gregory Baker, Landscape Architecture, Willington, CT
Joseph Caron, Plant Science, Hartland, CT
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The Connecticut Horticultural Society Scholarship
Faith Neault, Plant Science, Enfield, CT
Steven Dzen, Plant Science, Ellington, CT
Anastasia Serating, Plant Science, Pomfret Center, CT
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The Connecticut Institute of Water Resources Scholarship
Julian Kidd, English and Natural Resources, New Haven, CT
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The Connecticut Trustees of the Eastern States Exposition Scholarship
Rebecca Syme, Natural Resources, Broad Brook, CT
Alexandra Garlick, Animal Science MS, Storrs, CT
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Connecticut Veterinary Medical Association Niel W. Pieper, D.V.M. Scholarship
Amber Rosato, Animal Science, Prospect, CT
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Corbo Physical Therapy Scholarship
Abigail Ladyga, Physical Therapy DPT, Lisbon, CT
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Jim Cornish Memorial Scholarship
Angelique Dinoto, Allied Health Sciences, Oakdale, CT
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Janina M. Czajkowski Scholarship
Suyun Choi, Nutritional Sciences PhD. Willington, CT
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Willard H. Daniels-Salvatore A. Orsini Scholarship
Manahil Memon, Animal Science and Pathobiology, South Windsor, CT
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Burton and Helen Dawson Scholarship
Mark Plourde, Plant Science, West Suffield, CT
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DelFavero Agricultural Economics Scholarship
Nora Lombardo, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, South Windsor, CT
Anna Woelk, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Fairfield, CT
Nicole Olsen, Economics of Sustainable Development and Management, Coventry, CT
Md Jaber Rana, Agricultural and Resource Economics PhD, Willington, CT
Danlu Xu, Agricultural and Resource Economics PhD, Vernon, CT
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The Desmarais-Cherhoniak families Scholarship
Elizabeth Ly, Allied Health Sciences, Tolland, CT
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Mary M. and Katherine E. Connelly Sisters Scholarship
Lianna Accettullo, Nutritional Sciences, Westport, CT
Amelia Chien, Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, Canton, CT
Taghreed Hussein, Landscape Architecture, Wallingford, CT
Colby LeGault, Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems, Farmington, CT
Jae’lah Martin, Animal Science, Roslindale, MA
Samantha Goulston, Animal Science, Killingly, CT
Brianna Carvhalo, Exercise Science, Randolph, MA
Oliver Kabel, Exercise Science, East Haven, CT
Kendall Decook, Economics of Sustainable Development and Mgmt, Middletown, DE
Taliah Garcia, Economics of Sustainable Development and Mgmt, Hamden, CT
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The Thomas A. DiBenedetto Scholarship
Keira Touhey, Pathobiology and Spanish, Northbridge, MA
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Dorothy McLaughlin Miss MAC Endowed Scholarship in Physical Therapy
Arber Karamanaj, Physical Therapy DPT, Wethersfield, CT
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Hamilton D. Eaton Award for Research Excellence in Nutritional Science
Honglin Zhu, Nutritional Science PhD. Vernon, CT
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Elliot J. Barnard ’54 Physical Therapy Scholarship
Karlee Bureau, Physical Therapy DPT, East Haven, CT
Christopher Coppola, Physical Therapy DPT, Manchester, CT
Summer Heckler, Physical Therapy DPT, Guilford, CT
Yursa Shaban, Physical Therapy DPT, Meriden, CT
Cassidy Williams, Physical Therapy DPT, Stafford Springs, CT
Christopher Stella, Physical Therapy DPT, West Hartford, CT
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Horace C. Eriksson Forestry Scholarship
Raychelle DeMarco, Natural Resources, Ashford, CT
Rachel Bendkowski, Natural Resources, Manchester, CT
Theodore Kapinos, Natural Resources, Bozrah, CT
Howard Truax, Natural Resources, Winsted, CT
Hannah Chapman, Natural Resources, Preston, CT
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Dorothy Wilhelm Faber Memorial Scholarship
Ella May, Plant Science, New Haven, CT
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Alan S. Farwell Scholarship
Emma Hazard, Diagnostic Genetic Sciences, Derry, NH
Garrett McHeard, Exercise Science, Amsterdam, NY
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Cameron & Carol Faustman Food Science Scholarship
Savanah Battles, Animal Science, Tolland, CT
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Irving & Justine Fellows Fund
Lire Coulter, Economics of Sustainable Development and Management, Sag Harbor, NY
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Fran Tappan Student Aid Fund
Catherine Lazor, Physical Therapy DPT, West Hartford, CT
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Marshall Bixby Geer Memorial Scholarship
Joseph Levine, Pathobiology, East Lyme, CT
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Shirley Gerrior Fellowship Fund
Sunni Chen, Nutritional Science PhD., Vernon, CT
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First Company Governor’s Foot Guard Scholarship
Alexander Riello, Animal Science, Wallingford, CT
Lucy Wiencek, Pathobiology, East Meadow, NY
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Francis E. and Holly S. Griffin Memorial Scholarship
Lilly Belle Doyle, Landscape Architecture, Trumbull, CT
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The Jean Haltner Scholarship
Jennah Abu-Hasaballah, Animal Science, Unionville, CT
Chad Crane, Plant Science, Morris, CT
Kaitlyn Dematteo, Animal Science, East Haven, CT
Sarah Harl, Animal Science, Bolton, CT
Abigail Marks, Animal Science, Holden, MA
Jae’Lah Martin, Animal Science, Canton, MA
Sophia McIntyre, Animal Science, New York, NY
Mason Orr, Plant Science, Storrs Mansfield, CT
Abigail Portillo-Lopez, Animal Science, New Haven, CT
Owen Pufahl, Urban Forestry and Arboriculture, Storrs Mansfield, CT
Alexander Riello, Animal Science, Wallingford, CT
Mary Turner, Animal Science, Broad Brook, CT
Camryn Woodin, Animal Science, Pomfret Center, CT
Catherine Wroge, Animal Science, Grafton, MA
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Henry & Ebba Hansen Memorial Scholarship
Jacob Timchak, Economics of Sustainable Development and Management, Storrs, CT
Chloe Hausmann, Animal Science, Storrs, CT
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Harry Eaton Stewart Scholarship
Silver Cluckey, Physical Therapy DPT, Manchester, CT
Edward Ye, Physical Therapy DPT, Coventry, CT
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Ratcliffe Hicks Heritage Scholarship
Devon McCarty, Animal Science, Windsor, CT
Kyle Smith, Urban Forestry and Arboriculture, Trumbull, CT
William Dransfield, Urban Forestry and Arboriculture, Westport, CT
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Emanuel “Mike” Hirth Family Endowed Scholarship
Jamie Peters, Natural Resources, South Windsor, CT
Sneha Rath, Allied Health Sciences, South Windsor, CT
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Horticulture Club Scholarship
Daniel Hand, Landscape Architecture, Southington, CT
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Jack & Sandra Evans Physical Therapy Scholarship
Catherine Fandel, Physical Therapy DPT, Coventry, CT
Sarah Sommer, Physical Therapy DPT, Mansfield, CT
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John Livieri Memorial Fund
John Allen, Physical Therapy DPT, Newington, CT
Ryan Casellini, Physical Therapy DPT, Tolland, CT
Gabriella Flynn, Physical Therapy DPT, Southington, CT
Angie Gibbons, Physical Therapy DPT, South Glastonbury, CT
Spencer Green, Physical Therapy DPT, Willington, CT
Michael Kelly, Physical Therapy DPT, Ashford, CT
Ethan Sanzone, Physical Therapy DPT, Coventry, CT
Emiley Wilson, Physical Therapy DPT, Old Saybrook, CT
Troy Zdanis, Physical Therapy DPT, Vernon Rockville, CT
Emily Palumbo, Physical Therapy DPT, North Providence, RI
Anthony Stella, Physical Therapy DPT, Willington, CT
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Robert E. Johnson Endowed Scholarship
Peyton Rosen, Animal Science, Brooklyn, CT
Alexis Pensiero, Animal Science, Darien, CT
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Steward Johnson Scholarship Fund
Zhengxuan Wu, Agricultural and Resource Economics PhD, Waltham, MA
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Joseph W. Smey ’68 EdD, PT Endowed Scholarship In Physical Therapy
Rachel Dingley, Physical Therapy DPT, Hebron, CT
Matthew Grandpre, Physical Therapy DPT, Somers, CT
Jillian O’Neil, Physical Therapy DPT, Manchester, CT
Alyssa Pearce, Physical Therapy DPT, Wethersfield, CT
Christopher Stella, Physical Therapy DPT, West Hartford, CT
Anthony Stella, Physical Therapy DPT, Willington, CT
Alfredo Guadalupe, Physical Therapy DPT, Manchester, CT
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Martha Keagle DGS Clinical Experience Award
Caitlyn Moon, Diagnostic Genetic Sciences and Molecular & Cell Biology, Mansfield Center, CT
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Frances E. Osborne Kellogg Foundation Scholarship
Caz Costagliola, Animal Science, Northport, NY
Ishaal Bukhari, Animal Science, South Windsor, CT
Alia Burstin, Animal Science, Carlsbad, CA
Dominique Du Plessis, Animal Science, Storrs, CT
Phoebe Lu, Animal Science, Brooklyn, NY
Sia Shin, Animal Science, Flushing, NY
Jack Tobin, Animal Science, Durham, CT
Micah Amidor, Animal Science, Mount Kisco, NY
Kaitlyn Brodmerkel, Animal Science, Babylon, NY
Devon McCarty, Animal Science, Windsor, CT
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Nathan Koenig AG/EC Scholarship
Rian Byars, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Weston, CT
Molly McNeil, Economics of Sustainable Development and Management, Shelton, CT
Parker Jobe, Economics of Sustainable Development and Management, Lake St. Louis, MO
Shane Glover, Economics of Sustainable Development and Management, West Haven, CT
Jacob Timchak, Economics of Sustainable Development and Management, Storrs, CT
James Palmer, Agricultural and Resource Economics PhD, Tolland, CT
Zixin Wang, Agricultural and Resource Economics PhD, Vernon, CT
Zhengxuan Wu, Agricultural and Resource Economics PhD, Waltham, MA
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Marvin W. Kottke Scholarship
James Palmer, Agricultural and Resource Economics PhD, Tolland, CT
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Leslie E. Laughlin Physical Therapy Scholarship
Thomas Fahy III, Physical Therapy DPT, East Hartford, CT
Christopher Mattson, Physical Therapy DPT, Lisbon, CT
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Joseph M. Lent Plant Science Scholarship
Colby LeGault, Plant Science, Farmington, CT
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Christopher P. Marsocci Memorial Scholarship
Fatima Santos, Animal Science, Stamford, CT
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Donald N. Maynard Scholarship
Agatha Michalska, Landscape Architecture and Management, Fairfield, CT
Laura Catuccio, Landscape Architecture, Trumbull, CT
Hoa Phan, Landscape Architecture, Bristol, CT
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Albert Wadsworth Meserve & Helen Clark Meserve Memorial Scholarship
Ariana Uresti, Environmental Studies and Applied and Resource Economics, Storrs, CT
Connor Lentocha, Natural Resources, Tolland, CT
Anastasia Serating, Plant Science, Pomfret Center, CT
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Gary A. & Eunice Miles Award
Elizabeth Ly, Allied Health Sciences, Tolland, CT
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Dr. Lloyd & Cora Mitterling Scholarship
Mason Orr, Plant Science, Storrs Mansfield, CT
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Montana Physical Therapy Scholarship
Jack Blenke, Physical therapy DPT, Stamford, CT
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Maryann Morris Allied Health Sciences Scholarship
Hansuja Chaurasia, Allied Health Sciences, Middlebury, CT
Mukesh Newland, Allied Health Sciences, Waterbury, CT
Davie Bylyku, Allied Health Sciences, Oakville, CT
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Jane T. Muhlethaler Award in Plant Science
Eveleen Jiang, Landscape Architecture, Orange, CT
Paola Luna Castro, Landscape Architecture, Bridgeport, CT
Xiaoyu Zhang, Landscape Architecture, Mansfield Center, CT
Monika Mihok, Accounting and Landscape Architecture, Newtown, CT
Kathleen Cropley, Landscape Architecture, Sturbridge, CT
Clara Sainthyle, Landscape Architecture, Bridgeport, CT
Lina Jin, Landscape Architecture, Rocky Hill, CT
Nia Harris, Landscape Architecture, Trumbull, CT
Marcos Barrigran, Landscape Architecture, Norwich, CT
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Horace F. & Gladys K. Murphey Plant Science Scholarship
Eveleen Jiang, Landscape Architecture, Orange, CT
Lilly Belle Doyle, Landscape Architecture, Trumbull, CT
Agatha Michalska, Landscape Architecture and Management, Fairfield, CT
Taghreed Hussein, Landscape Architecture, Wallingford, CT
Laura Catuccio, Landscape Architecture, Trumbull, CT
Paola Luna Castro, Landscape Architecture, Bridgeport, CT
Daniel Hand, Landscape Architecture, Storrs Mansfield, CT
Clara Sainthyle, Landscape Architecture, Bridgeport, CT
Veronica Palma Cuapio, Landscape Architecture, East Haven, CT
Zoe Charlton, Landscape Architecture, Waterbury, CT
Nadia Ferrer, Landscape Architecture, New Haven, CT
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New England Farm & Garden Scholarship
William Phimster, Applied and resource Economics, East Lyme, CT
Mark Plourde, Plant Science, West Suffield, CT
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New York Farmers Scholarship
Alexa Elyash, Nutritional Sciences, Storrs, CT
Lucy Wiencek, Pathobiology, East Meadow, NY
Laura Wagner, Economics of Sustainable Development and Management, Corona Di Mar, CA
Krizzia Olsen, Allied Health Sciences, Helotes, TX
Jillian Russel, Nutritional Sciences, Pascoag, RI
Elizabeth Fear, Pathobiology, Cedar Park, TX
Diana Vazquez, Animal Science, East Haven, CT
Mukesh Newland, Allied Health Sciences, Waterbury, CT
Raini Rodriquez, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Norwalk, CT
Jaelyn Dickens, Environmental Studies, Granby, CT
Elena Camacho, Nutritional Sciences, Davenport, IA
Cooper Adams, Exercise Science, Eden Mills, VT
Ruy Fernandez-Autran, Plant Science, Mystic, CT
Camila Chaves, Allied Health Sciences, Bethel, CT
Mason Orr, Plant Science, Storrs Mansfield, CT
Abigail Marks, Animal Science, Holden, MA
Owen Pufahl, Urban Forestry and Arboriculture, Storrs Mansfield, CT
Nora Lombardo, Environmental and Natural Resources Economics, South Windsor, CT
Sofie Jepsen, Applied and Resources Economics, Green Village, CT
Jacob Timchak, Economics of Sustainable Development and Mgmt, Storrs, CT
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Frank Niederwerfer Family Award in Animal Science
Alexandra Trimper, Animal Science, Newburyport, MA
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Frank Niederwerfer Family Award in Plant Science
Gregory Baker, Landscape Architecture, Willington, CT
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Steven G. Ruth A. Patrick Scholarship
Tom Lin, Exercise Science, Simsbury, CT
Olivia Ballaro, Natural Resources, Naugatuck, CT
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Peck Lane Sportsman Clube Scholarship
Oliver Fisher, Animal Science, Cheshire, CT
Colin Grevelding, Economics of Sustainable Development and Mngt and Environmental Sciences, Cheshire, CT
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The Pescatello Family Endowed Fellowship
Anna Flaherty, Exercise Science, New Fairfield, CT
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Jennifer B. Riggs Scholarship
Colby LeGault, Plant Science, Farmington, CT
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Clinton S. Roberts Foundation Scholarship
Stephanie Gilroy, Animal Science, Riverside, CT
Shellenid Vazquez, Animal Science, Waterbury, CT
Diana Vazquez, Animal Science, East Haven, CT
Manuela Valencia, Animal Science, Hartford, CT
Sophia Valencia, Animal Science, Stamford, CT
Alana Boirie, Natural Resources, Middletown, CT
Molly Daigle, Natural Resources, Bristol, CT
Christian LeBeau, Natural Resources, Bristol, CT
Hannah Johnston, Natural Resources, Andover, CT
Haley Jordan, Natural Resources, Meriden, CT
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Mary Mahar Santaniello Scholarship
Melany Lewis, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Trumbull, CT
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David B. Schroeder Scholarship
Rebecca Syme, Natural Resources, Broad Brook, CT
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Schur Family Scholarship In Environmental Health
Dominique Liautaud, Allied Health Sciences, Cherry Hill, NJ
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Schur/Silbart Scholarship in Environmental Health
Kevin Le, Allied Health Sciences, Pearland, TX
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Stanley K. Seaver Scholarship
Matthew Smith, Economics of Sustainable Development and Management, Cheshire, CT
Laura Coderre, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Worcester, MA
Zixin Wang, Agricultural and Resource Economics PhD, Vernon Rockville, CT
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Smyrski Farm Scholarship
Kayla Audrey Obolo Njoh Sam, Allied Health Sciences, New Milford, CT
Riley Mahon, Allied Health Sciences, New Milford, CT
Mackenzie Simpson, Animal Science, East Hartford, CT
Davier Torres, Animal Science, Manchester, CT
Taliah Garcia, Economics of Sustainable development and Management, Hamden, CT
Kendall DeCook, Economics of Sustainable Development and Management, Middletown, DE
Amanda Stowe, Environmental Sciences, Newtown, CT
Kelsey Stewart, Exercise Science, New Milford, CT
Jessica Amaral, Exercise Science, Fairfield, CT
Liam Moran, Natural Resources, Gales Ferry, CT
Santino Soto, Natural Resources, Watertown, CT
Anna Burns, Nutritional Sciences, New Milford, CT
Akhila Komma, Nutritional Sciences and Psychological Sciences, Weston, CT
Andrew Elmer, Landscape Architecture, Milford, CT
Faith Neault, Plant Science, Enfield, CT
Grace Miller, Pathobiology, New Milford, CT
Joseph Peralta, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Meriden, CT
Camryn Woodin, Animal Science, Pomfret Center, CT
Mason Orr, Plant Science, Storrs Mansfield, CT
Amira Shatara, Individualized Major, Storrs, CT
Ben Rickel, Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources, Shelton, CT
Owen Pufahl, Urban Forestry and Arboriculture, Storrs Mansfield, CT
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James V. Spignesi Memorial Scholarship
Danielle Syrotiak, Natural Resources, Bethlehem, CT
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College of Agriculture, Health & Natural Resources, Alumni Scholarship
Brandon Lam, Allied Health Sciences, Smithtown, NY
Owen Pufahl, Urban Forestry and Arboriculture, Storrs Mansfield, CT
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Waltz Family Difference Maker Scholarship
Abbey Nielsen, Animal Science, Aberdeen, NJ
Kayla Taylor, Exercise Science, Danbury, CT
Shanya Thomas, Pathobiology, Windsor, CT
Jacob Niemczyk, Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources, Vernon Rockville, CT
Sarah Frances, Natural Resources, Hartford, CT
Arfa Begum, Economics of Sustainable Development and Management and Marketing, Waterford, CT
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Margaret J. Ware Scholarship In Human Nutrition
Nicole Mckinney, Nutritional Sciences, West Haven, CT
Conor Horlock, Nutritional Science PhD, Storrs, CT
Leah Allen, Nutritional Science PhD, Coventry, CT
Sunni Chen, Nutritional Science PhD, Vernon, CT
Ruiqi Wang, Nutritional Science PhD, Vernon, CT
Chenyang Ji, Nutritional Science PhD, Willington, CT
Muyao Du, Nutritional Science PhD, Willimantic, CT
Yi Wang, Nutritional Science PhD, Storrs, CT
Honglin Zhu, Nutritional Science PhD, Vernon, CT
Yihang Feng, Nutritional Science PhD, Mansfield, CT
Emily Radican, Nutritional Science PhD, Amston, CT
Neressa Lafleur, Nutritional Sciences, Stamford, CT
Yidan Zhang, Nutritional Science PhD, Willington, CT
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Julia Wasserman Memorial Scholarship for Pre-Vet Students
Karry Xin Guo, Pathobiology, Storrs, CT
Ellen Minckler, Animal Science, Easton, CT
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The Weingart Family Scholarship in Animal Science
Savanna Battles, Animal Science, Tolland, CT
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Albert E. Wilkinson Scholarship
Colby LeGault, Plant Science, Farmington, CT
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Xiangzhong (Jerry) Yang Research Excellence Award
Praveen Kosuri, Animal Science PhD, Storrs, CT
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Cornelius & Mary Jane York Award
Andy Zhang, Economics and Environmental Sciences, Sandy Hook, CT
Isabella Lawless, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Wakefield, RI
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Scholarship & Award Legacy
Abell and Potter Family Endowed Scholarship
Frederick G. Adams Allied Health Scholarship
Agriculture Dean’s Scholarship
Agriculture Education Scholarship/Professional Development Award
Al & Barbara Scholarship
Andrew T. Aitken Physical Therapy Scholarship
Willard H. Allen Scholarship
American Family and Consumer Sciences Scholarship
Kaye Andrus Scholarship
Animal Science Faculty/Staff Undergraduate Scholarship
Anthony Yurgaitis & George Malkemus Arethusa Farm Scholarship
The Armstrong Family Scholarship
Ashmore Scholarship for the College of Agriculture, Health & Natural Resources
Beulah Shanley Baldwin Scholarship
Elliot J. Barnard ’54 Physical Therapy Scholarship
Yolande M. Bigelow Horticulture Scholarship
Mark Bishop and Lynette Bishop Bobb Scholarship
Arthur C. & Lynette B. Bobb Scholarship
Bobb-Koths Plant Science Scholarship
John P.H. Brand Travel Scholarship
Brundage Family College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Scholarship
The Deborah Bubela Scholarship
Dorothy Burns Nutritional Sciences Scholarship
Clifford R. Burr Memorial Scholarship
Busch Agriculture
Samantha Calzone Scholarship
CAHNR Dean’s Recruitment Scholarship
CAHNR Diversity Recruitment Assistantship
Ellen Bishop Carder Scholarship
Carlson Therapy Network, PC Scholarship
George E. Cloutier Scholarship
Connecticut Greenhouse Growers Association Scholarship
Connecticut Grounds Keepers Association Scholarship
The Connecticut Horticultural Society Scholarship
CT Institute of Water Resources Scholarship
Connecticut Trustees of the Eastern States Exposition Scholarship
Connecticut Veterinary Medical Association - Niel W. Pieper, DVM Scholarship
Mary M. and Kathryn E. Connelly Sisters Scholarship
Adelaide Connolly Scholarship
Corbo Physical Therapy Scholarship
Jim Cornish Memorial Scholarship
W. A. Cowan Undergraduate Award in Animal Science
Janina M. Czajkowski Scholarship in Community Nutrition
Elna E. Daniels Scholarship
Willard H. Daniels & Salvatore A. Orsini Scholarship
Burton and Helen Dawson Scholarship
Del Favero Agricultural Economics Scholarship
Desmarais-Cherhoniak Families Scholarship
The William and Anne Dest Scholarship
Thomas A. DiBenedetto Memorial Scholarship
Dietetics Program Diversity Scholarship
Priscilla Douglas Award
Hamilton Eaton Award for Research Excellence in Nutritional Sciences
Horace C. Eriksson Forestry Scholarship
Jack and Sandra Evans Physical Therapy Scholarship
Dorothy Wilhelm Faber Memorial Scholarship
Fairfield County Horticultural Society Memorial Scholarship
Harry Farnham Award
Alan S. Farwell Scholarship
Cameron & Carol Faustman Food Science Scholarship
Irving & Justine Fellows Scholarship
Polly Fitz Creative Leadership Scholarship
Norman and Winifred Freyer Agribusiness
Gavitt Agriculture and Natural Resources Communications Scholarship
Marshall Bixby Geer Memorial Scholarship
Ann Collins Gill Fund
First Company Governor's Foot Guard Scholarship
Greenfield Hill Garden Club Scholarship
Francis E. and Holly S. Griffin Memorial Scholarship
Henry G. Haalck Memorial Award
Nathan Hale Award in Animal Science
The Jean Haltner Scholarship
Henry and Ebba Hansen Leadership Award
Theresa Victoria Plouffe Hayward Scholarship in Allied Health Sciences
Harold G. Helmboldt & Melba E. Helmboldt Scholarship
Hans Hercule Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship
Ratcliffe Hicks Award of Excellence
Ratcliffe Hicks Heritage Scholarship
Emanuel “Mike” Hirth Family Endowed Scholarship
William Duran Holman Prize Fund Award
The Hollandia Nurseries Scholarship
The Home and Garden Center Fund
Horticulture Club Scholarship
The Oliver J. Hubbard Memorial Poultry Science Scholarship
Jarvis Products Corporation Scholarship
The Patricia J. Jepson Scholarship
Robert E. Johnson Endowed Scholarship
Stewart Johnson Scholarship
Martha Keagle DGS Clinical Experience Award
Frances E. Osborne Kellogg Fund Scholarship
Kinsman Family International Agriculture Fund Award
Merle and Irene Klinck Scholarship
Nathan Koenig AG/EC Scholarship
Jay Koths Travel Award
Marvin W. Kottke Scholarship
Mary Kumpf Scholarship
Susan Hassett Laudano Scholarship
Leslie F. Laughlin Scholarship
Joseph M. Lent Plant Science Scholarship
John Livieri Memorial Scholarship
Ruthann & Rebecca Lobo Scholarship
Martha Ludemann Memorial Scholarship
Ann Lurate Lupo Scholarship in Clinical Dietetics
The Robert S. Malloy Memorial Scholarship
Claire Henighan Mather Fund
Christopher P. Marsocci Memorial Award
Donald N. Maynard Scholarship
McDowell Wildlife Award
Dorothy McLaughlin Miss Mac Endowed Scholarship in Physical Therapy
Ann McLendon Memorial Scholarship
Carol Motta McMahon Fund for Programs in Health Promotion
Mehlquist Horticulture
Albert Wadsworth Meserve and Helen Clark Meserve Memorial Trust Fund Scholarship
Garry A. and Eunice M. Miles Award
Dr. Lloyd & Cora Marie Mitterling Scholarship
Montana Physical Therapy Scholarship
Maryann Morris Scholarship in Allied Health Sciences
Jane T. Muhlethaler Scholarship in Plant Science
Horace F. and Gladys K. Murphey Plant Science Scholarship
Natural Resources and the Environment Scholarship
New England Farm and Garden Association Scholarship
New England Outdoor Writers Scholarship
New Haven County Agricultural Center Conservation Internship Award
New York Farmers Scholarship
Frank Niederwerfer Family Award in Animal Science
Frank Niederwerfer Family Award in Soil Science
NUSC Award for Excellence in Research
Russell Palen Fund Scholarship
Steven G. and Ruth A. Patrick Endowment Scholarship
Peck Lane Sportsmen's Club Inc. Scholarship
Gerri Pellecchia Memorial Scholarship
The Pescatello Family Endowed Scholarship
Physical Therapy Scholarship
The Physical Therapy Integrated Internal Clinical Experience
The PSLA Undergraduate Educational Experience Award
Hilda Kreyssig Purrington & Eugene C. Purrington Scholarship
Jennifer B. Riggs Scholarship
Clinton S. Roberts Foundation Award
The Pamela Roberts PT Pediatric Education Scholarship
James M. Rosa Scholarship
Salmon and Sons Scholarship
Mary Mahar Santaniello Scholarship
David B. Schroeder Scholarship
Paul Schur Scholarship in Environmental Health
Schur Family Scholarship in Environmental Health
Schur/Silbart Scholarship in Environmental Health
Stanley K. Seaver Scholarship
Shanley Family Scholarship
Steg Family Scholarship
Simsbury Garden Club Scholarship
Simsbury Garden Club Memorial Scholarship
Joseph W. Smey, EdD, PT Endowed Scholarship in Physical Therapy
Smyrski Farm Scholarship
Sodexho Dietetics Diversity Scholarship
Ronald & Judith Sommers Hems Scholarship
James V. Spignesi, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Harry Eaton Stewart Scholarship
Fran Tappan Student Aid Fund
John B. Tucker, Jr. Memorial Award
UConn Strive Scholarship
University of Connecticut College of Agriculture Health, and Natural Resources Alumni Association Scholarship
Waltz Family Difference Maker Scholarship
Margaret J. Ware Memorial Scholarship
The Julia Wasserman Memorial Scholarship
Weidemann Endowment Scholarship in CAHNR
The Weingart Family Scholarship in Animal Science
George E. & Dolly H.R. Whitham Memorial Scholarship
Walter R. Whitworth Ichthyology Award
Albert E. Wilkinson Scholarship
Xiangzhong (Jerry) Yang Research Excellence Award
Cornelius and Mary Jane York Award
Wilfred B. Young Leadership and Service Award
Priscilla Macklot Zink Scholarship
Charles J. Zwick Fund
Special Thanks
To our generous donors, faculty, staff, and families of this year’s scholarship recipients for their continued support and encouragement.