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Nine Nicholas School Students Named 2002-2003 Doris Duke Conservation Fellows

DURHAM, N.C. -- Nine students in Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences have been named 2002-2003 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. The fellowships are supported by grants from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to selected universities. The foundation said universities are chosen for the grants based on their superior interdisciplinary environmental programs and a commitment to education conservation practitioners. To date, fellowships have been awarded to 38 Nicholas School students who are pursuing their Master of Environmental Management degrees. Selected by the school, fellows receive up to $30,000 to support tuition, an internship at a nonprofit conservation organization and educational loan repayment for fellows who pursue careers in nonprofit or public section conservation. The new fellows, listed by name, hometown, program of study and internship organization are:

Alexa Bach, Vestal, N.Y., Resource Ecology, World Wildlife Fund, Las Cruces, N.M.; Andrea L. Day, Seneca Falls, N.Y., Resource Ecology, The Nature Conservancy of Montana, Beaverhead County, Mont.; Mike Dechter, Los Angeles, Calif., Resource Economics and Policy, The Conservation Fund, Chapel Hill, N.C.; Christine Giordano, Bloomfield, N.J., Resource Ecology, Department of Environmental Protection, Fish & Wildlife -- Endangered and Nongame Species, Trenton, N.J.; Stephanie Hunt, Damariscotta, Maine, Coastal Environmental Management, Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association, Chatham, Mass.; Daniel Kaiser, Chatham, N.J., Resource Economics and Policy, Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust, Arvada, Colo.; Jessica Maher, Lawrence, Kan., Coastal Environmental Management, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Resources, National Parks Subcommittee, Washington, D.C.; Kelly O'Malley, Annapolis, Md., Resource Ecology and Forest Resource Management, Region A Council of Governments, The Sustainability Institute and the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee, Franklin, N.C. Erin Vos, Minneapolis, Minn., Coastal Environmental Management, Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station, Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada.

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.