Summer Environmental StudyRachel Cook
2015 The Clara Carter Higgins Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship
Rachel Cook is a junior at The College of William and Mary with an academic concentration in Biology. She will be doing an internship to discern the trophic relationships among insects, historical and contemporary, associated with the American chestnut. She will be supervised by a professor in the biology department at William and Mary and Dr. Robert Kula at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History in DC.
Funded by Amateurs Gardeners Club (MD), Zone VI
The Clara Carter Higgins Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship
To encourage studies and careers in the environmental field, providing the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience beyond the regular course of study.
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