BSE graduate students Ali Mohammed, Enshi Liu, Jasreman Singh, Long Chen, and Samantha Teten were honored for winning several different fellowships at the IANR Fellowship Luncheon.
Ali Mohammad and Long Chen received the Sher-Miles Fellowship. This endowed fund provides scholarships and fellowships to benefit the Agricultural Research Division and the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. It provides a $2,000 stipend, which will be distributed on an academic-year basis and is to be an additional stipend over and above the regular assistantship rate for the student's department. Only students on Graduate Research Assistantships are eligible for consideration. Nominees may be either beginning graduate students or students in progress, but all nominees must have identified a thesis topic that would clearly be considered "basic research in agriculture."
Enshi Liu received the John and Louise Skala Fellowship. The John and Louise Skala Fellowship is available to recruit and recognize exceptional graduate students engaged in research in areas relating to new industrial uses of agricultural products. These funds are to be used to supplement existing assistantships (GRA or GTA) with awards of $3,000 for M.S. and $5,000 for Ph.D. students.
Jasreman Singh received the Widaman Distinguished Graduate Fellowship. The Widaman Trust was established in 1975 through a generous gift provided to the University of Nebraska Foundation by Ms. Blanche Widaman who asked that the income from the trust be used for basic research in agriculture and that the funds be used for scholarships or fellowships for graduate students conducting basic research in agriculture.
Samantha Teten received Mary and Charles C. Cooper/Emma L. Sharpless Fellowship. Mary and Charles C. Cooper/Emma I. Sharpless Fellowships are available to recruit exceptional graduate students capable of benefiting from further education into the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. These funds are to be used to supplement an existing assistantship (GRA or GTA) with offers of $3000 for M.S. and $5000 for Ph.D. students.