Western Winners

Award Recipients

Delaney Adams

Delaney smiles on a boat holding yellow swim goggles. Her dark air is pulled back and she is wearing a brightly colored patterned swim top. The setting sun casts a glow on her and four boats in the background.
2018 Hollings

Thomas Morissey

Thomas, a young man with slightly shaggy dark brown hair wearing a grey Bears sports sweatshirt over a green shirt, is standing with his hands in his pockets in front of a brick building, grass, and a couple evergreen trees.
2016 Hollings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Risa Askerooth

Risa is a smiling woman with shoulder length light brown hair. She is standing in a garden with foliage to the right and a raised gardening bed to the left. She is clasping her hands in front of her, wearing a purple sweater with jeans.
2019 Udall Undergraduate Scholarship; 2018 Hollings, NOAA; University of Michigan REU

Raven Benko

Raven smiles at the camera, her long chestnut-brown hair swept over her right shoulder. She is wearing a bright blue top that covers her shoulders.
2015 Hollings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Megan Boice

Megan laughs on a coastal beach with sand, water, and rock formations behind her. She is facing left, wearing a magenta rain coat, and her curly brown hair is tied up in a ponytail.
2016 Hollings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Daniel Woodrich

Daniel is a young blonde man smiling at the camera wearing a navy suit, purple shirt, and blue plaid tie.
2014 Hollings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Bobbi Bevacqua

Bobbi sits cross-legged on a rock overlooking a vast desert valley of red rock and minimal vegetation. She is making the 'hang loose' sign with both hands, and is wearing black pants, a maroon and blue flannel shirt, a backwards tan baseball cap, glasses, and tan hiking shoes.
2018 Hollings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Simone Hansen

2018 Gilman International Scholarship, Japan

Paul Wanzek

Paul smiles down at the camera wearing a blue checked beanie and a black thermal shirt. Behind him is a tropical forest.
2011 Gilman International Scholarship, New Zealand

Nikolai Carroll

2017 Gilman International Scholarship, Thailand

Nicole Crook

Nicole is wearing a yellow scarf over her head and face, wearing a teal shirt and a grey backpack. She is riding a camel in the desert, with sand dunes below and in front of the camel and a backdrop of a pink and blue sky behind her.
2018 Gilman International Scholarship, Morocco

Haley Peters

Haley stands in front of a desert landscape with pine trees and high cliffs behind her. She is laughing looking at the camera, and is wearing a tan beanie, black glasses, and a dark blue puffer jacket.
2017 Gilman International Scholarship, Morocco

Amy Dao

2017 Gilman International Scholarship, Australia

Anton Ziska

Anton, a young man in a black button up and glasses with short black hair and a short beard, smiles in front of a dark leafy background.
2018 Gilman, Madagascar

Elise Tahti

Elise, wearing a teal shift dress under a bright floral button up, stands atop a jagged rock in her sandals. Behind her is the bay and the sky. She wears a burnt orange sun hat over her long, undone brown hair.
2023 Goldwater

Rachel Geiger

Rachel, wearing a dark blue buttoned blouse, stands in the middle of a forest, with tree trunks and bright green branches behind her.
2018 LTER Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

Emmalene Madsen

A smiling Emmalene is wearing a blue and white floral blouse and round sunglasses, making a peace sign. Her wavy brown hair is cut in a bob.
2018 Freeman Asia, China; U.S. State Department’s Critical Language Scholarship

Timothy Anderson

Timothy has shaggy brown curly hair and is wearing a sage green button down with the sleeves rolled up, smiling in front of his scholar's week poster.
2014 Hollings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Celida Moran

Celida is crouched and smiling at the ground in a rocky area with tidepools. She is wearing a bright blue baseball cap, sunglasses, a black raincoat, tan pants, and black rubber boots. Her long curly black hair is tied back in a ponytail.
2018 Doris Duke Conservation Scholar; 2020 WWU Presidential Scholar

Matt Temple

Matt stands in a green sweatshirt with his arms outstretched in front of a castle.
2014 Cooperative International Science and Engineering Internship (CISEI), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Ula Jones

Ula has long dark hair and is wearing a black denim jacket, black leggings, and grey and black gloves. She is crouching and hiding behind her cupped hands holding a startled-looking crab. What looks like a helmet is dangling from her wrist. In the background are assorted rocks on a beach with water and a few people.
NSF IRIS Internship Program

Spencer Johnson

Spencer is dressed in a navy t-shirt, a yellow lifejacket vest, black shorts, black boots, and an orange and grey baseball cap. He is loading a crabbing cage and red and white buoy with yellow rope into an orange kayak. Both he and the kayak are in the shallow end of a vast expanse of water with land in the background some rowable distance away. The sky is blue with cumulous cloud formations.
2020 Hollings; 2017 Marine Science Scholars Program

Madison Gard

Madison has long wavy blonde hair and is wearing a loose orange, flower-patterned summer dress. She is standing and smiling in front of low, lush green foliage, a tropical tree, rocks, and a pale sky.
2021 Hollings

Colin Misich

Colin stands on the top of a mountain in jeans and a white graphic shirt under an unbuttoned blue patterned button up. Behind him is a green and blue mountain range with snow only at the very peaks. He has short brown hair and a beard.
2017 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Spain

Raven Klingele

Raven has long dark brown hair and glasses and is smiling sitting sideways on the grass in a patch of daisies. She is wearing a bright burnt orange 60's midi dress over matching pants and a busy brown, red, and black plaid button up. A red and gold tie peeks out from her collar and dress. She has brown socks and brown leather loafers on.
2023 Fulbright, Austria

Caitlin Bannister

Caitlin is wearing a white denim jacket over a black and blue floral shirt, and has on glasses. Her short wavy brown hair has a streak of grey and is cut in a bob and parted on the side. Behind her is a field of orange tulips in full bloom.
2022 Goldwater

Sam Herr

Sam smiles in a green beanie and blue puffer coat in front of a snowy beach with a small amount of rocks and water from the river visible. Behind the stream are snow-covered bare trees, evergreen trees, and a mountain.
2022 NSF Fellowship, UK

Jasmyne Sheridan

Jasmine smiles in front of a blurry background of the Bay. Her long curly brown hair cover her shoulders, and her bangs are blown sideways by the wind. She is wearing a dark grey cardigan over a pink and orange striped tank top.
2022 Fulbright, Scotland

Reece Carpenter

Reece smiles in front of a dark blue background in a black shirt with a small necklace. Her long light brown hair is parted on the side and covers her shoulders.
2022 Fulbright, Austria

Molly DeLeo

A woman with half-up long dark brown hair smiles at the camera wearing a dark navy sweater under a chunky-knit pink scarf. Behind her are snow-covered tree branches.
2022 Fulbright, Austria

Nathan Bucker

2022 Fulbright, Germany

August Wimberger

2022 Fulbright, Spain

Lindsay Little

Lindsay smiles at the camera in a grey cardigan over a black and white shirt reading "a woman's place is in the house and the senate." Her long curly and wavy black hair is parted on the side and mostly covers her adorned hoop earrings. She has one arm up leaning against a moss-covered tree branch.
2022 Fulbright, Spain

Nate Jo

Nate is smiling dressed in a tight white button down, skinny jeans, and wire rimmed round glasses. Around his shoulders are a light blue graduation stol, four graduation ropes, and two medals. His curly dark brown hair is cut short on the sides in a stylish cut, and he has his hands in the pockets of his white jeans as he leans against a rock wall on campus.
2021 Rhodes Scholar Finalist

Tracy Melville

2018 Gilman International Scholarship, Peru

Melissa Parks

Melissa is dressed in a blue parks and a black hat and gloves, standing in front of a snowy mountain peak.
2009-2012 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowship

Kelsey Taylor

Kelsey is leaning on a boulder above a distant background of a hilly forest obscured by fog. She is wearing a bright blue long sleeve top and grey yoga capris pants with hiking sandals. Her curly brown hair is down and parted on the side.
2011 Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship, NOAA

Tanika Ladd

Tanika is smiling, leaning against the rail on a boat with the sea behind her. She has on a blue hard hat, orange reflective jacket, and blue gloves.
2012 Hollings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Laura Anthony

Laura stands smiling in front of the rocky Bellingham bay with the water in the background. Her long bright red hair covers her black graduate robes over an aqua top.
2018 Hollings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ariel Morgan

Ariel looks off to the side, her green shirt contrasting her short black and red-dyed hair. Large metal earrings dangle from her ears.
2010 Fulbright-Garcia Robles Grant, Mexico

Emily Brodie

Emily, a smiling blonde, wearing a sunhat and yellow top holds sunglasses and a small blue flower.
2015 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Spain

Alice Bremner

Alice wearing a button down collared shirt and a black jacket.
2009 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, India

Kaitlyn Lowder

Kaitlyn is smiling standing in the sparkling clear water, holding up a starfish. Her blonde hair is tied back in a ponytail and she is wearing a zebra striped shirt and bootcut blue jeans.
2012 Ernest F. Hollings, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration; 2015 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowship

Hillary Landers

Hillary standing with an armful of calla lillies, looking back over her shoulder, with lush vegetation in the background.
2012 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Brazil

Elani Koogle

Elani stands outdoors on a sunny day wearing traditional German garb in front of a museum sign.
2013 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Germany

Courtney Knox

Courtney stands on a street corner in front of a brick building, resting her hands on a lightpost.
2014 Ernest F. Hollings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Mika Jones

Mika stands in a library surrounded by full bookshelves and dozens of people attending an event. Her brown hair is pulled back by a black headband save for her bangs, and she is wearing a black and blue floral cardigan.
2014 Critical Languages Scholarship / Japanese Governmental Scholarship

Annaliese Isherwood

Annaliese is wearing a lab coat with stethoscope around her neck. Her dark brown hair is tightly pulled back, and her dark teal shirt matches her earrings and eyes.
2012 Neurobiology Rhodes Scholar Finalist

Maia Hanson

Maia bundled up in a heavy coat on top of a mountain, overlooking craggy snow-covered cliffs.
2014 Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Nicole Grambo

Nicole, with a hand on her hip, stands against an ornate gate that surrounds a green lawn.
2009 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, Uruguay

Valeria Fisher

Valeria wearing a tank top, is backlit in front of a concrete wall with metal handrails indicating a set of descending stairs.
2013 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Germany

Meredith Ekberg

Meredith backlit by the sun in front of a lush green mountain range, meadow, and a reedy pond. She is wearing a white lace dress with long sleeves and a brown decorative belt.
2010 Smith College Summer Art Museum Intern

Dan Edgel

Dan standing in front of the capital building on a sunny day, wearing rectangular black glasses and a light blue button-up. He has a small goatee and his dark hair is combed over to the side.
2015 Fulbright, Economics, Grant of Study to University of Toronto, Canada; 2014 US Senate Internship with Senator Murray

Wesley Dyer

Wesley stands in the doorway wearing oval-shaped wire-rimmed glasses, a blue hoodie under a dark blue denim jacket, and a grey and white plaid scarf. His short brown hair is tousled and he has medium facial hair.
2009 Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Sarah Deland

Sarah holds a turtle wearing a black shirt and teal baseball cap while standing on a weathered white wooden boat with the sea behind her.
2012 Ernest F. Hollings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Darby Finnegan

Darby is standing on a rocky beach with the ocean and a faint outline of land in the background. She is wearing a marron-and-white speckled shirt, smiling at the camera,.
2020 Fulbright, Sweden; 2019 Goldwater Scholarship; 2017 Duke University Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program

Hannah Wolf

Hannah smiles widely up at the camera wearing a black shirt.
2013 Fulbright Research Award, Romania

Iris Báijīng Hubbard

Iris is smiling with her hands clasped, sitting on a concrete bench with vegetation behind her, wearing jeans and a grey sweatshirt.
2019 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Taiwan

Hillary Thalmann

Hillary, a brunette with a bright blue beanie and a light grey down jacket on, smiles at the camera in front of a background of large rocks and bright green rhododendrons. The sculpture of small green men located on Western's campus by the biology building peeks out from the left corner.
2016 Hollings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Dexter Davis

Dexter is wearing a black beanie, a grey hoodie, and blue jeans. He is squatting down, his face obscured by the angle, looking at a contraption of dirty PVC and metal pipes.
2019 Hollings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 2017 Marine Science Scholars Program; 2022 NSF Fellowship

Sebastian Zgirski

A more recent Sebastian shows him smiling in a dark red button down with a grey tie, standing in front of a pier along the water.
2018 Gilman International Scholarship, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Adam Hudak

Adam, a redhead with a long beard and his hair pulled back, stands to the left of a tall waterfall in front of a misty cliff. He is wearing a brown down vest with a hoodie underneath.
2017 Gilman International Scholarship, United Kingdom

Tobias Osterhaug

A young Tobias growing out a shaved head smiles goofily at the camera.
2015 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Taiwan

Sam Bliss

A young Sam in Spain daintily holds a small coffee cup, looking straight at the camera from behind rectangular glasses. His short hair is styled with gel.
2015 Fulbright, Research Award, Spain

Sadi Metz

Sadi is standing in front of a wall of green leaves, her brown hair pulled back exposing a pair of thin dangly earrings.
2015 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Germany

Rebecca Donaldson

Rebecca smiles in front of Bond Hall and the fountain in Red Square while holding her diploma and a couple white/red roses.
2013 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Brazil

Polly Woodbury

Polly, a smiling brunette with blonde highlights wearing a yellow shirt, holds a small white and brown puppy in her hand.
2015 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Thailand

Olivia Mothershead

Olivia smiles in front of a bookcase covered by a poster of some kind.
2013 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Austria

Nathan Drapela

Nathan, a smiling young man with glasses, a black and white plaid flannel, and a shaved head, is standing in front of a wall with a bookshelf, a cross, and a map of some sort.
2015 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Austria; 2020 Fulbright, Switzerland

Michaela Williams

Michaela is smiling at the camera in front of a bush, wearing a green shirt.
2009 Fulbright Scholarship, United Kingdom

Matthew Osborne

Matthew, a ginger with black rectangular glasses, is wearing a black hoodie under a green backpack and smiling lightly looking out of frame. Behind him it is snowing in the city.
2013-2014 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Austria

Maria José Palacios Figueroa

Maria smiles at the camera, wearing a bright green shirt and a multi-colored scarf around her shoulders. She is sitting in a studio with her hands in her lap.
2018 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Brazil

Le’Ana Freeman

Le'Ana poses in Western's Stone Enclosure
2016 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, India

Jennifer Mankin

Jennifer smiles in front of a large clock tower and other older city buildings.
2010 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Germany

Elvira Berishev

Elvira stands in front of an ornate building in a Russian town square in a heavy black jacket.
2014 Gilman International Scholarship, Russia