WVU Forestry awards scholarships, honors faculty

May 16th, 2003

The Division of Forestry at West Virginia University’s Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences recently honored outstanding students and faculty at its 68th annual alumni banquet.

A number of scholarships were distributed at the event.

  • Spring Boland, a student in Recreation, Parks And Tourism Resources (RPT) from Independence, and Robert Alonso, a student in Wildlife And Fisheries Resources (WFR) from Arbovale, received H. Philip Berthy Scholarships.
  • Dustin Smith, WFR , West Union, received the Virgil W. and James C. Spitzer Scholarship. Kristin Lockerman, a student in Forest Resources Management (FRM) from Hockessin, Del., received the Allen W. Goodspeed Forestry Scholarship.
  • Matthew B. Johnson, FRM , Salem, received the Freshman Hoyt Scholarship.
  • Lukas Petra, FRM , Lewisburg, Pa., and Christopher Brown, FRM , Salem, received Division of Forestry Hoyt Scholarships.
  • John Hitchcock, RPT , Falling Waters, received the Howard D. Bennett Scholarship.
  • Jessica Evans, FRM , Hillsboro, received the Forestry Club Scholarship.
  • Erin Finegan, FRM , Morgantown, was named Outstanding Forestry Club Member.
  • Collin Fridley, FRM , Arthurdale, received the Dr. Kenneth Carvell Student Award.
  • The Forestry Alumni Association presented the Eugene Shreve Alumni Association Scholarship to William Beaumont, RPT , Morgantown, and the WVU Forestry Alumni Scholarship to Joshua Scullen, WFR , Silver Spring, Md..
  • John Crites, president of Allegheny Wood Products, presented W. Clement Percival Scholarships to Seth Burdette, FRM , Elkview, and Lee Ann Hall, FRM , Middlebourne, Crites also presented the Herman G. Yeager Scholarship to Jessica Bright, RPT , Morgantown, and the Orris D. McCauley Memorial Scholarship to Clint Puller, a Wood Industries student from Brookville, Pa.
  • Forestry professor Ray Hicks received the Forest Management Faculty Award and the Xi Sigma Pi Award.
  • Robert Whitmore, WFR professor, received the Kevin Kinsley Award.
  • Steve Selin, associate professor, received the Recreation and Parks Faculty Award.
  • Kyle Hartman, associate professor, received the Wildlife and Fisheries Faculty Award.
  • James Armstrong, professor, received the Wood Industry Faculty Award.
  • Tony Tomkowski, FRM assistant professor, received the West Virginia Vegetation Management Award.
  • Jim Anderson, WFR assistant professor, received the Hoyt Outstanding Faculty Award.
  • John Brooks, FRM assistant professor, received the Forest Products Society Outstanding Educator Award.
  • Jim Fazio,’64, a professor in the University of Idaho’s College of Natural Resources, received the Outstanding Alumnus Award from the Forestry Alumni Association.

Gifts for scholarships are made through the WVU Foundation, a private non-profit corporation that generates and provides support for West Virginia University. It is conducting the $250 million Building Greatness Campaign on behalf of West Virginia University. A five-year effort, the Campaign has generated $261.9 million in gifts and pledges and concludes on Dec. 31, 2003.