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april10
2012
UO’s Souvanny Miller Selected for Hollings
Scholarship
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The prestigious scholarships, administered by NOAA, go to
about 100 students per year
University
of
Oregon
sophomore Souvanny Miller of
Vernonia, OR has been chosen to
receive a prestigious Ernest F. Hollings
Scholarship for the 2012-13 academic
year.
The scholarship program was
founded in 2005 by former U.S. Sen.
Ernest Hollings of South Carolina, and
is offered through the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration. The
program’s goals include increasing
undergraduate training in oceanic
and atmospheric science, improving
environmental literacy and promoting
stewardship of the ocean and
atmosphere.
Miller,
a
20-year-old
environmental studies major, will
receive as much as $8,000 in academic
assistance for next school year and a
10-week paid internship with NOAA
during the summer of 2013. If she is
reappointed for the scholarship for her
senior year, she will again be eligible
for as much as $8,000 in academic
assistance.
“Hopefully, I’ll just be able
to explore some opportunities for my
career and see what’s out there,” Miller
said.
She hopes to spend the summer
internship in NOAA communications or
public education offices. Miller said she
is considering a career in public outreach
and education for an organization such
as NOAA, and also has thought of going
into environmental law.
Miller was valedictorian for
Vernonia High School, and currently
carries a 4.04 GPA at the UO. Her
father is an elementary school principal
and her mother is a teacher’s aide and
fund-raising secretary for the Vernonia
Schools Campaign, which has sought
to rebuild the community’s schools
following widespread flood damage in
2007.
Miller volunteered extensively
with the Vernonia Schools group during
high school, was an outdoor school
counselor and is currently an intern
with Nearby Nature, providing nature
tours at Alton Baker Park in Eugene for
school children.
“Having witnessed her skills
in public speaking, historical analysis
and classroom leadership, I was amazed
when I later learned that her substantive
interests actually lie in environmental
science,” said Ian McNeely, an associate
professor of history at the UO and an
advisor to Miller in the application
process.
“I know that she intends to major
in environmental studies and minor in
both geology and political science, with
the aim of going into environmental law
and policymaking,” McNeely said. “The
combination of fields here – science and
humanities, academic and applied – is
truly impressive, and represents exactly
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McNeely met Miller as a
faculty member in the UO’s College
Scholars Program, an enrichment and
mentoring opportunity intended to
help high-achieving students reach
their potential. Membership in the
program is by invitation, and based
on students’ academic records.
“That’s
how
I
became
interested in environmental studies,”
Miller said. “The teachers also
recommended that I apply for the
(Hollings) scholarship.”
Miller’s application process
included writing two essays.
Applicants also are judged on the
basis of their records in academics
and volunteerism.
She will be introduced to the
Hollings Scholarship program in a
one-week orientation session this
May in Silver Springs, Md.
Hollings Scholarships are
granted each year to about 100
undergraduate students from around
the U.S.
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