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Amanda Crandall
  • biology
  • Class of 2017
  • Vienna, VA

Vienna's Crandall receives scholarship from NOAA

2015 Aug 3

Amanda Crandall, a junior from Vienna, has received an Ernest F. Hollings scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Crandall is majoring in biology with a concentration in environmental science and ecology.

The scholarship provides two years of tuition at JMU plus a 10-week paid summer internship in 2016.

The Hollings scholarship program is designed to:

  • increase undergraduate training in oceanic and atmospheric science, research, technology, and education and foster multidisciplinary training opportunities;
  • increase public understanding and support for stewardship of the ocean and atmosphere and improve environmental literacy;
  • recruit and prepare students for public service careers with NOAA and other natural resource and science agencies at the federal, state and local levels of government; and
  • recruit and prepare students for careers as teachers and educators in oceanic and atmospheric science and to improve scientific and environmental education in the United States.