2024 EEF Scholarship Winners
Each year the Environment Education Foundation presents scholarships to students pursuing environmentally focused college degrees. This year, we had a record number of applicants and the most qualified applicants we have ever seen.
Thomas E. Reynolds Endowment Scholarship
Thanks to the continuing generous support of the Reynolds family, this year we were able to increase the amount of the award for this scholarship to $16,000.
The Thomas E. Reynolds Endowment Scholarship (TER) was awarded to Emma Olson (Badger High School). Emma’s commitment to sustainable food production, reduction of pollutants like phosphorus, and her community spirit shown through her work with local food pantries made her the outstanding candidate for the $16,000 Thomas E. Reynolds Endowment Scholarship. She will be studying horticulture at University of Wisconsin – River Falls.
EEF High School Graduate Scholarship
Four other area high school students were awarded $3,000 scholarships.
Dylan Hulke (Williams Bay HS) pursuing a degree in Aerospace Engineering at University of Minnesota- Twin Cities.​
Maire Lucero (Badger HS) will be studying Physics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign or University of Wisconsin Madison.
Nicholson Gage (Badger HS) will be studying Civil Engineering at UW – Platteville,
Lucy Pether (Badger HS) is going into Environmental Engineering and has been accepted at the Colorado School of Mines and Montana State University.
Continuing Education - Outdoor Education
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For the first time, EEF awarded a scholarship to one an area teacher to support her certification in outdoor education.
Melissa Bobula (seen here with three of her students and EEF Board Director, Kristen Freytag) is one of the outdoor education teachers who uses EEF’s Charlotte Peterson Outdoor Education grants for experiential learning for her elementary students at Brookwood school.
Thomas J. Cashman Post Graduate Scholarship
Two 2017 Badger graduates who are in post-graduate studies were also scholarship winners.
Sam Ahler, doctoral student in Ecological Restoration at University of Colorado - Boulder, and
Douglas Reuss, a third year law student in Environment Law, are 2024 Cashman Post-Graduate Scholars.
Thomas E. Reynolds Scholars
In addition to this year's winner of the Thomas E. Reynolds Endowment Scholarship, the foundation also continues to support prior winners through their college careers.
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Those scholars are
Henry Walters-Koerner ()
Amanda Bender (Plant Pathology, UW-Madison), and
Ave Beyers (Geo & Environmental Studies, Carthage College).
Continuing Undergraduate Support
EEF Undergraduate College Scholarships
Three scholars who were awarded EEF High School Scholarships in the past were awarded continuing support in 2023 for their undergraduate programs.
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Katie Schuster,
Jaiden Lauer, and
Cameron Jansen.