Announcements

• February 2009: FAWN BERGEN WINS 2009 A&WMA OUTSTANDING YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AWARD
  
  
  Congratulations to EES alumnus, Fawn Bergen, as the recipient of the 2009 A&WMA Outstanding Young Professional Award! This award recognizes an individual who is pursuing excellence in career and has made a valuable contribution to A&WMA by serving in a leadership position at the local level and/or the international level. To be eligible, a candidate must be a young professional working in the environmental profession, and must be 35 years of age or younger. The award will be presented at the A&WMA annual conference in Detroit, MI at the Honors & Awards Luncheon on June 18, 2009.
• December 2008: FL-A&WMA SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
  Scholarships are available from the Florida Section A&WMA. The application can be found HERE and applications are due on February 7th, 2009.
• October 2008: FL-A&WMA CONFERENCE
  The FL-A&WMA conference members participated in a student poster competition and the Environmental Challenge. This year's challenge was to design an economically feasible sustainable community. The UF team consisting of Aly Byrne, Danielle Hall and Nate Topham won first place in this competition. In addition, Nate Topham and Qi Zhang won first place prizes in the undergraduate and graduate poster competitions respectively.
  
• June 2008: UF-A&WMA WINS BEST STUDENT CHAPTER AWARD
  The University of Florida's student chapter of A&WMA won the 1st Place Student Chapter Award for a large university at the 2008 A&WMA National Conference in Portland, Oregon. This is the second consecutive year that the UF A&WMA chapter has won this prestigious award. Congratulations to Ms. Lindsey Riemenschneider, the 2007-2008 UF-A&WMA Student Chapter President; Dr. Wu, the Faculty Advisor and all of the 2007-2008 A&WMA officers and members!