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Student Awards

MOAFS Student Awards

MOAFS Past Student Award Winners

 

About MOAFS Chapter's Student Support Committee...
The student support committee assists deserving students with financial support to aid in their professional development. Among the Chapter's most important projects is the Student Support Trust Fund. Good fishing depends on young fish being added to a population each year. Likewise, recruitment of top-notch students as fisheries professionals is essential if Missourians are to enjoy quality fishing in the future. Interest income from the trust fund will be used to support fisheries management students in Missouri's colleges and universities. To assist deserving students with financial support in their professional development, the Chapter distributes monetary awards for the following:

 

Mid-West Fish and Wildlife Conference Travel Award - The Missouri Chapter and North Central Division of the American Fisheries Society sponsors a travel grant to the annual North Central Division fisheries meeting. The grant covers up to $200.00 for travel expenses and registration. Interested students should submit: (i) resume documenting qualifications, academic standing and awards, extra-curricular activities, aquatics-oriented activities, professional aspirations; (ii) letter of recommendation by a faculty member; and (iii) a cover page mentioning the title of this award. Applications due by September 1 each year to: MOAFS Student Support Committee, PO Box 248, Sullivan, MO 63080. 

Student Achievement Award recognizes combined excellence in academic achievement and extra-curricular involvement in the fisheries or aquatics field by a student attending a Missouri college or university. Requirements: (i) essay (500-1000 words) documenting the student’s academic standing, involvement in extra-curricular aquatics-oriented activities, and professional aspirations; (ii) letter of recommendation authored by a high school/ college/university faculty member confirming the information in the essay; (iii) copy of school transcript; and (iv) application form. Applications due by December 1 to: MOAFS Student Support Committee, PO Box 248, Sullivan, MO 63080.

MO Natural Resources Conference – Best Student Presentation: MOAFS will recognize one aquatic poster and one aquatic platform presentation presented by a student at the annual MNRC conference.  If you are a student and are presenting aquatics related research, please contact the Student Support Committee (jen.girondo@mdc.mo.gov) to ensure that you are considered for this award.  A year membership to AFS parent society and MOAFS are awarded as prizes. 

 

Regional and National AFS

Janice Lee Fenske Scholarship - provides a $500 scholarship to an undergraduate or graduate student attending the annual Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference. For more information visit the Michigan Chapter Web page.

Equal Opportunities Section (EOS) Awards -  includes several awards providing travel funds to attend the Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, and some recognizing female leadership in conducting aquatic research.

 

 

Additional scholarship opportunities

Stegner scholarship – established to provide major financial aid to encourage and assist students in various areas of natural resource management.  $1000 scholarship funded by the Conservation Foundation of Missouri Charitable Trust, MOAFS has the honor of selecting the ‘Fisheries’ recipient. See application form for details.  Deadline is Dec. 31. 

 

Charles P Bell scholarship – awards for students of all ages (elementary to graduate level).  Funded by the Conservation Foundation of Missouri Charitable Trust. Deadline is Jan. 15. 

 

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Student Membership Information

 

There are many opportunities for students within the American Fisheries Society. This includes reduced (or free!) memberships in section of the Society, scholarships, awards, and job opportunities.

Parent Society

Cost: $20.00 which includes access to online journals and InfoBase. Membership application can be found on the parent society Web page.

Section memberships that are FREE for students:

Fisheries Information and Technology
Education Section
Fisheries Management

The Parent Society also has a Student Subsection under the Education Section.

Northcentral Division: The Missouri Chapter of AFS is in the NorthCentral Division of AFS. All Missouri members are part of the NorthCentral Division.

 

Missouri Chapter

Cost: $10 annually as of 2012 ($5 in 2011)
Membership application can be found on the MOAFS Web page.

MOAFS Student Subunits

MOAFS has three official student subunits; membership requirements are different at each university.  See their websites or Facebook pages for membership info requirements.  Students not attending a university with an official subunit are encouraged to become MOAFS chapter members to receive up-to-date information pertaining to students. 

University of Missouri – Columbia

Missouri State University – Springfield

University of Central Missouri – Warrensburg

Information for subunits and their members...
Frequently Asked Questions:  a quick reference document with students’ commonly asked questions.

 

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Miscellaneous Information

Aquatics-Oriented Annual Conference Schedule 

AFS Hutton Junior Fisheries Biologist Program

Find us on Facebook under “MOAFS Student Support”…

 

Contact info for the MOAFS Student Support Chair:

Jennifer Girondo

Jen.girondo@mdc.mo.gov

PO Box 248

Sullivan, MO 63080

573-468-3335 ext. 239

 

 

Darren Thornhill (left) presents 2011 Student Achievement Award winner, Ethan Kleekamp (right) with check and certificate. 

 

 

 

 

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