ES Program Awards & Scholarship Winners
Each year the Environmental Studies Program acknowledges a number of students, alumni, and community members for their achievements. A list of the most current years winners is available below. Click on an individual award title below to view a description and list of recipients. You can also download your own copy of the ES Program's 2018 Commencement Reception and Awards Program here (.pdf).
ES Program Awards:
- Outstanding Senior of the Year (view)
- Outstanding Service by a Senior(s) (view)
- Outstanding Academic Achievement (view)
- Distinction in the Major (view)
- Outstanding ES Alumnus of the Year (view)
- Outstanding ES Senior Thesis Award (view)
- Community Service Award (view)
- Research Enhancement Award (view)
- Steven Manley Memorial Lecture (view)
ES Scholarship Winners:
- Charles Decker Memorial Scholarship (view)
- Barker Scholarship (view)
- Tom Rogers Scholarship (view)
- McGinnes Environmental Law & Advocacy Scholarship (view)
2018 ES Program Awards
• Download the ES Program's 2018 Commencement Reception and Award Ceremony Program here (.pdf)
2018 Outstanding Senior(s) of the Year (view past recipients)
This Program award is given to one (possibly two or three) students who have accomplished excellence within the Environmental Studies Major and the University. In addition to obtaining an outstanding overall Grade Point Average (GPA), a student worthy of this distinction must have also demonstrated a high level of extra curricular service, both within the University and the community.
2018 Outstanding Service by ES Seniors (view past recipients)
This award is given to ES students who have demonstrated exemplary environmental service within the Environmental Studies Program, the University community, and/or the community at large. Winners must have demonstrated a continued service to project(s), issues, or organizations related to environmental causes.
2017 Outstanding Academic Achievement
Award is given in recognition of those 2017 graduating seniors who have an outstanding overall minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5. To view the list of recipients recognized for this year's Outstanding Academic Achievement download the ES Program's 2017 Commencement Reception and Awards Program here (.pdf).
2017 Distinction in the Major
Awarded to graduating seniors who have an outstanding minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 and have completed a Senior Honors Thesis of exceptional quality. This distinction is recognized on their official UCSB diploma and transcript.
Joelle H. Alley
Linn B. Bumpers
Rosie C. Fatta
Olivia Johnson
Sarika Kathuria
Victoria M. Mansfield
Madison D. Montague
Charlotte N. Sedlock
Nolan T. Stephens
Heather E. Weiss
2017 ES Program's Community Service Award (view past recipients)
Dr. Mel Manalis has been teaching for the Environmental Studies Program for over four decades. With a background in physics, Mel’s research interests surround the development of quantifiable sustainability measures and renewable energy. His research on wind energy and collaboration with Zond Wind Power led to the creation of Environmental Studies’ first endowed chair. The Dehlsen Chair. For over 45 years, Mel has taught over 6,000 Environmental Studies majors through a variety of energy and non-energy related courses. In addition to developing ES’s pioneer course on Energy and the Environment, and a course on Renewable energy, Dr. Manalis is credited with creating the courses Industrial Ecology, and Quantitative Thinking in Environmental Studies.
During the 1980’s, Mel led a seminal delegation of wind energy experts to advise the Chinese government on how to initialize a large-scale wind energy effort. This project has become the foundation of China’s rapid advancement in wind power development. In addition, Mel conducted the first wind energy study of Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, California and the nascent study of solar energy applications for the California Energy Commission following the 1973 oil embargo. Mel currently serves as a member of the Institute for Energy Efficiency’s Economics and Policy Solutions Group. He will remain working as a research scientist with the Environmental Studies Program upon his retirement.
2017 ES Program's Outstanding Alumnus of the Year (view past recipients)
Richard ("Rick") W. Halsey, Class of 1978, is an educator, photographer, writer, and the director of the California Chaparral Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, research, and educational organization dedicated to the preservation of native shrubland habitats throughout the world, and supporting the creative spirit as inspired by the natural environment. Rick is a graduate from the Environmental Studies class of 1978 with a double major in Anthropology.
After earning his Bachelor of Arts Degree, Rick obtained a teaching credential in life and physical sciences from UC Berkeley, and a master’s degree in education from Cal State University, San Diego. He taught high school science for over twenty years in both public and private schools. He was honored as the Teacher of the Year for San Diego City Schools in 1991. He also received a prestigious U.S. Dept of Education Christa Mcauliffe Fellowship for innovation in education in 1994, which funded him to take a year off from teaching during which he wrote a book entitled, Fire, Chaparral and Survival in Southern California. Shortly thereafter he left traditional education to devote full time to the preservation of and appreciation for the chaparral environment, California's most extensive native plant community. He teaches natural history throughout the state including a unique Chaparral Naturalist Certification Program. This program brings educators to the chaparral to experience its sights, sounds, and smells first hand.
Rick Halsey an engaging and sought after speaker who has delivered more than 400 educational presentations about the chaparral ecosystem and wildfire over the past ten years. He also works as a consultant on wildfire issues including doing pro-bono work with county and community organizations throughout Southern California devising wildfire protection plans. Mr. Halsey also works with the San Diego Museum of Natural History, provides living history presentations as Grizzly Adams, and partners with excellent attorneys to provide a voice for the chaparral when gentle persuasion is not enough.
Established in Memory of Steven Manley (1958 - 1979). While working for his second summer as a firefighter with the California Division of Forestry, Steve Manley and three other firefighters lost their lives on August 15, 1979, battling a brush wildfire near Santa Maria. He was a 21-year old Environmental Studies Major in his third year at UCSB at the time. Steve Manley was an active proponent of the protection, conservation and planned use of the environmental landscape. It was his field of study and way of life. His summer firefighting job was directly related to his desire to learn by doing in the protection of the land. He had a lifelong interest in the outdoors, the sea and physical activity. This lecture series is a celebration of his life.
2017 Featured Speaker: Dr. Charles Lester, Speaker, Lecturer, and former Director of the California Coastal Commission.
2017 ES Scholarship Winners
2017 Charles Decker Memorial Scholarship (view past recipients)
The Matthew Charles Decker Scholarship was established in the loving memory of Matthew Charles Decker, an Environmental Studies undergraduate major at UCSB, who suffered a fatal skiing accident in March of 1995 during his junior year at UCSB. Matthew was an honors scholar whose love and commitment to the environment was an inspiration to all who knew him. He completed a wildlife study program in the Fall of 1994 during which he interacted with wolves, bears and the astonishing beauty of nature. This educational experience left him in awe of our Mother Earth and instilled in him a resounding commitment to work on behalf of the environment.
Amy Tam
2017 Tom Rogers Scholarship (view past recipients)
The Tom Rogers Scholarship (Fund) at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), was established in late 1999 to honor Tom Rogers, a role model for civic and environmental leadership. Among the many achievements of Tom Rogers are his service on the Santa Barbara City Council and County Board of Supervisors up through 1994. As a civil servant, he voiced and voted for sound environmental planning and progressive policies for long-term community benefits. The Fund provides for annual scholarship(s) to be awarded to one or several students who are majors in the Environmental Studies Program at UCSB. Selection of scholarship recipients is based on their personal efforts that embody the ideals of civic responsibility and environmental stewardship exemplified by Tom Rogers in his career.
Elizabeth Szulc
2017 Coeta Barker Scholarship (view past recipients)
Made possible by the generosity of the Coeta and Donald Barker Foundation. The Environmental Studies Program awards Barker Scholarships annually to assist students who enroll in unpaid Environmental Studies Program Internships. The purpose of this scholarship is to lessen the financial burden on students so that they may pursue an unpaid internship and gain valuable hands-on learning experience in the environmental field of their choice.
Heather Weiss
2017 McGinnes Environmental Law & Advocacy Scholarship (view past recipients)
Established in the name of retired ES faculty member, Marc McGinnes, in recognition of his decades of service to the Environmental Studies Program, UCSB, and the community in the fields of environmental advocacy, protection, law and leadership. The award recognizes a graduating senior with outstanding academic achievement and has a demonstrated passion and aptitude for environmental law and advocacy.
Rosie Fatta
Past ES Program Award Winners
Outstanding Senior | ||
2017 | Linn Bumpers, Joey Conway, Alejandra Posada | |
2016 | Emily A. McCord & Marina L. Varano | |
2015 | Amelia J. Duvall & Emilie W. Wood | |
2014 | Nicole Hauser & Dana Hoffenberg | |
2013 | Sean O. Calvin | |
2012 | Abigail M. Wolff | |
2011 | Jennifer Verhines | |
2010 | Nicholas Allen & Violetta Muselli | |
2009 | Heather Berry & Joel Armin-Holland | |
2008 | Melinda Anne Clark | |
2007 | Constanza Rampini | |
2006 | Alisha A. Dahlstrom & Kelley M. Neumann | |
2005 | Noelle C. Boucquey & Tyler Durchslag-Richardson | |
2004 | Joel S. Degner | |
2003 | Adam R. Brandt & Maggie E. Gosselin | |
2002 | Rachel M. Grossman & M. Craig Revell | |
2001 | Courtney A. Estes | |
2000 | Devon A. Straitiff | |
1999 | Matthew R. Burris & Jessica A. Scheeter | |
1998 | Nichole K. Camozzi | |
1997 | Jennie A. Buchanan & Shawna M. Simpson | |
1996 | Shawn S. Herwick | |
1995 | Giancarlo L. Cetrulo | |
1994 | Larry S. Spears | |
1993 | Allison T. Pontius | |
1992 | Karen M. Kraus & Kaitlin R. Gaffney | |
1991 | Robyn M. Spencer | |
1990 | Lynette Collins & Sarah Bretz | |
1989 | Teresa A. Fritzsche | |
1988 | Mary Bean | |
1987 | Robert B. Carnachan & Lorene C. Flaming | |
1986 | Sabine Graf & Megan L. O'Donnell | |
1985 | Robin E. Alper & Nancy J. Gribble | |
1984 | Robin Rene Roe | |
1983 | Thomas A. Starrs | |
1982 | Jean C. Schumann | |
1977 | Susan L. Van Atta |
Outstanding Alumnus | Community Service | ||||
2017 | Richard ("Rick") Halsey | Melyvn ("Mel") Manalis | |||
2016 | Darcy L. Aston | Congresswoman Lois Capps | |||
2015 | Tamara "TJ" DiCaprio | WYP- Wilderness Youth Project | |||
2014 | Stephen J. Stanley | Paul Relis | |||
2013 | Greg Mohr | Paul Wack | |||
2012 | Tim Olson | Community Env. Council, SB, CA | |||
2011 | Merrilee Fellows | Darlene Chirman | |||
2010 | Meghan Conklin | Environmental Affairs Board, UCSB Assoc. Students | |||
2009 | Susan Black Anderson | Hillary Hauser | |||
2008 | Stephen Oliva | Michael Lunsford | |||
2007 | Susan Becker | Linda Krop | |||
2006 | Karen L. Feeney & Michael P. Feeney | Vie Obern & George Obern | |||
2005 | Thomas J. Starrs | Louise Boucher | |||
2004 | Karen Kraus & Kaitlin Gaffney | Naomi Schwartz | |||
2003 | Howard J. Wenger | Wayne R. Ferrin, Jr. | |||
2002 | None selected | Ada Babine | |||
2001 | Brian Baird | Robert H. Sollen | |||
2000 | Susan Van Atta | Selma Rubin | |||
1999 | Carla Frisk | Sue Higman | |||
1998 | Eric Zimmerman | Lee Moldaver | |||
1997 | Debra Callahan | Jean K. Schuyler | |||
1996 | Robert Wilkinson | Bill Wallace | |||
1995 | Brian Trautwein | Tom Rogers & Patagonia, Inc. |
Outstanding Service by ES Seniors |
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2018 | Sydney A. Bartone, Ian A. Castillo, Alex L. De Biasio, Benny J. Drescher, Andrew J. Firth, Rena D. Lahn, Ryann Jeff Malicdem, Colleen R. McCamy, Haley H. Nieh, Alison E. Thompson, Tristen Thron, Sophie E. Von Hunnius |
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2017 | Chris M. Berry, Carina T. Bilodeau, Samantha D. Collette, Bryn S. Daniel, Shane L. Dewees, Evan W. Glessner, Conor T. Grimes, Rosemarie M. Heininger, Charlotte N. Sedlock, Michelle I. Sevilla, Claire G. Wilson |
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2016 |
Mackenzie F. Forgey, Jessica J. Foster, Nicole S. Jenkins, Kristyn A. Payne, Amanda J. Shoemaker
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2015 | Samuel G. Breyfogle, Katelyn M. Freeze, Allyson J. Gaarder, Kristen Herrera, Lauren P. Menzer, Paulina P. Pevzner, Melissa S. Steritz, Kristin D. Van Der Kar | |
2014 | Lauren M. Barnum, Marissa Bills, Carl R. Greenfield, Karen E. Housel, Ashley M. Koide, Kori T. Lay, Chellsee D. Lee, Noelle A. Steele, Brittany Tse | |
2013 | Erica K. Aguilera, Ashley A. Audycki, Jason R. Dale, Kyle B. Fischler, Molly K. Gordon, Alyssa B. Hall, Andrea Nunez, Olivier J. Sinoncelli, Katherine M. Wilkins, Emily L. Williams | |
2012 |
Jeffrey A. Brydon, Cristina J. Cook, Allyson E. Gialketsis, Matthew C. Gilliland, Philip M. Jankoski, Ryland C. King, Kiyome A. Okikawa, Rachel L. Saputo, Colin A.Twohig
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2011 |
Andrew K. Chang, Stephanie M. Gaffney, James O. Hawkins, Michael-Donovan Maccarone, Tiffany R. Mayville, Catherine M. Murillo-Barrick, Islay S. Nicklin, Kevin G. Vielbaum
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2010 | Ingrid R.M. Avison, Bushra M. Bataineh, Clayton H. Carlson, Michael H. Hewitt, Kaela M. Jorgenson, Corie N. Radka, Simone N. Steger | |
2009 |
Grace A. Bueti, Christina A. Elles, Eli M. Krispi, Maile P. Smith, Jill A. Tiegs
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2008 | Sarah Bresko, Kristen Gravelle, Maia Kazaks, Ryan Kintz, Nina Salvador, Juliette Wigley | |
2007 |
Kristina F. Boyer, Frankie Lorraine Burton, Amy Jae Sun Lee, Thomas George Minter
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2005 | Shelly R. Barnes, Edward G. France, Aaron W. Gilliam, Svetlana A. Soloncheva, Shanon L. Switzer, Catherine H. Wallace, Kirstyn L. Werner | |
2003 | Sara C. Aminzadeh, Adam M Garcia, Holly D. Smith, Margaret L. Stack | |
1997 | Brent M. Zacharia, David A. Fortson | |
1996 | Gary A. Meuser-Schaede, David L. Revell, Carrie C. Sandstedt | |
1995 | Christopher M. Bacon, Brent C. Foster, Heather M. Lipson, Julie E. Peisner | |
1994 | Corrie J. Bosman, Brook S. Condict, Brandon Forde, Jared D. Ficker, Jennifer R. Garmon, Nicole L. Gaumont, Michelle L. Wilson, Eric D. Zimmerman |
Past ES Scholarship Winners
Charles Decker | Tom Rogers | |||
2017 | Amy Tam | Elizabeth Szulc | ||
2016 | Maya V. Normandi | Charlotte Sedlock | ||
2015 | Emma L. Glass | Marie E. Laule & Garrison Yang | ||
2014 | John M. Calforda | Morgan R. Tusa | ||
2013 | Tanner B. Yould | Riley H. Leonard | ||
2012 | Alexandra E. Kovalick | Kelsey M. Eaton | ||
2011 | Alexandra Yang | Katie Kasatkina | ||
2010 | Terra Weeks | Ryland King | ||
2009 | Alison Morrow | Nicholas C. Allen | ||
2008 | None selected | James Mrohs & Christina Elles | ||
2007 | Amber Conway | Sarah K. Lang | ||
2006 | Nina Salvador | Casey Duncan | ||
2005 | Trevor Blythe | Alisha Dahlstrom | ||
2004 | Tyler Richardson | Alisha Dahlstrom | ||
2003 | Adam Garcia | Noelle Boucquey | ||
2002 | Jennifer Gremer | Sara Aminzadeh | ||
2001 | Andrew Brown | Michael Craig Revell & Tarek Maassarani | ||
2000 | None selected | |||
1999 | Zachary B. Baker | |||
1998 | Robin Hull | |||
1997 | John K. Gill | |||
1996 | Jenna Endres | |||
2017 | Rosie C. Fatta | Heather Weiss |
2016 | William C. Shepherd & Princepreet S. Singh |
Conor T. Grimes &
Cynthia Ibarra |
2015 | Kian C. Pakdel | Claire M. Jacobs |
2014 | Matthew W. Buggert | Meagan R. Hanna |
2013 | Julia V. Mascari | Chellsee D. Lee |
2012 | Elise M. O'Dea | Kristen D. Avila |
2011 | Christine Tabacco | Matt Rindermann |
2010 | Travis J. Miller | Cailean Kilroy & Logan McCoy |
2009 | Joel Armin-Hoiland | Madeline Ward & Brandon Wicks |
2008 | Jill Jaffe | Stephanie Timm & Jenna Driscoll |
2007 | Alexis R. Hamilton | Julie L. Powell & Coryl N. Dolfin |
2006 | Ashley Jones | Sarah D. Pellkofer & Chandler Briggs |
2005 | Kirstyn Werner | Steven J. Rodger & Emily Murphy |
2004 | Edward France | |
2003 | Alisha Dahlstrom | |
2002 | Sara Aminzadeh, Laura Dell'Olio & Ellen Salvador | |
2001 | Victoria Minnich, Alyssa Nieto & Ada J. Otter | |
2000 | Kolmilata Majumdar, Jayme Timberlake & Amy Trester |
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1999 | Meghan M. Conklin & Misty M. Gonzales |
Past Manley Memorial Lectures
2017 | Charles Lester, Speaker, Lecturer, and former Director of the California Coastal Commission | |
2016 | Charles Fishman, Author & Speaker, NY Times Bestsellers: "The Walmart Effect" and "A Curious Mind". | |
2015 | Julia Marton-Levere, former Director General IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Author, Lecturer | |
2014 | Olivier De Schutter, Professor, Univ. of Louvain, Brussels and UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food | |
2013 | Paul Greenberg, Author & Speaker, NY Times Bestseller: Four Fish: the Future of the Last Wild Food | |
2012 | Jay Gulledge, Sr. Scientist & Director for Science & Impacts, Center for Climate & Energy Solutions | |
2011 | Daniel P. Schrag, Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment | |
2010 | Deb Callahan, President, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics & the Environment | |
2009 | Richard Harris, Science Correspondent, National Public Radio (NPR) | |
2008 | James P. Kennett, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Earth Science, UC Santa Barbara | |
2007 | John W. Day, Jr., Distinguished Prof. Emeritus, Dept. of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State Univ. | |
2006 | Robert Glennon, Morris K. Udall Prof. of Law & Public Policy, Rogers College of Law, Univerity of Arizona | |
2005 | Christopher Flaviin, President, Worldwatch Institute | |
2004 | Norman C. Ellstrand, Professor, Dept. of Botany & Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside | |
2003 | Harriet Ritvo, Arthur J. Conner Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | |
2002 | Tundi Agardy, Director, Sound Seas, Washington, D.C. | |
2001 | Cynthia Moss, Director, Amboseli Elephant Research Project, Nairobi, Kenya | |
2000 | No Steven Manley Memorial Lecture this year | |
1999 | Catherine Koshland, Professor, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley | |
1998 | Mike Davis, Lecturer & Author, Los Angeles, California | |
1997 | The Right Honourable Kim Campbell, Past Canadian Prime Minister | |
1996 | Thomas Dunne, Professor, School of Environmental Science & Management, UC Santa Barbara | |
1995 | William D. Ruckelshaus, Chairman & CEO, Browning--Ferris Industries, Houston, TX | |
1994 | Herbert Bormann, Professor Emeritus, Yale School of Forestry, Yale University | |
1993 | Bonnie J. McCay, Professor, Human Ecology / Anthropolgy, Rutgers University | |
1992 | H. Patricia Hynes, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | |
1991 | Dr. Arthur Rosenfeld, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, UC Berkeley | |
1990 | Dr. Sherwood Rowland, Department of Chemistry, UC Irvine | |
1989 | Ramachandra Guha, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi, India | |
1988 | Russell Peterson, President Emeritus, National Audubon Society | |
1987 | Garrett Hardin, Human Ecology, UC Santa Barbara, CA | |
1986 | Edith Brown Weiss, Professor Emeritus, Professor Law Center, Georgetown University | |
1985 | Dr. David Morris, Executive Dir., Center for Local Self-Reliance, Washington, D.C. James Pissot, President, Utah Audubon Society & Co-Founder, Utah Wilderness Association |
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1984 | Professors Thayer Scudder - Dept.of Anthropology, CA Institute of Technology James Anderson, Dept. of Anthropology, UC Berkeley Steven R. Gliessman, Dept. of Ecology, UC Santa Cruz |
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1983 | Professors Thomas C. Jorling, Director - Center for Environmental Studies, Williams College Stanley Dundon, Department of Philosophy, CA Polytechnic State University |
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1982 | Sally Ann Ranney, Founder & President - American Wilderness Alliance | |
1981 | Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, Vice President - World Wildlife Fund |