Allie is the first student to receive an Alumni Scholarship

Thank you for donating to the Graduate Program Scholarship campaign. Your donation helps Allie remain in the Teton Science Schools’ family and continue growing as an educator.

Allie first came to the Teton Science Schools for a two-week long Rocky Mountain Ecology field studies course at the Kelly Campus in June 2010. Since then, she has graduated from Rhodes College with a B.S. in Biology and a minor in Environmental Science. This summer Allie returned to TSS as an AmeriCorps Field Education Intern and she hopes to further her education in the Graduate Program.

The faculty that worked with her this summer say she is smart, has a great rapport with kids, takes initiative and is very sweet. In her letter of intent, she said:

“After having completed more than half of my internship at TSS as an AmeriCorps Summer Field Education intern, I have furthered my confidence in wanting to impart the knowledge of science on those around me. Like most places, my home (New Orleans) is one that has a number of its own environmental and community problems. Although it is not the majestic landscape of Jackson Hole, I intend on being an integral part of the move to make it a more environmentally-conscious and friendly city through place-based education and community involvement. What I have learned through my own experience as a child, as well as through my AmeriCorps program, is that the seeds of a sense of responsibility of the environment around you are truly planted when one is young. However, involvement in a community has the great potential to help foster these seeds as well.”

Your donation will relieve some of the financial pressure of Allie’s Graduate Program expenses. She is extremely grateful and humbled by your generosity, especially knowing that you are all alumni of the program working together to offer her this scholarship.