Deadline: April 2, 2012
The Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities was established in 2004 to advance our understanding of the cultural, social, political, economic and natural factors affecting the Hudson River Watershed. By promoting collaboration among its members, the Consortium works to provide ecosystem-based curricular and co-curricular programming aimed at improving the health of the regional ecosystem.
The mission of the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities
is to harness higher education’s intellectual and physical resources to advance regional,
ecosystem-based environmental research, teaching, and learning through interdisciplinary,
This merit scholarship, in the amount of $3,500, is offered annually in the name of the
TGF founders, to a single recipient who has demonstrated excellence and outstanding
dedication in a field of study that falls within an environmental field of a school or
department. It was the hope of the founders, as it is the hope of the current
membership of Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, that the recipient will use this scholarship
to assist his or her studies, and after graduation seek employment in the tri-state region in either the public or private sector furthering the cause of environmental protection and riparian habitat conservation for the benefit of all.
This scholarship is available to students enrolled, and who will continue to be enrolled
during the award year (2012-2013 academic year), in a full-time four-year
undergraduate degree (junior standing or higher as of fall 2012) or graduate degree
program at a member institution of the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley
Colleges & Universities. The scholarship is also available to community college
students in their second year who have been accepted into a four-year accredited
member institution of the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges &
Universities and will be enrolled as a junior or senior in the award year (as of fall 2102).
The eligible applicant’s major shall be in an area of environmental studies such as
but not limited to ecology, hydrology, conservation biology, natural resource
management, zoology or environmental law and policy. Based on a 4.0 scale, the
applicant shall demonstrate merit with a current 3.5 GPA in the environmental
concentration courses and an overall minimum 3.0 GPA. The scholarship is open to
U.S. citizens only.
Having received a TGF scholarship in the past does not prohibit future eligibility. A
student may be awarded more than one consecutive TGF scholarship. However,
priority will be given to applicants who have not previously received a TGF scholarship.
collaborative programs and information sharing.
For more information about the Consortium and a current listing of member
institutions visit: www.environmentalconsortium.org.
