The FHL Student Experience is made possible by your generosity!

By Rachel Anderson

Spring is the highly anticipated time of year when much about the upcoming FHL summer sessions falls into place. For the past few months, applications from talented young scientists have been arriving steadily. Our FHL student coordinator Stacy Markman, together with Megan Dethier, Associate Director for Academics and the Environment, spent January and February reviewing applications and letters from students from universities around the globe. The applicants have now recently received their admission and financial assistance offers and are eagerly confirming their participation. It’s an exciting time for both the prospective students and the staff at FHL!

AB member Gretchen Lambert (center) with the students supported by the Charles Lambert Memorial Endowment, and Director Billie Swalla.

For all our students, receiving financial support makes attending a course at FHL a reality. As I work with the FHL Advancement Board and my colleagues in Advancement to fundraise for FHL student support, I feel privileged to have become well acquainted with many of the generous donors who support students via a variety of funds. Amongst our numerous, thoughtful supporters are many past FHL students, and past and current researchers and instructors. Their time at FHL has been invaluable and they recognize the importance of supporting future generations of students, who without doubt will benefit from their experiences at FHL!

Student support comes from both current-use funds, such as the Adopt-a-Student Program and the Marine Science Fund, and from endowed student support funds, scholarships and fellowships. Our entire list of support funds and endowments can be accessed here.

I am thrilled to report that a few new endowments, highlighted in previous publications, have recently invested and will be supporting students this coming summer! These include the Pamela Roe Graduate Student Endowed Fund, the Trish Morse Endowed Scholarship — Japan/ US Exchange and the Eugene N. Kozloff Endowed Fund for Undergraduate Student Support. All three of these endowments honor individuals who have had a profound effect on students, and we are grateful to the many donors who have so generously contributed to them. We continue to fundraise to grow all three endowments to best support future FHL students.

Gene Kozloff in his office at FHL before he retired to Anacortes in 2008.

The Eugene N. Kozloff Endowed Fund for Undergraduate Student Support: This endowment was established to honor Professor Kozloff, also known affectionately as “Koz.” Prof. Kozloff touched the lives of hundreds of undergraduate students as well as his many colleagues and fellow naturalists. Prior to his 95th birthday, we were able to share with Koz our intention to create this endowment in his honor. When Gene passed away recently in February 2017, all of us in the FHL Community were comforted by having the extreme good fortune to have spent time with such a kind and brilliant scientist.

The Pamela Roe Graduate Student Endowed Fund: Pam Roe spent her summers at FHL as a graduate student and completed her PhD with Alan Kohn as an advisor. Heading south to California, Pam went on to teach at CSU Stanislaus for over 40 years and to share her love for marine biology with hundred of students, a number of whom had never seen the ocean before. Pam always loved FHL and was beloved by her many friends and colleagues who gathered together to create this endowment to honor her while she's still with us.

Trish Morse with E.S. Morse Institute scholar Iku Sato.

The Trish Morse Endowed Scholarship — Japan / U.S. Exchange: Five years ago, Dr. Trish Morse and her Japanese colleagues Drs. Makoto Omori and Motonori Hoshi joined together to create the Edward Sylvester Morse Institute. Together they envisioned facilitating scholarly exchange between Japanese and U.S. scientists. The Institute has been wonderfully successful, and every year new E. S. Morse Scholars are supported and honored. A number of U.S. students and faculty have traveled to study and do research in Japan, and in turn, Japanese students and faculty have come to FHL to do the same. (You can read more about the E. S. Morse Institute and the past 5 years at the Morse Institute website.) Trish’s incredible passion has been visible every step of the way, and so it was with great delight that the FHL Director, with Advancement Board support, created this important new endowment to honor Trish.

With Summer Session A just a few weeks away, we extend our gratitude to ALL the supporters in our FHL Community who help make it possible for young scientists to have life-changing experiences at FHL. What a tremendous opportunity for them! We thank you and we look forward to giving you an update on summer 2017 in our next newsletter.