Student Awards
In the last decade, ESS graduates have been accepted into top graduate schools and have secured a disproportionate number of university-wide and national awards, including a University Valedictorian, 4 Fulbright Fellowships, and 1 Rhodes Scholarship. Recently graduated students have attended graduate programs at: USC (Price School of Public Policy), Berkeley (Goldman School of Public Policy and School of Law), Columbia, UCSB (Bren School and Geography PhD), Oxford (DPhil in Geography and the Environment), UCLA, University of Washington (Evans School of Public Policy), Utah State (MFA), UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz (Enviro Studies PhD), Arizona State U (Geography, PhD), and several of won major scholarships to attend law school at Northwestern, Berkeley, Cornell, Michigan, and elsewhere, and others are currently enrolled or have recently completed PhD programs.
Goldwater, Udall, and Switzer Awards
Lei is a first-generation college student participating in the LEAD Scholars Program and a 2024 Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Research Fellow.
Sam is an environmental science major and a biology, public health, and sustainability minor
2019 Switzer Fellowship Awardee
The Udall Foundation recognizes college juniors for leadership, public service, and commitment to issues related to American Indian nations or to the environment.
Fulbright Scholars
Award to study urban climate mitigation policy in several cities in Sweden
Helping coffee farmers incorporate best practices such as mulching, shade, or water conservation
Award to study urban climate mitigation policy in several cities in Sweden
Katelyn (Katie) O’Neil '18, graduated with degrees in environmental studies and Spanish, has won a Fulbright Scholarship to teach English and work on a project devoted to sustainability in Cali, Colombia.
Also, Katrina Van Gasse ’14, Fiji; Aven Satre Meloy ’13, Turkey; Bell Tellman ’09, El Salvador; and Catherine Kibane Gockel ’05, Peru.
Rhodes Scholars
Sean Reilly ’16 was one of 32 American Rhodes Scholars for 2018. He’s the third from SCU in the past eight years.
Aven Satre Meloy '13 was also won the Nobili Award and a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship.




