Student Received Audubon Award

Melanie Mathews, a Westminster College junior environmental science major, received the Helen R. Ferguson Scholarship from the Bartramian Audubon Society for excellence in environmental science.

Mathews is a daughter of Thomas and Carolyn Mathews of Cumberland, Md. She is a graduate of Allegany High School, where she was president of the Ecology Club and a member of the Envirothon Team.

At Westminster, Mathews has served as a residence assistant and as a teacher's assistant in biology labs.

Dr. Shahroukh Mistry, Westminster assistant professor of biology and Mathews' adviser, said, "Melanie has been an outstanding student at Westminster and richly deserves this honor. It has been a pleasure to be her adviser and to work with her as a student and as a teaching assistant. We thank Helen Ferguson and the Bartramian Audubon Society for their generous support of Westminster students."

Contact Mistry at (724) 946-7210 or e-mail mistrys@westminster.edu for additional information.

Helen Ferguson and Melanie Mathews