Floyd Holmes Scholarship
(~1,500-$7,000 Scholarship)

 

This award was established by Mr. Floyd Holmes (left, with a fossil dragonfly wing from the Elmo fossil bed of Kansas), an alum of the department. Mr. Holmes received the first graduate assistantship awarded by industry to the KSU Department of Entomology. He was a member of the US Army Medical Corps during World War II, in which he helped to manage diseases afflicting soldiers in the Pacific Theater. He had a long and accomplished career with DuPont where he was involved with pioneering work on a variety of insecticides and herbicides that became important pest management tools worldwide. His career spanned a wide range of applications from public health to crop pest management. The kindness and generosity of Mr. Holmes and his family in supporting the growth of our students is greatly appreciated!

This award is open to undergraduate students in the KSU Entomology Department, and is intended for students who are conducting applied research addressing practical problems. The Undergraduate Program Director in coordination with the Associate Dean for Academic Programs will determine awardees based on merit and in accordance with the guidelines supplied by the KSU Foundation.

 

Scholarship Winners

Year	Winner	Advisor(s)	Amount
2020	Jessica Butters	Tania Kim	$3,000
2019	Paulina Maldonado Ruiz	Yoonseong Park	$5,000
2018	Jacqueline Maille	Tom Phillips	$5,000
2017	Shelly Wiggam	Greg Zolnerowich/Brian McCornack	$7,000
2016	Salehe Abbar	Tom Phillips/Jeff Whitworth	$2,000
2015	Alice Harris	Brian McCornack	$1,500
2014	Barbara Amoah	Tom Phillips	$500
2013	Maricela Robles-Murguia	Marcelo Ortigao