Dear UTK Geography,
This is a reminder that 2015 – 2016 Cycle of the UTK Geography’s Stewart K. McCroskey Memorial Fund has 3 calls over the academic year:
October 15, 2015
January 15, 2016
April 15, 2016
We currently have no pending applications for the the January 15, 2016 leg of the fund.
Please join me in Congratulating the Awardess for the October 15, 2016 leg of the fund:
Erik Johanson
Maegan Rochner
Matthew Kerr
The Stewart K. McCroskey Memorial fund was established in 1993 by the McCroskey family to
honor and foster the memory of Stewart K. McCroskey. Stewart, who was a graduate student in
Geography at the time of his illness and death, was especially interested in the people of the
Caribbean and their relationships to their environment. His research examined water
management strategies on the dry island of Antigua, but he was sincerely interested in a wide
range of geographic questions and environments. Ongoing contributions continue to strengthen
the Stewart K. McCroskey memorial Fund. The Fund is, in part, an endowment managed to
produce income over the long-term and, in part, intended to be dispensed in the short-term, while
Stewart’s presence in the department remains fresh in the memory of those who knew him.
or by going to the Research Tab on the left side of the UTK Geography website Home Page and Scrolling down to the McCroskey Memorial Fu
The Purpose and Eligibility for the fund is:
To support field research by graduate students, rising senior and senior undergraduate
students, and faculty members in Geography.
To assist geography students with cost of attending professional meetings, and special
seminars, and workshops.
To purchase specialized field equipment and supplies, not to exceed $500 per grantee.
Kindest regards,
Robert A. Washington-Allen, 2015 Chair of the Stewart K. McCroskey Memorial Fund
Assistant Professor of Geography
Environmental Tomography Laboratory
Department of Geography
University of Tennessee
304 Burchfiel Geography Building
1000 Phillip Fulmer Way
Knoxville, TN 37996-0925
Cell: 979-571-4330
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