Credit Wenger, Levintova with assists on student’s $50,000 EPA award

We shared news in last week’s Log Extra that UW-Green Bay senior Robyn Nielsen is the University’s first-ever recipient of a Greater Research Opportunities Fellowship from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The $50,000 fellowship provides up to $20,700 per year of academic support for the student’s junior and senior years and $8,600 for an internship at an EPA facility in the summer between the student’s junior and senior years. We forgot to credit the role of Associate Prof. Katia Levintova of Public and Environmental Affairs in encouraging and assisting Nielsen’s candidacy, and Prof. Emeritus Robert Wenger of Natural and Applied Sciences for doing the same. Wenger has served on the EPA’s review panel for the fellowships, and he shared word earlier this year that, from what he has seen, a top UW-Green Bay student could very easily merit strong consideration. While Wenger did not vote on Nielsen’s proposal, he encouraged UW-Green Bay faculty to identify possible applicants, and he volunteered to counsel those candidates on submitting the strongest possible proposals.