Macaulay Honors student and environmental engineering major Caroline Schwab will intern with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as a Hollings Scholar.
Caroline Schwab, a junior and Macaulay Honors student majoring in environmental engineering at The City College of New York, is the winner of an Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship for study and an internship with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Supported by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the scholarship program provides successful undergraduate applicants with awards that include academic assistance (up to $9,500 per year) for two years of full-time study and a 10-week, full-time paid ($700/week) internship at a NOAA facility during the summer.
Among its goals, the program is designed to:
- Increase undergraduate training in oceanic and atmospheric science, research, technology, and education and foster multidisciplinary training opportunities;
- Recruit and prepare students for public service careers with NOAA and other natural resource and science agencies at the federal, state and local levels of government; and
- Recruit and prepare students for careers as teachers and educators in oceanic and atmospheric science and to improve scientific and environmental education in the United States.
From Nassau County, Long Island, Schwab has been a NOAA-CESSRST EPP/MSI Undergraduate scholar in City College’s Grove School of Engineering since August, 2019. She cited her research experience and “incredible mentorship” as key in her earning the Hollings Scholarship.
“Through the NOAA-CESSRST program, I've conducted a study under Associate Professor Naresh Devineni, for which I was invited to give an oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union's annual conference in December 2020,” said Schwab.
In addition to her research in the program, Schwab has mentored high school students completing summer projects for NOAA-CESSRST. This has inspired her to pursue a PhD in environmental engineering -- with a focus on water resources and an emphasis on policy and environmental justice. “After that, I hope to be a research professor,” she added.
A Colin Powell Fellow for Leadership and Civil Service from Aug. 2019 to May 2021, she was recently accepted to the National Center for Atmospheric Research Leaders' Program.
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