A Masters of Education student evaluating an environmental education programme in Taupo and an aspiring Masters student have been awarded two prestigious scholarships at Waikato Regional Council today.
The Dr Stella Frances Scholarship for $5000 (funded 50/50 by the council and the Department of Conservation) was awarded to Taupo-based Thea De Petris.
The council's $1000 Prize in Water Science went to Morrinsville's Andrew Douie, now living in Hamilton.
Both are University of Waikato students.
Thea, 41, - who has worked as a teacher and environmental consultant - will use her scholarship for her Masters thesis work which is "An Evaluative Study of the 'Kids Greening Taupo' Pilot Project".