The Dow Sustainability Fellows Program, supported by Dow and administered by the Graham Sustainability Institute, will award over $800,000 in tuition and project funding in 2024. The funds will support 32 outstanding graduate students from 12 University of Michigan (U-M) schools and colleges.
Each Dow Sustainability Fellow will receive a $25,000 stipend, up from $20,000 in years past. Fellows will also receive supplementary project funding, sustainability professional development opportunities, and practical experience working on a team with an external organizational partner.
Now in its twelfth cycle, the Dow Sustainability Fellows Program is designed to promote interdisciplinary and collaborative engagement, encouraging sustainability leadership in all fields and sectors. Fellows are selected through a competitive process from a pool of applicants nominated by their academic units. This cohort will participate in the program through December 2024.
“We are delighted to welcome a talented new cohort of Dow Sustainability Fellows into this productive, highly selective program,” said Jennifer Haverkamp, Graham Family Director. “The 2024 Dow Sustainability Fellows join a community of over 1,000 current students and alumni supported by the Dow Sustainability Program at U-M. Over the coming year, they will advance their external partners' sustainability goals and deepen their commitment to sustainability, preparing to promote a more sustainable future wherever life leads them after graduation.”
The 2024 Dow Fellows are listed below.
- Katie Bailey (Mechanical Engineering)
- Payge Barnard (Medicine, Environmental Health Sciences)
- Kristina Bonnet (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- Jamie Brackman (SEAS, Urban and Regional Planning)
- Emily Brent (SEAS)
- Praneet Chotalia (Mechanical Engineering)
- Maretta DeWitt (Social Work)
- Amber Garcia (Health Behavior & Education)
- Devon Gingrich (Medicine)
- Jelena Goldstein (Public Policy)
- Noah Hellum (Law)
- Xuesi Hua (Dentistry)
- Muhammad Irfan (Public Policy)
- Lauren Jenkins (Architecture and Urban Design)
- Shloki Jha (Statistics)
- Julia Johnson (Public Policy)
- Harshvardhan Joshi (Business)
- Jøn Kent (Urban and Regional Planning)
- Tomi Lawal (Medicine)
- Chen Lyu (Architecture and Urban Planning)
- Karen Martins (Business)
- Mia McPherson (Population and Health Sciences)
- Mackenzie Mock (Business, SEAS)
- Faatimah Raisa (Law)
- Kamryn Sannicks (Law)
- Gavin Silveira (Integrative Systems + Design)
- Maryam Syed (Social Work, SEAS)
- Justin Thompson (SEAS)
- Madeline Turk (Law)
- Yi Wang (SEAS)
- Jessie Williams (Law, Urban and Regional Planning)
- Rachael Zuppke (Information)
In the coming year, these students will complete projects with Habitat for Humanity, The Nature
Conservancy, Amcor, Elevate, Friends of the Shiawassee River, and the Western Lake Erie Basin Partners.