Gifts & Support

Environmental Health Science Funds


  • The Environmental Health Science Scholarship Fund. This fund provides scholarship support to student populations that are underrepresented within the Department of Environmental Health Science. Criteria for selection will be based upon academic achievement, letters of recommendation and the student’s stated interest in Environmental Health careers.
  • The Rowe Environmental Health Award, named in honor of the Rowe Family and in memory of Kimberly Lynne Rowe (1970-1995), an Environmental Health Science alumnus and a budding public health professional. This fund endows a scholarship for undergraduate students dedicated to public health.
  • John J. Sheuring Scholarship, established in 1967 by the Georgia Society of Professional Sanitarians (now known as the Georgia Environmental Health Association) in honor of Professors John Sheuring and Herb Henderson who started the Environmental Health Science program.
  • Harold Barnhart Undergraduate Award Fund. Dr. Harold Barnhart has been, and continues to be, a great influence to many of the Environmental Health Science (EHS) alumni. As an EHS faculty member, he provided his students, with the leadership, guidance, and encouragement they needed to become successful in environmental health, and he continues to be a roll model for many of his former students today. This award goes to an undergraduate student majoring in Environmental Health.
  • Georgia Power Graduate Professorship in Environmental Health Science. This fund established the Georgia Power Professorship in Environmental Health Science and provides supplementary compensations, research assistance, travel, and other necessary support services beyond those ordinarily provided by the University
  • The Georgia Power Environmental Health Science Seminar Series Fund. This fund supports and seminar series featuring renowned speakers and serving as a forum for current issues.
  • The Georgia Power Environmental Health Science Scholarship Fund. This fund provides two scholarships to students in the Department of Environmental Health Science, and they are used to recruit members of under represented and diverse backgrounds. Georgia Power’s priority is to increase access and educational opportunities for diverse populations and underserved communities to ensure a future workforce.
  • The Georgia Power Professor Graduate Assistantship in Environmental Health Science. This fund is for a graduate assistant that will work with and assist in the research of the Georgia Power Professor of Environmental Health Science.


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Kate Lindsey O'Reilly
Director of Development
N122C Paul D. Coverdell Center
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-7396
706.542.2590 (phone)
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krl@uga.edu