University of Missouri

Left to right: Nasruddeen (Nas) Al-Awwal, Nicole Terherst Amezcua and Melody Muldrow

Sept. 8, 2020

The College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) recently honored three graduate students as George Washington Carver Graduate fellows.

The George Washington Carver Matching Assistantship for Graduate Studies seeks to attract and support under-represented scholars in CAFNR master of science and PhD degree programs. The assistantship honors George Washington Carver, a native Missourian, who gained international recognition in the early 20^th century for his teaching and research in agriculture.

This year’s recipients are:

• Nasruddeen (Nas) Al-Awwal;
• Nicole Terherst Amezcua;
• and Melody Muldrow

Click each student’s name to learn more about them.