A total of 127 Ernest F. Hollings Scholars and 13 Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI) Undergraduate Scholars completed 10-week internships this summer at NOAA facilities from Maine to Hawaii. During the first week of August, NOAA Scholars presented their research and education-focused projects to an audience of NOAA scientists and their peers during the annual Science & Education Symposium in Silver Spring, Maryland.
![2017 Hollings & EPP Undergraduate Scholar presentation award winners.
Front row (left to right): Danielle Naiman, Kammie-Dominique Tavares, Mallory Munden, Blair Morrison, Briana DeGone & Caleb Perez.
Back row: Kayla Gardner, Dr. Paul Doremus, Melissa Drown, Kenneth Erickson, Claire Hacker, Sean Ernst, Amanda Kedzierski, Trent Henry & Nicholas Barber. (Image credit: NOAA) 2017 Hollings & EPP Undergraduate Scholar presentation award winners.
Front row (left to right): Danielle Naiman, Kammie-Dominique Tavares, Mallory Munden, Blair Morrison, Briana DeGone & Caleb Perez.
Back row: Kayla Gardner, Dr. Paul Doremus, Melissa Drown, Kenneth Erickson, Claire Hacker, Sean Ernst, Amanda Kedzierski, Trent Henry & Nicholas Barber.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/AwardWinnersArticle_v3.jpg?itok=I_IOqdPZ)
2017 Hollings & EPP Undergraduate Scholar presentation award winners. Front row (left to right): Danielle Naiman, Kammie-Dominique Tavares, Mallory Munden, Blair Morrison, Briana DeGone & Caleb Perez. Back row: Kayla Gardner, Dr. Paul Doremus, Melissa Drown, Kenneth Erickson, Claire Hacker, Sean Ernst, Amanda Kedzierski, Trent Henry & Nicholas Barber. (Image credit: NOAA)