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• Environmental Studies Graduate Student, Robin Putney, Receives 2009 SJSU Outstanding Masters Thesis Award!
  
  Robin Putney's Master of Science thesis in Environmental Studies, "Customary Marine Tenure and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Palau," is one of two master’s theses chosen from across campus for SJSU's 2009 Outstanding Thesis of the Year Award.
  
  This project documented the value of traditional systems of fisheries management to Palauans, and discussed how these systems can be incorporated into Western natural resource management policies. The research is exemplary in its detailed description of previously undocumented natural resource management techniques practiced by the indigenous people of Palau. Additionally, Robin's rigorous application of ethnographic methods to capture information, which is rapidly being lost due to the influence of globalization, paints a vivid picture of a small island nation’s struggle to preserve two of its most precious assets: its marine resources and its unique ethnic heritage.
  
  As thesis committee members, Dr. Katherine Cushing and Dr. Gary Klee, from Environmental Studies, were instrumental in advising Robin on this unique research. Congratulations to Robin on her achievement!
  
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• One of our very own staff members and student, Ms. Erlinda Yanez, (Mexican American Studies), a major in Behavior Science and Sociology will be receiving the award for the University's Commencement 2009 Outstanding Graduating Senior. Only two graduating seniors of the entire graduating class receive this prestigious award. Congratulations Erlinda!
  
  
• Recepients for 2009 Scholarship
  
  SJSU Alumni Association Scholarship: Jason Amarante (Sociology major); Wei-Ju Chen (Psychology major)
  
  Gerald Wheeler Scholarship: Julissa Duenas (Psychology major)
  
  Charles Burdick Scholarship: Hants Williams (Psychology/Behavioral Science major)
  
  Dudley Moorhead Scholarship: Paul N. Hierling (Urban Planning major)
  
  Inez and Donald Burdick Scholarship: Jesus Gomez (Political Science major); Steven Davison (History major); Angelina Loyola (Sociology major)