News Release

July 17, 2007	Contact: Shannon Wehinger
For Immediate Release	(717) 238-7223

West Chester University Student Wins Conservation Scholarship

Thomas Dakin of Lincoln University was selected to receive the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. (PACD) Auxiliary scholarship. The PACD Auxiliary awards a scholarship annually to a college student from Pennsylvania majoring in agriculture, environmental studies, or conservation. Dakin, a junior at West Chester University majoring in environmental health, was recognized on July 17 at the PACD awards luncheon held in Scranton, PA.

"The PACD Auxiliary is very pleased to award Thomas Dakin the PACD 2007 Auxiliary Scholarship of $500, towards his senior year at West Chester University. His studies in environmental health and advanced level courses, such as wastewater process and design, environmental site assessments, industrial waste management, and air pollution control to name a few, convinced us this young man has a bright future ahead in protecting the environment," said PACD Auxiliary President Sharon Sweitzer.

Dakin intends to graduate in May 2008.

PACD, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization representing Pennsylvania's 66 conservation districts. For more information on the PACD Auxiliary Scholarship, visit http://www.pacd.org/about/aux_scholarship_criteria.htm.

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