CEOAS Environmental Sciences major Elise Narimatsu has been awarded the prestigious Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship for 2025 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Senator Ernest “Fritz” Hollings of South Carolina served in the U.S. senate for 38 years (1966-2005), becoming a champion for ocean policy and conservation. When he retired, the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship was established in his honor to bolster undergraduate training in NOAA mission sciences, as well as to increase environmental literacy.