Graduate Student of the Year!

​Ms. Sonja Christensen is the 2016 recipient of the Graduate Student of the Year Award for the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society! Sonja was cited for her “absolute passion for wildlife disease ecology and [work] at the highest levels of science,“ while at the same time demonstrating “unusual ability to relate to people at many different levels and leadership abilities to work with teams of volunteers on complex projects.”  Further, she was recognized for her leadership “as the coordinator for the National Fish and Wildlife Health Steering Committee, as well as a member of the executive board for both Michigan chapter of The Wildlife Society and the Wildlife Disease Association chapter which she helped to form.”
 
Congratulations Sonja!