Water Fellows Program
The Colorado Water Center (CoWC) Water Fellows Program aims to elevate and serve undergraduate and graduate students from historically excluded/ marginalized communities or identities in the water sector. Each cohort of CoWC Student Fellows partners with CSU faculty, staff, and community members to explore topics in water sustainability and environmental justice and equity. The Fellows work with community members to support projects that benefit the environment and improve livelihoods.
The CoWC Water Fellows Program provides a platform for previously excluded voices in conversations and decision-making around water. We draw on the strengths and perspectives of students from underrepresented groups and students with community engagement skills.
Benefits of Participating
- As a Water Fellow, you will be expected to participate in activities once a month during the academic year.
Benefits of participating in the program:
- Receive a $1000 stipend per academic year
- Participate in Colorado water conferences for free
- Get connected with mentors who are water experts
- Build community with like-minded peers
Email us with any questions at jessica.thrasher@colostate.edu
Where We Work
Colorado State University
Fort Collins
Applications Closed for 2023-2024 Academic Year
CSU Spur Hydro
Denver
Applications Closed for 2023-2024 Academic Year
Our Fellows
Fort Collins Fellows
Denver Fellows
- Pronouns: She/Her
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Pronouns: She/Her
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Pronouns: She/Her
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Sociology
- Pronouns: She/Her
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Ethnic Studies
- Pronouns: He/Him
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Anthropology
- Pronouns: He/Him
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Environmental Engineering
Read more about Robert’s story here.
- Pronouns: She/Her
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Environmental Engineering
- Pronouns: He/Him
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
- Pronouns: She/Her/They/Them
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Soil and Crop Science
- Pronouns: He/Him
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Family and Consumer Services
- Pronouns: She/Her
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Horticulture
- Pronouns: She/Her
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
- Pronouns: She/Her
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Systems Engineering
- Pronouns: They/Them/Ella
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Pronouns: She/Her
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Social Work
- Pronouns: She/Her
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Soil and Crop Sciences
Huma was born and raised in a small town in Northern Pakistan. Her love for the environment stemmed mostly from her upbringing closely connected to the earth and its fruit while growing up in the beautiful valley of Mansehra, situated at the foot of a beautiful mountain range. While initially, concerns about water and air pollution were primarily aesthetic, they later shaped her decision to choose environmental engineering as a career.
Huma did her undergraduate and master’s degrees in environmental engineering from the NUST University and the US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water respectively. This center is located in Southern Pakistan; region grappling with water scarcity and compromised water quality within the agriculture sector; living there she got a chance to witness the effects of these issues firsthand.
In order to professionally contribute to finding solutions to these problems, Huma was honored with the Fulbright Scholarship to pursue her Ph.D. in Soil and Crop Sciences from Colorado State University. Her research focuses on evaluating the impacts of oil and gas produced water irrigation on soil and crop health. Huma has joined the Water Fellows Program to deepen her understanding of challenges faced by the water sector through networking with other water experts and enthusiasts across the state.
- Pronouns: She/Her
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Geosciences
- Pronouns: He/Him
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Systems Engineering
- Pronouns: She/Her
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Chemistry
- Pronouns: She/Her
- Institution: CSU
- Major: Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Pronouns: They/Them
- Institution: MSU Denver
- Major: Environmental Science
- Pronouns: She/They
- Institution: MSU Denver
- Major: Political Science
- Pronouns: He/Him
- Institution: UC Denver
- Major: Social Science- Society and the environment
- Pronouns: She/Her
- Institution: MSU Denver
- Major: Environmental Engineering
- Pronouns: She/Her/They/Them
- Institution: MSU Denver
- Major: Environmental Science
The Water Fellows Program Comes to Denver
Due to funding received by CSU Spur Hydro, we are excited to announce a new partnership with the One World One Water Center at Metropolitan State University to offer the Water Fellows Program in Denver!
Staff
Program Director
Program Coordinator
Jessica Thrasher
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program Leader
jessica.thrasher@colostate.edu
(970) 491-4473
Daniel Dominguez
Ph.D. Student – Watershed Science
daniel.dominguez@colostate.edu
