Rhodes College

Anna Claire Tilley, a Rhodes College senior from Fort Smith, AR, has been awarded The Steve and Riea Lainoff Crop Trust Fellowship in Honor of Cary Fowler '71. She is pursuing a major in urban studies and a minor in environmental studies and will support the work of the resource mobilization and communications teams of the Global Crop Diversity Trust in Bonn, Germany, in August 2025. The 12-month fellowship provides the opportunity for a recent graduate to develop an understanding of the Crop Trust's work and the issues associated with agricultural biodiversity conservation. Read Anna Claire's story.

Brooke Taylor, a senior international studies and environmental studies double major at Rhodes College, has been awarded The Steve and Riea Lainoff Crop Trust Fellowship in Honor of Cary Fowler '71. She will join the External Affairs team of the Global Crop Diversity Trust in Bonn, Germany, in August 2024. The 12-month fellowship provides the opportunity to develop an understanding of the Crop Trust's work and the issues associated with agricultural biodiversity conservation.