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Please visit a site Nancy's family created in her honor: www.aboutnancy.com Nancy Coutu Wildlife Scholarship at UNH Department of Natural Resources
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This
award was established in 1997 by the Department of Natural Resources in memory
of Nancy Coutu who graduated from the wildlife program in 1993. Nancy was a
special student who made teaching a delight. She reminded you that the "stuff"
in class is important, but it is the "stuff" that happens when people get
together that really makes our lives what they are. Nancy had an exceptional way
with people and her enjoyment of life was contagious. When Nancy was murdered in
the spring of 1996 during a Peace Corps mission in Madagascar, department
faculty wanted to see something positive result from her senseless death. The
Department of Natural Resources established the wildlife scholarship fund to
provide an annual award in Coutu's memory. The scholarship is given to a student
majoring in Wildlife Ecology who exemplifies the spirit of Nancy Coutu. To us,
it's important that Nancy be remembered as a role model not only for her good
service to her community, but for her enthusiastic zest for life and learning
which we hope to foster in all our wildlife undergraduates.