Awarded annually by the Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies to full-time outstanding students entering a graduate level program with thesis in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. Recipients who receive this scholarship will be eligible to receive it in subsequent years on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. Endowed in 2017 by the estate of Maatje Nix, BA/66.