Sterling and Ann Rood Memorial Scholarship

• Major in the Department of Biological Sciences.
• Class level junior,senior or graduate.
• Financial need.
• Demonstrates academic excellence.
• Preference to Reentry student, in particular those who are returning to college to make a career change or to enhance their education with a degree in biology.

This scholarship was established by Ann Rood and family in 1988 in memory of Dr. Sterling Rood. Dr. Sterling Rood was a well-known veterinarian in Chico for many years. He earned a BS in Biology at CSU, Chico in 1949. He later earned his Doctorate in Veterinarian Sciences at U.C. Davis. Ann Rood earned her BA in the College of Natural Sciences at CSU, Chico in 1953. She also obtained a degree in nursing from the Providence School of Nursing in Portland, Oregon.
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