29 March 1996 Scholar and prize winners well equipped for outdoor activities

Four Lincoln University Parks, Recreation and Tourism students are now kitted out for field work in the very latest clothing and equipment, thanks to a scholarship and prizes from McEwings Mountain Sports and Macpac Wilderness Equipment Ltd of Christchurch.

The scholarship and prizes take the form of outdoor recreation equipment and clothing to the value of $2000 for each recipient, with the prizes going to one fulltime student in each of the three years of the B.P.R.&T.M. degree.

The recipients were Bronek Kazmierow (scholarship), Andrew Drake, Kirsten Grotemeyer and Catherine Simpson (prizes) and the awards were presented on campus by Paul McGuigan of McEwings Mountain Sports and Dan Callison of Macpac Wilderness Equipment.

Criteria for the scholarship, won by Bronek, were that the candidate be involved in research in resource-based recreation, including fieldwork in an area requiring outdoor equipment and clothing, and that there be actual or potential application of the research to knowledge in the field involved.

In Bronek's case his research involves looking at interactions between wildlife and tourism and in particular white heron behaviour at Waitangiroto Nature Reserve, Westland.

A masterate student in Parks, Recreation and Tourism, and with a strong interest in ecology, Bronek was the recipient of a Lincoln University Summer Scholarship over 1993-94. With Dr Graham Hickling of the Department of Entomology and Animal Ecology he worked on the identification of predators of yellow heads in the Hawdon Valley, Arthurs Pass.

For the prizes the criteria included final examination results over the two previous semesters; the quality of a written presentation on resource based recreation; and a high level of involvement in outdoor activities showing, in particular, leadership and initiative.

Liaison with the businesses in establishing the scholarship and prizes was conducted by Lecturer Kay Booth of Lincoln University's Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism.

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