Policy Studies Ph.D. student Anna Eskridge will be serving in the Graduate Student Government President's Cabinet this coming school year (2011-2012) as the Secretary of Governmental Affairs.   One of the focuses of the position will be trying to ensure student health insurance stays affordable once the new federal healthcare law goes into effect in 2014.  Learn more about the Clemson Graduate Student Government at http://www.clemson.edu/students/cgsg/

In other news, Ms. Eskridge was awarded the SC American Water Works Association Legacy of Learning Scholarship and also the SC American Water Works Association W.W. Adkins Scholarship in March 2011.  The two scholarships will help her continue her education in the Policy Studies Ph.D. program, where she is focusing on water policy.  The award also includes a one-year membership to the American Water Works Association (AWWA), which is an international nonprofit educational association dedicated to safe water.  Learn more about the AWWA at http://www.awwa.org/index.cfm and the South Carolina Section of the American Water Works Association at http://www.scawwa.org/index.php.