Outdoor Scholars Program Has Montevallo In The Hunt For Students With Outside Interests

By Robert DeWitt

Porter James had settled on attending Mississippi State which, like many land grant institutions, has a wildlife science curriculum. But when James heard about the President’s Outdoor Scholars Program at the University of Montevallo, he changed his mind.

“I heard about this program and did a 180,” said James, a sophomore at Montevallo from Russellville. “I said, ‘I’ve got to check this out.’ I’m glad I did. The experiences I’ve had in this program are unbelievable.”

The President’s Outdoor Scholars Program mixes courses from different schools within the university to create a degree that students can use to establish an outdoors-related career. After three years, the program has grown from an initial group of eight students to 39 this year. Students in the program qualify for scholarships from $1,000 to $3,000 annually if they maintain a 2.5 GPA.The program is the brainchild of Montevallo President John Stewart. An avid fisherman and waterfowl hunter as a teenager living in rural Delaware, he was cut off from the outdoors sports he loved when he attended college.

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