Tufford Family Scholarship

2025 Tufford Family Scholar: Mya Englert

Mya is a biology major with a chemistry minor, planning to attend medical school. She currently volunteers in the Reynolds Lab, where she assists graduate students on their research projects studying plant-environment interactions. Aside from research, she serves as an undergraduate teaching assistant for both Biol-L111 and Biol-L112, volunteers at her local hospital, and mentors first-year students as a resident assistant. She is a member of the Hutton Honors College and Phi Eta Sigma-Alpha Lambda Delta. Through Hutton, she has participated in two study abroad programs about agriculture and local food in Greece and a study of urban spaces in Paris.

2024 Tufford Family Scholar: Kajal Kaur

Kajal works in the Lau Lab where she has an ongoing project working with hog peanut plants. She runs a nonprofit, Radiate Power, which provides free and organic period products to girls in public schools. Kajal plans to attend medical school.