The Dr. Louise Bauck Endowment for Environmental Studies was recently established at Brenau University to honor the memory and legacy of a longtime faculty member, who died this summer. Bauck died in July following a terminal stomach cancer diagnosis, according to a Brenau news release.
Bauck was a faculty member in biology from 2005-2012 and served as chair of the Department of Math & Science from 2008-2010. After moving to Nebraska, she continued to support Brenau’s programs by teaching online and accompanying study abroad trips to the Yucatan from 2013-2018. She was the 2008 Tri-Delta Professor of the Year, 2009 Brenau Adviser of the Year and 2010 Outstanding Professor of the Year.
The Bauck Endowment, made possible by Bauck’s husband, Stewart, and his company Neogen Corp., will support students in the environmental studies program — the academic discipline she helped build to prominence at Brenau.
The new endowment can be used to support students pursuing biological field study courses at Brenau through full or partial scholarships to individual students or via the offsetting of the cost of the experience for all students.
It may also be used to support current or future properties owned or used by Brenau for field studies and environmental studies purposes. Currently, that includes the on-campus Bamboo Forest and Biological Field Station and the university’s northeast Georgia property, Leo’s Trove.
