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Forty-seven students to receive scholarships through Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund

Forty-seven high school seniors and college students are receiving 2002-2003 Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund scholarships at an award ceremony Saturday in Santa Fe.

Among the scholarship recipients are Katlin Okamoto of Taos High School. She is this year's recipient of the four-year, $10,000-a-year platinum scholarship.

In addition, Naveen Sinha of Los Alamos High School, Kariana Atkinson of Mesa Vista High School and Clay Cordova of Santa Fe Preparatory School will receive $2,500-a-year gold scholarships for four years.

This year for the first time, the University of California also is awarding six UC Nonresident Tuition Waiver scholarships. These $12,500-a-year renewable four-year scholarships give Northern New Mexico students who wouldn't qualify for UC in-state tuition through a different program, financial assistance to attend a UC campus at the in-state tuition rate, explained Tony Fox of the nonprofit Laboratory Foundation, which manages the scholarship fund in collaboration with the Community Relations (CRO) Office.

The six students receiving the UC scholarships are, Lilly Allen of Capital High School in Santa Fe; Renee Giraudo of Albuquerque Cibola High School; Ana Hope Logghe of Santa Fe Prep; Angela Harris of St. Michael's High School; Jeffrey Franken of University of California, San Diego; and Miguel Sandoval of UC, Davis.

Twenty-six students will receive $1,000 one-year renewable scholarships, while seven students will receive one-year $2,000 Hewlett-Packard silver scholarships.

"The Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund continues to deliver on its promise to help deserving students in the area to get a great education and a great summer-job experience at the Laboratory, and at the same time, help the Laboratory prepare the work force for tomorrow," said Bill Wadt, Quality Improvement Office (QIO) director and president of the Laboratory Foundation board of directors.

Students receiving $1,000 college scholarships and the high school or college they currently attend are

Maria V. Staiano-Daniels of Capital High School; John Branch of Coronado High School; Michael P. Life of Española Valley High School; Sabrina S. Bartlett, Rachel Meyer, Mariana M. Uribe and Armando R. Trujillo all of Los Alamos High School; Philip James Sanchez of McCurdy High School in Espaola; Steven Honig of Montana State University; Andrea V. Chavez of New Mexico State University; Rebecca Estrada of Pecos High School; Rebecca A. Gonzales of Pojoaque High School; and Lalleh M. Dayeny and Rafu A. Mustapha both of Santa Fe Community College.

Also receiving $1,000 scholarships are Laura Stupin and Michael Garcia of Santa Fe High School, Tamara Kempf and Emily Stevens of Santa Fe Prep, Lukas Ian Schmitt of St. Michael's High School, Sonya E. Cordova and Michael Hullihan of Taos High School, Leslie Dabovich of Texas Tech University, William Nichols of Trinity University in San Antonio, Maria C. Alvarado of University of Denver, and Monica L. Martinez and Jessica M. Valdez of the University of New Mexico.

The seven, $2,000 Hewlett-Packard scholarship recipients are Glenna Martin of Capital High School, Samantha Kilroy of Cuba High School, Albert Wang of Los Alamos High School, Christopher Kempes of McCurdy High School in Española, Jessa Bunker of Mora High School, Peter Gilroy of Taos High School and Janet Bustos of West Las Vegas High School.

This year, four students also will receive scholarships through the Endowed Leadership Scholarship Fund created in 2000 by former Laboratory Director John Browne and his wife, Marti. This fund was created to provide scholarship opportunities for Northern New Mexico students with significant financial need. These students also have demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities and achievements in their homes, schools and communities.

The Endowed Leadership Scholarship Fund recipients are Jayme Isaac Vigil of Escalante High School, Jessica Herrera of Española Valley High School, Alejandro Sanchez of Questa High School and Lucas Martinez of Las Vegas Robertson High School.

Since the Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund program began in 1998, 206 scholarships have been granted, according to Fox. Laboratory workers have donated $585,000 to the scholarship fund since its creation.

Cynthia Bolme, left, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bob Romero of the Nuclear Materials Technology Division (NMT) Office, co-chair of the Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund Advisory Board, Luke Winston of Harvard University and Naola Austin of the University of New Mexico, talk outside the Administration Building Auditorium earlier this week. The students made brief presentations at Monday's all-manager's meeting on how scholarships they received through the Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship fund helped them complete their college education. Bolme earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry and physics from University of California, San Diego and is now in a graduate program at MIT. Winston and Austin both are graduating this spring with degrees in chemistry and physics and pre-med respectively. Winston was the first platinum scholar in the program. Inset photo: Naola Austin speaking at Monday's all-manager's meeting. Photos by LeRoy N. Sanchez, Public Affairs

Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund drive campaign kicks off May 1

Program now in sixth year

The Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund allows Laboratory employees and subcontract personnel to donate to a fund that awards college scholarships to Northern New Mexico area students. Lab workers have until May 31 to return completed forms to the nonprofit Laboratory Foundation offices in Santa Fe. Remittance envelopes will be included with pledge forms, which are scheduled to be mailed to all Laboratory workers at their mail stops the first week of May.

The goal of this year’s fundraising campaign is $200,000.

Debbi Wersonick of the Community Relations (CRO) Office, coordinator of Laboratory employee and corporate giving programs, said the Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund drive will make a direct appeal to Lab workers by going out to various technical areas to talk about the scholarship program and to accept completed pledge cards.

From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday in May, volunteers will be at the Otowi Building at Technical Area 3. During those times, Lab workers can turn in completed pledge cards and learn more about the scholarship fund and the foundation.

Profiles of several of this year’s scholarship recipients also will be on display in the Otowi Building.

Volunteers also will be at TA-55 from noon to 1 p.m. every Wednesday in May.

"Employees at Los Alamos continue to demonstrate their willingness to invest in the future of Northern New Mexico and the Laboratory by contributing to this scholarship fund, and I am confident that this year will be no exception," Bob Romero of Nuclear Materials Technology Division (NMT) Office, co-chair of the Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund Advisory Board said.

Wersonick said Laboratory personnel who pledge or make a donation to the scholarship fund will receive a Laboratory badge holder and lanyard.

Since the program's inception, University of California Laboratory employees and subcontract personnel contributed more than $585,000 in donations or pledges to the Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund giving campaign. And 206 high school seniors or college undergraduates have received scholarships through the fund.

Through payroll deduction, employees may donate between $1 and $10 or more each paycheck, and the contributions to the scholarship fund are tax deductible. The $1-to-$10-per-pay-period range of suggested donations was developed to make it easier for all Lab personnel to participate.

Employees also can make a one-time donation. Personal checks can be written to the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation.

The scholarship fund is managed by the Laboratory and the not-for-profit Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation, Wersonick said.

The Laboratory Foundation is a philanthropic grant-giving entity for the Lab created in 1997. It supports a range of regional and community not-for-profit organizations.

For more information on the scholarship fund, write to Tony Fox of the Laboratory Foundation at tfox@lanlfoundation.org by electronic mail.

-- Steve Sandoval

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