Scholarships awarded to undergraduate students

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Aug. 24, 2000 -- Nineteen undergraduate student employees at Los Alamos Neutron Science Center have received more than $11,000 in scholarships.

The third annual LANSCE Student Education Scholarships Program is part of the division's effort to help outstanding students pay for their educations and encourage them to consider permanent employment at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory after graduation.

Scholarship awards ranged from $200 to $1,000. Scholarship funds come from patent royalties derived annually from LANSCE-developed technologies.

Since the program first began in 1998, LANSCE has awarded more than $47,000 in scholarships to 67 undergraduate students.

Sixteen of the 19 student recipients attend New Mexico universities and junior colleges. All scholarship money goes directly to the students' accounts at their respective schools.

"No students should have to stop attending college because they can no longer afford it," said LANSCE Division Director Roger Pynn. "These talented, hard-working students earned this scholarship money, and they all should feel very proud of their accomplishments."

Managers from each LANSCE group nominated those students they felt most deserved financial help. Criteria used to select the winners included overall performances, contributions to their respective groups and academic promise.

Scholarship Recipients

Student School

Alonzo Archuleta University of New Mexico

Crystal Archuleta Northern New Mexico Community College

Tracy Gurule Northern New Mexico Community College

Kimberley Calabaza-Jenkins University of New Mexico, Los Alamos

Erin Maes New Mexico State University

Nyree Maes New Mexico State University

Audrey Martinez Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colo.

Greg Natoni New Mexico State University

Eric Olivas University of New Mexico

Daniel J. Riley University of New Mexico

James Romero Northern New Mexico Community College

Randy Leroy Romero, Jr. New Mexico State University

Christopher Cain Roybal University of New Mexico

Therisa Salazar New Mexico State University

James Schaefer University of New Mexico, Los Alamos

Michael Serrano New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Adiel Smith Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dominic Strano Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pa.

Lynnette M. Trujillo University of New Mexico, Los Alamos

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