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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Los Alamos enhances national security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health, and global security concerns.