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 seven 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 Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation, which manages the scholarship fund in collaboration with the Laboratory's Community Relations Office.
The six students receiving the UC scholarships are Lilly Allen of Capital High School; Renee Giraudo of Albuquerque's 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 allows Laboratory employees and subcontract personnel to donate to a fund that awards college scholarships to Northern New Mexico area students.
"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, Los Alamos' Quality Improvement Office director and president of the Laboratory Foundation board of directors.
Students receiving $1,000 college scholarships, their high school or college they currently attend are as follows: 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 Española; 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 R. 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 P. 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, 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 in Santa Fe, Samantha Kilroy of Cuba High School, Albert Wang of Los Alamos High School, Christopher Kempes of McCurdy High School, 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 home, school and community.
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 of the Laboratory Foundation. And Laboratory workers have donated $585,000 to the scholarship fund since its creation.
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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.