Department of Atmospheric Sciences

ATM Students Receive Scholarships

Phillips recipient of Kate Simmons-Teskey Award

Lisa Phillips, White Bear Lake, Minnesota, has been awarded a  $6,000 Kate Simmons-Teskey Fellowship for AY 2009-2010. This award is presented to US citizens who have demonstrated high academic achievement as an undergraduate student and have met the entrance requirements of the SDSM&T graduate program.  Lisa is working under the direction of Dr. Mark Hjelmfelt.

Honomichl receives Nelson Award

Shawn Honomichl, BSIS-ATM senior from Wagner, SD, has been awarded a $2,700 Nelson Graduate Award. Shawn has been an undergraduate research assistant under faculty advisors Dr. P.V. Sundareshwar and Dr. Randall Benson, and currently works as a lab technician in the Biogeochemistry Core Facility at SDSMT. He was selected to attend the 2008 National Center for Atmospheric Research Undergraduate Leadership Workshop in Boulder, CO, where he presented a seminar.