Student Awards & Scholarships

Thanks largely to the generosity of our alumni and the Wisconsin Geological Society, the Department of Geosciences is able to offer its undergraduate and graduate students a range of awards and scholarships.

Spring 2016 Recipients:

Thomas S. Hooyer Award

  • Megan Barlow
  • Mark Borucki

Nelson Lasca Cherkauer Legacy Award

  • James Amato
  • Megan Barlow
  • Elizabeth Borucki
  • David Cordie
  • Stefanie Dodge
  • Kate Gigstad
  • Keenan Hassell
  • Snejana Karakis
  • Ken Oanes
  • Kaylee Richards
  • Madeline Salo
  • Steven Smykal
  • Sheryl Stephenson
  • Jenny Ulbricht
  • Andy Wanta

Graduate Student Research Award

  • No awardees

Undergraduate Research Scholarship

  • Kaylee Richards

Summer Scholarship

  • David Cordie (L. Joseph Lukowicz Memorial Scholarship)
  • Stephanie Dodge (Katherine Greacon Nelson Memorial Scholarship)
  • Nick Fedorchuk (Robert E. Gernant Memorial Scholarship)
  • Snejana Karakis (Katherine Greacon Nelson Memorial Scholarship)
  • Kate Pauls (L. Joseph Lukowicz Memorial Scholarship)

Wisconsin Geological Society Research Grant

  • James Amato
  • Megan Barlow
  • David Cordie
  • Nick Fedorchuk
  • Kate Pauls

Wisconsin Geological Society Scholarship

  • Fatimah Abuduwufu
  • James Amato
  • Megan Barlow
  • Mark Borucki
  • David Cordie

Research Symposium Awards

  • Erin Bulson (best undergraduate student paper)
  • Harris Byers (graduate student creativity)
  • Kate Gigstad (best undergraduate student paper)
  • Detaya Johnson (undergraduate student creativity)
  • Kurt Quamme (best graduate student paper)

Outstanding TA Awards

  • Kate Pauls
  • Megan Barlow
  • Nick Fedorchuk
  • Levi Moxness
  • Ken Oanes