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<br />The Water Resources Science Graduate
<br />Program, with the assistance of College of
<br />Natural Resources (CNR) Development
<br />Officer, Jan Sickbert, has begun to develop
<br />external funding to enhance student sup-
<br />port.
<br />Bernice Jessen has generously commit-
<br />ted to establish and fund the Butler & Jes-
<br />sen Water Resources Science Fellowship
<br />for WRS students. The gift honors Jessen's
<br />son Donald Butler, a CNR alumnus, and
<br />his wife Nancy Butler and underscores the
<br />value that the family, including her late
<br />husband Don, place on education. This
<br />fellowship, the first dedicated to WRS
<br />students, should be fully endowed by 2010
<br />and will be matched by the University's
<br />21st Century Graduate Fellowship Endow-
<br />ment.
<br />The WRS Program has also established
<br />the WRS Travel Grant Fund to supplement
<br />graduate school support far travel grants.
<br />Consulting firms, WRS alumni, and WRS
<br />faculty are being solicited for contribu-
<br />tions. Our first corporate contributor is
<br />Emmons and Olivier Resources, Inc., of
<br />Oakdale, Minnesota, who contributed
<br />$500 for the Emmons and Olivier Travel
<br />Grant. Their support is greatly appreci-
<br />ated. WRS Ph.D. candidate Mark Green is
<br />the first recipient of this grant, which will
<br />assist his attendance at the American Geo-
<br />physical Union fall meeting this December
<br />in San Francisco, California, to present
<br />a paper on the sensitivity of simulated
<br />stream water nitrogen (I~ and phosphorus
<br />(P) concentrations and N:P ratios to pre-
<br />cipitation regimes in a central Minnesota
<br />watershed. In addition Green will give a
<br />presentation on his work to Emmons and
<br />Olivier Resources staff, which includes
<br />three WRS alumnae, Marcey Westrick,
<br />Shannon Skally, and Jennifer Olson, and
<br />also Andrea Plevan, who received a minor
<br />in WRS.
<br />To kick off faculty and alumni contri-
<br />butions, WRS Director of Graduate Stud-
<br />ies, Ray Newman, pledged $2500 to the
<br />fund, and WRS alumni and faculty have
<br />been solicited for contributions. An appeal
<br />was also sent in the mail to all alumni in
<br />early November. The aim is to establish
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<br />eifizerrs of the state. We liavc the pcoplc_ the eYpcrtise the suplioi~t, andUr~ ~~n~r~~~ it
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<br />lion eachoPthe colleges on the Twin (hies campus aswell as: appropri<itclacul(~
<br />from our other ciuzipuses. We envisi~~n ~ Ir:ii there ~~°ill be a scf of-` core" f.~icult_~
<br />ivithjoint appoinhne~ts to the Institute, a~ ~~ell zs fleYibillty~ for_olher faculty tr,_
<br />participate occasionally as opporhrmtc~ arise. ~Ve rcainuuend that tlusln~iiiut~
<br />have physical space for oltices and labs, s~i that it niay sct~'c as a ~atheru~~ lil:~c~ I;~r
<br />these faculty to interact and develop interdisciplin~n}'.teams. Wesee rrtaii~ I,;~~i~i~:
<br />opporhtlnties for the WRC to work wtth or he part of sorb an Institute
<br />Let's-hrrpe the University reaches horthe fold nn~~; and endoisesthe ln~~ itutc s~l~
<br />the Rnvironnlent. The lime is ribhi to bCl?vld.
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<br />ongoing contributions and an endowment
<br />to provide five or six travel grants of up
<br />to $500 annually that will enable students
<br />to attend and present papers at regional,
<br />national, and international professional
<br />meetings. These funds will supplement
<br />funding from the Graduate School which
<br />currently can support a similar number of
<br />students.
<br />We encourage alulnru, faculty, and
<br />friends of WRS to consider contributing
<br />to this fund. Contributions to the Water
<br />Resources Science Travel Grant Fund
<br />should be made to the University of Min-
<br />nesota Foundation. Information on how
<br />to contribute can be found on the Web at
<br />www.giving.umn.edu/giving vpps/. Be
<br />sure to specify Water Resources Science
<br />Travel Grant Fund, #7767. Sponsors who
<br />wish to develop a named travel grant.
<br />should contact CNR Development Officer
<br />Jan Sickbert either by a-mail at
<br />sickb001 @umn.edu, or by phone at
<br />(612) 624-3283.
<br />Minnegram 2
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