News Release
December  6, 2007

UW geography, renewable resources students receive Rhoads Scholarship for water research

Two master’s students in the geography and renewable resources departments at the University of Wyoming have received the Willard C. and Elaine N. Rhoads Scholarship for Graduate Studies in Water Resources.

Receiving $1,000 scholarships were Stuart Geiger and Laura Jungst.

Geiger, from Bloomsburg, Pa., is seeking a master’s degree in geography/water resources. His research project is “Hydrology of Rock Glaciers and Alpine Stream Systems in the La Sal Mountains, Utah.” His adviser is Assistant Professor Michael Daniels, formerly of the Department of Geography.

Jungst, from Libby, Mont., is seeking a master’s degree in soil science/water resources. Her research project is “Linking Stream and Watershed Hydrological Characteristics to Soil Organic Matter Storage in High Montane and Subalpine Wet Meadows.” Her adviser is Assistant Professor Jay Norton of the Department of Renewable Resources.

The Willard C. and Elaine N. Rhoads Scholarship for Graduate Studies in Water Resources was established to honor Willard Rhoads, a strong proponent for water research at UW and a long-time member of the Wyoming Water Development Commission. Funds for the Rhoads Scholarship were donated to UW by Mrs. Rhoads and her family and friends, with some matching funds provided by the university. Two $1,000 scholarships to master’s students are awarded annually for use in furthering research on Wyoming’s water resources.

Members of the Water Resources Graduate Degree committee are:

College of Agriculture – K.J. Reddy, professor and committee chair, David Legg, professor, and Thijs Kelleners, assistant professor, Department of Renewable Resources, and Don McLeod, associate professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.

College of Arts and Sciences – Carol Frost, professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, William Gribb, associate professor, Department of Geography, and Wayne Hubert, professor, Department of Zoology and Physiology.

College of Engineering – Fred Ogden, Cline Distinguished Chair of Engineering, Environment, and Natural Resources, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering.

On the Web: http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/RenewableResources/Rhoads_Scholarship.htm

Contact: Steven L. Miller, Senior Editor
Phone: (307) 766-6342
E-mail: slmiller@uwyo.edu
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