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MAY 2005 ISSUE

Geoscience Students Awarded

 

Kelly Classen
 

APEGGA 2004-2005 geoscience awards went to four deserving students, April 6 at the Geology and Geophysics Student Awards Reception at the University of Calgary.

Kelley Classen received the Roy O. Lindseth Scholarship in Geophysics, a $2,000 award to an outstanding third-year geophysics major. As of 2005, the award is called the APEGGA

Education Foundation Roy O. Lindseth Scholarship in Education.

Joanna Cooper, a double major in geophysics and geology, received the APEGGA Scholarship in Geology, a $2,000 award to an outstanding third-year student majoring in geology. This award has also been renamed, to the APEGGA Education Foundation Scholarship in Geology.

Lindy Kruger, who graduated in 2004 with a bachelor of science degree in geophysics, and Meredith McArthur, a double-major in geophysics and applied environmental geology and also a 2004 bachelor of science grad, both received APEGGA Gold Medals. Gold medals go to students with the top grade point averages in third- and fourth-year geology and geophysics.

Photos Right: Top, Dr. Ron Hinds, P.Geoph., chair of the Calgary APEGGA Branch, presents Kelley Classen with her award; middle, outgoing APEGGA Coun. Julie Aitken, P.Geoph., presents Joanna Cooper with hers; and bottom, Lindy Kruger, an APEGGA Gold Medal winner. Not shown is Meredith McArthur, another APEGGA Gold Medal winner.