INFINITY SCHOLARS PRESENT PROJECTS AT IOWA LAKES

The Infinity Scholars displayed their capstone presentations at the Estherville campus of Iowa Lakes Community College at an Open House May 5.

The sophomore students who participated in this Scholarship Capstone Event were Phil Becker, Estherville, Aviation; Derek Berven, Ringsted, Aviation; Todd Buffington, Forest City, Aviation; Daniel Christensen, Pisgah, Engineering Transfer; Sarah Clarke, Dunnell, Minn., Math Education transfer; and Emily Geerdes, Everly, Science transfer.

Other students participating were Catland Landegent, Alvord, Environmental Studies; Jerrod Lundberg, Spirit Lake, Sustainable Energy Resources Management; Lane Mars, Orange City, Aviation; Todd Murray, Estherville, Sustainable Energy Resources Management; Caryn Robinson, Cylinder, Science transfer; Allison Walders, Ringsted, Math Education transfer; and Kimberly White, Burbank, Calif., Science transfer.

To apply for this scholarship, eligible students must be enrolled (or plan to enroll) full-time in any of the targeted programs: Aviation, Biorenewable Fuels Technology, Computer Aided Drafting and Design, Computer Programming, Computer Science, Environmental Studies, Information Technology, Sustainable Energy Resources Management and Wind Energy and Turbine Technology. Also, students enrolled in Education transfer (math or science focus), Engineering transfer, Mathematics transfer, or Science transfer programs are eligible to be an Infinity Scholars.

To participate, students must have earned a high school GPA of 3.0 and/or maintain an Iowa Lakes GPA of 3.25 or better and enroll in the Infinity Scholars Course. Support for these scholarships is provided by the National Science Foundation’s S-STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) scholarship program under grant DUE #0728539.

 

Iowa Lakes student Dan Christensen, Infinity Scholar, shares a light moment with Dr. Bob Klepper, as he explains his Capstone Project at an open house in early May.