EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCES NEWS

Graduate Student Nicholas van der Elst receives ARCS Foundation Scholarship

Nicholas van der Elst, a UC Santa Cruz Earth & Planetary Sciences graduate student, has been selected to receive an Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation scholarship for 2008-2008.  This award carries with it honors for Nicholas' work on the physics of earthquake triggering, as well as a scholarship in the amount of $10,000.

The ARCS Foundation has given UC Santa Cruz over $1.2 million over the last thirty years to support extremely talented students.

The scholarship recipients will be recognized at the annual ARCS Foundation Scholarship Awards Luncheon to be held in San Francisco on October 20, 2008.