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2018 ISEC Teachers Institute

Sherwin Sando guides his fellow teachers through a 3rd grade engineering lesson. Peer-Led Professional Development Means a Deeper Understanding of NM STEM Ready Standards for ISEC Teachers It’s no surprise that teachers spend a lot of time outside the classroom planning lessons,…

First NM Home Visiting Summit is a Big Success

More than 300 early childhood program professionals and stakeholders gathered in Albuquerque for the first statewide New Mexico Home Visiting Summit. The event’s theme, “Raising Our Children, Elevating Our Profession,” reflected not only the effectiveness of expanding family support systems…

2017 Silver Scholar Jennifer Necker

Jennifer Necker diving with a black grouper in Cuba. I would like to express my thanks once again for your generosity for the continued scholarship. I had a wonderful first year at Eckerd College taking many classes. I even got…

Announcing Scholarship Winners – Summer 2018

Abiquiú Lake Announcing Winners of Nontraditional Student and Tribal Business Scholarships and the First Abiquiú Land Grant – Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Scholarship The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation awarded 20 scholarships, each worth $1500 to Northern New Mexico students…

Cobb Education Scholarship Grows

LANL Foundation CEO Jenny Parks and Board Member Barry Herskowitz accept the $55,000 donation from Allison Cobb, Don Cobb and Paula Ward. Honoring a Loved One: Don Cobb & Family Build the Education Scholarship Endowment  Los Alamos resident, retired Los Alamos National…

2018 Scholar Will Song

Will Song at his mom’s Chinese restaurant in Taos where he busses tables and spent countless hours doing homework and engaging with customers. Photo courtesy of the LANL Foundation, Andrea Multari Will (Jinpeng) Song, 2018 Taos High School graduate and valedictorian, is…

2018 Scholar Viviana Martinez Espiricueta

Viviana Martinez Espiricueta pictured in The MASTERS program atrium. Education has opened up a world of possibility for her. Photo courtesy of the LANL Foundation, Andrea Multari Viviana Martinez Espiricueta, 2018 graduate of The MASTERS Program will attend St. Edwards University to study business…

LANL Employees Donate $400,000 Toward Scholarships

For 20 years, employees at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have taken the lead in funding scholarships for students in surrounding communities. In 1998, a small group of dedicated staff members started a scholarship fund, and since then thousands of…

2018 Scholar Veronica Trujillo

Photo and story courtesy Los Alamos National Laboratory When Veronica Trujillo was a child, her father—a mechanical engineer—taught her physics and calculus using his old college textbooks, which filled an entire bookshelf in their house. “He’s one of the people…