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| Melissa Park, at the edge of Mount Baker's Sherman Crater |
BELLINGHAM - Western Washington University Geology graduate student Melissa Park has been awarded a $30,000 scholarship from the National Science Foundation to continue her work studying the glacier inside Mount Baker's Sherman crater.
The NSF Graduate Fellowship will provide Park with up to $30,000 per year for up to three years to fund her studies. Park is studying the glacier to estimate the amount of water that would melt from it in the event of an eruption or increase of geothermal heat at its base.
"Not only will the financial aspect allow me to concentrate on my research during my years at Western, but the NSF Fellowship is also well recognized," Park said. "This will open many doors for me in my future studies."
Park, a native of Noumea in the South Pacific, also received her bachelor's degree from WWU in Geology in 2008. Park hopes to earn a doctorate in Glaciology after she finishes her master's degree at Western.
For more information, contact Christine Compston, WWU Fellowships Office, at (360) 650-4241 or Christine.Compston@wwu.edu.
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