Cheryl Isder
UMC's Cheryl Isder Earns Recognition from Minnesota Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society
Cheryl Isder, a junior majoring in water resource management and natural resource management at the University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC), has been named the 2003 runner-up for the Minnesota Soil and Water Conservation Award. The runner-up award is presented by the Minnesota Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society and carries a cash prize of $300. Isder is the daughter of Ken and Arlene Isder of Little Falls, MN.
"This state level recognition speaks well of Cheryl's outstanding academic achievements and promise in her chosen profession of soil and water conservation as well as her tremendous campus leadership," noted Dan Svedarsky, professor of natural resources at UMC.
Phil Baird, assistant professor of natural resources at UMC, added “It has been a delight getting to know Cheryl the past three years in the Natural Resources Department, as a student in several of classes that I teach, as a motivated advisee, and as an extremely active club member.”
Isder is very active on the UMC campus. In addition to academic honors, such as repeatedly earning listing on UMC’s Dean’s List, she serves the UMC Student Association as Vice President, the secretary for the UMC Natural Resources Club, and a member of the UMC Chapter of The Wildlife Society. She also was chosen by the Crookston Rotary Club as its Student of the Month for December 2002.
This summer Isder will be entering her third season enrolled in the Student Career Employment Program (SCEP) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. She has voluntarily conducted seminars with multiple sections of UMC’s “Introduction to Natural Resources” class, relating her two years of experience in the SCEP program in an effort to make freshman in the department more aware of career opportunities in the soil and water conservation field.
Posted 04/07/2003