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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Tuesday, April 29, 2008

SDSMT Student Wins Scarborough Scholarship

PIERRE, S.D. –Patrick Satchell, an industrial engineering major at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, has been awarded the Marlin R. Scarborough Scholarship by the South Dakota Board of Regents.  The $1,000 scholarship honors the late Marlin R. Scarborough, who was president of the Board of Regents at the time of his death.

The Scarborough Endowment Fund annually provides a scholarship to a student at a South Dakota public university.  Applicants must have a 3.5 grade point average, demonstrate leadership potential, and be nominated by their university.

Satchell has a cumulative GPA of 4.0 after completing three semesters at SDSMT. 

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