Paulete Receives Michigan Tech Forestry Alumni Honor

HOUGHTON, MI (08/15/2013)(readMedia)-- The School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science of Michigan Technological University has honored four alumni, including Francisca (Panchita) Paulete '06 of Eugene. She has received the Outstanding Young Alumni Award.

Paulete is a graduate of the Peace Corps Master's International program at Michigan Tech. She served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Gambia, West Africa, from 2003 to 2005. She now is district planning and environmental coordinator for the Eugene District of the Bureau of Land Management in Oregon.

Aaron M. Everett '01 was also named 2013 Outstanding Young Alumni. David Myrold '77 received the School's 2013 Outstanding Alumnus Award, and Jacob Hayrynen '81 was inducted into the SFRES Honor Academy.

Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 130 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.