Arts & Sciences 2004

Discovering Possibilities

"TheCollegeof Artsand Sciences,the intellectualcore of the university,hasa very importantroleto play... as webecomeevermoreaware of the needto bringa wide rangeof expertisetogetherto tacklethe challenges of the 21stcentury."

Peter Sherwood, the new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, comes to OSU from Kansas State University in Manhattan where he was a university distinguished professor and head of the Deportment of Chemistry.

I am delightedby the theme of this year's Arts and SciencesMagazinebecause it rellects the considerableopportunities for the collegeand also my own excitementat joining A&S this summer as the new dean.

I have served for nearly 20 years at Kansas State University,a land-grant university very similar to Oklahoma State University, so I appreciate the central importance of a Collegeof Arts and Sciencesto the landgrant university.Coming to the United States after 14 years as a faculty member in the United Kingdom where universities developed over 800 years, I was most impressed by the speed with which universities developed in the middle of the United States. OSU is remarkable in being founded in December 1890, 17 years before Oklahoma became a state and only six years after the arrival of the first settlers who gave the name Stillwaterto the cluster of cabins and dugouts that were located near the present 19th Street.

As one of the two major researchuniversities in Oklahoma, OSU is at a timeof great opportunity with the populationof the state predicted to increaseby overhal[ a million residents to more than four million people by 2015. The geographical location of OSU and the possibilitiesto participate in many new scholarshipand economic development opportunitiesprovide attractions for students from other states and other countries.

President Schmidly'scurrent campaign to make OSU a world-classland-grantuniversity,AchievingGreatness,presents a plan that includes emphasizing the humanities so that OSU students learn how to think creativelyand imaginatively about life and the environment. The College of Arts and Sciences,the intellectual core of the university,has a very important role to play in these developments,not only within individual disciplinesbut also in interdisciplinary activities.Interdisciplinary activitieswill play an increasingly important role in the new educationaland research opportunities as we becomeever more aware of the need to bring a wide range of ex.pertisetogether Lotackle the challenges of the 21st century.

I look forward to interacting with our alumni as l work with my new colleagues to embrace the challenges ahead. I am excited by the possibilities,and I know that often we limit ourselvesnot by what we can actually do but rather by what we perceivewe can do. I believe that the possibilities are great, and that OklahomaState Universityand the Collegeof Arts and Sciences have a great future. My wife,Gillian, and I very much look forward to beinga part of that future.

7 A TimelessScholarship

A&Sprofessoremeritusof art bringsa 15-year projectto fruition,provingonceagainthat true art transcendstime and true scholarship requiresdedicationovertime.

8 Preparingthe Way

Thecontinuingdevelopmentof programssuchas the HonorsCollegeand ScholarDevelopment combineswith newprogramsto createa student-centeredenvironmentrichin newand emergingopportunitiesfor scholarship.

TheScholarBoom

Studentscholarshipreachesan all time high acrossthe A&Sdisciplinesas a growingnumber of studentsengagein research,seekinternships and studyabroadopportunitiesand successfully competefor nationalscholarships.

18 Returningthe Experience

Bycreatingscholarshipsand exceptional mentoringopportunities,alumnisuchas John Niblackhopeto helptoday'sstudentsmakelifeenrichingdiscoveriesstartingwth thosethey experienceas studentsat OSU.

20 Standoutsin AnyCrowd

Fromnew publicationsto state, notionaland international honors,A&Sfaculty hovea long, distinguished list of accomplishmentsfor the postyear.

The coverfeaturesthe art of KatieSteiner,an HonorsCollege seniormajoringin graphicdesign.Steinerwonnumeroushonors forher workthis pastyear.Shealsoreceivedhonorablemention fora websiteshe createdfor FreshmindsDesign,a student organizationthat does designworkforStillwaterbusinesses. Logonto www.freshmindsdesign.com to see moreof Steiner's workalongwithworksby othermembersof FreshmindsDesign. (ReadmoreaboutSteineron page12.)

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"I'ma perpetual optimist. The key 1s to believeeverythingis possible."

PeterSherwood'srelaLionshipwith chemistrywas not loveal firstsight.

Introduced at age 13, the distinguished chemist says he took an instant dislike to the subject he would soon embrace.

When reports to his parents from King's School in Canterbury, England, encouraged him to become better acquainted with chemistry, Sherwood quickly rose from the lowest to the top ranking in his class. "I developed a fascination," he says.

He created a home laboratory and spent all his pockeLchange on chemicals.And despite a fewmiscalculatedreactions- such as

burning a hole through a 300-page chemistrybook on loan from the library - Sherwood's fascination became a passion that has led to 36 years experiencein universiLy teaching and researchin the U.S and the United Kingdom.

'Tm proof that everythingis possible,"says Sherwood,the new dean of the Collegeof Arts and Sciences.

"Everyonehas tremendous capaciLyto do well,"he says."Andwe as facultyneed to exciteand encourage our studentsand to instillthe beliefthat they can do anything."

The Collegeof Arts and Sciences, as the intellectualcore of the university,is uniquelypositioned

to develop student potential, according to Sherwood.

"The core disciplines build the capacity for scholarshipinall areas," he says, "and today'scol· laborative model depends ona sound base of scholarship Working across disciplines requires the interface of hurnamties and science."

Sherwood,who comesto OSU fromKansas State Universitywhere he served as a UniversityDistinguished Professorand headofthe ChemistryDepartment,plansto enhance all 24 departmentsin the Collegeof Artsand Sciences.

"We cannot equate the valueof research with the amount o[ money it brings to the university," he says. "Researchlike minemay require expensiveequipmentand substantial funding, but it is ofno more value than the historical study that requires litlie equipment beyond the library.

"Adean has to appreciate,preserve and protect scholarshipinall disciplines,"Sherwood says.

"The collegehas more than300 facultymembers committedto both teaching and research.I see my role as facilitatorsecuring

Hoffer 'Takes

Heidi Hoffer,associate professor of theatre, LOokher expertise around the world during a sabbatical from OSU.

Aftercompletingtrainingin Englishas a second languagein August 2002, she movedto Guangzhou, China,for six months to workat ChinalncarnateWord,a branchof South ChinaNormal University.

Hoffer'sJob was to providestudents with plenty of English-speaking opportunities,using theatreasa medium. Askedto producea play about Americanculture,she chose Thornton Wilder's Our Town,

opportunitiesin all areas- teaching,researchand scholarship."

No srrangerto raisingfunds, Sherwoodhas obtained35 grants, some$20 millionin funding, includingmorethan $6 millionfor hisownresearch.Since1993,as directorof the Stateof Kansas DEPSCoRprogram(Deparunentof DefenseExperimentalProgramto StimulateCompetitiveResearch),he

• has conductedstateresearchcompetitionsand submittedannual stateproposalsforconsiderationfor • jointDoDand state funding.

'Therearemanyopportunities foradditionalsupportfora good idea,but one has to workat this.Successin gettingsupportcomesfrom seeingpositiveresults.lt builds,like thesnowballrollingdownhill," Sherwoodsays."It'sall interrelated.

"Helpingfacultypursue their ownworkis essentialin generating the enthusiasmthey rransmitto theirstudents.Facultyscholarship servesas a modelfor students,"he says,notingthat he plans to maximizethe interactionstudents have with faculty.

Sherwood,who began as dean July 1,sayshe is listeningand '\earning in order to formulatehis

vision for the college,but already he sees Arts and Sciencesplaying a pivotalrole in developingPresident David Schrnidly'svision of "Achieving Greatness"for the OSU system.

"The Collegeof Artsand Sciencesbrings to the table the enthusiasticpursuit of scholarship,as evidencedby its facultyand student accomplishments,and the opportunity to convincestudents they can achieveanything,"he says.

. The OSU Thean·e'sspring production of West Side St01yis a marvelous example of expanding the possibilities,he says. "It was wonderful entertainment, and I was surprised to learn, while visiting with students backstage,that many had never danced before. Some said they didn't think they could pull it off successfully.But they did, and they were excellent."

He sayshis principalreason for becomingdean is to servein a useful capacity.''I'vebeen fortunatein pursuing my interests,and I believeit's important to giveback l believethat at OSUthereis immensepotentialto see the institutionadvanceand grow.

Tm a perpetual optimist," Sherwood says. "The key is to believeeverything is possible."

EILEENMUSTAIN

the Show on the Road'

whichwasonlythe secondWestern playthe schoolhad everpresented.

Wilder'sscript,with its spare sceneryand suggestivelighting,is writtenin such a way that the actorsmust thoroughlyunderstand the wordsand everypossible nuanceof meaning,Hoffersays.

"Theyall had to mime various .actions,such as leading a horsedrawn milkwagon or snapping beans into a bowl. lt became clearlyevidentif my actors did not understand the English they were speakingbecause they'd have the wronggestures."

Rebuilding IraqiEducation

Arts and Sciencesfacultymembersare playinga fundamentalrole in rebuilding Iraq, not with brick and mortar but with books and mortarboards.

OSU, along with the Universityof Oklahoma, Langston Universityand Cameron University,is part of the Oklahoma Higher Education Partnership that was awarded nearly $5 millionby the U.S.Agencyfor International Developmentin November to assist fivelarge Iraqi universities.

DaleLightfoot,professorand head of the GeographyDepartment,rraveledto Iraq in lateJanuaryto assesseachuniversity'sneeds

Carolyn Gonzoles and begindevelopinginsrructionalprogramsto meet thoseneeds

An expert in geomappingand u·aditionalagriculture, Lightfootassembled a team to equip a new Baghdadgeosciences facilityand instruct the facultyfrom all fiveparticipating Iraqi universitiesin geographic informationsystems,global positioning systems,computer mapping and remote sensing.

"Thesehigh-techtools and techniquesaren'tjust used in geog- Lightfoot raphy,"he says."Theyare crucialto infrastructuredevelopment because they are applicableto so many disciplinesfromcity planning and managing natural resourcesto transportationand electricitydisrribution.

"It'sgood to be a part of this rebuildingand resrructuringproject," Lightfootsays."I see this as ourreachfrom one scholarto another."

BethanyWalker,assistant professorof history,is the team leader of a cultural heritage effort that will involveoutreach in Carolyn Gonzales the fields of history,archaeologyand antiquities.

Walker's component includes rebuilding the library collections of the Universityof Babil.Her team began shipping books and a wide range of resource materials this spring and added electronicarchaeologicaldatabases in early summer.

"I feelfortunate to be able to give something back to a region in which l have worked for many years,"Walker says. "We are Walker partnering with Iraqi scholars in ways that will promote their research and cultural preservation effortsfor the long term."

OSU nutritional sciencesprofessor BarbaraStoeckerand severalcolleagues in the Collegeof Human EnvironmentalSciencesare helping establish child health monitoring programs for children in Iraq, where alreadyhigh malnutrition has grown even more severeduring the war.

Aftershe returned from China, Hofferbegan working on the design of a new production of Molierefor the AmericanUniversity of Cairo. She used computer softwarefor much of the design work and communicated her designs to the set builders through a website and e-mailbefore traveling to Cairo in April of 2003.

Hofferspent six weeks in Egypt finishingwork on the project and then worked on severalother design projects in Americabefore returning to share her experiences with OSU students.

Nani Pybus, Near Eastern affairsspecialistin the School of International Studies and coordinator of the project for OSU,expects a wide spectrum of OSU facultyfrom a varietyof academic fields to become involvedin the project, called Al Sharaka,meaning "The Partnership"in Arabic.

Iraqi professors ore learning to use o global positioning receiver. Currently the teoms under OSU leadership are working with their Iraqi colleagues outside the borders of Iraq. For more information about the development program, visit http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2003/pr031202.html.

"The web of human relationshipsis the basis for the rights and obligations we ought to expect. Rights and obligations arisefrom human relationships,notfrom separate individuals."

Eileen Mustain

Moy Sim, who earned a Ph.D.from Vanderbilt University,joined the philosophydeportment in 1990. She is on leave through June 2005 to research her project at the Horvord-YenchingInstitute and to complete her manuscripton Confuciusand Aristotle'sviewson the ethical life as a visitingprofessorat the College of Holy Crossin Worcester,Moss., during the 20042005 academic year.

Reaching Common Ground

The notion that Asianculture must choose between Western concepts of individualrights and its own deep-seatedConfucian traditions of community is a falsedilemma,according to MaySim, associateprofessorof philosophy.

Sim is developingan understanding of rights based in Confucian thought that bridges the divide between Asianand Western viewsof democracyand human rights.

ln "AConfucianApproach to Human Rights,"to be published in the October 2004 History o( PhilosophyQuarterly,Sim advances her theory that within the principles of Confucianismand beyond its paternalistic confines exist arguments for representative government and civilliberties.An OSU Arts and SciencesSummer ResearchGrant funded initialresearch.Her current research, "Conf1.1cian Rightsin Practice,"funded in part by an NEH Summer Stipend, applies the theory.

A fundamental clash betweenWestern and Asianphilosophies lies in the West's glorification of individualismas opposed to the Confucian beliefthat the individualis defined through relationshipsto others, Sim says. "A Confuciansaying is 'Exemplarypersons establish others in seeking to establish themselves.' This is contrary to Western belief that to establish oneself,one must be autonomous and independent of others," Sim adds.

Westerners tend to view human rights in terms of individualism,when in actuality,she says, "human relationships create rights and obligations."Sim cites the example of a mother who has the obligationto care for her child and the child's right to that care.When the mother is older, she in turn can expect the child to care for her.

"The web of human relationshipsis the basis for the rights and obligationswe ought to expect,"she says. Rightsand obligations arise from human relationships,not from separate individuals.

Sim explains, "Rightsare 'moral realities' based in human socialnature and not merely in a particular culture. Human rights can then be separated from Western possessiveindividualism,which Confucianssee as a selfcenteredness corrosiveto community." COLLEGE

While individualismmay distort the Western view of human rights, she says,Asiancultures cannot continue to use Conf1.1cianism as an excuse for rejectinghuman rights or fordismissingallegationsof human rights violations because they come from an unacceptable Western philosophy.

"Confucianismoffersa communal wayof understanding these rights," Sim says.

"The traditional Confuciansocietyis hierarchicallystructured under the exemplarycare of a benevolent emperor,a sage king who is obligatedto make sure the people are well-fed and educated,"she says.

"The people have the right to care fromthe emperor or the state. Beyond the specific paternalisticform of rule is a principle from which we can infer a right to decent government by virtuous leaders. This right to decent government is a basis for electionsand freedom of speech," she explains.

"Confucianismteaches that all should developthemselvesto attain the highesthuman virtue.The virtuousperson learns relationshipin familyand extends this to the communityand then to everythingunder the sky.

"Everyindividualhas the right to expect the resources to cultivatethis ideal,not to place self above others but to create a more harmonious whole."

For Sim,an Aristotelianof Chinese origin who grew up in Singapore,this project is a personal one. "Thisis a crucial moment for the Confuciancommunity because survivalin a capitalisticsocietyrequires mobility,but modernizing doesn't have to mean adopting Western values.Relationshipscan help hold the community together,"she says.

"The West can learn something as well from these 2,000 year old values deeply rooted in Asianculture,"Sim acids."Usingthe resources of Confocianismas a basis for discussions with China or North Koreainsteadof trying to forcethese cultures into a Western mold they do not fit can create more productive dialogue and more fruitfulrelationships." EILEENMUSTAIN

AreHuman Footprints

StampingOut Diversity?

Whilesome might think the loss of rodents and other animalsis not a major problem, Eric Hellgren, zoologyprofessor,says the whole ecologicalsystem can sufferfroma lack of diversity.

"The more diversityand more connections we have,the more stable the ecologicalsystem,"he says."Diversityhelps maintain the normal functions of the system."

Hellgrenand his studentsare tryingto determine howhumanactivitiesaffectthe varietyof animallife. Usingsomehigh-techmethods,they'reconductinga numberof studiesthat lookat the waymammalsand reptilesrespondto human environmentaldisturbances and howtheseresponsesaffectecologicaldiversity.

"Basically,we're lookingat how animals respond Lowhat humans are doing,"he says.

ZoologyprofessorEricHellgren leads a group researching howmammalsand reptilesrespondta alterations in their environmentscausedby such human disturbancesas burning,grazing,fertilizationand habitat encroachment.

One of their studies is an Oklahoma Department of WildlifeConservation(ODWC)-fundedproject to estimate the entire bear population in the southeastern corner of the state.

Previously,researchersused radio collars for tracking.But for this four-yearproject,they are building between 150-200bait sites, each surrounded by a fence made of a single strand of barbed wire, 18 inches from the ground. As the bears climb over the fences,they leavehair on the barbs, which researchers use for geneticanalysisto count how many different bears visit the station. The lab of Ron Van Den Busshce,associateprofessorof zoology,is conducting the geneticanalyses.

They're also studying the habitat and activitiesof the Texashorned lizard in Texas and at Tinker Air ForceBase in Oklahoma.While horned lizards are not on the federalendangered species list, they are decliningin both states.

Hellgrenand his students catch the lizardsand outfit them with tinyradio transmitterbackpacks,so they can be tracked.Researcherslearnmore about the lizards' habitatrange and preferencesby trackingthem.

Another ODWC project assesses the status of the declining swift fox population in Oklahoma's panhandle. Based on sampling in the panhandle, the researchers use computer modeling with geographic information systems to predict where swift fox may occur.

Yetanother study, funded by the Environmental ProtectionAgency,involvesthe effectof eastern red cedar trees on animal life.So far, researchershave found that only one type of rodent, the white-footed mouse, remains where cedar dominates the landscape shading out native plants.

ln addition, they just completed the first phase of an EPA-fundedproject to study how increased nitrogen in the soil affectsanimal populations. As global warming changes the make-upof the Earth's atmosphere, more nitrogen fallsonto the soil affecting plant growth and the foods availablefor animals.

Hellgren hopes conservationistsand ecologists will be able to use the information gained from these various studies to make informed decisions about human activities- especiallythose that have the potential to disrupt the diversityof animal life. CAROLYNGONZALES

A Welcome Guest

Joseph Missal'sreputation precedes him, and that's a good thing for a conductor.

This past year,by invitation, Missal made music from the Universityof Colorado, his alma mater in Boulder, Colo., to the Royal Northern Collegeof Musicin Manchester, England.

Along the way, the OSU music professor and director of bands appeared as guest courtesy Missal conductor for all-state and honor bands in Iowa, Montana and Washington and at the Cork School of Music in Cork, Ireland, where he also directed workshops.

Missal,who guides all aspects of the OSU Band Program,conducts the Wind Ensemble and SymphonicBand and teaches condi.1cting,credits his reputation to talented students. 'Tm very lucky to have some of America's finest players,"he says.

His ensembles have performed for several international conventionsof the World Association for SymphonicBands and Ensembles,including the Wind Ensemble's headliner performance at the BritishAssociation's 2003 conferencein Manchester.

"Becausethe students played so well, they invited me back," Missalsays. "Beingrecognizedby the music community at large, both nationallyand internationally,validatesthe quality of our work and our reputation as a music program.

A Smashing Contender

ln 2007,14yearsafterthe U.S.halted the fundingand constructionof the SuperconductingSupercolliderin Texas,anotherwillbe completedin Geneva,Switzerland.Its completion willagainset the stageforcollaborationwithin the internationalhigh energyphysicscommunity.

supercollider,Oklahoma researchers intend to make significantcontributions.

Sotyo Nondi, professor of physics and inaugural director of the new Oklahoma Center for Higher Energy Physics Research, was one of two Arts and Sciences faculty members among the recipients of the first Regents Distinguished Research Awards in foll 2003.

When effortsrenewto understand the fundamentalconstituents of matterat the $5-billionEuropean ParticlePhysicsLaboratory(CERN)

A consortium of high energyor elementary particle - physics research groups at OSU, the University of Oklahoma and Langston University successfully applied for a Department of Energy EPSCoRimplementation grant, one of just four funded nationwide this year.

A Quiet Opportunity

The Department of Communication Sciencesand Disordersmay wellbe one of the Collegeof Arts and Sciences'leastknown and best opportunities,not just for students who enjoy helping others but for the communityas well.

RandolphDeal, professorand head of the Deportmentof CommunicationSciencesand Disorders,demonstratesthe new Rhino-LaryngealStroboscopethat allowsa closelookat the vocal cords, shownon the monitor,includingslow motionfor analysisand digital videos. The deportmentalso usesthe equipment for its work with the musicdeportment's singers,who studythe movementof their vocalcordsas port of their training.

Students are catchingon, and interestin becoming speech-languagepathologistsis growing. CDlS has added three new faculty members in the last two years with another approved for the fallof 2005 and has expanded its undergraduate program to OSU-Tulsa.

The department has also outfitted a laboratory to study the language developmentof infants and toddlers, thanks to funds from New DirectionsFoundation of Tulsa.lt hopes to add a doctorate in speech-languagepathology by 2007, says Randolph Deal, professor and department head.

The departmenthas been housedin HannerHall formore than 30 years,yetdespitethe department'sgrowthand central campuslocation,"peopleon campus tend to forgetwe'rehere,"Dealsays.

"Andthat's unfortunate,"he adds. "Thedepartment'sspeech-languagepathologyand audiologyclinics offerevaluationand u·eatment

for a broad rangeof communication disorders."Becausethe clinicsare pan of a trainingprogram for clinicians,feesare lowerthan those in the privatesector,he says.

The audiologyclinicperforms completehearing evaluationsfor all ages, including infants,and provides hearing aid services."Retirees would be surprised at our prices on hearing aids,"Deal notes.

"Mostpeople think that speechlanguagepathology is limited to helping someone make speech sounds correctly,"he says,"but that notion overlooksthree-fourths of what we do."

The speech-languagepathology clinic treats patients who stutter, need accent modification,have difficultyswallowingor have communication problems caused by strokes,cerebralpalsy,cognitive deficits,laryngealcancer,cleftpalate, attention deficitdisorders, developmentallanguagedisorders and hearing impairment.

Students studying communication sciencesand disorders have opportunities for managedclinical observationand practice at the clinicsas well as a varietyof off campus schools and health care facilities.Facultymembers certified

The three-year,$108-million grant will be combinedwith$1. millionprovided by the universines themselvesand more than $500,000 from the Oklahoma State Regentsfor HigherEducation to initiate the OklahomaCenterfor Higher EnergyPhysicsResearch.

"The program we are developing is an integrationof the respective talents at OSU,OU and Langstonand will allowus tocol-

by the AmericanSpeech-Language· Hearing Associationand licensed by the state superviseall students.

"Receivingand producinglanguageis complex,cuttingacross many areas and involvinga number of facialand respiratorymechanics," Dealsays."Clinicalpathologists must know the medical,dentaland psychologicalaspectsto designthe appropriatetherapy."

The varied aspects of theacademic trainingallowampleopportunities for both undergraduate and graduate research,he says. "We have wonderfulsuccessstories, and familieswe'vehelped havegiven generousdonationsthat support a number of scholarships.

"Our undergraduateshavesuccessfullycompeted forWentzfoundation funding that allowsthemto conduct researchwithin the department with a facultymentor," Deal says. Sevenstudents in CDIS have receivedWentz fundingin the last fiveyears.

"No one gets rich in the field, but it's very rewarding,"he says. "Manypeople takejobs fora paycheck and live for the weekend. I've been in this fieldsince1971, and there's neverbeen a singleday that l dreaded going to work"

laboralewithotherresearchersat thenewCERNcollider,"saysSatya Nandi,professorof physics,principalinvestigatoron the DOE EPSCoRgrantand inauguraldirectorof the center.

"Together,we'llpropel the state ontotheimernationallevelof high • energyphysicsresearch,"he says. 'The irnernationalcommunitywill Lakenoteof Oklahoma" OSU,theleadinstitutionin the

Rondu Bois, emeritus professor of art, soys he's a patient man, and he has a project 15 years in the making ta prove the point.

In 1987,funded by a Fulbright Senior ResearchScholar Grant, du Bois shot some 10,000 feet of 16 mm motion picture film plus 8 mm videotape to document the culture, works and processes of Nigerian potters.

Fulbright and Ford Foundation funding allowed du Bois to complete the project in 2002 with the production of three unique film/video documentaries.

He tells about his remarkable journey in "A Saga of Synchranicity," featured this spring at www.ceramicstoday.com. The summer 2004 issue ofThe Fulbrighters' Newsletter also includes information about du Bois in the "Alumni Achiev~ ments" section.

This du Bois photograph shows a Yoruba woman making a huge water-storage vessel in the land where such containers are a necessity for daily life, a land where only women are potters.

EILEENMUSTAIN

center,willestablisha high-energy experirnemalprogramthat includes a new detectordevelopmentlaboratoryand two new facultypositionsin Artsand Sciences.OU has allotted newlab spaceforthe constructionof a grid computingfacilityrequiredfor the high-speedanalysisof extensive data resultingfromexperiments.

Nandi says fundingbegan in August,and the center is currently being established.

ADAM HUFFER

Playingin the MajorLeague

Makeno mistakeabout it. An accomplishedmusicianstarts early and works late. From takingup the piano at age 8 to recordingto performingin CarnegieHall,Thomas Lanners earns his accolades.

With diligenceand some funding assistance,Lanners,associate professorof piano, is producinga recordingof the completepublished piano works of Leonard Bernstein.The CD,which Lanners says has actuallycome together quickly,has been in the works for nearly a year and required a rigorous comrniunent.

"Bernstein,who was a pianist himself,wrote a little under 70 minutes for solo piano, which is a perfectlength for a CD,"Lanners says of his selection."He's a musical icon with instant name recognition, and it's easy to fall in love with his music."

Havingpreviouslyplayedonly one of the pieces,Lannersspent sununer 2003 researching Bernstein'sworksand learningthe music."It's standard forconcertpianists to practicefour to six hours or more,six or sevendays a week,but it's only overthe sunu11erthat l can getin those hours,"he says.During school,he is morelikelyto practice

only two to three hours a day.

Lannersbegan performing Bernstein'smusic in public concerts during the fallto prepare for the Decemberrecordingsession at SyracuseUniversity."The recital hall at Syracuseis about 100 years old and has the perfectcombination of a wonderfulpiano, great acousticsand a talented recording engineer,"he says.

The two-dayrecordingsession yieldedseven hours of raw material from which Lanners spent an additional fivedays selectingthe best recorded "takes"of each work for inclusionon the finaledited version completedtwo and a half months later.Lanners also wrote the text of the liner notes accompanying the CD while colleagueRichard Prior, formerassistalll professorof music and conductor of the OSU SymphonyOrchesu·a, designed the coverart.

"It's pretty remarkablethe amount of work that goes into creating the finalproduct releasedto the public,"Lanners says.

Money,almost $9,000, also goes into its creation,and the artist pays for all the initialproduction costs, includinghiring a producer who makescertain the artist'sbest

performanceof each piece is captured during the recordingsessions. Funding from the OSU Friends of Music,the Department of Musicand privatedonors helped Lannersproduce his recording,which will be released by Centaur Records.

Lannershopes Centaur'srelease of his CDwillcoincidewithhis recitalin WeillRecitalHallat CarnegieHallin NewYorkCityon Oct.8, 2004.AnArtsand Sciences Resea1ch grant and a supplemental grant for travelare helpingfund the concert.

"The CD will open new avenues,"Lanners says."It's great exposure. Conunercialrelease means a wide national and international distributionand probably reviewsin top journals.

"A.sidefromthe professionalbenefitsforme, the CD couldbe a great recruitmentLOolforOSU'sprogram. Studentsare in1pressedwith a professionalproduct,"he says.

And successin tl1efieldis all about gainingattention,Lanners explains."Musicis monstrouslycompetitive,so competitivethatit takesa tremendousamountof commiunent throughoutlifeto makea careerof music.lt's a life-longstudy."r~

B ost1 _gRuralScience

OSU has receiveda $1.77 million grant from the NationalScienceFoundal.ionto support the "RuralAlliancefor lmproving ScienceEducation" (RAlSE)

The three-yearRAISEproject,selected throughnationwidecompetition,seeks to enrich Lhelearningenvironment[or6-12grade students whileprovidingOSUgraduatestudents first-handteachingexperience,saysTomWikle, one of the projectdirectors,geographyprofessor and associatedean o[ Artsand Sciences.

Graduate students, known as RAlSEFellows,are paired with 6-12 grade science teachers in Oklahoma's Morrison, Hennesseyand Perkins/TryonSchool Districts.

The interdisciphnaryarea of geographic informationscience(GlSci)will serve as the focus for the fellowsand teachers to develop innovativesciencecurricula.

"For example, students will be able to evaluatethe impact of a recent drought on crop production, track the movement of a volcanic ash cloud or identifyareas at risk of earthquake damage,"Wikle says.

Summer workshops, which began this summer, prepare fellowsand teachers to design and implement G1Sciactivitiesin classrooms. Lesson plans and other materials developed by fellow/teacherteams will be disseminated regionallythough summer institutes and nationallythrough a project website.

Building an Environment for Scholars

OSUhas producednumerous nationalscholarssinceits first TrumanScholarin 1980.1nthe past 11yearsthe universitycan claimnine TrumanScholars,bri1;1gingthe total to 13 and resultingin OSU'sdesignationas a TrumanHonorInstitution.

1n addition more than 20 students have garnered other prestigious national internships, fellowshipsand scholarships,such as Rhodes, Marshall,Udall and Goldwater.Nearlyhalf of these scholars are from the Collegeof Arts and Sciences.

Growth in nationalawardsis directlytied Loscholar development

effortsthat began a decade ago, says Bob Graalman,directoro[ the scholar developmentoffice."These students who havewon national scholarshipsare fromvarious collegesand disciplines,but all participated to some degreein the OSU ScholarDevelopmentand Recognition program."

Originallypan of the scholarships office,the scholar development program now has its own officededicated to helping top students prepare [or national and international award competition. Besideskeeping students apprised of various competitions

Public Schoolgeographyteacher Paul Grant, center,and others use GPS.

Projectco-directorsarejohn Steinbrink, Leachingand curriculum leadershipprofessor in the Collegeof Education, and Joel Helmer,geography courtesy departmenLgraduate teaching associatewho also provides day-Lo-dayproject management.

Schoolsuperintendents and teachersfrom the Morrison,Hennesseyand Perkins/TryonSchoolDis-

tricts serve on the RAlSEplanning teamand steeringcommitteeand as district coordinators. lmplementationwillbegan this fall.

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and opportunities, the officemanages such preparatory activitiesas mock interviews,essayrevision and undergraduate research.

"Windows to the World," another opportunity the program provides,is a class Graalman Leachesthat promotes debate and writing skills through the discussion of current events."The class supplies the kind o[ auuosphere that is often common to an interview for scholarships,jobs and admission to graduate school."

Summer internships and overseas study programs, made possible by alumni gifts, are recent

program additions that haverurther advanced the growthin scholarships, he says. "Thesame funds have increased summer work and sLUdyexperiencesina variety of situations, and allstudents who apply for majorawards are eligible to petition forthissupport - whether it's a language institute, a political internshipin Washington, D.C.,or an archeological dig in the MiddleEast."

The scholar development program's centerpiece,according to Graalman, is the undergraduate research opportunities madepossible through the Wentzproject

New ProgramNABS Student Scientists

Growingup in a ranching community on a NavajoreservaLionin Arizona,GilbertJohn originallyseLhis sights on a career in veterinarymedicine.

BuLbecausea facultymentor in microbiologytookLhetime to nurture John's interest in research.Johnrealizedhe wanted to devote his life'swork to microbiology.

TodayJohn is professorof microbiology and moleculargeneticsand happy Lobe co-principalinvestigator,along with professor KimBurnham,program evaluator,of a $1.5 million,four-yeargrant from the National Institutesof Health for a new program to prepareOSUsLUdenLs,particularlyNativeAmericansand other minorities,for careers in the biologicalsciences.

Anadditional$500,000 from OSUbrings the LOLalfundingfor the NativeAmericansinto BiologicalSciences(NABS)projectto $2 million,saysprincipalinvestigatorRobertV Miller,

awards.Implemented10 years ago, the WenLzfoundationannually funds40 to 50 qualityresearch projectsproposedby students and supportedby facultymentors.

"Research,formerlyLheprovinceof facultyand graduate students,has becomea national tTend forthe best undergraduateexperiencesas well,"Graalmansays."Studentswho masterthe skills and organizationrequired to become proficientfind themselvesfirst in linefor the bestjobs, best graduate schoolsand, not coincidentally,the best and most prestigiousnational scholarships."

regentsprofessorand head of the Department of Microbiologyand MolecularGenetics.

The NABSprogram is not intended to steer students towardpre-medprograms."Our goal is to cultivatebiomedicalresearchers,who will be expectedto obtain Ph.D.'sby completingrigorous graduate school programs," Millersays.

"This program is devoted to getting undergraduates into the labs to motivate them about research and put them on an equal footing when they apply for graduate school,"he says. "Nationwide,we don't have many minorities represented in research, so we're helping them realize this opportunity is open to them.''

The program,funded through NIH's Initiativefor MinmityStudent Development,began this summer with seven students participating in the researchand scientificcommunication classes.Other required classessuch as bioethics and scientificwritingwillteach critical thinking and communicationskills,Millersays.

Teachingassistants with expertise in math, chemistry and biologymeet weeklywith undergraduate groups and provide individual help. "Students can choose sciencementors from facultymembers across campus, including chemistry,math, plant pathology,zoology and other disciplines,"Millersays.

Juniors and seniors who complete the required NABSclasseswill be eligibleto participatein summer research programs and can work for a fewhours each week in research labs during the regular semester.NABSwill also sponsor special seminars and speakers and provide Lravelmoney to help students attend national scientificmeetings.

Nine of the past decade's national scholars completed one or more WenLzresearch projects.

"The successof scholardevelopment depends on administration and alumni support, talented faculty who are willingto mentor our top students and the Honors College,which has a strong reputation for qualityand works hand-in-hand with many of the academically giftedstudents,"Graalmansays.

"The two programs are complementary. The Honors College, which offers smaller classes taught by our best faculty,special seminars and inLerdisciplinarycourses,

provides a challenging and supportive academic environment,"

he says. "The Honors Collegealso offersindependent study opportunities that encourage students to initiate research projects and seek Wentz hmding."

From Rhodes Scholar Blaine Greternanin 1997 to Goldwater ScholarsRyan Scott and Nick Rasmussen in 2004, the Collegeof Arts and Scienceshas certainlyhad its share of national scholars. Beyondproducing its own scholars, the college'sresponsibilityto teach skillsand promotegeneraleducation is critical,Graalmansays.

"Mostof these national competitions come down to how well one ·writesand interviews.No matter how technicalthe field of the candidate, eventuallysome panelist is going to ask questions about favorite books, music, history or art," he says.'This remains true whether the student is applying for a scholarship, a job or medical school - in addition to lmowledgeof the field, the person must be interestingand flexibleas well."

This is where an OSU education rich in studies from the College of Arts and Sciencescan make the difference.r~

Students Named Goldwater Scholars

Ans and Sciencesstudents RyanScott and NickRasmussenbecame OSU's 11Lhand 12th GoldwaterScholarsthis spring. The GoldwaterScholarship,honoring the late Sen.BarryM. Goldwater,is the premier undergraduate award for outstanding students pursuing careersin mathematics,engineeringand the natural sciences.The scholarshipcoverseducation expenses to a maximumof $7,500per year.

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Giventhe levelof his scholarship,it's no surprise that Ryan Scott,a senior pursuing a double major in physicsand mathematics,is OSU's 11th winner o[ the prestigi.ous GoldwaterScholarship.

His research focuseson the electronic structure of photocatalyticagentsused in biologicalsensors and has potential applications for photodynamictherapy of cancer,optical communicationsand electrochemicaland opticalsensors.

Under the guidanceof physicsprofessors James Harmon and TimWilson,Scottworks for the Chemical,Biologicaland Energetic AgentResearchGroup at OSU.He has received both a Wentzscholarshipand the new Niblack Scholarshipfor his undergraduateresearch.

"Tt'snice to be recognizedeveryonce in a whilefor the work that you're doing,"says Scott,who also won an IBM-ZernerFellowship in competitionwith graduate students from around the globe.

As his mentor,Wilson providedthe guidance and experiencenecessaryto meet his academicpotential,Scott says."He contributed his Lime,effortand knowledgetoward my developmentas an undergraduate."

He also credits his father,OSU psychology professorBillScott,with modelingthe traits of success."Mydad is probablythe hardest workingand most honest person I know," Scottsays."lt is by his example that l have achievedas much as l have."

Scott saysmathematicsand physicscaptured his attention at an earlyage becausethey. were alwayseasy subjects for him. He hopes to eventuallywork as a collegeprofessoror for a national laboratory.

RASMUSSENSTUDIESZOOLOGY

SophomoreNickRasmussendecidedearlyin his collegecareerto applyfora nationalGoldwater Scholarship."lt'sa prestigiousaward,but l appliedmostlybecausel neededthe money,"says the zoologymajorfromTekamah,Neb.

'Tm an out-of-state,first-generationcollege student from a low-incomefamily.Beyondthe incomeI get froma part-timejob, the only means I have to pay for school is through scholarships."

Rasmussen,who becameOSU's 12th GoldwaterScholarthis spring, has done extensiveresearchunder the guidanceof zoology professorJoseph Bidwell,directorof OSU'sExotoxicologyand Water Quality ResearchLaboratory.

"I think my researchprojecthas been the singlemost useful experiencel have everhad," says Rasmussen,who the zoologydepartment named Lopsophomore.

"Everythingl have learned willhelp mebe more competitivewhen I apply for graduate school.l think havingsuch an earlystart will allowme to developinto an effectivescientist at an earlierstage in my career."

Rasmussenis researchingthe impactof game fish stockingon the damse!Oy, a close relativeof the dragonflythat's importantto the environmentfor its role in conrrolling mosquito populations.

This summer,Rasmussentraveledwith 19 other OSU students to Cambridge,England, for a course on Danvin and the Historyof Science, taught by OSU and Cambridgefaculty, along with OSU SystemCEO and President David Schmidly.

Rasmussen'sultin1ateplans includeteaching at the universitylevel,being a museum curator or attaininghis childhoodgoalof becominga zoo curator.

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Super Turtlesat Superfund Site?

Encounteringwater snakes and snappingturtles may steer some oULdoorrecreaLionistsinto other pursuits,but KimberlyHays is no typicalcamper.

Sinceshe was admitted to the zoologydepartment'sgraduate programin August2002, Hays hasbeenresearchingthe effectof heavymetalson the geneticmaterialof red-earedslider turtles at northeasternOklahoma'sTar CreekSuperfundsite.

Sheis comparingthe Tar Creekturtlesto those at OSU's LakeCarlBlackwelland the SequoyahNationalWildlifeRefugenearSallisaw,Okla.

"Oncea month,I camp out two or threedaysat TarCreekas well asat mycleanreferencesitesand trapturtles,takemeasurements andbloodsamplesand markand releasethem,"Hayssays."l use hoopnetsand sardinesforbait,so, unfortunately, l catcha lot of tilings likesnakesand snappingturtles thatLypicallyaren'tveryhappy aboutbeingcaught."

Usinga processcalledflow cytometry,or the fluorescentand laserilluminationof cells,Hays looksforalterationsin the turtles' DNA,a potentialconsequenceof constantexposureto heavymetals.

"Leadand zinccan bind to DNAsn·andsand break tl1e111 or preventnormalrepairof breakages,"Hayssays."l get askeda lot if I'vefoundany two-headedor eightleggedturtles,but DNAalterations aren'talwaysexpressedphysically

"Still,witl1break upon break, youcan reacha point where it's Loomuch,but we don't know if Lheseanimalsare incredibly

ZoologystudentKimberlyHays,"beat out"wildlifetoxicologistsfrom the U.S., Canoda and Mexicolostfoll whenshe receivedthe Jeff BlockAward,a graduate fellowshipgivenby the Societyof EnvironmentalToxicologyand Chemistry and EAEngineering,to supporther researchof the effectsof heavymetalson red-earedsliderturtlesat northeastern Oklahoma'sTar CreekSuperfundsite.

robust and can survivethe contamination or if some are severely affectedand don't even make it out of the nest," she says.

Hayshas added a mark-recapture study to estimatethe turtle populationand study components to determinethe contaminants' eITectson theirbehaviorand bodies.

"We're looking to see if heavy metals are having an adverse effecton the turtles' behavior by timing how long it takes a turtle placed on its back to turn over," she says. "l was marking the turtles by notching the marginal scoots of the shell, which is like clipping your fingernails,so I started saving the pieces to determine the levelof metals they are carrying around in their bodies."

Surprisingly,Hayssaysthe turtlesal TarCreekare much larger - hubcapsize- and seemto flip overfastertl1ansome turtlestaken fromthe referencesites."Wedon't knowifthey haveincreasedmetabolismsor iftheyhavesomeenzymes tl1atmakeit easierforthem to deal with tl1ecomamination."

While a wildlifetoxicology study for the sake of wildlifeis earnest enough, Hays says, "These types of studies provide a very solid background to shed light on human health problems."

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A PerfectFit

This spring, with prompting from the officeof scholar development and recognition, Kyle Jones became the first OSU student to receivea prestigious national fellowshiphe says is "tailor-made"for him.

Jones, a junior from Norman, Okla., with a double major in economics and politicalscience, earned the Thomas R. Pickering ForeignAffairsFellowship, funded by the State Department to recruit talented students for a career in foreignservice.

"It'sexactlywhat I'vewanted Lo do with mylife,beinginvolved with internationalorganizations, diplomacyand similarrelations.It's unbelievable,"he says."Especially sincethreemonths ago l didn't evenknow the fellowshipexisted."

Jones credits Bob Graalman, director of scholar development and recognitionat OSU, for telling him about the fellowshipand helping with application chores that included an interviewwith the fellowshipselectioncommittee in Washington,D.C.,and competing against students from schools such as Harvard, Princeton and Yale.

The Pickering fellowshipwill fund the rest ofJones' undergraduate and graduate studies and includes internship options and mentoring from program coordinators at the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

"ILgives me first pick for two summers of internship with the State Department, and I'll also be taking a special skills class on diplomacy at the Foreign Services Institute in Washington, D.C.,"he says.

Followinggraduation,Jones will continue his studies at a graduate school approved by the State Department. "Rightnow, I'd like to go to the London School of Economics,"he says, noting that it's on the list of approved graduate schools.

The fellowshippreparesJones for an eventualjob as a Foreign Serviceofficerwith the U.S. Department of State.Assignedto help the president and the secretary of state pursue American foreign policy goals and objectives, Foreign ServiceofficersstaffU.S. embassies,consulates and missions worldwideand serve in Washington, D.C.

Their responsibilitiescan include policy analysis,resource management,public diplomacy, providing servicesto Americans in need, promoting trade and business facilitationand representing U.S.interests.

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KyleJones,OSU's first PickeringFellow, saysthe fellowshipfits perfectly with his future plansto becomea Foreign Serviceofficer for the U.S. State Department.

A Natural Born Success

Kathryn Steinerbelievesher artistic ability comes naturally since she comes from a familyof artists.

"Someof my firstmemoriesare of sittingin frontof a computer playingand drawing,and my family has alwaysbeen verysupportive of all of my artisticendeavorsand followinga path in art,"says the graphicdesign majorfromTulsa.

Whether it's "nature or nurture," the Honors Collegesenior has been busy collectinghonors for her art this past year.

Robert Spurrier,director of the Honors College,says he is delighted by the National Collegiate Honors Council'srecognition of Katie Steiner'swork. "It is one more way in which the excellenceof OSU HonorsCollege studentscontinuesto be recognizedat the national level."

The NationalCollegiateHonors Council,an organizationof more than 800 collegesand universities, selectedSteiner'sdesignas the winner of the student logodesigncompetitionfor the 2004 conferencein New Orleans.Her winningenn-y featuresa stringof MardiGras beads with elementsof the conference theme developedon individualbeads in the strand.

Awebsiteshe for FreshmindsDesign,a student organizationthat Steinerand fellowstudents started with assistant professorof graphicdesignJeff Price,receivedan honorablemention in the spring at the Annual Juried StudemExhibit.The student

organizationdoes designwork for localStillwaterbusinesses.

'This has helped us gain some real-worlddesign experienceand business contacts,so we're getting the whole experienceof dealing with clientsand finances,"Steiner says."lt's been an incredibleexperience and veryvaluableto me."

The same day that award was announced, she receivedthe Carl J.ChristiansonScholarship,a scholarshippresentedby the faculty to only one student each year.

She also receivedthe A&SScholastic Scholarshipfrom the Ans and SciencesStudent Council.

Internships have played a role in getting real-worldexperience, too. Last summer Steiner imerned with web page design company ScizzortellofTulsa, where she worked with electronic interactivemedia.

"When 1graduate, 1would like to work as a designer,probably in web design.Afterl gain a fewyears of experience,1 want to open my own business and be my own boss," she says.

"1chose OSUbecause1wanted to staycloseLohome becauseI'm closeto my family,and l'd heard it had a good graphicdesignprogram.Financially,stayingin-stale was a betterchoice,and I'm happy l made the decision1 did."

At the Top of Her Game

When Sarah Conrad sought graduate schooladmission, she aimed h.ighand scored.

Conrad, who graduated in Maywith a double niaJorin film sLUdiesand public relations,has been accepted into the prestigiousCinema StudiesProgram at NewYorkUniversitywhere she is pursuing master's and Ph.D. degrees in cinema sllldies.

The NYUfilm program, which only takes the nation's top studems, has an acceptancerate of less than two percent.

A top 10 senior in.,Artsand Sciences,the Guthrie, Okla.,nativealreadyknows how to producea box officehit. Shewas marketingdirectorforOSU'sspring ShowDownConcertfeaturingBrooks& Dunn.

"l was responsible for all publications,including design and printing of posters, handbills and any other promotional material for the concert,"Conrad says. "l acted as the primary media contact,so my cell phone was constantly ringing. l also wroteall the news releasesand managed a news conference announcing the event."

She also worked as marketingdesign coordinator for the OSU Student Union ActivitiesBoard.She designed and published a monthly publication called the CowboyExpressand was responsiblefor all.of the organization'smarketingadvertisements, fliersand publications.

Aftercompleting her doctorate, Conrad hopes Lo Leachcinema studies al the collegiateleveland then work in the industry.

No Secret to Domnick's Success

"TopSecretSecurityClearance FBI2003."

That'ssomethingyou don't seeveryoften on the resume of anAns and Sciences'sTop 10 Senior,but you can find it on NoahDonmick's.

Lastfall,he completed his dreaminternshipwith the FBIat theiru·ainingdivisionoutside Quantico,Va.His future plans includebecominga special agent.

"I researchedwith the behavioralsciencesdivision,where my adviserand l drafted a model for lawenforcememagenciesto use whenestablishingprocedures to preventdisruption in response Lo terrorism,"says Domnick.

The imernship opened the eyesof the psychologyand Spanishmajor.

"I realizedafter doing my internshipthat I want to get a job \\~Lhthe FBl,"he says. "l never hada dull moment in class, and watchingwhat the agents do was reallyexciting."

Heknowsbeingselectedfor the FBIisa difficultprocess,and that hisdegreein Spanishwillhelp him qualifyfora specialagentposition. "SoI decidedto reallyfocuson

Spanishin order to pass the FBI languagetest,"Domnicksays.

The FBl will have to wait, however,while he completesyet another goal. Noah is putting those languageskills to the test this fallwhen he leaves for a 27month Lourof duty with the PeaceCorps. He expects to be posted to a Spanish-speaking country in the Caribbean.

"Allthese goalsjust piece together.l think I'm pretty lucky because everythinghas falleninto place,"he says.

Domnick has taken advantage of other opportunities at OSU Lo help realizehis goals.He studied abroad for a summer in Pueblo, Mexico,and during his junior year Lookpan in the National StudenLExchangeProgramwith the Universityof Arizonaat Tucson.

Domnick says it's a challenge for him to leavehis home in Stillwater,but that his internships, educational opportunities and travelabroad have prepared him for lifeafter college.

"These experienceshave given me the drive, confidenceand direction to make a differencein my future,"he says.

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Close Encounters of the Historical Kind

Joel Halcomb,a senior from Sand Springs,Okla.,workingon a double majorin math and history, is one of only 15 underclassmen nationwideto earn the Gilder Lehrman Instituteof American History 2004 summer internship.

Arts and Sciences senior Joel Halcomb visited Columbia University as one of only 15 students nationwide selected for the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History 2004 summer internship in New York City. Prior to the six-week internship, he has been awarded two Wentz research projects and spent o year studying at York University, England, where he ·researched Congregational Church manuscripts of 17th century England.

together to stimulate interest in history and provide a basis to teach the subject."

Because2004 marks the 200th anniversaryof the Alexander Hamiltonand Aaron Burr duel, each lesson plan centers on a differenttheme of Hamilton'slifeand can be found on the Gilder Lehrman website,he adds.

Whde working on their projects, the interns had the

The prestigiousinternship paid Halcomb's expenses for a six-weekstint in New YorkCity where he explored multiple aspects of a career in history.

One experience,which has the potenLialto benefithigh school students across the nation, called for each of the 15 interns to developa lesson plan for use in high schoolhistory instruction.

"Each plan is an attempt to expose high school students to primary source documents. We provide a short introduction, pre-, in- and post-class exercises, a reference guide for teachers and a substantial number of original documents that relate Loour themes," Halcomb says. "Allthese components work

opportunity to discuss their lesson plans and teaching methods with high school teachers.

"The program also had other dimensions that helped us think of careers in history,"Halcomb says. "We visitedmany of the great archivecollectionsaround New YorkCity on personal tours guided by archivists.And we met with some of the top American historians of today.

"ll was wonderfulto be around great minds, both the students l workedwith and the scholarswe met.l can't say enough about the program,"he says,"or the scholarship and support I've receivedat OSU Lohelp prepare me for this amazingopportunity"

Opportunity Knocks Twice

MichaelGilbertknowsan opportunitywhenhe seesit.The Oklahoma Citybroadcastjunior completedtwo simultaneousinternshipsthis summer in NewYorkCity,one at NBC and one at FOX.

"Neither of the networks minded, since l would be doing differentthings at each network," Gilbert says. "l knew l could do both because I'm very confident in my abilitiesand what I've learned and what l can do."

Beforeapplying for the internships, Gilbert did ll_iSresearch and started making his contacts. Persistencywas important, he

says. "Peoplewere, for the most part, friendly,but rejectionis part of it as well." •

He worked about 27 hours each week at NBCand 16 hours at FOX.

At NBC,he worked in the production department preparing tapes for the "Last Call with Carson Daly."ln the control room during the taping, Gilbert says, "There were about 16 tapes used between the control room and the edit room for each show.

l was also in charge of distributing the run-downs, schedules, questions and scripts to all of the staff,including the producers, directorsand all the cameramen."

At FOX,Gilbertworkedin entertainmentpublicitywherehe prepareddailypacketsof NewYork newspaperclippingsregarding FOXshows,talentsand competition to faxto the LosAngelesoffice.

"Sometimestalentwould be in townand that meant settingup radio tours or interviewsor preparing fora specialevent,"he says. "Actingas the middleman for the press and talentcan be reallystressful.Althoughmyjob at FOX f sounded simple,it was by far more f hands-onthan myjob at NBC' s s· He spent the summer around actors whose names are household words.

'Jackie Chan was extremely nice. His Englishis actuallyvery hard to understand. Will Ferrell is reallytall, and Ben Stilleris reallyshort. He looks just likehe does in the movies,"Gilbert says.

Nothing shocks Gilbert anymore after livingin New York City,he says. "l have a new outlook on some things and a deepened appreciation for my home state, Oklahoma, and OSU.

"The entertainmentbusiness and many other businesses are all about who you know.l had always heard that sayingbut never fully understood it until workingin ew YorkCity.It reallyis about who you know,and the people in this industry relyon that."

Gilbertplans to pursue his dream of acting and being in front of the camerainstead of behind it, and he also plans to keep track of his new contacts and to continue networkingin Oklahoma.

"Network,network,network. lt's all about networking."

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Powerful Practice

MaggieHill believesin the power of internships, not only to giveher future advertisingcareer a boost but also to help her learn exactlywhat direction she wants her career to take.

Followingher freshmanyear,tl1eEdmond native'sfirstinternshiptook her to the Washington,D.C.,officeof Sen.Don Nickles."lt wasn'tan advertisinginternship,but! learned about advertising,"she says."Basically,he had to advertisehin1selfto get constituentsto support and vote forhim"

She followedwith a summer advertisinginternshipat SimmonsMattressCo. in Atlanta,Ga.,and a spring internshipwith Acke1111an-McQueen Advertisingin OklahomaCity.Lastsummer she workedin the areasof eventplanningand advertisingat TalmadgePowellConceptsin Tulsa.

"l have learned through interns\1ipswhat areas l do and do not enjoy.They are helping me decide what direction l want to take afterl graduate,"she says. "l love the mix of business and creativity.Obviously, there is a lot of research,but you also have to have a creativestrategy."

Hill'sexpe1ienceshavepaid off.ln the fallof 2003, her advertisingteam took firstplacein competitionat the HoustonAdvertisingFederationStudent AdvertisingCompetition.Lastspring she won the top awardat the OklahomaCityAdvertisingClub'sannual ADDYAwardscompetition.

Followingher graduation next spring, she hopes to continue her studies in graduate school. "Everyinternship has taught me about new areas of advertisingl didn't even know existed.l hope Locontinuelearning more with future internships," she says.

Takinga Bite ofthe 'BigApple'

Thisspring KristinBayans nabbedone of the most prestigioushonors an an student can obtain- a $10,000 internship at oneof the world's largestand finestart museums.

NewYorkCity's Metropolitan Museumof An selected Bayans fromthousands of top internationalstudents to receivethe only six-monthinternship the museumawarded this year.

Bayans, a May2004 honor graduatewith majorsin both studioart and art history and a minor in history,saysmost of the other studentsinterviewedwere from lvyLeagueand Britishschools.

"1leftfeelinglike l wouldn't get theinternshipbecauseof the competitionand the fact that the interviewersaidmost of the museum's internswerefrom New England," shesays."l thought l was probablyfromthe wrong place."

ButBayans'extensiveresearch trainingequipped her for the opportunity.

ln addition to writing and presentingseveralof her own professionaland academicpapers, she workedfor four years as an assistant in the OSUArt Department's

VisualResourceLibrary.She worked as a research assistant with the State of Oklahoma's LegislativeArt Collectionand a research and auction assistant with MeltonArt Galleryand Reference Library in Oklahoma c:iry.

Shealso contributedto research and installedseveralexhibitionsat OSU'sGardinerArtGalleryand was curatorforone exhibit.Last summer,she spent three months studyingart and architecturein nine differentcountries.

Bayans,who began her internship at the MetropolitanMuseum this summer, says she is drawing on all she's learned. "l'm leading special tours and have to be familiar with all the museum's collections,"she says, noting that the two-million-square-footbuilding houses more than two million works of art spanning 5,000 years of world culture.

She's also working with the curators of the museum's American DecorativeArts Department and continuing to research her areas of interest, the 19th Century Gilded Ageand American Expatriateart and the early photography of Edward Steichen.

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Meeting Leo

Peoplealwaysash me ifI'm the owner,but I'm not. I say Hello,welcome to Leo's PehingPalace.My name is Leo. Wouldyou lihe smohingor 11011?The men laughand grab their wivesaround their waistsand say, Tellus Leo, how longya been in business?Or sometimesthey say, Leo, huh? You mean the realLeo?The Big Enchilada?Or should I say the Big EggRoll,ya hnow what I'm sayin'?

T shrug, maintain my usual pleasant and welcomingexpression,and then pretend I don't understand English. That strategyseems to worh. But then the wives start tofeel sorryfor me and say, Looh Ronald, the poor boy doesn't understand English. 1just each my head to one side and squint a little, then I lead them to their tables. l feel better unless they start speahing to me in Spanish. This happens more often than you might thinh

In this manner Dinah Cox inLTOduces us to Leo,OSU political science major,waiter at Leo's Peking Palaceand the main character in Cox's short story "Leo's Peking Palace"

The quirky Leo grabs the attention of readers including those who evaluatedstudent

theater and worked for three years as a stagemanagerfor a smallprofessionalcompany in Michigan.

"lt was a failureof will,"she says. "I was afraid to try."

Havingdecided she would "giveit a shot," Cox says she found a strong EnglishDepartment supportive of her goal.

stories for TheAtlanticMontl1ly 2003 writing competition.The magazineawarded the story third prize behind students from Syracuse and Stanford.

Cox,a doctoralstudent in English,considersherself"an apprenticewriter stilllea-rningmy craft."Althoughthe Stillwater nativealwaysliked writing,she did not set out to become a writer. She earned a bachelor'sdegreein

"Facultyare very accessible,but they believein pushing students to do excellentwork.

"Ithasn't alwaysbeen easy.The departmenthas high standards, but it nurtureswritingambition," she says."Becauseof that,I'vebeen able to do verywell."r~

Dambach Named Distinguished Alum

Charles "Chic" Dambach, a 1967 OSU graduate in speech, is the College of Arts and Sciences 2004 Distinguished Alumnus.

Dambach was awarded the Global Coalition Peoce Award for 2001 from the International Platform Association. The award honors his efforts in helping negotiate a peace agreement between the warring countries of Ethiopia and Eritrea as part of a five-person group of former Peace Corps volunteers.

He has served as president of the National Peace Corps Association and credits his global perspective to the influence of two years of service as a Peace Corps community development volunteer in Colombia after graduating from OSU.

Dambach, who also holds an MBA from Wake Forest University, worked as a senior consultant for BoardSource, a Washington, D.C.based organization dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations.

Currently, he is president and CEO of Operation Respect, an international nonprofit organization founded by Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary) to promote respect among diverse people and cultures and to overcome bullying and violence in schools.

JANET VARNUM

Open to Possibilities

One weekend was all it took for Theresa McClure to turn her back on family tradition and decide to attend OSU.

"I stumbled onto four of the best years of my life," the 1978 graduate says of the way she became an "accidental Poke."

No one in her family had attended OSU, and McClure did not plan to until she spent a weekend on campus during the fall of her senior year in high school.

"There was something so absolutely wonderful about the campus and the people," McClure says. "It just clicked."

After earning a bachelor's degree in history, she began a career in telecommunications that allowed her to work for Southwestern Bell, Jujitsu, MCI and Broadmargin.

She is currently an executive director in Broadmargin's revenue assurance practice, working with both international and domestic clients. Nine partners, including McClure, founded the consulting company in 1999. Today, the firm employs 190 people in offices located in four cities and manages more than $5 billion in annual monthly telecommunications expenses and processes for its clients. McClure's work at Broadmargin includes advising clients in process system enhancements to maximize the client's revenue stream. Broadmargin's services increase efficiency in the way companies manage costs in dayto-day business from the point of sale to billing.

Although she maintains a home in Dallas, McClure's career has taken her all over the world. She has worked in the United States, Argentina, Rio de Janeiro, Milan, Paris, Brussels and Dublin. She says her ability to succeed comes from her liberal arts background. At OSU she learned how to think.

"You have to train yourself to think outside of the box. You have to see gray, not just black and white," McClure says.

"I came out of OSU very ready for all kinds of experiences," she says, attributing her success to being a well-rounded student. She says the nurturing faculty and safe environment at OSU helped her realize her potential.

She advises students to never stop learning and to be open to the possibilities that surround them.

"You get all of these choices, but you have to be open to them," McClure says, reminding students that college is the first time in life when every door is open. "If you are only looking for one thing you may miss the five or 10 things around it.

"I went to college to get as much as I could out of the experience and found everything I needed at OSU,'' she says.

COURTNEYHENTGES

First, Getting the Background

Like many young men of his generation, Marvin Kline attended OSU under the G.I. Bill, enrolling in 1958 after spending four years in the U.S. Air Force. Since earning his degree in physics, the CEO and board chairman of LINX Data Terminals Inc. has blazed his own trail.

Working as a radar maintenance technician in the military stimulated his interest in electronics. He opted to pursue an engineering education but not before studying the fundamental sciences.

Kline

"The head of the electrical engineering department, Dr. Bill Hughes, was relatively new and was interested in attracting people to the graduate program who had backgrounds in the physical sciences and math," Kline says.

"I had to meet with him because I was a kind of trial experiment, but Dr. Hughes was a really strong advocate of my crossover from physics."

During his final semester as a physics undergraduate, Kline took a number of senior-level electrical engineering courses as electives to prepare for graduate study. He completed his bachelor's degree in May 1962 and his master's just one year later.

Kline began his professional employment in 1963 at Texas Instruments, serving a 10-year tenure in project development that coincided with the company's national emergence. He subsequently accepted a position with the information systems division of General Telephone and Equipment in sales and marketing.

Four years later, drawing from both experiences, Kline launched his own company, LINX Data Terminals, that now sells in 40 countries with offices in Mexico City and Plano, Texas.

"The microprocessor was just in its infancy. I felt it could change the way data transfer and information transactions could be conducted, so I started a company to build network data collection terminals," Kline says.

The data terminals are used in industry from inventory tracking in warehouses to supply distribution and productivity management within manufacturing operations. Their initial use in hospitals spurred Healthline Solutions, a LINX subsidiary that specially produces perpetual inventory tracking systems for hospitals.

LINX and Healthline Solutions' products were a radical departure from antiquated methods, and their pervasiveness reaffirms Kline's premonitions about the microprocessor's effect on data collection and transfer, although he's far from boastful about his companies' impact.

"Instead of pencils and paper and punch cards, our idea was simply to allow an operator to use a machine and do away with the high level of errors associated with manual tracking procedures," Kline says.

He and his wife, Karen, both natives of Enid, Okla., live in Richardson, Texas. They met at OSU where Karen received her bachelor's in math education in 1962.

Kline says he received an excellent fundamental education at osu.

"I enjoyed the opportunity to pursue electives in the College of Arts and Sciences, such as the humanities courses that involved classic works, and the logical thought processes that emerge from a physics or engineering degree," he says.

"The unbending standards and work ethic exhibited by the faculty and the students in general were also things that just stuck with me."

ADAM HUFFER

Starting on the Right Foot

Joe Huffmyer has achieved many successes since graduating from OSU with a 1968 physiology degree.

The retired podiatrist spent 25 years as a foot and ankle surgeon in Oklahoma City and now operates two booming businesses throughout the Midwest. But ask him what he considers his biggest accomplishments, and Huffmyer doesn't hesitate to answer.

My kids," he says, referring to sons, Chad, 33, who works with his father as chief executive officer of Provision Imaging company, and Barrett, 31, who works in a similar field building surgical hospitals in Arizona and California.

Both sons followed their father's footsteps attending OSU and joining Sigma Nu.

"We raised some great kids," says Huffmyer, who has been married to his high school sweetheart, Cynthia, for 36 years. "My family is my greatest blessing."

Upon graduating from Tulsa's Memorial High School, Huffmyer says he attended OSU largely because his friends planned to go there. "I also liked OSU's atmosphere better than the other universities I visited," he says.

Two years later, Cynthia graduated from high school and began studying special education at OSU. When Huffmyer graduated and joined the U.S. Army, the couple married and moved to Manhattan, Kan.

After his military service, Huffmyer was soon back in stride with his medical goals, attending the Ohio College Pediatric Medical School and conducting a yearlong residency at Northlake Community Hospital in Chicago, Ill., before establishing the Oklahoma Foot and Ankle Clinic in Edmond and Moore.

"The ability to correct foot deformities and give someone a better life is a great feeling," he says.

Huffmyer, who retired from podiatry in 2001, says his first ambulatory surgery center started by accident in Oklahoma City in 1992 when he and 10 other doctors found a downtown center that was closing and bought it. Soon he had established Surgery Centers of America, which has built 24 surgery centers in Oklahoma, Texas, Ohio, Arizona, Kansas and Missouri.

"Lots of doctors want to work in surgery centers because they offer physicians a faster, more efficient and less costly venue for outpatient surgery," he says. "We can schedule 15 minutes between surgeries and use the same specialized scrub technicians, which means doctors can do more surgeries in a day and schedule their patients' surgeries sooner."

Doctors who use surgery centers appreciate greater control over their schedules, he says, with more time to visit patients in the afternoons and the ability to get home at a reasonable hour. courtesy Provision Imaging Company applies this concept by building centers that provide MRl's, CT scans and X-ray services.

"This way doctors can get their patients in right away for tests, and they get the Huffmyer results within 24 hours."

Huffmyer credits OSU with starting him off on the right foot. "OSU was an excellent match for me in more ways than one," Huffmyer says. "It not only gave me a great education, but gave me the drive to continue with my studies. The friendships I made have continued to this day, and the pride of being an OSU Cowboy is forever!" r~

lack Opportu

John Niblackhas taken many "first teps"in his lifetime.Some were here at Oklahoma Stateas he began his illusuious career,,Some made monumental diffhencesin h_umanhealth as he led outting- -~-edge pharmaceuticalresearch.

Todaywith a pilot program at OSU,Niblackhas taken the first step toward putting into place a national model for undergraduate research at major,state assisted universities.

"I was an undergrad at OSU fr01~11956 to 1960, and during two summers in that period I had the lucky experience to be

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allowedto work as an assistant in Dr. Robert Sirney'sag biochem lab," Niblacksays.

The retiredvicechairman of PfizerInc. and president of Global Researchand Developmentat FfizerPharmaceuticalsnever forgot the instructorwho started hin1 on his careerpath and made a differencein so many people's lives.

Hoping to create similar experiences for today's students, Niblack established the Niblack ResearchScholarsProgram,an undergraduate opportunity for students interested in science"to get their feetwet in the real thing,"he says.

The pilot program began this year with the selection of 12 second-year undergraduate students teamed withfgraduate students for laborat0ry research in chemistry,physks, tnicro]:Jiology, biochemistry,nutritional science and veterinary biomedical sciences. Students were selected based on academic performance and career goals.

"Undergraduatesinteract with graduate and postdoctoral students who are striving to become independent researchers,and they are mentored by professors with established reputations in

Exhibiting Commitment

Masterprinter BillGoldston visitedhis alma mater when he returnedto Oklahoma this spring to set up his exhibit, The Print Show,at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.

The occasiongave the OSU art deparunent, where Goldstonwasa student in the early '60s, an opportunity to honor the printmaker's long-term commiu11entto OSU art.

Goldston,the presidentof UniversalLimitedArtEditions,a fineart print facilityon Long Island,N.Y,has contributedprints by well-knownartists to the deparunent,adding significantvalueto the department'spermanent collection.He has alsoprovideda semester-longresidentialinternship with his firmeachyear since 1987and an annual scholarshipsince1991.

Plaques with the names of more than 50 students he has mentored now hang in the BartlettCenter for the Studio Arts.

SIX OF THE 12 NIBLACK RESEARCHSCHOLARS ARE COLLEGEOF ARTSAND SCIENCES STUDENTS

James Schammerharn, chemistry

Susumu Shibita, physics and mathematics

Natalie Trent, physics

real, cutting-edgeresearch," Niblack explains.

"The undergraduates in the program operate the latest technologies and instruments and learn where the textbooks leave off and the real world of scientific explorationbegins,"he says.

'Tm confidentthat manyyoung peoplewillbe so turned-onby the experiencethat they'lldecideto make sciencetheir life'swork."

BARBARASWIGGART

Formoreinformationaboutcontributingto the NiblackResearchScholars Programat the Collegeof ArtsandSciences,pleasecontactSuzanneThompsonat 405-744-6469.

Liangkun Li, mathematics and physics

Lisa Rigdon, cell and molecular biology

Ryan Scott, physics and mathematics

Compounding Interest

Tulsa heart surgeonJim Whiteneck,a 1975 physiologygraduate,is an activesupporter of OSU student scholars and their mentors.

He credits the education he receivedfrom OSU professorsforhis admission to prestigiousmedical programs and for winning awardsin competitionwith Ivy Leaguegraduates.

Whiteneckand his wife,Carol,helped constrnct the OSU Scholars Wallin the Student Union, founded a full-tuitionscholarshipfor a student in the arts and humanitiesand helped establisha prestigiousscholars fund. The fund awardsscholarshipmoney to high-achievingstudents includingthose who apply but are not selectedfor nationalawards.

The Whitenecks hope to create a young scholars society,an organization whose members not only fund scholarshipsbut also assistin such areas as guest s't)eakersor facultyinvolvement.Memberswould contribute $1,000 to join the society.

To energizethe young scholars society,the couple has made a matching offer for 2004. They will donate up to $50,000, giving$1,000 for every new member who gives to the fund.

For more information,contact Suzanne Thompson at 405-744-6469.

EILEENMUSTAIN

Lights, Camera, Action!

TheSchoolofJournalism and Broadcastinghas made some majorupgrades to its television studioand computer lab dedicatedto nonhnear video editing.

Usinggrant funds from the Collegeof Artsand SciencesStudentTechnologyFee committee andthe PaulMillerFamilyFoundation,the SJBinstallednine stateof-the-artdigitalworkstationsin themult1medialab last spring.

The new equipment and software,valuedat about $100,000, willsupport student work in videoproduction,advanced studiopractices,broadcast documentaryand broadcast news writingclasses,says Tom Weir, directorand associateprofessor.

"Theschool's TV studio has alsotaken on a much more modern look thanks to the Center for Ethicsin Journalism and the WilliamsCompanies in Tulsa," Weirsays.

Williams Companies donated a video switcher,a two-waycommunications system,a news set, a DVCPro video camera and portable editing unit and a rack system for the equipment.

A grant from the Center for Ethics in Journalism enabled the school to replace all the lights in the TV studio, upgrade the telepromptersystem, replaceall the speakers and control room monitors and paint the studio.

"We're also adding a new video workstation that will allow students to input any tape format, edit it as necessary and then output it in any format or play it back for broadcast,"he says.

"Arepresentativefrom Apple Computer remarked that the lab is unique in the Big 12 conference, and no one has anything to compare with it,"Weir says.

"Our new video facilitiesgive us a competitiveedge that wouldn't be possible without the help of our supporters." r~

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Honorary Degree

Arthur C. Lucas,a Stillwaterscientist,researcher, entrepreneur and supporter and friend of OSU,was awarded the OSU Honorary Doctor of Science degree in May2004. The physics department unanimously endorsed the honor.

Lucasmoved to Oklahoma followinghis retirement from industry and became an OSU adjunct faculty member in the physicsdepartment.He was instrumental in helping OSU revamp its radiation safetyprogram, and his generosityenabled OSU to begin the constructionof the OSU Observatory

He has spent more than 40 years as a professional in the field of radiation dosimetry and radiation and was instrumental in the developmentof devicesincluding the thermo-luminescentdosimeter,a device to accuratelymeasure and record radiation exposure.

"Art'scontributions over the years in the general field of radiation measurementsstand second to none," says Stephen McKeever,OSU vice president for research and technologytransfer.

Lucas receivedl:iisbachelor's degree in physics and math from MarquetteUniversityand also studied at Franklin College,Universityof Texas-ElPaso and the Universityof California-SantaBarbara.

He is a certifiedhealth physicist,a Fellowof the Health PhysicsSocietyand has produced numerous scholarlyworks and publications.Lucas is currently involvedin nuclear cleanups in Oklahoma and surrounding states, a project that has been instrumental in employingOSU graduates.

DOTTIEWITTER

A Press for Excellence

This spring, Daily O'CollegianadviserJack Lancaster was inducted into the Oklahoma journalism Hall of Fame.

The designation comes as no surprise to those familiarwith the veteran newsman's record. He has worked more than 30 years in journalism, including 10 as a reporter, editor and correspondent for newspapers, wire servicesand magazines. Sincehe became O'Colly adviserin 1982, the paper has won more than 200 awards forjournalism excellenceand has placedJournalistsin newspapersand wire Lancaster servicesthroughout the world.

Under his advisement, the Daily O'Collegianhas .;,massed14 straight AllAmerican honors, the highest given by the Associated CollegiatePress. It is the only paper in Oklahoma to be inducted into the AssociatedCollegiate Press Hall of Fame.

The O'Collyhas won two National Newspaper PacemakerAwards,which is often considered the Pulitzer Prize of collegejournalism. It has produced the National Story of the Yearand back-to-back recipientsof the prestigiousPulliamjournalism Fellowship.

Lancasteris a national winner of the Distinguished NewspaperAdviserAwardfor four-yearuniversitiesand a recipient of an AmericanPress InstituteJ ournahsm Educators Fellowshi,p.

The OkJahomaPress Associationgave him the BeachyMusselmanAward,named after an Oklahoma newspaper pioneer known for his integrity and ethical values. Lancasteris only the third person from OSU to be so honored.

Park Receives Sigma Xi Award

The ScientificResearchSociety, SigmaXi,SouthwestRegion, selected Nohpill Park tl1e2004 YoungInvestigatorof the Yearin recognitionof his early-career achievements.

Park, associateprofessorin computer science,receivedOSU's SigmaXi YoungInvestigator Awardin 2003. The Southwest Regionselectsits award winner from a field of outstanding scientists in Oklahoma,Texas,California, Kansas,Arkansas,New Mexico,Hawaiiand Mexico.

Park, who came to OSU in 1999 from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, has published 25 articlesin refereed journals and about 70 refereed conbence publications.

He has served as thesis aclviserfor one Ph.D graduate and 10 master's degree graduates. He is currently supervising two Ph.D. students and three master's students.

An expert on computer architecture,Park's research focuses on clocklesscomputer,quantumbased nano computer,embedded systems and co-designand homeland security data modeling, analysisand forecasting.

Park receiveda bachelor's degree in agriculturalengineering and a master's degree in computer science from SeoulNational University,Seoul,Korea.He receivedhis Ph.D. in computer scienceat TexasA&MUniversity in CollegeStation,Texas.

Recognizing a ReasonableVoice

Lastfallthe Oklahoma Political ScienceAssociationpresented Berti!Hanson its Outstanding PoliticalScientistAward.

Hanson,emeritusprofessorof politicalscience,served OSU from 1959through 1993.His tenure includeda term as deparlment headand as facultycouncilor.

Hepublishedbooks about Milwaukee,Nashvilleand Stockholm municipalpoliticsand numerous scholarlyarticlesand papers on stateand localgovernment.

Colleaguessay Hanson was a leading5cholarof Oklahoma politicsand was frequently quotedin national media, such as the WallSn·eetjournal.

Hanson's broad scholarship and solid Hanson teaching and eclecticlanguage skills earned him Fulbright Professorshipsat the Universityof Oslo in Norwayand Uppsala Universityin Sweden,as well as visitingappointments at Sweden'sUmea Universityand Ireland's Trinity College.

During his three decadesat OSU,Hanson maintaineda university-widereputationas a scholar, teacher,mentor and counselor.

"His was the quiet voice of reason," says friend and colleague Bob Darcy,regents professor of political science.

CAROLYNGONZALES

StadlerNamed StateGeographer

Gov.Brad Henry has appointed geography professor Steve Stadler as the StateGeographer of Oklahoma.

MoroPhoro In this role Stadlerservesas a consulting,advisoryand informationalresourceto state officialsand citizenson matters relatingto the geography,topographyand physicalenvironment of the state.

The state geographer is also a member of the state Geographic Information SystemCouncil and the steering committee of the Oklahoma Alliancefor GeographicEducation. Stadler Stadler,an appliedchmatologistwhojoined OSUin 1980, teachesclin1atology,meteorologyand physicalgeography."My researchinterestsare on both the physicaland human sides of geography asl relatethe atmosphereLothe physicallandscapeand people,"he says.

He is a founder and serves on the steering committee of Oklahoma's automatedMesonet,the weather measurement system that made Oklahomainto a livinglaboratory for weather research.The Mesonetuses statewideweather sensors in a series of 114monitoring stations reportingevery15 minutes to provide real-timeinformation.

Stadleris also coordinator of OSU's portion of the Oklahoma Wind PowerInitiative,a joint project between OSU and the Universityof Oklahomato foster the use of Oklahoma's wind energyresource throughscientificevaluationand public education.

The Oklahoma Wind Power Initiativeis instrumental in Oklahoma's developmentof new wind-powerfacilitiesthat came online this year.

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Xie Elected Fellow

AihuaXie,associateprofessor of physics,joined an elite group of scientists this spring when peers elected her Fellowin the American PhysicalSociety(APS),an international professionalgroup with more than 40,000 members.

The APSFellowshiprecognizes members who have advanced the knowledgeor made innovativecontributions in applying physics to scienceand technology.Annually,only one-halfof 1 percent of the APSmembership reaches fellowstatus.

Xie,who joined OSU in 1997, was honored "for her outstanding contributions to experimental studies of protein dynamics,in

particular the use of timeresolvedinfrared studies to probe the dynamics of photosensitive proteins."

Her special researchinterestis to understand how proteinsperformtheirbiologicalfunctionsbased on their structural designsand energydriven motions.Her goalis to identifyand revealthe underlying Xie

principlesthat controland regulate the biologicalfunctionsof proteins. Xiereceivedher Ph.D. from CarnegieMellon University.

EILEENMUSTAIN

International Exchange

MarcinPaprzycki,assistant professor of computer scienceat OSUTulsa,is lecturing and conducting research as a Fulbright Scholar in his native Poland at his alma mater,Adam MickiewiczUniversity. Paprzyckiis one of approximately800 U.S.facultyand professionals who have traveledabroad to 140 countries this year through the Fulbright ScholarProgram,sponsored by the U.S.Department of State and considered America'sflagshipinternational educational exchange.Recipientsare selected based on academicor professionalachievem~nland demonstrated leadership in their fields.

As a Fulbright Scholar,Paprzycki'swork involves facultyfrom severaluniversitiesi.nPoland in joint projects on large-scaleparallel and Internet-baseddistributed computing. His research areas include numerical linear algebra,parallel computing, agent-based distributed computing and arLuicialintelligence.

ln 1991,he was awarded the Golden Windmill Award for Outstanding YoungResearcher.He has organized and co-organizedmore than 100 international conferences,symposiaand workshops. He is editor of three international computer sciencejournals, a member of the editorial board for three others and serves as managing editor of a book series.

Paprzycki,who joined OSU in 2001, holds a master's degree in mathematics from Adam MickiewiczUniversityand a doctorate in computational mathematics from Southern Methodist Universityin Dallas,Texas.

The Fruits of Mentoring

While still a graduate student, Cida Chase was in attendance at the first paper presentation of the South Central Modern LanguageAssociation'sinaugural conference.The professor of foreignlanguageand literature recallsthinking she would never have the courage to address the conference.Today, Chase is entering the final stage of a three-yearterm as the South Central MLApresident.

The south central region of the MLAincludes Arkansas, Louisiana,Mississippi,Oklahoma,Tennesseeand Texas,as well as individualsfrom other states and foreigncountries. Like the national MLA,it is dedicated to the advancementof scholarship, teaching,writing and related professionalactivities within the modern languages,including their literatures and cultures.

Chase says as past-presidentshe will concentrate her effortson improvingdiversitywithin the South Central MLA, such as establishingseparate awards for non-Englishworks in the conferencebook prize and changing the association's policy of acceptingonly English manuscripts for its journal.

She also hopes to help increase membership by securing additional grant funding for faculty and, especially,graduate students.

"Unlikesome associations,the MLAextends full membership privilegesto graduate students and provides mentoring and assistance,such as grant money or help preparing curricula,writings or job applications,"Chase says.

"Mentoringis one of the most important activitiesof the MLA,and it's the reason I've remained with the association since the time l was a graduate student."

and literature professor Cida Chase says mentoring is one of the organization's most important activities. With her are former Spanish students, from left, James Pittman, Ray Rettig, Kim Mackey and Valerie Miller.

In Memory

Before joining the English faculty in 1964, Jewel Humphrey attended Northern Okla homo Junior College, Tonkawa, where she studied journalism far three semesters. The Hope, Ark., native then became a farm wife raising three sons near Morrison, Okla.

She returned to college in 195B, enrolling as an English major at Oklahoma State University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in English education in 1961 and a master's degree in English in 1964. She was inducted into Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society and the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.

Humphrey accepted a pasitian at OSU as an assistant professor af English specializing in Greek mythalagy and was later tenured. She advised hundreds af undergraduate English and English education majors and received the Outstanding Advisor Award for 1969-1970 from the OSU Arts and Sciences Student Council.

She retired in 1980 but continued to teach life writing to senior citizens when she moved to California in the 1980s.

ZuhairAI-Shaieb

Zuhair AI-Shaieb, regents professor of geology, known as "Dr. Al" to his students and colleagues, joined the faculty of OSU's School of Geology in.1973. He held the V. Brown Monnett Chair of Petroleum Geology and served as department head from 1991 to 1999.

While at OSU, AI-Shaieb authored more than 60 publications and gave more than 110 presentations to scientific forums, workshops and professional society meetings. He supervised 66 master's theses and two Ph.D. dissertations and secured over 4.7 million dollars in grants and contracts.

He received numerous awards and citations for his teaching and research. He was honored with the OSU Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award and was twice named Teacher of the Year. In 2001 he received the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Distinguished Educator Award.

Born in Damascus, Syria, AI-Shaieb earned geology degrees from the University of Damascus and the University of Missouri at Rolla.

The Dr. Zuhair F.AI-Shaieb Endowed Scholarship has been established in his honor in the OSU School of Geology.

The MightyPen

Arts& Sciencesfacultycontinuetheirtraditionof

Hereare somepublications of note.

Calculatingthe Valueaf the Union:Slavery,PropertyRights and the EconomicOriginsof the CivilWar, Universityof North Carolina Press(2003).JamesL Huston,professorof history,argues that the issueof property rights was at the centerof the CivilWar due to the amount investedin slavery.Researchon economic,social and political history paired with tables, graphs,speeches,letters and newspaperarticles support the economicanalysisof the Civil War and slaveryissuein the first part of the book.Thesecondpart examinesthe political realignmentthat took place as conflict over property rights deepened.

ThePitch ThatKilled,Ivan R.Dee,publisher,MikeSowell,professor of journalism.Originally releasedin 1989and re-releasedin 2004, this New York1imesNotable Bookof the Yeartells the story of the pitch that hit and killed baseballplayer RayChapman.The story goesbeyondthe actual pitch and coversthe whole 1920 pennant race.A reviewfrom the ChicagoTribunestates,"Sowelltwirls tragedy with triumph in a thoroughlyengagingmannerand delivers a book as captivatingas it is well-written."

Speakingof America:ReadingsIn U.S.History,Wadsworth PublishingCompany(2004),LauraA.Belmonte,associateprofessor of history.Thistwo-volumeset intendedfor usein U.S.history surveyclassescomeswith a CD-ROM,InfoTracand AmericanJourney Online.It containsprimary documents,poems,short stories,song lyrics,monographand article excerptsand newsaccountsthat coverimportant eventsin foreign policy,politics and economics. Famousand everydayAmericansare featured in this bookthat covers multicultural and regionalperspectives.

Sitko:WritingStorytellerand Medicine Woman,Universityof OklahomaPress(2004),BrewsterE.Fitz,associateprofessorof English.Usingessaysby and interviewswith LeslieMarmon Silko, an award-winningLagunaPuebloauthor, Fitzexploresthe conflict betweenthe customaryoral NativeAmericanliterature and the less honoredwritten word. Thisbookexplainshow Silko'sfamily traditions guided her to write and stressesthat Silko'swritings sharpen her culture's oral tradition.

Heroesof Empire:TheBritishColonialProtagonistin America,1S96-1764,Universityof DelawarePress(2004), RichardFrohock,associateprofessorof English.Thisbook draws on plays,poems,novelsand essaysabout colonialAmericato explore different characteristicsof the British imperial hero. Eachchapter focuseson a different quality, and they combineto showthe changesthat took placeduring this period. Byfocusingon the hero, Frohockpresentsreaderswith a new perspectiveof colonial history.

Anglo-IrishAutobiography:Class,Gender,and the Formsof Na"atlve, SyracuseUniversityPress(2004),ElizabethGrubgeld, professor.ofEnglish.As the first critical history of Anglo-Irishautobiography,this book analyzesautobiographies,letters and diaries from the 18th centurythrough the present.Drawingon extensive historical research,Grubgeldexaminestheseworks within ongoing critical debatesoverthe nature of Irish culture,identity,classrelations and genderroles.

TheColumbiaCompanionto AmericanHistoryon FIim, ColumbiaUniversityPress(2004).PeterRollins,regentsprofessorof English,providesa combinationof history and film analysisalong with analysisof popular culture to illustrate that history,as seen through the lensof a director and the societyat the time, is distorted for film viewers.While each chapterfocuseson a different theme,such as famouspersonalities,movementsand places,concise historical summaries,photosand a comprehensiveindexallow readersto enjoythe bookfrom a variety of perspectives.

Cityof Health, Fieldsof Disease:RevolutionIn the Poetry, Medicine,and Philosophyof Romanticism,AshgatePublishing (2004),MartinWallen,associateprofessorof English.Thisbook combinesmedicine,literature and philosophyto show how the definitions of diseaseand health changedin the 19th century.Wallen usesworks by Wordsworth,Coleridge,John Brownand F.WJ Schelling,among others,to provideviewsfrom a range of mainstreamto radical values.

TheHandbookof Death and Dying,SagePublishingCo. (2004), CharlesEdgley,professorof sociology.Organizingthe vast literature on thanatology,the study of death and dying,this reference book includescontributorsfrom a variety of fields includinganthropology,law, medicine,sociology,theologyand more. It also includes morethan 100 essaysabout almost everyelementof death-related behavior.Booklistconsidersit "excellentand highly recommended."

GermanWomenin Cameroon,Traveloguesfrom Colonial Times,PeterLang Publishing(2003).KarinSchestokat,associate professorof German,analyzestravel recordsof four German womenwho journeyedthrough Cameroonwhen it was a German colony(1884-1918).Thetravelogues,usedas informational material about the colonyand to entice other Germanwomento cometo Cameroonto spread Europeanculture and Christianity,reflectthe mindsetof the Germansocietyof the time and documentthe growth of thesewomenthemselves.

OklahomaMusicGulde:Biographies,Big Hits and Annual Events,New ForumsPress(2004),GeorgeCamey,regentsprofessor of geography,and Hugh Foley,RoseState University.Along with an in-depthessayabout musicfrom Oklahoma,this book includes biographiesof Oklahomamusicians,photographsand lists of No.1 songs,place-basedsongsand annual musiceventsall relatedto Oklahoma.Readerswill be surprisedto learn the vastnessof Oklahoma music history.

LiteraryNa"atives on the Nineteenthand Early Twentieth CenturyFrenchEllte EducationalSystem:Ritualsand Total Institutions,TheEdwinMellen P.ress(2004),FrederiqueVande Pae~Knottnerus,professorof French,and J. DavidKnottnerus,professorof sociology.Usingnarrativesfrom studentsin boarding schoolsfor the Frenchelite, this bookexploresthe total institutions of this educationalsystem.Eachof the six chaptersexploresa different aspect,includingthe male elite and femaleelite educational systemsand the personaland socialworld of each.

MicrobialEvolution:GeneEstabllshment,Survival,and &change, ASM Press(2004),RobertV. Miller,regentsprofessorof microbiologyond moleculargenetics.Thisintroductoryvolume, intendedfor studentsstudying microbiologyand life sciences,covers the field of bacterial evolution,includinginformation on the fascinating new technologicaladvancesin microbial evolution.Each chapter concludeswith study questionsand chapter summaries that will initiate discussionamongstudents.

Structure,Culture,and History:RecentIssuesIn Social Theory,Rowman& LittlefieldPublishers,Inc. (2002),editors J. DavidKnattnerus,professorof sociology,and SingC. Chew, professor,,HumboldtState University.Thisbook offers the latest researchtheoriesand developmentsin the reemergingfield of structural analysis.Thefirst sectionsurveysand assessesthe history and the future of structural analysis.Theother sectionsfocus on culture,historical processesand large-and small-scalesocial interaction.

College of Arts & Sciences

DEAN

Peter Sherwood

ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR INSTRUCTION AND PERSONNEL

Bruce Crauder

ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Thomas Wikle

ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR RESEARCH

John Mintmire

ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR OUTREACH

Thomas Walker

INTERIM DIRECTOR, STUDf:'IIT ACADEMIC SERVICES

Susan Weir

SR. DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT

Suzanne Thompson

A&S Department Heads

AEROSPACE

John Woodward

ART

Nicholas Bormann

BOTANY

William Henley

CHEMISTRY

Neil Purdie

COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS

Randolph Deal

COMPUTER SCIENCE

George Hedrick

ENGLISH

Carol Moder

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Perry Gethner

GEOGRAPHY

Dale Lightfoot

GEOLOGY

Ibrahim Cemen

HISTORY

Bill Bryans

JOURNALISM AND BROADCASTING

Tom Weir

MATHEMATICS

Alan Adolphson

MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR GENETICS

Robert Miller

MILITARY SCIENCE

Denise Corley

MUSIC

Brant Adams

PHILOSOPHY

Doren Recker

PHYSICS

James Wickstead

POLITICAL SCIENCE

David Nixon

PSYCHOLOGY

Maureen Sullivan

SOCIOLOGY

Patricia Bell

STATISTICS

William Warde

THEATER

Bruce Brockman

ZOOLOGY

James Shaw

Alumni Make a Difference

The Collegeof Arts and SciencesCareerServicesand AlumniProgramsoffera variety of on- and off-campusopportunities for alumni contributionsto student success.

BECOMEAN ARTS& SCIENCES ALUMNIMENTOR

A&Salumni mentorsdiscusscareeroptions in their fieldsand providejob searchadvice and networkingopportunitiesfor current students.The new 2004-2005MentorProgram pairs alumniand students for education and networkingopportunities.

SPEAKTOA&SSTUDENTORGANIZATIONS

ORHELPPRESENT A CAREERWORKSHOP

A&SCareerServicespresents workshops to current students regardingcareer-related issues.Alumniparticipationmakes presentations more meaningfulby bringingrealworld experiencesto students.

SPONSORAN INTERN ATYOURPLACEOFEMPLOYMENT

A&Sstudents make tremendouscontributions as they learn. Hiring interns givesstudents the experiencethey need and provide: alumni new ideas and an extra set of hands.

HELP"BEHINDTHESCENES" WITHALUMNICAREERINFORMATION

Students often ask, "What can l do ,vithmy degree?"Bysharing the evolutionor their careers,alumni provideinvaluableinformation to current A&Sstudents who arewondering where their degreescan takethem. Youcan help us educatestudents by sending a business card and descriptionof yourjourney from degree to career.

Formoreinformation,to get involvedorto sendcareersuccessstories,contact: MissyWikle,Coordinotor A&SCoreerServicesandAlumniActivities 203 LSE Stillwater,OK74078-3016 405-744-7547 / wikle@okstate.edu

Come Home in October

CelebrateAmerica's greatest homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004, as OSU challenges Texas A&M at Boone Pickens Stadium. This year's homecoming theme is "Building a Legacy. "Please join Arts and Sciences alumni and friends at the annual A&S reception, two hours prior to kickoff, in the lobby of the Seretean Center.

Come meet Dr. Peter Sherwood, Colltge of Arts and Sciences Dean, who will honor 25- and 50-year graduates with the presentation of their alumni pins.

FORMORE INFORMATIONABOUTOSU HOMECOMING2004, visit http://www.orangeconnection.org. For informationabout the Collegeof Arts& Sciences and other alumni activities,visithttp://www.alumni.okstate.edu.

Developing the 'Eye' 1

A picture may be worth a thousand words. All the same, Shane Brown knows that a few well-chosen words can amplify the meaning and impact of a picture.

That's why Brown, a photographer, graduated this spring with a degree in English. It's also why the Wentz scholar chose to develop a cultural photographic collection for his Wentz project, "Unseen Oklahoma."

The Wentz scholarship supported Brown's travel to photograph scenes from the back roads of Oklahoma, an effort resulting in "Unseen Oklahoma" and his selection as the featured artist in the September/October 2004 issue of Oklahoma Today magazine.

"The more 1 got into it, the more fascinated 1 became, because I realized it's not only Oklahoma history, it's also my family's history," he says.

Brown, who grew up in Skiatook, Okla.,joined the U.S. Air Force after high school. He 'traveled extensively and took pictures everywhere he went. "I saw some pretty neat places, but all I ever came back with were snapshots," he recalls.

Following a few years as a photographer for the Ft. Lewis (Colorado) College newspaper, he was eager to move forward. Although the newspaper liked what Brown was doing, he wanted more extensive training in photography. That desire brought him back to Oklahoma, where he entered the

photography program at OSUOkmulgee, before transferring to Stillwater for his English degree.

"It was like falling in love," he says. "It all happened so fast in the way I developed my eye. I quit 'taking' pictures and started 'making' pictures."

He started seeing photographs where others might be oblivious·to objects that tell a story. "A tumbledown barn, a rusty wagon-wlied or a longdeserted storm cellar in the middle of nowhere, all tell the history of the people involved," he says.

As for his future, Brown will be rounding out his "Unseen Oklahoma" collection and looking at the possibility of having it published. He also sees a possible master's in ph9tography. One thing is sure; the field of cultural photography has a new and rising star.

Last spring OSU students entertained a full house with four energetic performances of West Side Story.

GARDINER ART GALLERY -20 5 EASON

Sept.26-Oct.21 FacultyAnnualExhibition

Recentworks:OSUArt Faculty.OpeningReception, 2 - 4 p.m Sun Sept.26. Oct.25-Nov.17.............................................. Jeff Stokes

rRecentworksbyOSUalumnusJeffStokes.Receptionandartist'slecture,7-9 p.m.,Wed.,Nov.5. Nov.21-Dec.17 GraphicDesignPortfolioExhibition

WorksbyseniorGraphicDesignstudentsscheduledfor graduation,Fall2004. Reception.2-4 p.m.,Wed Dec.15

Jan. 12-26

StudioArt InvitationalExhibition

RecentworksbyseniorStudioArt studentsscheduledforgraduation,Spring2005. Reception,2-4 p.m.,Sun.,Jan.23.

Jan.30-March2 ScottReynolds

RecentworkbyNewYorksculptor.Receptionandartist'slecture,7-9 p.m.,Sun Jan.30. March7-April 6 PakistaniMiniaturePainting

Exhib~tioncuratedbyProf.MarcellaSirhandi,~eat.thew~rkofPakastania~ists.Rece~tio~~A.

April 10-20 GraphicDesignPortfolioExh1b1t1on WorksbyseniorGraphicDesignstudentsscheduledforgraduation,Spring2005.ReceptionTBA.

April 24-May6 AnnualJuriedStudentArt Exhibition

Recentworks:Art andDesignbystudentsat OklahomaStateUniversity. Reception,2-4 p.m.,Sun.,May1.AwardCeremony,3:00p.m Sun.,May1.

OpenMonday-Friday,8:00a.m.-5:00p.m., Saturdays9:00a.m.-1:DOp.m.,Sundays,1:00-5:00p.m.,exceptholidays.

If youwishto receiveemailremindersof openings & schedulechanges, pleasecontactusat 405-744-6016.

For gallery information visit http://art.okstate.edu/gallery.htm, or call 405-744-6016.

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Stillwater,Ohlahoma 74078-3015

W9men'sFilmFestival 2004- 2005 SCHEDULE

Fall 2004 Sat.,Oct. 9; ClassroomBuilding313 5 Girls 3:00p.m. USA,2001,113minutes.

A BoyNamedSue 5:30p.m. USA,2000,56 minutes

BlindSpot:Murderby Women 7:30p.m. USA,2000,87 minutes.

Spring 2005

DatejTimesTBA

BrotherOutsider:TheLifeof BayardRustin USA,2002,83 minutes.

TheDayI ShallNeverForget UK,Documentary,2002,92 minutes.

Spellbound-------------1 USA,Documentary,2003,97 minutes. Eachfilmwillbefollowedbyadiscussionpanel.

For information about the OSU Women's Film Festival schedule visit http://home.okstate.edu/homepages.nsf/toc/WFF or contact Laura Belmonte at 405-744-8198 or labelmonte@hotmail.com or Trish Long at 405-744-7575 or longt@okstate.edu.

VIVIA LOCKE THEATRE 2004 - 2005 SEASON

Oct.6-10

Cat on o HotTinRoof Oct.6, 7,8, 9 at 7:30pm;Oct.10Matineeat 2:30pm. Nov.17-21 TheMerchantof Venice Nov,17,18,19,20 at 7:30pm;Nov.21 Matineeat 2:30pm. Feb.23-27

I HateHamlet Feb.23,24,25,26 at 7:30pm;Feb.27 Matineeat 2:30pm.

April 20-24

IntotheWoods Apfil20,21,22,23 at 7:30;April24 Matineeat 2:30.April23 performanceisthisyear'sGrand ApplauseScholarshipPerformance, all ticketproceedswill beusedto supporttheatrescholarships. All of thisyear'seventscontainadultlanguageandsituations. Recommendedformatureaudiencesonly.

For theatre information visit http://theatre.c;,kstate.edu/upcoming.html or call the box office at 405-744-9208.

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