March 7, 2008

Message from Marlene Strathe Ourspringsemesteriswellunder wayandtheOklahomaStateUni- versitycommunitycontinuesto havemanyopportunitiesforcele- bration.

InFebruarywespotlightedtheresearchandscholarlyactivitiesofourfacultyandstudentsdur-ingResearchWeek2008.Throughinterdisciplinarycollabora-tionswithacademicinstitutions,governmentagencies,privatebusinessesandindustry,OSUresearchersaredevelopingnewknowledgethatismakingalastingimpactonourworld.

OSUhitanall-timehighlastyearwithsponsoredprogramresearchexpendituresinexcessof$245million,$122millionofwhichcameintheformofexternalawards.OSUhaslongbeenrecognizedfornotonlyexcellenceininstructionandoutreach,butscholarlyactivitycongruentwithourland-grantmission.ResearchWeek2008wasawonderfulopportunitytonotonlycelebratescholarshipatOSU,buttobecomebetteracquaintedwiththescholarlyactivitiesofourfacultyandstudents.

OSUresearchtouchesvirtuallyeveryareaofstudy.Recentworkincludesresearchtoexploreusingalltypesofperennialgrassesasalternativefuelsources,thestudyofdatingmineralsfromAntarcticathatpredictchangesinsealevel,theintroductionofOklahoma caviar from paddlefish, work that will accelerate the commercializationofnanomaterials,andresearchthattieschildnutritioninEthiopiatolearning.

TheOSUFoundationcontinuestobuildrelationshipswithalumnianduniversityfriendsthatarebringinganewinfusionofresourcestotheuniversity.TheFoundationisagainonapathtoarecordlevelofprivategivingtoOSU.

VeryrecentlyIhadtheopportunitytotourthegeologyteachinglaboratories,whichhavebeenliterallytransformedbyaverygenerousgiftfromDevonEnergy.Thesenewteachinglaborato-ries have made a significant impact on the teaching and learning environmentofourgeologyfacultyandstudents.

Privatepartnershipswillbeincreasinglyimportantaspublicfunding becomes more difficult to gain. All of OSU is apprecia-tive of the efforts of our Foundation and its development officers, aswellasnumerousadministratorsandfacultymembers,fortheircontinuedeffortstoincreaseourprivatesupportforOSU.

WearepleasedthatOklahomaGov.BradHenryandLt.Gov.JariAskinswilldeliverourspringcommencement

addressesonMay3,2008,aswecelebratethehardworkandac-complishmentsofourgraduateswiththeirfamiliesandfriends.

Inclosing,IwanttotakethisopportunitytowelcomeBurnsHargisasOSU’snewpresident.IthasbeenanhonortoserveasinterimpresidentthispastyearandIgreatlyappreciatethewon-derfulsupportIhavereceivedfromtheentireOSUcommunity.

IhaveneverbeenmoreexcitedaboutthefutureofOSUandlookforwardtoworkingcloselywithPresidentHargisasweallstriveforOklahomaStateUniversitytoberecognizedasoneofournation’sleadingland-grantinstitutions.

Dramatically altering the campus skyline, the crane that went up last month for the construction of the Interdisci-plinary Science Research Building stands more than 180 feet tall on a 20-by-20-by-5 foot concrete reinforced founda-tion supported by piers that reach 40 feet into the ground. Together, its boom and balance arm almost span the length of a football field.

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OSU NewsA&S Success CenterHosts Grand Opening

OSU-Tulsa officials have requested ap-provalfromtheOklahomaStateRegentsforHigherEducationtomakeavailable15additionalundergraduatedegreesforTulsa-areastudents.AttheFeb.18OSU-TulsaBoardofTrusteesmeeting,PresidentGaryTren-nepohlsaidOSU-TulsaneedstoofferundergraduatedegreesinareasthatserveTulsastudentsandemployers.“ExpandeddegreeofferingswillenableOSU-Tulsatoserveadditionalstudentandemployerinterests,aswellasprovideopportunitiesfortheincreasingnumberofTulsaCommunityCollegestudentspar-ticipatingintheTulsaAchievesprogram,”Trennepohlsaid.“WiththeoutstandingsuccessofTulsaAchieves,wehavetobe

Duringthistimeofnaturalandhumandisastersandtheneedforsafetyaware-ness,OSU-OKChascreatedanewcentertofocusoneducationandtrainingforbusinessandindustry,emergencyrespond-ersandthegeneralpublic.TheCenterforSafetyandEmergencyPreparednesswillcapitalizeonexist-ingprogramsandexperiencewithintheOSU-OKCcampus.Italsowillpartnerwithprivateandpublicentitiesthatshareaninterestinfurtheringknowledgeandexpertiseinareasrelatedtosafetyandemergencypreparedness.Programtrackswithinthecenterwillincludeadvanceddrivertrainingforbusinessandindustry,generalpublicandemergencyresponders;simulationtrain-ing;homelandsecurity;businesscontinu-ity;andcommunityoutreachprogramsandevents.

ThegrandopeningoftheCollegeofArtsandSciencesStudentSuccessCenterwasheldJan.24.Thecenterishousedonthesecondfloor of the historic Life Sciences East buildingandbringstogetheracademic,pre-professionalandcareeradvisingfacili-tiesinoneseamlessoperation.Includedarestudentacademicservices,careerservices,outreach,andthepre-lawandpre-healthadvisingcenters.“ThiscenteristherealizationofadreamfortheCollegeofArtsandSciences,”saidPeterM.A.Sherwood,RegentsProfessoranddeanofthecollege.“Oneofthekeygoalsofourcollegeistohaveasmuchcontactaspossiblebetweenstudents,facultyandadvisers,andthiscenterplaysakeyroleinmakingthathappen.Nowstudents can visit one place and find all the resourcestheyneed.”Thecenterhouses10academicadvis-ers,threecareerconsultantsandstudentinterns,aswellassevenoutreachstaff.Oneofthecenter’smainfeaturesisanacademicinformationcenterthatpermitsstudentstobecomefamiliarwithacademicdisciplinesandprogramsofferedatOSU.Acareerresourceslibraryprovidesjobandinternshipsearchinformation.Studentspursuingadmissiontomedical,dentaloralliedhealthprogramsnowcanaccessup-to-dateresourcesandprofessionalguid-ance.Thefacilityiswirelessandincludesfourcomputerstationsforstudentuse.

OSU-OKC Creates Safety and Preparedness Center

Arts and Sciences Student Council members served as hosts for the grand opening of the college’s Student Success Center in Life Sciences East on Jan. 24. With council members are Susan Weir, front far left, Student Academic Services director; Karen Smith, back far left, senior academic adviser; Peter M.A. Sherwood, Regents Professor and dean, third from right; and OSU Interim President Marlene Strathe, far right.

TheOSUCenterforHealthSciences’graduateprograminforensicscienceshasbeenaccreditedbytheAmericanAcademyofForensicSciencesafteranextensiveauditprocessthroughitsForensicSci-enceEducationProgramsAccreditationCommission.Itisoneofonlyeightgradu-ateprogramsnationwidetoreceivethedesignation.“Thisformalevaluationshowspro-spectivestudentsandemployersthatourforensicbiologyandforensictoxicologyprogramsmeetthehighstandardsofqual-itysetbytheAAFSandtheFEPACcom-mission,”saidRobertAllen,chairofthedepartment.Theprogramoffersmaster’sdegreesinforensicsciencesandinforen-sicsciencesadministration.Agraduatecertificate in forensic document examina-

Robert Allen, chair of the OSU-CHS gradu-ate program in forensic sciences, works in the OSU-CHS forensics research lab.

OSU-CHS Forensics Sciences Accreditedtionisalsooffered.Theforensicsprogramislargelyonlineandalsoopensenrollmenttonon-programstudents.

prepared for the influx of students who wanttoearnafour-yeardegreeinTulsa.” Trennepohl said university officials examinedthenumberofTCCstudentsmajoringinvariousdegreetrackstodeter-minewhichdegreesOSU-Tulsaneedstooffertoservethosestudents.Theacademicprograms,whichwouldbeimplementedasfacultyandphysicalresourcesbecomeavailable,wouldincludedegreesinEnglish,biologicalscienceswithpre-medandpre-vetoptions,sociol-ogy,civilengineering,history,psychology,mathematics,accounting,chemistry,phys-ics,secondaryeducationandmore.

OSU-Tulsa Hopes to Add 15 Degree Programs

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OSU News

“Rolexisnot onlythelargest singleluxury watchbrand intheworld, butitisalsothe brandmost widelyrecog- nizedandheldinthehighestesteem,”Klabenessaid.“Ourstudents,facultyandstafffeelbothprivilegedandhumbledbyRolex’sdeci-siontopartnerwithourprogram.Thisisanhistoricstep.”Rolexhasledtheindustryinprovidingfundingforthetrainingandeducationofskilledwatchmakerssince2000.

OCAST director Michael Carolina, Dean of Libraries Sheila Grant Johnson, author Gail Buckley, and Kay Bost, head of OSU Special Collections, admire a first edition copy of “Narrative of Sojourner Truth, A Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude.” The book is a highlight of the Edmon Low Library’s new Black American Military Experience Collection.

OSU-Okmulgee Partners with Rolex

TheOSUCollegeofOsteopathicMedicineandtheUniversityofCentralOklahomahavebegunanEarlyAssuranceProgram,ajointpilotprogramthathelpsUCO’spre-medicalstudentstobetterplanadmittancetothemedicalschool.“Thepilotprogramfocusesourrecruit-menteffortswithprospectivemedicalstu-dentsearlyintheiracademiccareers,”saidLeighGoodson,vicepresidentforenroll-mentmanagementandexternalaffairs.Curriculum,grades,prerequisites,gradepointaveragesandenrollmentcriteriamustbemet,alongwithMedicalCollegeAdmis-sionsTestscores,interviews,recommenda-tionsandotherrequirements,inordertobeacceptedintoOSU’sosteopathicmedicalschool.

In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the College of Veterinary Medicine, a delegation from the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences hosted approximately 50 legislators for lunch on Feb. 12. Michael Lorenz, veterinary center dean, made a presentation to inform legislators about the Next Level Initiative to take the center to the next level in coming years. Among attendees were Bill Johnson, Dean Lorenz, Rep. Phil Richardson, Charles MacAllis-ter, Rep. Lee Denney and Chris Ross.

OSU Medicine, UCO Announce Joint Program

OSU-Okmulgee’shighlyrecognizedwatchmakingprogramhasmovedintoanewerathankstothebackingandgener-osityofRolex,theworld’spremiernameinwatches. With a $1 million, five-year commit-ment,RolexhasbecometheexclusiveunderwriteroftheOSU-OkmulgeeWatch-makingandMicrotechnologyprogram.Establishedin1946,theOSU-Okmulgeeprogramhasdevelopedanexcellentrepu-tationbothlocallyandnationallyinserv-ingtheneedsofthewatchmakingindustry.“ThedecisionbyRolextobecometheexclusive industry financial underwriter of ourwatchmakingprogramprovidesusthe opportunity to fulfill our long-stand-inggoalofofferingatrueworld-classprogram,”saidBobKlabenes,OSU-Ok-mulgeepresident.

OSU is on the Kiplinger 100 list of top colleges for 2008. The an-nual ranking uses costs for in and out-of-state students as well as quality measures or financial aid measures to select the top higher ed institutions.

HighschoolandcollegestudentsfromtheStillwaterarealearnedaboutthefutureofenergyonFeb.8attheCyber-spaceResearchSummitatOSU.Thesummitwasaninteractiveconferencedesignedtogethighschoolandcollegestudents interested in scientific research, accordingtoLeGrandeM.Slaughter,chemistryassistantprofessor.ThesummitwasfundedbytheNationalScience Foundation through a five-year grantawardedtoSlaughterin2007.ThegrantisaimedatcreatinganeducationaloutreachprogramthatintroducesruralOklahomahighschoolstudentstoscien-tific research.

Area Students LearnAbout Scientific Research

PhotobyJamesSchammerhornCushing, Drumright, Glencoe, Morrison, Perkins and Stillwater High Schools, as well as OSU students, were invited to the recent Cyberspace Research Summit.

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Student News

ArtworkbyseveralOSUstudentstitled“RightHere,RightNow”wasonexhibitatExhibitOneinStillwater,includingsev-eral2-Dand3-Dpieces.TheOSU artistsalsowerefeaturedintheFebruaryissueofStillwaterLivingMagazine.

InrecognitionofTRiODay,theOSU Ed-ucational Talent Search programheldachildren’sbookdriveoncampustocollectnewor“gentlyused”booksforchildrenages3to9.ThedonatedbooksweregiventotheSoonerStartprogramduringitsannualTRiODaycelebrationattheStateCapitolonFeb.13,andthendistributedtochildrenthroughoutthestate.

OSU-OKC’sPhi Theta Kappainterna-tionalhonorsociety,oneof40chaptersintheOklahoma-Arkansasregion,wasnamed“MostDistinguishedChapter.”IndividualawardswerewonbystudentsDebra MosesandMike Goldman,andadvisersArmandoCruz-RodzandJimHarned.

For the fifth consecutive year, OSU-Tulsa hostedtheEngineering Design Chal-lenge onFeb.21,drawingmorethan200participantsfromseveralareaschoolswhodesigned,builtandracedaself-propelled,motorizedwatercraftduringtheevent,ac-cordingtoCarlLatino,electricalengineer-ingassociateprofessor.

Niccole Grimaldi,Rossmoore,Calif.,marketingseniorandCowgirlsoccermember,receivedoneof29NCAAPost-graduateScholarshipsof$7,500forstu-dent-athleteswhocompeteinfallsports.Thescholarshipsareawardedtostudent-athleteswhoexcelacademicallyandathletically and who are in their final year ofintercollegiateathleticscompetition.

Amarjit Mishra,LungBiologyandToxicologyLaboratorygraduatestudent,receivedaSocietyforExperimentalBiol-ogyandMedicineYoungInvestigatorAward.The$500allowshimtopresenthisresearchatExperimentalBiology2008inSanDiego,Calif.

OSU’s own American Idol, Kyle Ensley of Valliant, recently met Lisa Kudrow (aka Phoebe from “Friends”) prior to his invited ap-pearance on the Ellen Degeneres Show. After being one of the last to be cut from the final 24 American Idol competitors, the OSU politi-cal science senior is in demand. He has been interviewed on Good Morning America and was invited to sing the national anthem at the Oklahoma City RedHawks open-ing game in April. He also received a “makeover” from a Beverly Hills salon for the TV show Extra.

OSU-Okmulgee Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology instructor Paul Margwarth, left, congratulates Broken Arrow student Jeff Hamon for receiving a $900 2008 CareerConnect Scholarship from Johnson Controls, Inc.

OSU-TulsaopenedaGraduateStudentServicesCentertoprovideacentrallylo-cated support office. Prospective students canlearnaboutadmissionrequirementsandenrollmentdeadlinesforallgraduateprograms,andstaffmemberswillas-siststudentswithacademicpaperwork,provideacademiccounselingandarrangevisitswithfacultyadvisers.

InternationalStudentOrganizationpresi-dentHuiHuiAngofMalaysiaandpublicrelations officer Phuong Le of Vietnam helpedwithinternationalrecruitmentoverwinterbreakbyvisitingOSUpartnerinsti-tutionsintheirhomecountries.“OneofourgreateststrengthsisStudentAffairs,becausethesedivisionsbarelyexistinsomecountries,”saidTimHuff,InternationalStudentsandScholarsman-agerandcoordinatorofthestudenttrips.“Wereallytakegoodcareofourstudentsandsometimesittakesastudentfromaparticularcountrytoexplainthattootherstudentapplicantsfromthatsamecoun-try.” Ang visited with students and officials at IntiCollegeinMalaysiainanattempttohelprebuildourconnections.MalaysiannumbersintheU.S.havedeclinedgreatlyoverthepastdecadeandwereoncethelargestinternationalpopulationatOSU,butnowOSUhasfewerthan50students.AccordingtoHuff,Ang’seffortshavehadanimmediateimpactresultingin13contactsfrominterestedIntistudents.LeaccompaniedKeithTeague,electricalandcomputerengineeringprofessorandhead,onvisitstoVietnaminstitutionsandservedashisinterpreter.Vietnamhasbeen

Genipha Bacoulou, center, the International Student Organization vice president, was dressed by members of the Korean Student Association in their traditional attire during the 2008 International Bazaar. The annual event was hosted by Student Affairs and ISO. Among attendees were 10 international students and staff from OSU-Okmulgee.

thelargestgrowingOSUinternationalpopulationforthepastthreeyears,andis now OSU’s fifth highest international populationwith80students.Teaguehand-carried five applications for admission backtoOSU. Teague’s visit last year also added five VietnameseMinistryofEducationSchol-arstohisgraduateprogram.

OSU Students Help in International Recruiting

Michaela Hagerty,BlueSprings,Mo.,appareldesignandproductionjunior,wasselectedaSports IllustratedonCampusCheerLeaderoftheWeek.

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Student News

OSU Hosts Big 12 ConferenceThe31stannualBig12ConferenceonBlackStudentGovernment,host-edbyOSU’sAfricanAmericanStudentAssociation,drewapproximately750studentsandadvisersrepresentingblackstudentorganizationsfromalltheBig12universitiesandmorethan30otherinstitutionstoStillwater.Conferenceactivitiesweredesignedtofostereffectivecultural,socialandpoliticalleadershipwithmotivationalspeakers,educationalworkshopsandprofessionaldevelopmentandnetworkingopportunities,accordingtoTulsainternationalbusinessseniorTyScyffore,Afro-Ampresidentandconferencecommitteechair.KeynotespeakersincludedNationalPublicRadiocommentatorandformerWashingtonPostreporterPatriceGaines;engineer,authorandinventorCalvinMackie;JudgeVickiMiles-LaGrange;OSUalumnusRev.BryanCarter;OCASTexecutivedirectorMikeCarolina;andmotiva-tionalspeakerandbusinessmanStedmanGraham.

OSU Army ROTCisata17-yearenroll-menthigh.In2007,theDepartmentofMilitaryScienceawarded20four-yearfreshmanscholarships.

University Advertising studentsinjournalismandbroadcastingaregettingvaluablereal-worldexperiencethankstoalumnusR.W.McQuarters,NewYorkGiantsdefense,whoselectedthestudent-runadagencytodesignhisnewrealestatecompany’slogo.The12UAstudentsareunpaidbutgainreal-worldadvertisingex-perience. Profits from UA jobs fund OSU AdClubactivities.

StudentGovernmentAssociationPresidentCarol PhillipsrepresentedOSU-OKCstudentswhensheintroducedCo-Presi-dentProTemporeGlennCoffeetoHigherEducationDayparticipantsatthisyear’ssessionatthestatecapitolonFeb27.

Inrecognitionofcontributionstoresi-dencehalllivingandtotheuniversitycommunity,Erica Smith,Stillwatereducationalleadershipstudiesgraduatestudent,receivedtheBobHussOutstand-ingGraduateStudentAwardforOklahomaatthe2008SouthwestAssociationofCollege and University Housing Officers conference,andDeleea Allcorn,Inolahumandevelopmentandfamilysciencejunior,receivedtheGeneWardOutstand-ingStudentforOklahoma.

OSU’s German, French andRussian ClubsheldaMardiGrascelebrationonFeb.6onthelibrarylawn.Eachclubsoldaselectionofnativefoods,accordingtoBrandonFimple,Vinitahotelandrestau-rantadministrationsenior.

Charlize Foong,Malaysia;Jacob Gam-boa,Yukon;andMarisa Butler,Parsons,Kan.,allmanagementseniors,wontheOklahomaStateHumanResourcesGamesinOklahomaCityonFeb.16andwillcompeteintheSouthwestRegionalHumanResourcesGames.TheiradviserisTomStone.

StudentchaptermembersoftheAmercanCollegeofOsteopathicPediatricianswelcomed third to fifth grade students and theirteachersfromEugeneFieldElemen-tarySchoolforanafternoonMini-Medical School for Kids at OSU-CHS.Sessionsonnutrition,healthyeating,anatomy,exerciseandobesitywereheldandteachersreceivedmaterialsforclassroomfollow-up.

TheOSU Wind Ensemblerecentlywasthefeaturedwindbandatthe37thJapanBandClinicinHamamatsuCity,Japan.TheOSUChamberSingersandConcertChoralewilltourItalythisspring,andtheyalsowereinvitedtoperformatCarnegieHallinFebruary2009.

OklahomaState’smen’sandwomen’scrosscountryteamshavereceivedrecog-nitionas2007NCAADivisionIAll-Aca-demicteams,accordingtotheU.S.TrackandFieldandCrossCountryCoachesAssociation.Forthishonor,teamsmusthavecompet-edandcompiledateamscoreatanNCAARegionalMeetandhaveaminimum3.00teamcumulativegradepointaverage.TheCowboyswontheNCAAMidwestRegionaltitleenroutetoathird-place

Kelly Ingold and Brad Blackim discuss repair strategies for the 2006 Ford Mustang that State Farm Insurance Co. recently donated to OSU-Okmulgee’s Automotive Collision Repair Program to use as a learn-ing project and a recruiting tool.

Southern Methodist University students, along with their adviser and NPHC President Jennifer Jones, presented the workshop “You are What You Wear” at the 31st Annual Big 12 Conference on Black Student Government.

Lauren White,Idabelenvironmentalsciencefreshman,ChoctawtribalmemberandOklahomaLewisStokesAllianceforMinorityParticipationScholar,hasbeenchosentotakepartintheAvilaResearchExperiencesforUndergraduatesprogram this summer with fieldwork in Dominica.

finish at the NCAA Championship and posteda3.26teamgradepointaverageand finished with the second-highest GPA amongBig12schools. The Cowgirls took fifth at the NCAA MidwestRegionalmeetandcompileda3.31teamgradepointaveragetoeasilymeetthecriteria.CowboysRyanVailandDavidJankows-kialsowerenamedtotheUSTFCCCA’sAll-AcademicTeam.

Cross Country Teams Recognized for GPAs

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Faculty/Staff News

AteamofOSUveterinariansattheOklaho-maAnimalDiseaseDiagnosticLaboratorypublishedapaperintheJournal of Clinical MicrobiologydetailingtheirdiscoveryofanewcaninevirusintheU.S.LedbySanjay Kapil, they are the first to describe the CPV type2cvariant,whichalsokillsadultdogsinadditiontopuppiesbyattackingtheheartand intestines. Though not yet confirmed, thevirushasbeenblamedformanyU.S.caninedeaths,including600puppiesatadogbreedingoperation.

Declinesinfishing and hunting licensesalesaroundthecountryfornearlyadecade have caused wildlife and fisheries expertstolookforwaystoenticeoutdoorenthusiastsbacktotheoutdoors.OSU’sDepartmentofNaturalResourceEcol-ogy and Management hopes to help find answersfortheOklahomaDepartmentofWildlifeConservation.

AnOSUresearcherispartofateamthatdiscovered a new cancer-fighting com-poundpraisedforitspotentialtorevolu-tionizecancerpreventionandtreatment.Darrell Berlin,RegentsProfessorofchemistry,createdthecompoundincol-laborationwithDorisM.Benbrook,OUHealthSciencesCentermolecularbiolo-gistandbiochemist.ItisslightlyrelatedtoVitaminAwithcomponentsresem-blingproductsmadebythehumanbody.Research confirms it destroys 11 types of cancercellsanditsdevelopersareexcitedaboutresultsonkidney,ovarianandlivercancercells.Moredevelopmentandclini-caltrialsareneededbeforethecompoundisreadytobeadministeredasadrug.

Dale Alspach,mathematicsdepartmenthead;Dana Brunson,mathematicssys-temsadministratorandlecturer;Cynthia Francisco,mathematicslecturer;andGail Gates,associatevicepresidentforunder-graduateeducation,areworkingwiththeNationalCenterforAcademicTransfor-mationtoredesignthedeliveryofcollegealgebraatOSUwiththegoalofincreasingthenumberofstudentswhoachieveanac-ceptable level of proficiency with algebra.

OSU Interim President Marlene Strathe congratulated Kim Brock on his induction into the Oklahoma Pork Hall of Fame. Brock has spent nearly 30 years as herd manager in charge of the OSU Swine Research and Edu-cation Center on the outskirts of Stillwater, and his 1981 and 1991 OSU livestock judging teams won national championships. He said his career work at the swine center has three purposes: teaching, research and raising the best purebred swine.

TenstudentsandtwofacultyfromthearchitectureprogramoftheUniversidadPeruanadeCienciasofLima,Peru,arrivedFeb.16totakepartinaStudioExchangeProgramwiththeOSULandscapeAr-chitectureprogramforthreeweeksinas-sociationwiththeDesignIVstudiounderthedirectionofMichael Holmes.StudentswillprepareamasterplananddesignsforanarcheologicalsiteincentralPeru.Attheendofthespringsemester,theOSUstudentsandafacultymemberwillvisitPerutoworkwithUPCstudents.ThisistheonlylandscapearchitectureprogramintheU.S.tohaveanexchangestudyabroadprogramwithaSouthAmericanuniver-sityarchitectureschool.Theprogramwasstarted10yearsagobyCharles Leider,professoranddirectoroftheOSULand-scapeArchitectureProgram.

TheAviationandSpaceProgramintheCollegeofEducationreceived$106,000fromtheOSRHEtofundtheOSUAero-spaceHighSchoolSummerAcademyforathree-yearperiod,accordingtoSteve Marks,professorandprogramcoordina-tor.Thisacademybrings30highschoolstudentsoncampusfortwoweeksinJunetostudyaviationandaerospacetopicsandfield trips.

Representativesfromlawenforcementagenciesthroughoutthestateattendedthe15th Annual Buckledown AwardsonFeb.14atOSU-Tulsa.Oklahoma’stop police officers were recognized for saving hundreds of lives, and officers with exceptional work in traffic safety, impaired drivingandoccupantprotectionandchildsafetywerehonored.Theeventisspon-soredbyStateFarmInsuranceCompanies,SaintFrancisHospital,TulsaSafeKidsCoalition,MADDandOSU-Tulsa.

OSU–Okmulgee held a “Spend an Afternoon with Pete” for high school seniors and parents on Feb. 10 to provide help in understanding the types of financial aid available to attend college and how to apply. “Pistol Pete,” the OSU mascot, welcomed those attending, according to Kinya Peverley, admissions director.

TheOSU-OKC Public Service degree program’sannual“SpringGathering”tookplaceMarch4intheStudentCenter.TheeventcelebratedpublicserviceandfeaturedKirkHumphries,formerOklaho-maCitymayor,presenting“IfYouCouldChangeOneThing.”

Marty High,chemicalengineeringassoci-ateprofessor,recentlycompletedajurisdoctorateandhascreatedwhatisbelievedtobethenation’sonlylegalstudiesinengineeringcurriculum.

OSU-OKCreceivedanOKCPublicSchoolsFoundation“2008 Perfect Part-nership Award”onFeb.28forparticipa-tionintheWestwoodElementary“LunchBunch”program.

Lee Manzer,marketingprofessor,wasnominatedbyastudentandhonoredinAustinwiththeActonFoundation’sAwardforExcellenceinEntrepreneurshipEduca-tion.Heattendedthetwo-dayseminarinAustinonentrepreneurshipteachingwithTulsamanagementandentrepreneurshipseniorCorey Else.

OSU approved Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta), its first national biological honor society for life sciences students. Don French, zoology profes-sor, far left, is adviser, and Cedric Fry, Vinita senior, far right, is president. With them are Loren Smith, zoology department head; Julie Golla, McAlester senior; Andrew Mixson, Vinita senior; Kendra Chillemi, Stillwater senior; and Melissa Gentry, zoology academic adviser.

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Faculty/Staff NewsOSU-Tulsa’sPresidentGary TrennepohlhostedaLegislativeluncheononJan.17fortheTulsa-areadelegation.LegislatorsparticipatedinatouroftheHelmerichAd-vancedTechnologyResearchCenter.

Glenn Muske,design,housingandmer-chandisingassociateprofessor,isfeaturedinaCNN/Fortunearticleoncoupleswhorunsmallbusinesses.

Carey Pope,RegentsProfessor,Physiolo-gicalSciencesDepartmentheadandSit-lingtonEndowedChairinToxicology,wasmentionedinanarticleaboutnanoparticleself-lightingphotodynamictherapyfordeep cancer treatment. He is one of five researchersinvolvedinthisnationalcol-laborative.

Joann DesLauriers,adjunctinstructorandearlychildhoodeducationspecialist,andDianna Ross,earlychildhoodeducationspecialistandinterimdirectoroftheOSUChildDevelopmentLab,receivedNationalBoard Certification from the National Board forProfessionalTeachingStandards.

Bin Liang,sociologyassistantprofessor,hasanewbook,“TheChangingChineseLegalSystem,1978-Present:Centraliza-tionofPowerandRationalizationoftheLegalSystem,”thatexaminesdramaticchangesthathappenedtotheChineselegalsysteminthereformera.

TheCollegeofEducationandtheOkla-homaTechnologyAssociationsponsoredtheannualOklahomaStateStudentMediaFestivalintheCoxConventionCenteronFeb.6.Thisyear’sfestivalfeaturedmediaprojectsrangingfromWebsitesandliveactionvideotostillphotographyfrom729K-12Oklahomastudents,accordingtoSusan Stansberry,educationaltechnol-ogyassociateprofessor.

Michael Davis,physiologicalsciencesassociateprofessor,wasnamedchairofthe Scientific Review Committee for the AmericanCollegeofVeterinaryInternalMedicine,whichadministersthecompeti-tivegrantprogram.

TheTulsaChapteroftheAssociationforWomeninCommunicationswillhonorJami Fullerton,OSU-Tulsajournalismandbroadcastingassociateprofessor,onMay6asa2008Newsmaker.

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Steve Marks,professorandaviationandspaceprogramcoordinator,wasoneoftheinstructorsthatconductedtheNASAWinterStoryTeacherWorkshopheldinYellowstoneNationalParkinJanuary.Twenty-five teachers from across the U.S. conductedstudiesandexperimentsthatrelatetothestoryofwinterandNASA’sresearchintoextremophiles.

Thepresentation“SmallParasite...SeriousDisease,”bySusan Little,professorandKrull-EwingEndowedChairinVeterinaryParasitology,wasselectedatthe2008WesternVeterinaryConferencetobefeaturedintheirdailyone-hourbroadcastcalledConferenceTVJournal.

Shiretta Ownbey,HumanEnvironmentalSciencesprofessorandassociatedeanofAcademicProgramsandServices,isamong23leadersselectedasFellowsoftheFoodSystemsLeadershipInstitute.Fellowsincludeleadersfromeducation,industryandgovernmentwhoareengagedindiversesegmentsofthefoodsystem.

Jeffery L. White,chemistryassociateprofessor,wasawardedathree-yeargrantfromtheNationalScienceFoundationforresearch titled “Polyolefin Miscibility: NovelChain-LevelExperimentstoCreateMiscibleBlends.”The$320,000awardisthethirdconsecutivethree-yeargranthehasreceivedinthissubjectareafromNSF,anduponcompletionin2011,itwillrep-resentanine-yearstudyfundedatnearly$1million.

Tom Stone,managementprofessor,wasappointedassociateeditorforCareer De-velopment International Journal.StoneisalsotheprogramchairoftheOrganizationBehaviorDivisionoftheAdministrativeScienceAssociationofCanada.

Allen Apblett,chemistryassociateprofes-sor,waschosenbytheAmericanCeramicSociety for its “Profiles in Excellence” programthathighlightsmemberswhohavemadeoutstandingcontributionstotheceramiccommunity.

Yonglin Jiang,historyassistantprofessor,receivedtheCharlesW.RyskampFellow-shipfromtheAmericanCouncilofLearnedSocietiestoresearchlawandsocietyinMing,China.Jason Lavery,historyassoci-ateprofessor,wasnamedaFellowoftheInstituteforAdvancedStudyattheUniver-sityofHelsinkiandwillresearchthespreadofLutheranismin16thcenturyFinland.

OSU-OKCMathematicsDepartmentheadC. J. FrederickhasbeeninvitedtobeanAdvancedPlacementreaderforcalculus.

Fourhistoryfacultyholdleadershipposi-tionsinprofessionalsocieties:Bill BryansispresidentoftheNationalCouncilofPublicHistory;Jason Laveryisvicepresi-dentandpresident-electoftheSocietyofHistoriansofScandinavia;Ronald PetrinispresidentoftheSouthwesternHistoricalAssociation;andYonglin Jiangispresi-dent-electoftheSocietyforMingStudies.

Alastair Watson, veterinary anatomy profes-sor, experienced a once-in-a-lifetime dis-covery when describing the ninth and tenth DNA-confirmed specimens of tropical bottle-nose whales (Indopacetus pacificus), which included a mature female and her calf. He and the collaborative team in Taiwan were surprised to find that the young whale had a polydactyly, or sixth finger, on his flipper, which is extremely rare.

Michael Roton,past recipientoftheGover-nor’sAwardforDis- abilityEmployment,is oneofsixemployed byOSUStudent UnionDiningthroughthePayneCountyShelteredWorkshop.SUDiningrecentlyreceivedthetopbusi-nessawardfromtheOklahomaAssociationforPersonsinSupportedEmployment.

TheEnglish Department,editorialhomeofnationally-knownscholarlypublica-tions,“MiltonQuarterly”and“CimarronReview,”hasanonlinejournaldedi-cated to theoretical approaches to film andmedia,“World/Picture.”Thescreenstudiesprogramalsosponsorsanannualconference of film and media scholars, the World/PictureConference.

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Alumni Induct Three to Hall of Fame

James D. “Jim” Cobb, Juanita L. “Bobbie” Nofflet, and Eddie Sutton were in-ducted into the OSU Alumni Association Hall of Fame during a ceremony held Feb. 22 at the National Cow-boy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. More than 350 people were in attendance.

For the first time in its 50-year history, theOSUAlumniHallofFameInductionCeremonywasheldinOklahomaCityattheNationalCowboyandWesternHeri-tageMuseumonFeb.22.Inducteesfor2008werehumanitarianand volunteer Juanita L. “Bobbie” Nofflet ofOrlando,Fla.,whoreceiveddegreesfromOklahomaA&Min1948andOSUin1960;innovativeengineerandsuccess-fulbusinessleaderJamesD.“Jim”CobbofOklahomaCity,whoreceiveddegreesfromOSUin1959and1960;andlegend-

TheOSUFoundationhasannouncedseveralnewgiftstoOSU:TheAT&TFoundation,thetelecom-municationsgiant’sphilanthropicarm,awardedOSUan$11,000ExceleratorgranttocreatetheAT&TCorporationResourceLibraryandtheAT&TCorpora-tionSigningPalsprogram.Theinitiativeswill significantly boost technology and signlanguagecapabilitieswithinOSU’sEnglishDepartmentandenabletheuni-versitytoprovideeducationalresourcesandservicesforstudents,childrenandthepublic.Theresourcelibraryanditselectronicandwrittenmaterialswillplayanimport-antroleinimprovingreceptiveandsigningskillsofstudentspursingdegreesinAmeri-canSignLanguage.TheSigningPalsprogramwilltargetK-12childrenandallowparticipantstoconnectwithothersbyusingwebcamerasandsoftwarethatutilizeinstantmessaging-typesystems.Previously,noprogramhadexistedthatgavedeafchildrenaccesstoimprovedlanguagemodels.Maintainingitsland-grantmission,OSUwillattempttoreachalargeportionofthe33,000citizensintheregionwhoaredeaforhardofhearing.Thenewresourcesandtechnologywillsupportcollaborationwithstateagencies,othercollegesanduniver-sitiesofferingdegreesinASLandinter-preting,publicschooldistrictswithdeafstudents,andthepublic.TheQuestarCorporation,anaturalgasfocusedenergycompanyinSaltLakeCity,donated$18,000forthecontinuedrestora-tion efforts of the geology field camp in Colorado that was destroyed by a flood in summer2006.Thegiftwillaidinrebuild-ingonsitelivingquartersforthecamp’sfacultyandstaff,andbringsQuestar’stotalcontribution to the field camp project to $36,000.Ithasalsocommitted$15,000toesta-blishtheQuestarFellowshipFundtoprovidescholarshipsforgeologygraduatestudents.OnbehalfoftheOklahomaCityMercyWorkFoundation,PattyWhitecottonmadeagiftof$38,000toprovideannualsup-portfortheCohnFamilyShelterforSmallAnimalsfacilityoperationsbudget.TheMercyWorkFoundationhasbeenanongo-ingpartnerinsupportingtheperpetualcareofanimalsattheCVHS.

arycollegebasketballcoachEddieSuttonofStillwater,whoreceiveddegreesfromOSUin1958and1959,andwhorecentlycameoutofretirementtowinhis800thgameascoachattheUniversityofSanFrancisco.InductionintotheOSUAlumniHallofFameisthehighesthonorbestowedbytheOSUAlumniAssociation.Itisgivenasrecognitionofoutstandingprofes-sionalandpersonalachievementbringinghonoranddistinctiontoOklahomaStateUniversity.

OSUestablishednewbenchmarksinre-searchexpendituresandexternalresearchfundingwonbyfacultythispastyear,accordingtoStephenMcKeever,OSUResearchandTechnologyTransfervicepresident.“IthasbeenabanneryearforOSUinsponsoredprogramsandresearch.Thetotalsforsponsoredprogramawardsforfiscal year 2007 are the highest in OSU history,”hesaid.Ofarecord$245millioninsponsoredprogramexpendituresforFY2007,$128millionwasresearchexpendituresorfundsspentinsupportofresearch,includingequipmentpurchases,researchsalaries,constructionandrenovationandsupplies.Externalawardsforsponsoredprograms,includingresearch,outreachandexten-sion,wasarecordhigh$122millionfortheuniversity.HighlightawardsincludedthelatestinstallmenttoWilliamBarrowatOSU’sCenterforVeterinaryHealthSciencesonarenewablecontractvaluedat$40millionfromtheNationalInstituteofAllergyandInfectiousDiseasesand$1.5millionin

NationalScienceFoundationgrantsafterOSUfacultywentthree-for-threeinitsMajorResearchInstrumentationcompe-tition.OSU’sUniversityMultispectralLaboratoryinPoncaCityalsoreceivedamajorcontract.OSUresearchexpendituresperfacultymemberpeakedin2007,andlastyear,OSUachievednewrecordsintechnol-ogytransfer,includingtheAssociationofUniversityTechnologyManagers’nationalaveragefordollarsspentversusinven-tions/intellectualpropertydisclosure.“Thenationalaverage,accordingtoAUTMstatistics,isforevery$2.4millionauniversityspendsonresearch,thereshouldbeoneinvention,”McKeeversaid.“OSUhadneverreachedthenationalaverageuntilthisyearwhenweachievedadisclosureforevery$2.3million.”OSUhad30licensesthatyieldedmorethan$1millioninlicenseincome.“TheCoskataInc.andGeneralMotorsan-nouncementthispastweekendisreallyexcitingforusbecause,ifsuccessful,itstandstobeOSU’sbiggestroyaltyearner,”hesaid.

OSU FoundationAnnounces New Gifts

Research Establishes New Benchmarks