SHSU
Update For Week Of May 8
Criminal Justice Student Chosen For FBI Internship
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| Nancy Ortiz |
A Sam Houston State University senior has been selected
to participate in the Federal Bureau of Investigation Honors
Internship Program this summer.
Nancy Ortiz of Eagle Pass will be working in the FBI Laboratory
Division's Scientific Analysis Unit located in Quantico,
Va. She is a double major in forensic chemistry and criminal
justice.
"
Due to the very selective and highly competitive nature of
the Honors Internship Program, only individuals with strong
academic credentials, outstanding character, a high degree
of motivation and the willingness to represent the FBI upon
returning to their respective campuses are selected," said
James Barrum, associate professor and coordinator of the
College of Criminal Justice's internship program.
Barrum said that the FBI's program is beneficial to both
the intern and the Bureau.
"
The program offers students an exciting insider's view of
FBI operations and provides an opportunity for
them to explore
the Bureau's many career opportunities," said Barrum. "In
addition, the program enhances the FBI's visibility and recruitment
efforts at colleges and universities throughout the United
States."
Ortiz, who applied for the internship and went through a
series of interviews and a background investigation before
she was
selected, will spend 10 weeks working with special agents
and professional support personnel on FBI cases and procedures.
She will earn nine hours of academic credit toward her degree.
Her internship begins on June 6, and she will finish in time
to resume her studies in August at Sam Houston State. After
she graduates from college, she hopes to have a career with
the FBI doing laboratory work.
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Profs To Discuss Research Plans
At Geological Meeting
Two SHSU professors in the department
of geography and geology will discuss their current research
project at the 57th annual
meeting of the Rocky Mountain section of the Geological Society
of America.
Professor of geology Christopher Baldwin and associate professor
of geography and geology Dennis Netoff, with another partner,
will present the groundwork for their study, “Continued
Activity and Geomorphic Evolution of Fluid/Gas Escape Structures
in Muddy Surficial Beds Of The Recently-Exposed Hite, Delta,
Southeastern Utah,” May 23-25 at Mesa State College
in Grand Junction, Colo. Approximately 200 geoscientists
are expected
to attend the meeting.
The study, initiated by Netoff, who discovered the phenomenon
while working on other research in the area, involves the
three examining the sediment in a lake in Utah from satellite
photographs,
according to Baldwin.
“
Really what we’re doing is something that is very opportunistic,” Baldwin
said. “The lake is at historically low levels, so it’s
exposing the sediment. If you think about it, you’ve
got a gigantic lake and a number of rivers pouring sediment
into it, and the sediment piles up on the side of the lake.
“
Normally that sediment is underneath the water, but because
of the unique set of conditions, there have been such severe
droughts over so many years, the lake level has dropped gigantically,
it’s gone down hundreds and hundreds of feet,” Baldwin
said. “So now we can see the sediment, and what we’re
doing is using this unique opportunity to look at these sediments
in the lake.”
Netoff, an “expert on the lake,” Baldwin, a sedimentologist,
and John Dohrenwend, who works for the U.S. Geological Survey,
communicate mostly by e-mail for the project, which is in
its beginning stages.
Baldwin said the study is also applicable to other areas
in the country.
“
It’s topical for Texas because we’ve got a lot
of these big reservoirs, like Lake Conroe and Trinity and the
big dams on these big rivers around here that are used for
water supply. These reservoirs are all filling up with sediment
in exactly the same way,” he said. “So in a way,
it gives us an opportunity to look at a very large-scale example
of the way that all these sorts of lakes are filling with sediment.”
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Chemistry
To Visit Germany, France For Lectures
The chemistry department will take 22 of its students overseas
for two weeks to study this May.
Chemistry professor Rick White and assistant professor in
the family and consumer sciences department Janis White will
travel
through Germany and Paris with students May 16-31.
“
We will be discussing the works and lives of chemists who have
had an influence on our lives today,” Rick White said. “Lectures
will be held in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Wuerzburg, Cologne,
Heidelberg, and Freiburg in Germany, as well as in Paris.”
For more information, call the chemistry department at 936.294.1532.
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Twenty-Four
Chemistry Students Earn Scholarships
Twenty-seven scholarships
were awarded to chemistry students with 3.0 grade point averages
or better during the department’s
annual awards ceremony on April 28.
Senior chemistry majors Paula Klima and Eloisa Perez were
the recipients of the James C. Stallings and Ray E. Humphrey
scholarships,
respectively, and junior Karl Kuklenz was the recipient of
the Jeffrey E. Zagone Scholarship.
Receiving chemistry academic scholarships, which range from
$500-$1000, were Cassandra Atkin, Stephanie Colemen, Andrea
Gano, Heath Huckabay, Rachael Malfer, Laurie Raesz, Katie
Rothlisberger, Faraz Siddiqui, Ranson Stillwell and Ashley
Valdez.
In addition, 14 students who are enrolled in Chemistry 495
and will be conducting undergraduate research this coming
summer were awarded Robert A. Welch Fellowships. These students
include
Raghu Allah, Sam Alnasleh, Michelle Black, Michael Eckhoff,
Heath Huckabay, Casie Jupe, Paula Klima, Melissa Medlin,
Hudson Pace, Doug Parker, Bala Pathem, Eloisa Perez, Katie
Stanfield
and Jerry Swearingen.
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Krystyniak, Julia May,
Jennifer Gauntt
May 8, 2005
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