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| Margaret Leathem, chaplain at Rensselaer, President Shirley Ann Jackson, and the Pillars of Rensselaer will lead the memorial service, which will be followed by a reception with light refreshments. This year’s service will remember deceased staff members: Elizabeth “Betty” Alix, Donna Bergeron, and Marilyn Bonvouloir. The service also will honor the following deceased retirees: Willard Bonesteel, Tseng Yeh Chow, Evelyn (King) Cook, Charles Freeman, Hans Freund, Mary Hayes, Clarence Lephart, Lucille (Mooradian) Quinn, Henry Ott, E. Marcia Reece, George Rickey, Mary Sheehan, Joseph Sirco Sr., David Smith, Henry Steffen Jr., Dorothy Thompson, and William Thorpe Jr. 3/31/03
Fireworks Show Kicks Off GM Week: Note Change of Date
Rensselaer's 119th annual Grand Marshal Week will kick off with a fireworks show on Friday, April 11, at 8:30 p.m., in the upper Renwyck Field behind the Houston Field House. The Alonzo Fireworks Company will present a 20-minute display to start off a festive week of student elections and celebration. Grand Marshal Week 2003 will be held April 4-12. First held in 1884 after student government elections, GM Week is a celebration of student involvement at Rensselaer. More than 30 individual events are planned by student clubs and organizations, fraternities and sororities, and campus departments. The week culminates in the elections of the Grand Marshal (student body president) and the President of the Union, along with class council and Faculty Senate positions. To prevent harm to fireworks spectators, no foot and vehicle traffic will be allowed on the perimeter roads (i.e. Georgian Terrace to Kellogg Road to Sunset Terrace to Forsythe Drive) to the Upper Renwyck and Willie Stanton Fields. Security will close the roads to traffic from 7:30 p.m. until the end of the show, which will be around 8:30 p.m. In addition, viewing from the Harkness Field will not be permitted. Spectators are asked to stand near the
resident halls, on the B lot parking lot, or the lower Renwyck field.
If you must move your car from a parking area near the housing areas,
please do this before 7:15 p.m. or wait until after 8:45 p.m. For more information, contact the Rensselaer Union at ext. 6505. 3/31/03
Herta Leng Lecture April 2 Melissa Hines, associate professor of chemistry at Cornell, will deliver the seventh Herta Leng Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, April 2, at 4 p.m. in room 4050 of the Low Center for Industrial Innovation. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 p.m. in the Low Gallery. Hines will speak on "Adventures in Silicon Etching: From Atomic Scale Physics to the Control of Micromechanical Losses." Bridging physics and chemistry, Hines is interested in understanding and controlling the nanoscale properties of surfaces using chemical etching. She will show that etchants literally inscribe a record of their reactivity in the etched surface and that surface chemistry can be used to control the mechanical properties of micromechanical devices. After taking freshman chemistry at Rensselaer in a summer program for high school students, Hines obtained a S.B. degree from MIT and earned a Ph.D. at Stanford University. During her career she was a Beckman Young Investigator, a Lilly Teaching Fellow, a Cottrell Scholar, and received an NSF CAREER Award. The Herta Leng Lecture series was established in honor of Leng, a Rensselaer professor of physics at who died in 1997 at the age of 94. In 1966, she became the first woman named a full professor at Rensselaer. For more information, contact Kay Gagliardi at gaglik@rpi.edu. 3/24/03
Garnet Baltimore Lecture April 7 Morris H. Morgan III, dean of Hampton University’s School of Engineering and Technology, will deliver the 13th annual Garnet Baltimore lecture on Monday, April 7, at 3:30 p.m. in room 4050 of the Low Center for Industrial Innovation. A reception will precede the talk at 2:30 p.m. While dean, Morgan has overseen the establishment of two affiliated centers, the Virtual Parts Manufacturing Center and the Bio-Photonics Center, and the school’s first independent center, Hampton University’s Aero Propulsion Center, recently funded by NASA. During his tenure, the school has added a new undergraduate program in computer engineering and will introduce a new undergraduate program in mechanical engineering in the fall of 2003. Morgan earned his doctorate in chemical engineering from Rensselaer in 1978, a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Dayton in 1973, and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1969. His industrial experiences (13 years) include employment with General Motors, Monsanto, and GE’s Corporate Research and Development Center. Morgan is the author or co-author of more than 70 scientific articles, he has given over 50 presentations both domestically and internationally, and holds four U.S. patents. The Garnet Baltimore Lecture Series is sponsored by Rensselaer's Office of Institute Diversity. The annual series, which focuses on issues of equality and cultural diversity, was established in 1991 in honor of Baltimore, Rensselaer's first African-American graduate, Class of 1881. A distinguished civil engineer and landscape designer, Baltimore is known locally for the design of Prospect Park in Troy. 3/24/03
Rensselaer United Way Contributions Continue to Grow Rensselaer’s 2002 United Way campaign closed in December. This year’s effort was a tremendous success, generating a total of $125,000 in donations from Rensselaer employees. The campaign was coordinated by Cynthia McIntyre, chief of staff, Cindy Novak of the Provost’s Office, Barbara Stubblebine from the School of Architecture, and Lu Uber from the Office of the Vice President for Research. Committee members included Anne Bilynsky, Bonnie Carson, Tracey DiScanio, JoAnn Drost, Barbara Dzembo, Denise Elwell, Phylis Federici, Traci Griffin, Vicki Messick, Mauvorneen Roy, Cynthia Smith, Tanya Struzinsky, and Lori Winslow. “The campaign’s effectiveness is due in large part to the active participation of over 80 volunteers representing every administrative and academic unit on campus,” says McIntyre. Over the past three years these volunteers have helped Rensselaer increase its United Way donations by 34 percent, boosting the total contribution from $94,000 to $125,000. The number of employees participating and their individual donations has also grown each year. 3/24/03
All-Sports Camp Contest The athletics department is holding a drawing for two free weeks of its 2003 Instructional All-Sports Camp to employees of Rensselaer and their children. The camp, for boys and girls ages 7 to 13, features six weekly sessions starting June 23 through Aug. 1. Two winners each will receive a free first week of camp. To enter the drawing, contact Brian Surace, camp director, at suracb@rpi.edu with your name, e-mail address, and campus phone extension. Each employee of Rensselaer can sign up once. The drawing will be held Tuesday, April 15, and the winners will be contacted individually. If you have any further questions about the camp, contact Brian Surace at suracb@rpi.edu or ext. 6193. 3/24/03
Call for Presentations: Rensselaer Colloquium on Teaching and Learning The Provost's Office is sponsoring an end-of-year colloquium on teaching and learning on May 12-13. They are looking for faculty members interested in sharing their latest innovations or experiences in teaching with other faculty. They also are looking for suggestions for panel sessions where faculty might gather to discuss topics of common interests. Topics can be on anything related to teaching here at Rensselaer. Submit your panel ideas and presentation topics to Gary Gabriele at gabrig2@rpi.edu. 3/3/03
Faculty Memorial Service Planned for April 2 The annual Faculty Memorial Service will be held Wednesday, April 2, in the Chapel & Cultural Center, from 1-3 p.m. Chaplain Margaret Leathem will lead the service. Specific details regarding the schedule for April 2 will be announced soon. Anyone having information regarding deceased faculty members who should be included as part of this memorial service can contact Anne DeCelle, decela@rpi.edu, ext. 3080, by March 5. 2/18/03
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