After 61 members of the Texas A&M Foundation’s Legacy Society tour the lab at 10:45 a.m. Saturday morning, Dr. Björn Kjerfve, dean of the College of Geosciences, will dedicate it in an 11:30 a.m. ceremony in the name of R. Ken Williams, Class of 1945. In addition to having committed over $2 million to the project, Williams continues to contribute annually to its endowment. He and his family will attend the dedication, as will principal faculty members from the College of Geosciences associated with the lab.

Bednarz, professor of geography, and Berry, who holds the ranks of Distinguished Professor of marketing and is holder of the M.B. Zale Chair in Retailing and Marketing and Professor of Humanities in Medicine, were notified of their awards Tuesday by surprise visits to their classrooms from Texas A&M President Elsa Murano. Formal presentation of the awards will be made at one of the university’s commencement ceremonies.

Geosciences Career Fair Set for April 16th

The following companies will be represented:

Universal Weather and Aviation
ExxonMobil
Fugro-McClelland Marine Geosciences
The National Weather Service
EOG Resources
The Texas Water Development Board
GEODAC
City of Bryan Dept. of Information Technology/GIS
Beyond Petroleum (BP)
Environmental Resources Management (ERM)
Chevron
Devon Energy
ION Geophysical
Wilkens Weather Technologies
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Fairfield Industries
US Geological Survey.
Geoscience, Earth & Marine Services, (GEMS) Inc.
Core Laboratories
Pinnacle Operations
Teach for America

Geosciences Students Excel at Student Research Week

Winning first place prizes of $300 in their taxonomy with the highest total score overall were Geography graduate student Anna Nordfelt, Oceanography graduate student Christopher Paul, and Meteorology undergraduate student Dianne Boothby. All three were session winners as well, meaning they received the highest total score in their session. Placing second in her taxonomy earned graduate student Andrea Howson a $150 prize. She also received the Environmental Health & Safety Recognition and the Interdisciplinary Research Award. Receiving iPod Shuffles for placing third in their taxonomy were Geology undergraduate student Stephen Bowden, Oceanography graduate student Xiaoqian Zhang, and Atmospheric Sciences graduate student Larry Hopper. Hopper and Zhang also won the Outstanding Accomplishments in Interdisciplinary Research award.

Faculty Contribute to Forum on An Inconvenient Truth

In his introduction, Quiring noted that although the authors’ perspectives varied, the four papers shared some common themes. Contributors to the forum agreed that An Inconvenient Truth does “an excellent job of raising public awareness of anthropogenic global warming and explaining why increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases leads to warming,” but Quiring said that they also felt a key weakness of the documentary was its use of individual events like Hurricane Katrina as evidence that global warming is occurring.

Lafon Recognized by TAMU for Superior Teaching

Twenty four faculty and staff university-wide were chosen by a committee of faculty, students, former students, and staff to receive the awards, which are organized by categories including teaching, research, staff, and student relations.

Geosciences Career Fair Scheduled

Universal Weather and Aviation
ExxonMobil
Fugro-McClelland Marine Geosciences
The National Weather Service
EOG Resources
The Texas Water Development Board
GEODAC
City of Bryan Dept. of Information Technology/GIS
Beyond Petroleum (BP)
Environmental Resources Management (ERM)
Chevron
Devon Energy
ION Geophysical
Wilkens Weather Technologies
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Fairfield Industries
US Geological Survey.
Geoscience, Earth & Marine Services, (GEMS) Inc.
Core Laboratories

Geography Student Awarded Denali Research Fellowship

Stueve’s research proposal, titled “Spatial patterns of tree establishment at the alpine treeline ecotone” was modeled after his Ph.D. work in Mount Rainier National Park. The research will compare a time series of historical aerial photographs, declassified reconnaissance satellite imagery, and contemporary satellite imagery to detect areas of new upslope tree establishment. It will also attempt to explain how topography and biotic factors interact to modulate and control tree establishment patterns. His graduate advisor is Dr. Andrew Millington, Professor of Geography and Interim Director of Environmental Programs in the College of Geosciences.

Geosciences Awards Big 12 Faculty Fellowships

The Big 12 Faculty Fellowship Program was created by the Provosts of the Big 12 Universities to enhance faculty collaboration among the schools and to stimulate cross institution scholarly activities in the areas of teaching, research, and service. Fellowship funds are awarded to defray travel expenses for a Texas A&M University faculty member to visit another Big 12 institution for collaboration with a faculty member at that university.

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