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Penn State University Chapter Organizes Co-Sponsored Programs The MRS Pennsylvania State University Chapter has organized a collaboration of student society chapters for co-sponsored programming, which may prove to be a model for future activities on Penn State's campus and other campuses. Along with the MRS University Chapter, student chapters of the American Ceramic Society, Alpha Sigma Mu (metallurgy students), SAMPE (engineering, science, and mechanics students), Society of Physics Students, Keramos, and the Polymer Science Club marked the January 29 event by cosponsoring the National Academy of Science's International Science Lecturer, Rustum Roy, speaking on "New Materials: Fountainhead of New Technologies and New Science," an address he is giving in various countries. He was introduced by Russell Messier, acting director of the University's Materials Research Laboratory. About 150 guests attended the occasion. The gathering also marked the birth of a united approach to high school outreach programs, to complement one already under way under the Penn State University Chapter. The current objectives of this joint effort are: (1) to pool resources to provide materials science demonstration kits for students to use on visits to their previous high schools; (2) to prepare a videotape, with science-made-easy demonstrations;
and (3) to continue visiting high schools in the area and to spread further afield to inner-city schools in nearby cities. It was decided that students would be recruited on a volunteer basis to ensure high quality and genuine commitment, rather than offering monetary and other incentives for support. "Our wide combined student base should guarantee us a steady source of personnel to provide the consistency that such projects demand," said University Chapter president, Kamau wa Gachigi. "All our efforts will be finalized for implementation after prior consultation with selected high school teachers," he said.
Alfred University Speakers Program Helps Graduates Improve Their Presentations Alfred University graduate students who are required to make presentations on their thesis topics now have some extra help and an incentive. Working with the New York State College of Ceramics departmental faculty, members of the MRS Alfred University Chapter arranged for a semester-long speakers' seminar, designated a list of criteria to help both judges and presenters, and created an award for the best speaker. Every week during the past semester, two graduate students each gave half-hour presentations on their thesis work to a
Committee members of the organizations that co-sponsored Rustum Roy's International Lecture Series talk (left toright):John Dumm (president, Keramos-PSU Chapter), Rustum Roy (Evan Pugh Prof, of Solid State Science), Kamau wa Gachigi (president, MRS University Chapter), Sue Cha (president, American Ceramic Society-Penn State Chapter), Kelley Markowski (treasurer, MRS University Chapter), Suresh Kumar (vice president, MRS University Chapter), Brian Lynch (activities director), Jack Shi
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