Physics Department Marks 100 Years
Last updated Sunday, March 30, 2008 5:27 PM CDT in News
By THE MORNING NEWS
FAYETTEVILLE -- The physics department will be host of centennial activities Thursday through Saturday.
Nobel Prize winner Wolfgang Ketterle will speak at the kickoff speech of the physics department's 100th birthday.
Ketterle will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday in Giffels Auditorium.
Centennial exhibits will open at noon Friday, with an invitation-only banquet at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Center.
A faculty and alumni reunion will take place Saturday morning in Giffels.
Student Named Truman Scholar
FAYETTEVILLE -- Senior economics and political science major Olivia Meeks of Hot Springs has been named a Truman Scholar.
Meeks plans to pursue a master's degree in public policy at University of California-Berkeley. The award gives her $30,000 toward that goal.
Meeks is the president of the student chapter of the Omni Center for Peace, Justice and Ecology, an intern in the special collections department at Mullins Library, and is host of "Sugar and Spice," a KXUA radio program showcasing female artists.
Study Finds Trends In Consolidation
FAYETTEVILLE -- Students consolidated into new schools adapt quicker than their parents or teachers, according to university researchers.
Doctoral student Marc Holley found that the students moved to a new school had more trouble adjusting to their surroundings than students already at a school had in accepting new arrivals.
Students also spent an average of 10 minutes to 15 minutes more each day on buses, allaying fears that consolidation would mean longer bus rides.
The results are based on only four school districts, all of which consolidated without much controversy, Holley said. Districts that fought consolidation declined to participate in the study and may have had different experiences, he said.
Nursing Conference Offers Research
FAYETTEVILLE -- Alyce Schultz, an Arizona State University nursing professor, will give the keynote address April 7 at the 17th annual nursing research conference on campus. Schultz will speak about evidence-based practice.
Nurses can earn continuing education hours during the daylong conference that starts at 7:30 a.m. in the Alltel Ballroom in the Arkansas Union on the Fayetteville campus.
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