Notables
Warren Gooch, professor of music, had three choral works accepted for publication recently. “Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise,” “Were You There?” and “Alleluia! Christ is Risen!” will be published by Alliance Publications, Inc.
Maria Nagan, associate professor of chemistry, was selected to serve a three-year term on the National Science Foundation’s Teragrid Resource Allocation Committee. The committee is responsible for granting supercomputer time for the nation’s supercomputing centers. Last year, the committee allocated more than 1.2 billion cpu hours.
Truman’s Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS) was recently declared a winner in the national 2009 ACS “I am proud to be a chemist” Presidential Challenge. The chapter submitted a video on YouTube entitled “P-R-O-U-D to be a Chemist” featuring Truman chemistry students and faculty performing a rap about chemistry. The video was written and directed by sophomore chemistry majors Amanda Krus and Jenny Zweifel with help from the rest of the chapter. The chapter received a $1,500 prize and will be honored at the Spring 2010 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco where their video will be shown during the awards ceremony. While there, the students will also receive awards for Outstanding Chapter and Green Chemistry Chapter for 2008-09.
John Richard Freese, a graduate music composition student, had an original composition accepted for performance at the 2010 University of Nebraska-Kearney New Music Festival IX. Richard’s guitar composition, “Scattered Memories,” will be performed as part of the two-day festival Feb. 15-16.
Maria Nagan, associate professor of chemistry, was selected to serve a three-year term on the National Science Foundation’s Teragrid Resource Allocation Committee. The committee is responsible for granting supercomputer time for the nation’s supercomputing centers. Last year, the committee allocated more than 1.2 billion cpu hours.
Truman’s Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS) was recently declared a winner in the national 2009 ACS “I am proud to be a chemist” Presidential Challenge. The chapter submitted a video on YouTube entitled “P-R-O-U-D to be a Chemist” featuring Truman chemistry students and faculty performing a rap about chemistry. The video was written and directed by sophomore chemistry majors Amanda Krus and Jenny Zweifel with help from the rest of the chapter. The chapter received a $1,500 prize and will be honored at the Spring 2010 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco where their video will be shown during the awards ceremony. While there, the students will also receive awards for Outstanding Chapter and Green Chemistry Chapter for 2008-09.
John Richard Freese, a graduate music composition student, had an original composition accepted for performance at the 2010 University of Nebraska-Kearney New Music Festival IX. Richard’s guitar composition, “Scattered Memories,” will be performed as part of the two-day festival Feb. 15-16.
