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Overview of SAS Workshop
Sponsored by the Graduate Center for Research and Retention
Presenter: Mr. Lincoln Jiang, Graduate Student, WMU Department of Statistics, and Doctoral Associate, Graduate Center for Research and Retention
Date: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2009
Time: 9:00 A.M. – NOON
Location: COMPUTER LAB: ROOM 1416, COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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Frostic Fellowship Recipients Announced
The Graduate College is pleased to announce that two doctoral students have been named recipients of the Gwen Frostic Doctoral Fellowships for Fall 2009. The fellowships, which will be given at least annually, are made possible by a generous endowment from the estate of the late poet, artist, and naturalist Gwen Frostic, Western Michigan University Class of 1929. These competitive fellowships will assist doctoral students in all fields with education expenses, including tuition and fees, materials, and travel.
The Fall 2009 Gwen Frostic Doctoral Fellowship recipients are:
Ms. Petra Kohler, Department of Biological Sciences, was awarded $3,000 for her dissertation “Role of the Inositol and Rhizopine Catabolic Pathways During the Competition for Establishment and Maintenance in the Sinorhizobium meliloti – Alfalfa Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis.” Ms. Kohler’s project focuses on rhizopines as inositol compounds that act as nutritional mediators in the nitrogen-fixing symbiosis between bacteria and legume plants. Because nitrogen is frequently a limiting resource for plant growth, this subject is of interest for agriculture world-wide. Inositol compounds and rhizopines have the potential to play a role in the construction of so-called “biased rhizospheres,” which allow the enrichment of beneficial soil bacteria. Ms. Kohler is also a recipient of a 2009–10 Dissertation Completion Fellowship. Her dissertation chair is Dr. Silvia Rossbach.
Mr. John Panos, Department of Psychology, was awarded $3,000.00 for his dissertation “Neurochemical Effects of Amyloid-beta Oligomers in Rats.” Mr. Panos’s project is a collaborative effort involving contributions from several leading neuroscience researchers from around the world, in which he hopes to contribute to the understanding of possible causes of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease. The research will investigate the neurochemical changes and effects on memory induced by amyloid ß oligomer infusions into the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex in rats. Mr. Panos is also a 2009 recipient of the George and Beatrice Fisher Dissertation Prize in Gerontology. His dissertation chair is Dr. Lisa Baker.
Spring Semester GA Health Insurance
The Spring GA Health Insurance Letter is now available.
Spring enrollment for GA health insurance will become available on Monday, January 4, 2010.
Research and Travel Award Recipients Announced
September-October 2009 Graduate Student Research and Travel Grants
Department Of Energy announces American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-Funded Office of Science Graduate Fellowship Program
$12.5 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be awarded in early 2010 to support at least 80 graduate fellowships to U.S. students pursuing advanced degrees in science, mathematics, and engineering through the newly created Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Fellowship program. To be eligible for the Fellowship, applicants must be U.S. citizens and currently a first or second year graduate student enrolled at U.S. academic institution, or an undergraduate senior who will be enrolled as a first year graduate student by fall of 2010. Applicants must be pursuing graduate study and research in the physical, biological, engineering and computational sciences. Interested students can apply online at: http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/SCGF.html
Foreclosure.com essay contest
The topic for the contest is, “How to solve the foreclosure crisis?” First place will receive $5,000 and second through fifth place will each receive $1,000 in scholarship monies. U.S. Graduate Students are invited to apply. Information and eligibility requirements are available at the link below. Deadline: Dec. 31, 2009
http://www.foreclosure.com/education/scholarship/index.html
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships
The American Council of Learned Societies offers several outstanding fellowship opportunities (http://www.acls.org/programs/comps/), including the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship for students at the dissertation stage. These one-year fellowships for students in the humanities and social sciences, to begin summer 2010, offer a stipend of $25,000 plus funds for research costs of up to $3,000 and for university fees of up to $5,000. Completed applications must include a 25-page excerpt from a completed dissertation chapter (other than the introduction, conclusion, or literature review) and are due online no later than 9 p.m. on Nov. 11, 2009.
http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=512
