| College of Sciences Newsletter | Edition 1 | February 1, 2001 |
| College of Sciences Newsletter | Edition 1 | February 1, 2001 |
Changing of the Guard
PHYSICS:After serving 11 years (1989-2000) as chair of the Physics department, Jim Cox stepped down to resume the teaching and research activities of a full time faculty member. Wally Van Orden, Professor of Physics, will be serving as Interim Chair.
Dr. Wally Van Orden Dr. Jim Cox
CAREER MANAGEMENT LIAISON:Janis Smith will be replacing Ladd Flock at the beginning of February as the Career Management Center's Liaison to the College of Sciences. Jan has a great deal of experience with the Career Advantage Program (CAP) and is excited about her new assignment. Ladd is moving to Charlottesville to start a Career Advantage Program at the University of Virginia. We welcome Jan and wish Ladd much success!
The Jet Set Among Us Professor Dennis Darby of the Department of Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences (OEAS) has some interesting (and fun) trips coming up soon. He has been invited to the Alaska Quaternary Center and Institute of Marine Science at the University of Alaska (March 7-15) for a series of talks on arctic research in paleoceanography as part of the University of Alaska's invited scholar seminar series. He has also been invited to the Science Advisory Committee for the Ocean Drilling Program (SCICOM) meeting in Shanghai, China (March 21-23) to present results on arctic deep-sea drilling. SCICOM is administered through the Joint Oceanographic Institutes (JOI). Darby is part of the subcommittee working to get JOI to consider a drilling expedition to the central Arctic Ocean near the North Pole. Look for more details on these trips in future issues.
