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News
Summer 2007
THE J-TAC
Page 3
Theatre Season
Begins
September 26
Homecoming
Week Begins
October 22,2007
President McCabe
heads off the home-
coming parade
Some members of last
year's winning team
pose for a photograph.
Family Weekend
September 29
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Silver Bugle
Hunt
■pCT-
Participants in the Silver
Bugle Hunt gather at the
Trogdon House
Tarleton awards first doctoral degrees in school's history
University News
Service
For the first time in Tar-
leton State University's 109-
year history, doctoral degrees
were awarded during the
spring commencement cer-
emonies.
Doctor of education diplo-
mas were awarded, Fri. May
4, to Cindy Edwards, Stephen-
vilie; Susan Humiston, Tem-
ple; Juanita Reyes, Cleburne;
and Matt Stephen, Granbury.
The four doctoral recipi-
ents were part of a group of
15 students who made his-
tory in the fall of 2003 by be-
ing the first Tarleton students
accepted into the university's
doctor of education program.
"It's a significant step
for Tarleton's academic pro-
grams," said Dr. Mark Little-
ton, the doctoral program's
director. "This milestone also
represents a change in the fo-
cus of our educational lead-
ership program. In the past,
it has been focused primarily
on teaching and service, but
we have now moved toward
a program that includes a sig-
nificant research element."
Littleton anticipates
this step for the univer-
sity being helpful to oth-
er programs on campus.
"The first time you go
through the process of of-
fering a doctoral program,
you really have to find your
way," Littleton said. "Hope-
fully, it should now be a
little easier in terms of de-
veloping future programs."
Littleton said the doctor
of education program has
already seen tremendous
growth, growing from the 15
original students, to 60.
Twelve to 18 stu-
dents will be added to the
program this summer.
First year candidates
were selected based on a
highly competitive process
that looked for a strong lead-
ership background or poten-
tial, excellent academic back-
ground or potential and a
commitment to the time and
effort required to complete
the program.
Fewer than half of those
who applied for the doctoral
program were accepted,
"We wanted a group of
individuals who were com-
mitted to finishing what
they start," Littleton said.
University News
Service
' Tarleton State University senior,
Arun Mahendra recently received
the first National Sigma Xi grant to be
'awarded to a Tarleton student. Mahen-
'dra is a double major, studying comput-
er science and engineering physics, who
Iwas chosen to receive a $700 grant based
on his experiment with mobile robots.
With the help of Dr. Mircea Agapie,
'assistant professor of mathematics, phys-
ics and engineering at Tarleton, Mahen-
dra applied for the grant withhis submis-
, sion titled, "A behavior-based approach
to piloting autonomous mobile robots."
"Arun has been working with me
for three years, and since the begin-
ning, was very motivated and curious,
as well as an effective self-starter- all
necessary qualities given the small size
.of our program and the difficulties of
starting a research project," Agapie said.
In existence for more than 80 years,
Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research
program awards grants that range from
under $100 to $1000, with some special
funds permitting larger grants. Overall,
grants for the past year averaged about
•$650. The program has in recent years re-
ceived an average of about 2,000 applica-
tions annually. In the past year, 577young
'scientists and engineers were awarded
grants exceeding a total of $368,000.
The grants encourage close work-
ing relationships between students
and faculty and promote scientific
achievements through hands-on learn-
ing. Students use the funding to pay
for travel expenses to and from a re-
search site, or for purchase of non-stan-
dard laboratory equipment necessary
to complete a specific research project.
The type of project Mahendra is
involved with studies the actions of
multiple robots. His current project
uses two robots- one serves as a scout
or leader, relaying information to the
second robot Mahendra plans to pur-
chase a computer for advanced process-
ing power to support a vision system,
composed of a camera and a computer.
The computer and camera are small
enough to be carried by the robots.
"In our study, the robots have to go
from Point A to Point B, but all of them
do not have computers or any advanced
processing devices," Mahendra said. "If
you have a leader robot with advanced
processing power, it can scout out a place
and tell the other robots where obstacles
are present The leader will give the oth-
er robots a navigation plan via wireless
network, which is how all communica-
tion takes place between the robots."
Mahendra explained that robots
are often used to gain information in
situations that may be expensive, com-
plicated or dangerous for humans to
Tarleton Psychology Club members
present paper at APS annual
conference in Washington, D,C.
University News Service
Tarleton State University Psy-
chology Club members Julie An-
daverde and Jeffie Sprague, along,
with sponsor, Dr. Thomas Dough-
erty, presented. a paper at the As-
sociation for the Psychological Sci-
ences (APS) annual convention held
May 24-27 in Washington, D.G
The APS conference hosts
member psychologists from all
around the world including Chi-
na, Japan, Europe and Russia;
"It is quite ah honor for out'group
to be able to.network with some of
the best psychologists from around
the world at this international con-
vention," Sprague said, "We. are; re-
ally excited to have this opportunity."
.Their paper, titled Speed of In-
formation Processing m Young Chil-
dren/' ffiscftssesiiow age plays a role
in the quickness and efficiency that
Children process information. The
study, which started last summer, was
funded by a university research gran t.
. Both Andaverde and Sprague
graduated May ^ '5 with their - bach-
elor's in psychology. Sprague, of
Granbury, Texas, will be working
: toward her maetep's at Tarleton. An-
....^Verde/.^'df^saiK^ord,. Texas, has
applied to hurrterous. Ph.D. programs
; ardijnd 'tftg nation ;anjj plans to get
■her. 4octprate in clinical psychology.
"It is truly an honor for our stu-
dents to present, and for Tarleton to
be represented at such a conference,"
Dougherty said.
The Texas Higher Educa-
tion Coordinating Board ap-
proved Tarleton's doctor of
education in April 2003. The
university is one of 14 public
institutions of higher educa-
tion in Texas to offer the Ed.D.
in educational leadership.
The doctor in education
curriculum consists of 60 se-
mester hours in educational
leadership, research tools,
specialization area, and elec-
tives.
It is based on a lead-
ership core, which con-
sists of courses designed
to stimulate thinking and
critical evaluation of issues
pertinent to educational
leadership in the pre-K
through 16 environment.
The program of study
culminates with 12 hours of
dissertation, which consists
of a structured research proj-
ect conducted by the doctoral
candidate with guidancefrom
a committee of professors.
The four-year curriculum
allows electives to be taken
at the Stephenville, Killeen
■or Fort Worth campuses; the
doctoral-only courses will
be offered in Stephenville,
Waco and Fort Worth.
Mahendra first Tarleton student
to receive national Sigma Xi grant
obtain. His work is part of a field of
robotics, referred to as cooperative
or collective robotics. Applications
range widely from search-and-res-
cue to space exploration to military.
"We couldn't have completed this
project if the funds were not made avail-
able through this grant," Mahendra said.
While membership in Sigma Xi is not
a requirement for applying for funding
from the Grants-in-Aid of Research pro-
gram, approximately 75 percent of funds
are restricted for use by dues-paying stu-
dent members of Sigma Xi or students
whose project advisor is a dues-paying
member of Sigma Xi. Students from any
country are eligible to receive funding.
"The Sigma-Xi grant is a direct result of
Arun's efforts, aimed at extending our cur-
rent robotic platform," Agapie said; "Our
Sigma Xi chapter is fairly new, and there
have only been three submissions for this
grant, and ours is the first to be awarded."
From its beginnings in 1886, Sigma
Xi has sought to foster and encourage
research among investigators from all
scientific disciplines. The Grants-in-Aid
of Research program has been a tangible
expression of this purpose for several
generations of scientists and engineers.
Since 1922, the program has invested in
the future of science by awarding grants
to more than 25,000 researchers, grants
that in many cases have helped launch
careers.
Student Services,
Financial Aid offices
expand hours
University News Service
Starting Wednesday, June
6, the Student Services and
Financial Aid Office at Tar-
leton State University-Cen-
tral Texas will have expand-
ed office hours to better
serve its working students.
The office will be open
Wednesdays until 7 p.m.
and Saturdays June 9 and 23
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
These hours are in ad-
dition to the department's
normal business hours of 8
a.m.-6 p.m.
Three students awarded
TxCETP scholarship
University News
Service „
Three students from
Tarleton State. University's
biological sciences depai t-
recipients of the Texas .Col-
laborative^ .'Excellence
: in Teacher Preparation
behi%-
::sftip;Jor':the. spring 2007
"'semester/
All three recipients;;. Juani-
ta Britton and Shari Flani-
gan, both of Weatherford,
:Texas;a.ndHannahElkins,
Of Springtowh/ Texas/ plah
■■"to become life sciences
teachers after graduation.
, TxCETP , is':";a collab-
orative endeavor ihvolv-
and students
frOm the departments of
,.seiericef mathematics,, -mi
• gineeiing arid education
from 10 partner institu-
tions including the Texas
A&M System campuses,
Texas Woman's Univer-
sity and Angelo State
University, along with as-
sociated community col-
leges and pxe-kindergarten
through grade 12 teachers.
"The three students
that received the scholar-
p are all very deserv-
ig arid are going to be
fine science teachers,"
said Dr. Allan Nelson, as-
sociate professor of bio-
logical sciences at Tarleton
and the TxCETP camp lis
leader for life sciences,
TxCETP is funded by
the National Science Foun-
dation and is committed to
the recruitment, education
and retention of the next
• . generation of science and
mathematics teachers.
THE J-TAC
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