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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Scholar The Rose Thorn Archive Student Newspaper Fall 10-21-2005 Volume 41 - Issue 07 - Friday, October 21, 2005 Rose Thorn Staff Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rosethorn Recommended Citation Rose Thorn Staff, "Volume 41 - Issue 07 - Friday, October 21, 2005" (2005). The Rose Thorn Archive. 217. https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rosethorn/217 THE MATERIAL POSTED ON THIS ROSE-HULMAN REPOSITORY IS TO BE USED FOR PRIVATE STUDY, SCHOLARSHIP, OR RESEARCH AND MAY NOT BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. SOME CONTENT IN THE MATERIAL POSTED ON THIS REPOSITORY MAY BE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT. 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ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY T ERRE HAUTE, INDIANA Friday, October 21, 2005 Volume 41, Issue 7 News Briefs Career Fair second largest ever By Alex Clerc Alex Clerc News Editor Jackson moves to n Wednesday, Oc- Bahrain tober 19, fi nding a job became a little Michael Jackson’s lawyers easier when over have confi rmed that he is now Oa hundred companies from permanently living outside of the around the country came to United States in the Arab state of recruit at Rose-Hulman. It Bahrain. Jackson and his three was Rose’s second largest Ca- children — Prince Michael, Paris, reer Fair ever with 141 compa- and Prince Michael II — left in a nies and over 340 recruiters in private jet at the end of June. attendance — nearly one re- cruiter for every Rose-Hulman Jackson has reportedly been senior. The event was orga- living in a palace owned by Prince nized by 75 student volunteers Abdullah bin Hamen Al Khalifa, led by Catherine Walker and the son of Bahrain’s King Hamad. Stefani Vande Lune. The neverland estate may soon go “It’s extremely overwhelm- on the market — staff have already ing,” said Emily Zeigler, a Christina Davis / Rose Thorn moved the animals out of Jackson’s sophomore civil engineering Students mingle with company representatives Wednesday. On Thursday, the recruitment private zoo. major, regarding the size of the process continued with over 850 on-campus interviews. Career Fair. “I thought there were a lot of nized – the student volunteers role model. Now you’re help- fessors – they have a lot of im- good companies here. There did a wonderful job. This is a ing other people out.” John- portant business contacts.” were more companies than I great opportunity to meet a son fi rst came in contact with Students also had sugges- Useful mineral could talk to,” commented Bri- lot of excellent candidates in a Guidant at his senior year Ca- tions for improvement: “I’d discovered on moon an Thompson, a junior electri- short time.” reer Fair. like companies to display what cal engineering major. There were several Rose- Jeremy Price, a ’99 com- classes they are looking for Scientists using the Hubble Space Reactions from company Hulman alumni at the Career puter engineering alumnus, [e.g. seniors only] so you don’t Telescope have confi rmed the recruiters were generally very Fair recruiting for companies, was representing Southwest have to waste time standing in presence of a mineral on the moon positive. Matt Wolfe, a 1982 some having graduated as Research Institute from San lines,” said sophomore John that might someday be converted to Rose-Hulman alumnus with recently as May of 2005. For Antonio, Texas. Five years ago, O’Grady. a degree in mechanical engi- example, Matt Johnson, a he said, the Career Fair had a “It seems like most compa- breathable oxygen and rocket fuel for neering was at the Career Fair 2005 alumnus with a degree much higher percentage of In- nies just want you to submit human explorers. Researchers said for the fi rst time representing in computer engineering, was diana companies. “The mix of your application online,” said Wednesday that they have detected the National Air and Space at the Career Fair representing employers is better now.” sophomore Chris Casillas. ilmenite — a compound of iron, Intelligence Center (NASIC). Guidant. He said of working Price also mentioned, “I like titanium and oxygen — at two old He said, “It’s wonderfully orga- the Career Fair, “You feel like a coming back to talk to the pro- Continued on Page 3... Apollo landing sites and one other region on the surface of the moon. NASA offi cials say that this ABET reaccredidation begins foundational work will help a lunar prospecting orbiter due for launch Angela Smiley Rose has been accredited for liams, Associate Professor of gineering programs have held in 2008. All are designed to help Assisstant News Editor almost seventy years, but like English and Executive Direc- this honor since the Institute’s plan for manned landings as early as all ABET institutions, it must be tor of IRPA. “What ABET is fi rst evaluation in 1936, while Our time is fast approach- reaccredited every six years. interested in seeing from an the chemical engineering pro- 2018. For Hubble scientists hoping ing. Across campus, faculty As part of the review pro- institute like ours is that we gram was accredited in 1950 for a space shuttle mission to service and administrators are even cess, Rose must compile infor- have well-defi ned goals... and and the computer engineer- and upgrade the aging telescope, busier than usual. Professors mation on required courses as that a process is in place for ing program in 1995. That the moon observation was a good are reviewing syllabi, evaluat- well as information about stu- collecting feedback” on how number stands to increase opportunity to demonstrate Hubble’s ing performance, and saving dent back- well the during the upcoming evalu- utility. examples of student submis- grounds Lots of information comes goals are ation, since programs in the sions on assignments, projects and per- out when you’re talking to being met. ABBE, CSSE and PHOE de- and exams. Some are sending formance. ABET’s ac- partments may be eligible for Lemke-Oliver wins surveys to alumni and employ- Some of students. If they’re excited... creditation accreditation. Currently, pro- ers. Members of IRPA, the Of- this infor- it will be clear; if there are materials grams in these departments freshman math contest fi ce of Institutional Research, mation is problems, they won’t be shy. stress act- are not ABET-accredited; Planning and Assessment, are provided on ing on this however, if they successfully Mathematics major Robert Lemke- compiling statistics and feed- an institu- feedback, receive accreditation during Oliver achieved fi rst-place honors back from the past six years. tional level, — Patricia Brackin, with a sec- the 2006-2007 cycle, the ABET in the seventeenth annual Alfred R. All these efforts are directed to- such as the ABET program evaluator tion of each certifi cation can be applied Schmidt Freshman Mathematics wards preparing for accredita- ethnic com- depart- retroactively to past degrees. Competition. Twelve students tion, the process by which the position ment’s re- While all departments must participated in the two-hour value of a degree from a college of the freshman classes, but port devoted to discussing the provide some information competition to solve six challenging or university is confi rmed by much of it is provided through department’s efforts to better about required courses, it is problems. an objective source. a set of ‘self-study reports’ pre- achieve its goals and correct these departments with spe- Rose-Hulman is accredited pared by each engineering de- fl aws identifi ed during past cifi cally accredited degree pro- Harry Henman, a mathematics through ABET, a recognized partment. accreditation cycles. grams that must prepare the major form Muncie, Ind., placed national organization which “Essentially what we’re do- Five programs at Rose-Hul- comprehensive ‘self-study re- second and Jon Gray, a physics major evaluates engineering and ap- ing is writing the story about man have previously been ports’ mandated by ABET. from La Porte, Ind., was third. plied science programs at uni- what a Rose-Hulman educa- accredited by ABET: the civil, versities in the United States. tion is,” explained Julia Wil- electrical and mechanical en- Continued on Page 3... 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