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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Scholar The Rose Thorn Archive Student Newspaper Winter 12-6-2002 Volume 38 - Issue 09 - Friday, December 6, 2002 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 38 - Issue 09 - Friday, December 6, 2002" (2002). The Rose Thorn Archive. 287. https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rosethorn/287 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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VOLUME 38, ISSUE 09 R O S E -HU L M A N IN S TI T UT E OF TE C H N O L OG Y TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2002 Ventures expansion good for Indiana President Hulbert commented ing the current RHV activities. with Rose-Hulman Chris Scribner on the endowment in a RHV -Establish a Center for the Ventures has Staff Writer press release, "As a result of this Deployment of Disruptive enhanced Indiana's A $24.9 million grant from generous gift from the Lilly Technologies to ensure that profile as a place Lilly Endowment Inc. will allow Endowment, Rose-Hulman will students and faculty learn where first-rate edu- Rose-Hulman Ventures (RHV) launch new and creative ways to about the most significant cational opportuni- to expand their already success- provide the very best educational technical advances that can ties exist," said Lilly ful and valuable programs. Lilly opportunities for our students help enterprises make transfor- Endowment Inc. Endowment Inc. is a strong sup- and faculty members and help mative rather than marginal President, com- porter of Ventures, granting move the Indiana economy for- changes in their operations. mented N. Clay Rob- $29.7 million in 1999 to create ward. This educational experience bins. RHV. Robbins also As stated on the RHV website, remarked, "The their mission is "To foster cre- Lilly grant to ... enable learning that occurs ation and growth of innovation- Rose-Hulman Ventures to through the hands-on based businesses by providing experiences Rose- easier access to infrastructure, become self sustaining in Hulman students technical support, business sup- the foreseeable future. have at Rose-Hul- port, and capital, thereby provid- man Ventures is ing uniquely valuable remarkable." educational experiences for stu- "Expanding these educational will build expertise that can be A Center for the dents and faculty along with new opportunities will be important used by students and faculty to Deployment of Dis- John Howard / Thorn sources of economic vitality for to enhancing our reputation with make Indiana companies tech- ruptive Technologies At the Indianpolis press conference, James the community and state." national engineering education nology leaders. The Center is to be established Eifert speaks about Lilly Endowment’s con- To date, RHV has employed leaders who, for the past four will sponsor educational pro- at Ventures. The tinued support for Rose Ventures. approximately 200 students from years, have ranked Rose-Hulman grams for Indiana incubator Center will sponsor ogies are typically cheaper to Indiana colleges, including as the number one school of its and product development staff educational seminars and confer- produce, simpler, smaller and Rose-Hulman, Indiana Univer- kind in the annual rankings pub- as well as other members of ences focusing on Disruptive often more convenient to use." sity, Indiana State University, lished by U.S. News & World the Indiana educational com- Technologies. Included will be "The Lilly Endowment has DePauw University, and Saint Report," he added. munity. microelectromechanical sys- been wonderfully supportive of Mary of-the-Woods College. According to a RHV press -Increase efforts to attract tems, optical technologies, and our efforts and those of others Thirty-two client companies release, the $24.9 million gift and retain client companies in wireless technologies. around the state to create posi- have been served, three of which will be used to: the Terre Haute area by provid- Disruptive technologies, as tive change in Indiana education moved to Indiana. Around 20 "-Expand educational oppor- ing access to additional facili- described by digitalcon- and its resultant culture and Rose-Hulman faculty are tunities by supporting addi- ties in the community. tent.com, "are at first generally economy," stated Jim Eifert, employed at RHV. Three com- tional client companies in -Provide continued expan- valued by a few fringe (and gen- president of RHV. panies have been formed under partnership with other col- sion of programs to enable erally new) customers and don't "This is more than great news Ventures from Rose faculty and leges, incubators and commu- RHV to become self-sustaining threaten the established market, for the Rose-Hulman commu- staff, and one company from nities in Indiana. These efforts in the foreseeable future." but overtake it eventually. Prod- nity; this is great news for Indi- Rose students. will be in addition to continu- "Rose-Hulman's progress ucts based on disruptive technol- ana," Eifert added. RHIT hosts annual high school math contest Student Counseling Center was an awards ceremony to Andy Wang from Iowa City Offers New Service Eva Barlow honor the highest scoring indi- West. Staff Writer viduals, teams, and schools. Rose students helped in a vari- will be an opportunity for up to 12 On November 9, the thirty- Schools can bring any number ety of ways. First, students Brent Tucker students to participate in a small of interested students with helped plan the competition, and RHIT Student Counseling Center seventh Rose-Hulman High- group, where people can learn them. If a school has four people with registration for all the stu- School Mathematics Competi- from others how to best navigate in the same year, they may form dents. On the day of the compe- Are you feeling overwhelmed tion took place on the Rose-Hul- with all the demands of college life life’s challenges. The group will man Campus. This year 27 a team and are eligible for a class tition, students proctored the at Rose-Hulman? Do you find that met on Wednesdays from 1:40pm schools brought over 400 stu- award. If a school has a team for exam. After the hour exam was you are stressed due to all the aca- to 3:10pm for the duration of the dents to participate in the test. each year, they are eligible for a over, students also helped to winter quarter. This new service is school award. This year, Terre grade the exam, double checking demic, personal, and social chal- Rose students were on hand to free for RHIT students. Haute South won the school every score. They then helped lenges? You are not alone. Most help out. Brent Tucker, Jamie Aten, and award for the fourth time consec- place individuals and schools. college students feel overwhelmed High school students arrived at times, which cases a stress reac- Lori Cichon are all counselors cur- from the surrounding area to take utively. Three students earned a Finally, students were at the tion. rently enrolled in the Counseling the hour-long test. Starting at 11 perfect score this year. Freshmen awards ceremony to hand out the Stress is functional at low levels; Psychology doctoral program at A.M., the students were handed a are eligible for the Sally Shonk awards. Indiana State University. They Memorial Award, given to the Started in 1965, the competi- however, prolonged stress nega- 20 question math test. After the provide help with a wide range of top male and female scorers. tion has reached new students tively impacts ones physical, men- hour was completed, they com- issues from homesickness and This year's winners are Tiffany through satellite sites in Cincin- tal, and emotional health. pared answers with friends over Therefore, these effects can impact roommate problems to eating dis- lunch. To finish the day, there Ko from Terre Haute South and nati, St. Louis, and Kentucky. ones performance in school, in orders and depression, just to men- developing and maintaining rela- tion a few. In addition, they can tionships and overall work perfor- provide information about study- Downtown Holiday Fest mance. ing, test-taking, handling responsi- bility, etc. This evening, the place to be most events are scheduled for and join in as many of the activ- In order to cope with stress, many people have found it helpful Lori Chion, MS, and Brent for a genuine old-fashioned the evening from 5 - 9 P.M., ities that include: Tucker, MS, NCC, will be facili- shopping and community expe- activities will occur during the • "Annual 'Round the Tree at to seek out a small groups of peo- ple who are experiencing similar tating the work shop. If you are rience will be at the Downtown day. Make the Terre Haute the Main Branch of the Vigo interesting in participating in the Holiday Fest.