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Chevron Corporation Donates $4.75 Million to Forever LSU National www.lsu.edu/lsutoday MARCH 14, 2008 7H[WLV0HWD%ROG,WDOLF&DSLWDOV vol. 24, NO. 13 CalendarCalendar 4 LSU'S BIWEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY & STAFF Chevron Corporation Donates $4.75 Million to Forever LSU LARGEST ONE-TIME CORPORATE CASH GIFT IN LSU FOUNDATION HISTORY BY SCOTT MADERE LSU announced a $4.75 million gift commitment from Chevron Corpora- tion – the largest one-time corporate cash donation to the LSU Foundation in its history – at a news conference on Feb. 28. Chevron Corporation’s gift will support multiple programs within the LSU College of Engineering, as well as the College of Basic Sciences and the E. J. Ourso College of Business, and fur- thers a significant relationship between LSU and one of the largest integrated Arjen Boin energy companies in the world. Director of the Stephenson Disaster Of the $4.75 million, $3.9 million Management Institute of the gift will go to the College of En- gineering toward four designated focus What was your previous position and areas, establishing: LSU’s Acting Chancellor William Jenkins, left, shakes hands with Gary Luquette, where? 1. The Chevron Petroleum Engi- president of Chevron North America Exploration & Production. On behalf of LSU, neering Emerging Faculty Recruitment I was the director of the Leiden Uni- Jenkins thanked Chevron for its $4.75 million donation to the Forever LSU campaign, Fund – $1 million commitment – in the the largest one-time corporate cash gift in the LSU Foundation’s history. versity Crisis Research Center in the Craft & Hawkins Department of Petro- Netherlands. leum Engineering, 2. The Chevron Engineering Profes- ship Fund – $1 million commitment Multi-disciplinary Reservoir Visualiza- What brought you to LSU? sorship Support and Development Fund – in engineering disciplines that will tion Center – $900,000 commitment The opportunity to help build an – $1 million commitment – in several be awarded competitively to qualified – which will be a program based in the important research center, and the am- engineering departments, applicants with preference to underrep- Craft & Hawkins Department of Petro- bitions of LSU to become a premier 3. The Chevron Engineering Post- resented groups, leum Engineering that will benefit university in the nation. Doctoral and Graduate Student Fellow- 4. The Chevron Engineering Continued on Page 2 What is your research interest? I am interested in the effectiveness of crisis and disaster management, the National Academy of Engineering development and effects of institu- LSU Board of tions and the role leadership plays in President to Visit LSU March 31 all this. Supervisors’ March CHARLES VEST TO dIScUSS “teaCHING, RESEARCH AND LEARNING What do you hope to accomplish at IN THE 21ST CENTURY” Meeting: News and LSU? My aim is to build the Stephenson BY ASHLEY BERTHELOT Notes Disaster Management Institute into an internationally recognized research BY BILLY GOMILA center in the field of crisis and disaster Charles Vest, 21st Century.” management. This center should gen- president of the An expert in mechanical engineer- The LSU Board of Supervisors erate research that helps build better National Academy ing, thermal sciences and the engineer- held its meeting in Shreveport this response systems that will save lives. of Engineering and ing applications of lasers and coherent month, featuring a presentation from president emeri- optics, Vest is also an internation- Mike Gargano, the recently hired LSU What do you enjoy most about LSU? tus of MIT, will ally distinguished authority on higher System vice president for student and The campus is beautiful, I have visit LSU as part education and research. His books on academic support services. wonderful colleagues and I love the of the Chancel- the subject, particularly “Pursuing the Titled “Creating the Infrastructure weather. What I enjoy most, however, lor’s Distinguished Endless Frontier: Essays on MIT and to Support Enrollment Growth and is LSU’s ambition to become a top Lectureship Series, the Role of the Research University,” Student Retention,” Gargano’s talk university. LSU has the potential to or CDLS. He will are widely regarded as the definitive involved effectively positioning LSU in become an academic powerhouse and speak on Monday, Charles Vest treatises on the most pressing challenges the student recruitment marketplace. it is great to be a part of that effort. March 31, at 3 facing the higher education research Gargano noted that graduating p.m. in the Energy, Coast and Environ- community today. high school students have begun to What are your major accomplish- ment Building, located on Nicholson “I look forward to visiting LSU,” think about their college choice even in ments? Extension, giving a presentation titled said Vest. “In our continuing mission to their sophomore and junior years, and My daughters Charlotte and Desanne. “Teaching, Research and Learning in the Continued on Page 4 list four major criteria in their decision: a university’s academic reputation, distinguished faculty, the career suc- cess of graduates and the areas of study available at the school. LSU Scientist Finds Evidence of “Rain-Making” Bacteria “We want to create a culture of excellence here,” he said. “An envi- BY ASHLEY BERTHELOT ronment that fully supports student academic achievement. We want LSU system campuses to be the first choice Brent Christner, LSU professor of fect the processes that trigger precipita- for all Louisiana high school gradu- biological sciences, in partnership with tion. ates.” colleagues in Montana and France, re- The concept of rain-making bacte- The board also approved the fol- cently found evidence that rain-making ria isn’t far-fetched. Cloud seeding with lowing endowed professorships: bacteria are widely distributed in the silver iodide or dry ice has been done for • Paula G. Manship Professorship atmosphere. These biological particles more than 60 years. Many ski resorts use for Excellence in Music in the School could factor heavily into the precipita- a commercially available freeze-dried of Music at LSU; $2,400,000 tion cycle, affecting climate, agricultural preparation of ice-nucleating bacteria to • Ron and Mary Neal Distin- productivity and even global warming. make snow when the temperature is just guished Professorship in Biological Christner and his colleagues published a few degrees below freezing. Sciences #2 in the College of Basic their results in the prestigious journal “My colleague David Sands from Sciences at LSU, $240,000 “Science” on Feb. 29. Montana State University proposed • Ron and Mary Neal Distin- Christner’s team examined precipi- the concept of ‘bioprecipitation’ over guished Professorship in Biological tation from global locations and demon- 25 years ago and few scientists took it Sciences in the College of Basic Sci- strated that the most active ice nuclei – a seriously, but evidence is beginning to ences at LSU, $180,000 substrate that enhances the formation accumulate that supports this idea,” said • Dow Chemical Distinguished of ice – are biological in origin. This Christner. Professorship in Engineering Diversity is important because the formation of But, what makes this research more in the College of Engineering at LSU, $180,000 ice in clouds is required for snow and complicated is that most known ice- • Herndon Spillman Professor- most rainfall. Dust and soot particles nucleating bacteria are plant pathogens. ship in the School of Music at LSU, can serve as ice nuclei, but biological ice These pathogens, which are basically $180,000 nuclei are capable of catalyzing freezing germs, can cause freezing injury in Brent Christner, LSU assistant professor • Harrison Family Field Camp at much warmer temperatures. If present plants, resulting in devastating of biological sciences, collects precipitation Continued on Page 3 in clouds, biological ice nuclei may af- Continued on Page 4 samples in Antarctica. www.lsu.edu/lsutoday TODAY MARCH 14, 2008 LSU Spices Up the Food Bank for NNM BY MELISSA PRESCOTT LSU Celebrates Women’s History Month LSU nutrition students are holding powder, oregano flakes, Italian seasoning a spice drive for the Baton Rouge food blend flakes, black pepper, paprika, cin- bank in honor of March being National namon, cumin and dried basil, as well as Nutrition Month, or NNM. the more expensive spices such as dried The students want to provide fami- rosemary, dried thyme, ground ginger, lies in need with herbs and spices that dried parsley, dillweed, bay leaves, sage, will enhance the flavor of their meals thyme and herbal salt-substitutes. without additional salt or fat. Their cam- No fresh herbs or produce will be paign theme is “Generosity: The Spice of collected. The SDA prefers donations of Life.” the salt-free herbs and spices. In a nutrition class in the School of Donations can be dropped of in the Human Ecology, students are in the pro- decorated collection bin in the lobby of cess of developing recipes that use spices the Human Ecology building any time and dried herbs to enhance the flavor during the month. The SDA will also of meals made with the ingredients have a bin at their table in Free Speech typically found at food banks, including Alley on March 25, 27 and 29 from non-perishable boxed and canned foods. 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. These recipes will be distributed at the At the end of the month, all of the Throughout the months of March and April, LSU’s observance of Women’s His- Baton Rouge Food Bank. spices will be donated to the Food Bank tory Month will celebrate the strides and accomplishments of women here at LSU However, the students in the and distributed to families in need. and around the country. The two-month long program consists of events such as Student Dietetic Association, or SDA, For questions about the drive, contact motivational speakers, films and art exhibitions. New to this year’s celebration is a realized that it would be expensive for a Brandi Milioto, SDA faculty advisor, at community service project and a women’s leadership conference.
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