The
83rd Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science
was held on April 5, 2008 at Fairmont State University.
The 55th West Virginia State Science and
Engineering Science Fair
(WVSSEF) was held at Fairmont State University on March 28, 2008. Sarah Sellers
(Hedgesville) was the Grand Prize winner and received sponsorship to the
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Atlanta, Georgia on
May 11- 17, 2008. John Creamer (Jefferson) was honored as the
Grand-Prize Runner-up.
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Proceedings update.
Thanks to John Warner's efforts, several issues of the Proceedings were mailed last year. We will update
this site as more are mailed to current members.
WVAS
News
"A First Course in Fluid Mechanics for Civil
Engineers" by Dr. Donald D. Gray,
Professor of the Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering at West Virginia University is available
from Water Resources Publications.
The WV Academy of Science was
recognized in "On
This Day
in West Virginia History..."
for its organization in Morgantown on November 28, 1924.
WVU
professor emeritus Ed Keller wins national Lifetime Achievement Award.
Biology professor emeritus Edward C. Keller, Jr. has been recognized
nationally for his decades of work improving educational opportunities
for students with disabilities. Keller was recently presented with the
2007 Lifetime Achievement Award by Science Education for Students with
Disabilities (SESD), an affiliate of the National Science Teachers
Association. The award is presented to one outstanding individual each
year, said SESD president-elect Laureen Summers.
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2006 WVAS election update.
Dr. Mark Flood, Fairmont State University
was elected President, Dr. Donald Gray was elected President-Elect. Dr.
Roger Seeber was elected Treasurer, and Dr. James Rentch was elected
Secretary, and Dr. John Warner was elected Editor.
Newsletter submissions may be
sent anytime to Marcia Harrison, Newsletter editor, either by mail
or e-mail to
wvas@marshall.edu
The West Virginia
Academy of Science is an organization to meet and work with professional
associates in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering,
Geology, Mathematics, Mining, Physics, Psychology and Education, History
and Philosophy of Science and Social Science. It is a corporation
chartered by the authority of the West Virginia legislature for the
advancement of scientific knowledge and the promotion of scientific work
in West Virginia.
For additional
information or if you would like to make a submission to our newsletter,
contact
wvas@marshall.edu.
Donald D. Gray (right), President-Elect of the WVAS,
presents a collection of the Proceedings of the WV
Academy of Science to Joe Geiger, Assistant
Director of the Department of Archives and History, WV
Division of Culture and History, to be placed in the State Archives
in Charleston.
Donald D. Gray, President-Elect, recognized
Mark Flood, President, for organizing the 2008 annual meeting.
Members of the WVAS Executive Committee. From left
to right, Roger Seeber, Treasurer; Mark Flood, President; Jim Rentch,
Secretary; and John Warner, Editor.
Dr. Deepak Mehra of Potomac State College with
Mrs. Candy Cordwell, Program Manager, NASA West
Virginia Space Grant Consortium at the 2008 WVAS meeting.
OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR - WVU professor emeritus, Ed Keller,
examines his Web site, Inclusion in Science Education for Students
with Disabilities, which gives parents and educators strategies to
teach children. Keller was recently honored nationally with the
Science Education for Students with Disabilities Lifetime
Achievement Award. Photo by: Ted Webb, News and Information |
