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Welcome to Embry-Riddle
Honored
Countdown to Expo 2010
Aviation History
Aviation Department
The leadership and departments of Embry-Riddle Weclome new and Returning Students 2-5, 12
ERAU Research Reception commemorates Scholary Excellence for 2009-2010 19
20 steps before Career Expo to ensure success in receiving a job or internship 12
The American Aviation Historical Society is hosting free public programs with Embry-Riddle Professors 19
An Introduction to the Aviation Departments and Faculty 12
Prescott’s Exceptional Eateries Top Restaurants in Prescott
State of the University
The Guys
Remembering 9/11 The popular play produced across the nation will be performed at Embry-Riddle GAIL MANGHAM
Artistic Director, The Artist’s Path
Feature on pages 6 and 7
Rocket Science: The Next Generation An Interview with NASA’s Chief Technologist Robert Braun Feature on pages 10 and 11
DR. ALAN J. MALNAR Faculty Advisor
What’s on Campus? Feature on pages 8 and 9
Hiking Northern Arizona Feature on pages 14 and 15
Dr. Frank Ayers opened this year’s State of the University and State of the Prescott Campus Address to a packed house in the Davis Learning Center Auditorium in the afternoon on Wednesday the 18th. Many members from the EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University community, including administrators, faculty, staff, and students, attended the event. Dr. Ayers began this year’s celebration by introducing several staff members from Daytona Beach. He acknowledged the presence of Eric Weekes, chief financial officer; Tiffany Phagan, assessment coordinator from institutional research; Tina Frederick-Recascino, vice president of academics and research; Dick Roach, liaison for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, SACS; Jim Henderson, chairman of the board of trustees; and Dr. John Johnson, fifth president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Dr. Ayers then invited Dr. John Johnson to the podium to say a few words. As expected, Dr. Johnson presented a very upbeat and positive address. He encouraged everyone to embrace a sense of renewal, foster new
potential, and achieve new possibilities and opportunities in whatever function they serve. He emphasized that ERAU, having weathered the storm of a few fiscally challenging years, is now on the financial upswing. When President Johnson reassured his audience that the Prescott budget is now in a positive flow after an anticipated negative trend, he received healthy applause. “Now that ERAU is achieving economic stability, academic issues are the priority,” he stated. One day prior to Johnson’s address, US News and World Report released its poll noting that ERAU continues to lead the nation in aerospace engineering education. While Daytona ranks first, the Prescott campus holds the third spot. Johnson also pointed out the importance of the accreditation process, which is now in progress. He particularly noted the Quality Enhancement Plan, or QEP. SACS officials not only expect data reflecting institutional credibility, but they also want to see a transformational plan that ensures ERAU's ability to provide top-notch education in the near future. Some of the various components of the QEP that are being examined are: the need to continue providing leadership in industry, embracing knowledge discovery, and engaging in professional research and scholarly activity. These components need to be thoughtfully see PRESIDENT page 19
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Promising Year Ahead for ERAU Athletics 5 Steps to Success at the Hazy Library & Learning Center Feature on page 18
KELSEY WOKA SH Correspondent
Welcome back! As most of us are settling back into the swing of things, there’s one group of people who have been back to the grind for the past three weeks: The Embry-Riddle Aeroanutical University fall athletes. Since the start of preseason on August 8, women’s volleyball, men’s soccer, and women’s soccer have been training to prepare for this year’s fall season. New seasons not only bring new
opportunities, but also new faces. Each squad has welcomed new recruits to the ERAU athletic family this year in hopes that they will aid in filling the shoes of graduated seniors and assist in reaching team goals. Here’s a look at the new freshman that you might run into walking around campus on your first day back! The ERAU volleyball program has welcomed three new recruits for the 2010 athletic season. Morgan Vieira, a freshman from Las Vegas, Nev. and a graduate of Centennial High School, was the first sign for ERAU volleyball. Mor-
gan is a 5 foot 9 inch tall setter or opposite and will be majoring in aeronautical engineering. Mahina Fa’amoe, another new face, is a 5 foot 9 inch tall outside or middle from West Valley, Utah and a graduate of Granger High School. Mahina is pursuing a degree in air traffic control. The third recruit for Women’s Volleyball also hails from West Valley, Utah. Five foot 7 inch tall Precious Taliulu will be filling in as an outside or middle utility hitter. see SPORTS page 18
It was a typical searing hot September day with the sun beating mercilessly down even at 5:15 p.m. I was driving back to Al Ain from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. My cell phone rang and I pulled off the highway. My oldest son was calling from Japan, «Mom what on earth is going on in the States?» I had no idea what he was talking about. It was September 11, 2001. «A plane just hit the World Trade Center in New York,» he said. The words made little sense to me. Finally arriving home, I went next door to my neighbor's home. They had TV, we did not. And I saw the first images that had been broadcast around the world, images that brought the fiction of a novel into the real world where they remain with us, haunting us and robbing us of any remaining sense of security, of safe haven, of sanity. We all found our own path through the assault on our emotions in the coming weeks and months. Our initial see THE GUYS page 18
Adding Depth to your Education First Wave Program prepares students for their education and career DOUGLAS HARDER
Director, McNair Scholars Program
The First Wave Program is a series of workshops covering subjects that are rarely featured in the classroom. Add this information to your undergraduate career for a well rounded educational experience. The workshops are taught by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University faculty and staff. Students are invited to build and gather knowledge in an informal workshop style. These workshops cover a wide range of subjects from research skills to changes in financial aid. Some workshops are designed for the students who will be preparing for and applying to graduate school, while others will cover financial literacy or finding summer internships and faculty mentored research experiences. Students without experience in higher education may not be familiar with the see FIRST WAVE page 18
UNIVERSITY WELCOMES
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26 AUGUST 2010
Welcome to ERAU's Prescott Campus! Dr. Frank Ayers
Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer
On behalf of the faculty and staff of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, I would like to welcome to campus all new students, parents, and those who support our students. I am excited about the year we are about to begin. We are glad you are joining our active learning community here at the campus. No matter what major you are pursuing, you are in for an exciting time of working directly with the faculty, our staff, and your fellow students to grow both academically and personally. Let me give you a couple pieces of advice as you start this journey! Have a plan! I believe the most successful students have a plan of action to graduate and to get through the week. Get to know your advisor and build a year by year graduation plan and stick to it. Develop a weekly study plan. Identify set periods for class preparation
that allow you to stay ahead of your studies, but also create some downtime for rest, recharging, and student activities. Get Involved! This year, students will be qualifying for our seven-time national championship Golden Eagles Flight Team, participating in our large intramural athletics program, attending our NAIA athletic team matches, building a jet dragster, working on research projects with faculty, putting together this student newspaper, putting on events such as OctoberWest, joining one of over 90 clubs and organizations, working with our great Student Government, or just traveling to the one of the great local destinations such as the Grand Canyon or Flagstaff. Be one of those students! Study hard, do well academically, and keep an eye on the campus calendar for those activities or opportunities that you would like to get involved in. Finding the students here at campus who share your interests will make the experience even more worthwhile! Let us know if you need help! We are all here to help you succeed! Our faculty and staff can solve just about any problems, but only if they know about it! Please
let us know early if you need help. Don’t wait and assume it will get better, most likely it will not. Our experience tells us that most problems are relatively small, if caught early and addressed. And parents, we want you to feel comfortable calling us if you have questions. My office door is always open to students or parents, and I love to get e-mails (ayersf@erau.edu) or phone calls (928-777-3800) from parents. You are now part of the Embry -Riddle Family, and we take pride in taking care of each other! Now for some coming attractions! Please note that our Homecoming Celebration (OctoberWest) is the first weekend in October (the 1st through 3rd) and we would love for all students, alumni, and parents to come and have a great time. We will have soccer and volleyball matches, alumni celebrations, the homecoming parade, an aircraft static display, comedians and other entertainment, and we wind up the evening on Saturday with a campus wide fireworks display. Parents, save the first weekend in April (1st and 2nd) for our second annual campus wide Parents and Family Weekend. We invite see AYERS page 17
Dr. Richard Bloom
Another great year coming up. I remember Plato announcing this in Greek to his students after summer vacation in 348 B.C.E. But his best student, Aristotle, dropped out shortly thereafter. Oh, that Aristotle. How did he honor his teacher? By spreading and using what he learned far and wide? No way. He threw out just about everything and took different positions on the nature of truth, the value of poetry, the worth of metaphysics versus
Dean of Students
As someone who enjoys music and often relates lyrics to life, I thought it would be advantageous to utilize my love of music and love for our students in my welcome article. “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes” by Jimmy Buffett reminds me of the importance of your attitude in influencing your life. My first suggestion to being successful – here or anywhere – is to maintain a positive attitude. Your personal change in latitude – coming to ERAU, will undoubtedly cause some challenges - getting the class schedule you prefer, ensuring your finances are secure, getting along with a stranger – aka your new roommate, the loneliness of missing home and your support system from home (parents, friends, significant others, etc) - are but the tip of the iceberg of challenges that you’ll encounter in your new world of higher education
what Zack Snyder, director of the 1996 film 300, might have been thinking when he chose Rodrigo Santoro to play Xerxes, (2) comparing and contrasting Crips and Bloods hand signs, (3) auditioning for So You Think You Can Dance to the music of Johnny Otis and his 1958 hit Willie and the Hand Jive, or (4) trying to figure out why so many people claim to speak Greek in personal ads, Facebook, and MySpace. Another great year coming up. I remember Sigmund Freud announcing this in German to his most able students back in 1912. Freud gave each of these students a golden ring, each mounted with an ancient intaglio. Students can look this up for extra credit, but don’t count on getting one from me. But behind see BLOOM page 17
The Dean’s office, the Faculty of the college, and the staff are excited about you being a part of the College of Aviation this year. We have been very busy in the past weeks preparing for the start of the fall semester and for you. Most everything here will be the same this year, but there usu-
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environmental science (AES). Hopefully, you all had a great summer. I spent most of the summer conducting research and dealing with wildlife concerns associated with airports. The faculty of the COAS have been all over the world traveling, teaching, and sight-seeing. Please ask your professors about some of these exciting adventures – and welcome back! You have an open invitation to visit or contact me as needed – ext. 3927 or dickey@erau.edu.
ally are a few changes that occur; this year is no different. Mr. Brent Spencer has joined the faculty of the College to provide leadership and instruction in our Air Traffic Management program. By the way, the interest in this program is growing steadily and the ATM laboratory is up and running. Professor Bill O’Hara has assumed the position of director of the Flight Department in the absence of Mr. Jerry Kidrick. Mr. Kidrick is on a year of leave working in Iraq. Mr. Tim Sestak has arrived as the faculty replacement for Professor O’Hara. Dr. Nancy Lawrence has tak-
en a faculty position in Daytona Beach so she has resigned from the Safety Science faculty. Dr. Eric Savage has returned to that department and has moved back into his office in the Robertson Aviation Safety Center I. This change will result in some necessary modifications to the fall schedule of graduate classes. If you are a new or returning graduate student in the Masters of Science in Safety Science program, please make every effort to attend the graduate orientation on Thursday, August 26 from 9 a.m. to noon. We’ll start with a continental breakfast at 9 and begin
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Dr. Ron Madler
Dean, College of Engineering
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Welcome back to all new and returning students from the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (COAS), Dr. Archie
laugh, we would all go insane!” The Beatles song “With a Little Help from My Friends” suggests that everyone needs some support in life to be successful or complete. There are a plethora of excellent faculty and staff at the Prescott Campus who are willing and able to give you a little help. But you cannot be hesitant to ask! As a college student, you are – in the government’s view and in the legal sense – an adult. As an adult, we expect you to bring up any problems, concerns or desire for assistance. We do not want to interfere with your personal life and typically, do not get involved – unless you ask us (or in the rare instance where your conduct encourages us to get involved). Once you do seek assistance, I am confident you’ll find a friend, a roommate, an upperclassman (or woman), RA, advisor, counselor, nurse, professor, staff member, director, dean or an executive vice president who will listen to your concerns and do everything within their power to support you in reaching a solution! One of the tremendous advantages of a small campus is the personal touch we can provide. But you should initiate the request for our advice or support.
Dean, College of Aviation
Dr. Archie Dickey
Dickey. All of the faculty of the COAS are looking forward to another great and productive year. As most of you know, we not only offer all of the general education courses for all majors, including engineering and flight, we also have several degrees within our College, including global security and intelligence studies (GSIS), space physics (SP), aviation business administration (ABA), interdisciplinary studies (IDS), and aviation
– Riddle style. How you handle these challenges is YOUR decision. My recommendation is to maintain a positive attitude in all of your endeavors. I’ve been fortunate enough to live all over the world and I can attest - there is no utopia – everyplace has positive aspects about it and negative aspects as well. It really comes down to you and your attitude. If you take the approach that life is good – it is! Everyone has problems, everyone has challenges – but the people who approach their difficulties with a positive attitude will solve more problems, reduce their personal stress and make their life more enjoyable. Embry-Riddle is a great university, with motivated and talented students, intelligent and dynamic faculty, caring and supportive staff - but we are a bureaucratic organization – and as a result, you will inevitably encounter some difficulties in getting things done when and how you want or expect them. Stay attuned to your goal, stay focused, ensure your needs are met – but keep a positive attitude throughout. Attitude is, in fact, one of ERAU Community Values; you should recognize your obligation to be a positive contributor to this community! Soon, you – like Jimmy, will realize: “if we couldn’t
Dr. Gary Northam
Assistant Vice President for Academics physics, and the role of women in government. That’s why (in 15101511) the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael painted The School of Athens. In it, Plato and Aristotle seem to be walking together. Plato is pointing the index finger of his right hand towards the heavens, while Aristotle has his right hand extended palm down, horizontal with the ground. With Plato is Raphael representing the culmination of something called “the simile of the line”— truth available through reason as the Ideal Forms up above us? With Aristotle is Raphael representing truth through observation down here on earth as described in works like the Poetics, Nicomachean Ethics, and Physics. What do I think? Students, pick one of the following. Plato and Aristotle are (1) discussing
Larry Stephan
On behalf of engineering, welcome back! I am Ron Madler, the new dean of the College of Engineering. This is my seventeenth year at the Prescott Campus. Time flies
when you are having fun! When I first came here, my office was in Building 59, which is now home to the Jet Dragster. While the facilities on the campus have changed over the years, I am happy to say that the commitment of students, staff and faculty to the campus and our professions continues to be outstanding. As much as our facilities are amongst the finest you will find around the world for an undergraduate program, it is really the students, staff and faculty that are the greatest asset to the College of Engineering! The old cliché really is true;
people make the difference! Our students are awesome! Those of you who are new or those of you returning should take a moment to reflect on the fact that most of the people around you share your passion! You have more in common with your college peers here than you will have with your peers at any other time in your life. One of the reasons I love being around the campus so much is that we are surrounded by the energy, curiosity and excitement of the students. It makes me think I am still young . see MADLER page 17
UNIVERSITY WELCOMES
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Col. Mark Haskins
Lt. Col. Jim Adams
Commander, AFROTC Detachment 028 Officer in Charge, Army ROTC
Greetings! I’m Colonel Mark Haskins, and I’d like to join the rest of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott faculty and staff in a warm welcome, or welcome back, to campus. This is my second year in command of Air Force Officer Training Corps Detachment 028 here this summer, and it looks like we’re in for an exciting one. Interest in AFROTC is through the roof nationwide, and we’re no exception here at one of the world’s premier aviation institutions and top AFROTC detachments; we’re expecting a freshman cadet class this fall fifty percent higher than last year’s! The economy is undoubtedly playing a role in this surge; however, I believe that financial pressures alone cannot motivate our young adults to consider entering into the military of a nation at war. It’s about opportunity, including the opportunity to serve one’s country. The opportunities begin with day 1 of AFROTC. The program is not for everyone, and that’s why you can try it as a freshman or sophomore without any commitment to the Air Force. But most individuals like what they discover. The camaraderie and sense of family rival any club or team. You will grow as a leader and a person, and have a blast while you do it, whether it’s on the paintball range, in the rifle drill team, or in a variety of exciting summer programs like cultural immersions overseas. I have the best staff in AFROTC here at Det 28, and they give the cadet corps plenty of latitude to plan cadet training and activities because we want you to experiment and challenge your leadership abilities. Cadet Colonel Jessica Mendenhall, wing commander, Cadet Colonel Bradley McElvain, vice commander, and their staff, will run the cadet wing this semester. Imagine being responsible for an organization with over
two hundred fifty people before you even finish college! For those who see it through to completion, AFROTC culminates in a commission as a second lieutenant in the world’s most respected air, space and cyberspace force. Would you like to finish school with a guaranteed job flying or maintaining the world’s most sophisticated aircraft, operating cutting edge information technology, working in research and development, or providing intelligence, weather and logistics support to combat operations? These are just some of the opportunities available to our cadets. As for your commitment after graduation, it is as little as four years for non-flying career fields. However long you serve, the experience you gain will be invaluable, and the civilian sector craves the attributes you will develop even as a junior officer in the Air Force: leadership, problem solving, the ability to shoulder great responsibility, discipline and core value. The list goes on. But let's get back to the economy. Maybe it is a little thing called tuition that is standing between you and a career as an officer in the Air Force; no degree means no commission. Unfortunately, this isn’t your mother or father’s AFROTC. The confluence of record recruiting with tight scholarship budgets has made AFROTC scholarships more competitive than ever. While it’s frustrating and discouraging both for those with a genuine interest in serving and for me trying to help them get there, I have to remind myself that competition brings out the best in our cadets and produces the very best officers for our Air Force, and that’s what my job is all about. For those of you willing to “bring it”, there are still AFROTC scholarship opportunities. AFROTC, in a synergistic partnership with ERAU, offers programs for those who meet academic and service requirements, including full tuition scholarships for highly competitive individuals and those pursuing Air Force-critical degrees. In fact, about fifty percent of the cadet corps at ERAU Prescott is currently receiving some level of financial assistance see HASKINS page 17
As another exciting new year begins, I wanted to take a minute to first welcome and congratulate our 13 incoming Freshman Army Scholarship winners and a host of other newly enrolled Freshman in Army ROTC and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. We will get all of our new cadets off to a great head start with our Zero Week, August 22-25. The intent of Zero Week is to receive and integrate new Eagle Company Cadets into our ROTC program and the university while building morale and esprit de corps among all Eagle Company cadets and cadre. The Eagle Company ROTC program prepares students to become commissioned officers in the United States Army in the Active Component, the Army Reserve or Army National Guard. Eligible students/cadets who show sincere commitment to reach these goals will be successful in our program and may be commissioned an officer in the United States Army. If this sounds appealing to you, please contact CPT Ryan Eisenhauer, my Enrollment/Eligibility Officer to schedule an appointment at 7776922 or eisenhar@erau.edu. We have another exciting year in store including the hosting of our annual Fall Field Training Exercise on campus. Additionally, we are proud to again host this year, the Arizona Army ROTC Ranger Challenge Competition. This is a 2-day physical and military skills challenge with all the Arizona Universities pitting multiple teams against the perennial dominance of our Eagle Company teams. Come out and support your teams October 22-23. Let me quickly update the campus on the many things
that have transpired since May when we commissioned 21 new Army Lieutenants, the largest cohort of Army Commissions in ERAU-Prescott history. Throughout the summer, Army cadets traveled near (Fort Lewis, WA) and far (Japan and Korea) participating in several leadership training and evaluation opportunities. Twenty-seven juniors and seniors attended the Leadership Development and Assessment Course (LDAC) at Fort Lewis, WA. This is the major evaluation all Army cadets undergo prior to assessing and competing for Active Duty and the Army Branches they desire. As usual, Eagle Company Cadets did extremely well with six of the 27 receiving an overall “Excellence” rating, the highest marks possible. Two of our cadets were rated in the top 5 percent of their Platoons. Six Eagle Cadets were awarded the coveted RECONDO Badge for demonstrated excellence and abilities in completing all physical challenges and evaluated tasks the first time through at a high degree of proficiency. Four Cadets attained the maximum score of 300 on their Army Physical Fitness Test, while 15 of the 27 scored above the national average (260). 19 of the 27 scored above 90 percent on their Land Navigation Test consisting of a written exam, a daytime navigation practical and a nighttime navigational practical…this performance again was well ahead of the national average (87 percent). Upon completion of LDAC, two ERAU cadets were commissioned as Army Second Lieutenants at Fort Lewis, WA. Four of our newly-appointed see ADAMS page 17
The Eagle Company ROTC program prepares students to become commissioned officers in the United States Army in the Active Component, the Army Reserve or Army National Guard. The key goals of the program are: • developing leadership skills. • developing character and inculcating the Army values. • ingraining in cadets what an officer should be, know and do. • encouraging academic excellence in the belief that lifelong learning is a key attribute of a leader. • developing and maintaining a fitness ethos, understanding that physical fitness is an Army way of life.
Sarah Cosley, MA, NCC, LAC
Welcome new and returning students! As the school year is just beginning you will be going through transitions. Transition can bring about many positive things such as meeting new people and learning new things; and sometimes transitions can be
sues you may be experiencing. I am happy to help students with many different issues from relationship problems to depression. A licensed psychologist is also on staff at the Wellness Center to help you in solving your problems. We are committed to helping students and also provide referrals if needed to outside community agencies. I provide one-to-one counseling for any type of personal issues that you may face. Couples counseling is also offered, along with group counseling. This year we have new discussion groups: such as cinema therapy, freshmen adjustment to college, and various workshops discussing issues such
Melissa Gottwald
Archivist, Aviation Safety and Security Archives
Welcome from the Aviation Safety and Security Archives! The archives, popularly known as ASASA, is one of the unique resources you will find at EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University. The main goal of ASASA is to promote knowledge and understanding of aviation safety. Students can use the archives to find information for class projects, papers, or just for general interest.
ASASA staff is happy to help with any research questions you have. The archives holds materials dating back to the 1930s including aircraft accident reports, thousands of aircraft accident photographs, reference files on topics ranging from ditching to crashworthy fuel systems, and audio and video recordings. Selected items have been digitized and can be searched or browsed in the ASASA Digital Library, but these are just a small sampling of what ASASA has available. Feel free to stop in and see us in the Robertson Aviation Safety Center II (Building 22–next to the Davis Learning Center). Visit our website at <http:// archives.pr.erau.edu> or contact us at prasasa@erau.edu for more information.
Jim Sheridan
Associate Director of Student Life
This fall students may notice some changes in the J.R. Hunt Student Union. Some will be more subtle than others and so may be overlooked. Here are some of the highlights to bring you up to speed: Over the summer, a generous alumnus donated a very nice wood frame, slate top pool table. This table was traded for the old “bar” type table so that now all three pool tables are of a similar style lending a more uniform and “eye appealing” look to this area. As these are good tables, it is important that people do not lean or sit on them as it can put them out of level and affect the play. The old “bar” table was moved to the new residents lounge in Hall 5 where it will continue to give residents of Mingus Mountain some good times.
More noticeable are the changes and improvements made to the racing simulators. Last spring both racing wheels broke with less than ten months of service time. It is expensive to constantly replace these wheels, so the damage was researched to try to determine a cause. Discussion with the simulator manufacturer revealed that the damage most likely resulted from people leaning on or pushing off of the wheels as they enter or exit the simulator. This puts added stress the steering column which then fails. To try to alleviate this problem, new “Porsche 911 Turbo” style racing wheels and sport club pedals that are of a sturdier construction and have a few more whistles and bells have been installed. In addition, a “roll cage” was added to each simulator to provide an overhead frame to provide support when entering or exiting the simulators. People will be reminded of this when they check out a game and it will be posted on the simulators as well. Other improvements over the summer were the addition of blinds in the computer room and the Hangar, and tinting of
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Kendall Roy
Mental Health Counselor
difficult. Whether you are a new student or a returning student challenges may arise. Sometimes being a student can be a stressful and you may feel overwhelmed. Whether you are facing relationship difficulties, stress, depression, anxiety, or homesickness there is help! Just remember you are not alone and many of other students face the same challenges. Counseling Services is located in the Wellness Center, building 73. We have one full-time counselor available for your needs. Counseling at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is a free service to any student. It is a confidential and safe place to discuss is-
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Associate Director, Records Office as stress, time management, body image, and relationship problems. Please see our facebook page or call the front desk at the number below for times and locations for groups. Making an appointment to see the counselor on campus is simple. Please call the Wellness Center at 777-6653 and ask to set a counseling appointment. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Wellness Center. Counseling Services is happy to help you make the most of your college career. Please take advantage of the services we offer, we want nothing more than for you to have a healthy, happy, balanced college experience.
Hello from the Records Office! My name is Kendall Roy and I took over as Associate Director in March. After 5 years at the flightline working with ETA and Flight Records, I am delighted to be on campus as the newest addition to a very energetic and enthusiastic team. We’re glad you are back; it’s been way too quiet around here over the summer. We have been busy the last couple of months catching up, and now we are ready to help you get into the swing of things whether you are one of our brand new freshmen or a senior with their sights set on a cap and gown come next May.
For those of you who are not familiar with what we do in the Records office, I thought I would tell you a little bit about a few of the many services we provide. We are located in Building 12, across the sidewalk from the Post Office. As our name implies, we are responsible for maintaining a student’s official records for the university. When prospective students start working with admissions, we evaluate their transcripts to determine what classwork or exams might transfer in as credit. We track each student’s progress all the way through to graduation. see ROY page 17
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Judy Segner
Veterans Affairs Office The number of veterans choosing to use their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has grown from fifty to about one hundred seventy students since the Yellow Ribbon Program began a year ago, with the incoming class of veterans accounting for about 10 percent of the student body. Veterans are enrolled in almost every degree program, but the greatest number of veterans are enrolled in some aspect of air science. ERAU is committed to supporting the veteran experience on campus. With the help of the Veterans Committee and its faculty advisor, Professor Nick Manderfield, the Student Veterans Organization, SVO, has a veteran lounge and study area in building 18B, next to the dean of students. Equipped with sofas, a computer, a pool table, a study area, and a snack bar, the SVO office is a place for veterans to meet with each other and hold meetings. In general, though, the SVO office is there simply to provide a respite from a busy campus. A Veteran Mentor list can be found in the Student Veterans Organization office, which lists all campus staff and faculty veterans who are willing to be mentors. The list includes details of the veteran’s military background, including military branch and dates of service. Other helpful information can be found in the booklet ‘In-
formation for: Non Traditional students,’ which is available from Courtney Luque in the Center for International Programs and Services office and at both the Veterans’ Reception and Information Session for Non-Traditional Students during Orientation. Another veteran-friendly place is The Prescott Vet Center at 3181 Stillwater Drive, Suite A in the Crossings on Willow Creek. Services include peerled counseling of all types and they also offer a quiet place to hang out with a big screen TV, Wii, and a lending library. Work study positions are also available to veterans who are going to school full time; you can get paid to study! The Vet Center also does campus outreach via the Mobil Vet Center, which comes to ERAU on the first and third Wednesdays of every month from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. It will be located in the parking lot in front of the bookstore. Other campus veteran resources include Dan Lupin and Judy Segner in the Veterans Affairs office for assistance with GI Bill benefits and the Financial Aid office for other sources of funding; Jack Clevenger in the Wellness Center; Larry Stephan, the dean of students; ans the entire staff and faculty of ERAU who are available to make your ERAU experience a good one while you receive a quality ERAU education.
Neal Fassbender Safety Department
To all of our students: Welcome! With many new students on campus it is again time to review EmbryRiddle safety policy and school regulations. This article will only touch on these items and I recommend to our students they go online and visit the ERAU safety website. Please stop by the safety office in building 17B or call 928.777.3728 if you have
questions. Vehicle registration should be at the top of the list for students who drive, parking permits are easily obtained through safety and a one year pass is forty dollars. You may get a permit for your motorcycle there, and I suggest registering your cycle. Chief Boden has opened faculty and staff parking lots to all after 5 p.m. and until 7 a.m.; please note the signs in use at these lots. Please be aware that handicapped spaces are always reserved for HC parking only and a vehicle must have handicapped identification to park in these spaces. For those living on campus, it is extremely important to follow the fire alarm policy and regulations. You must exit your building
Norma Butler
Manager, IT Services From wireless Internet access to discipline-specific technology in labs and classrooms, EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University offers an advanced campus network and an exciting technology environment. To enhance your academic experience, here is a quick reminder of some current services as well as few new ones that were added over the summer. Blackboard upgrade! EmbryRiddle uses Blackboard (Bb), an online learning management
tool that provides personalized course information and academic resources. The upgraded Bb has a completely new look and feel that provides enhancements to improve the teaching and learning experience. New and improved resources like discussion boards, blogs, and dashboards make it easy to track classroom activity and stay on top of your classes. The new version of Bb also resolves the incompatibility issues with Internet Explor-
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Courtney Luque Jacobson Kimberlee Nighelli International Student Coordinator The Center for International Programs and Services, CIPS, in Building 51 hosts International Admissions, International Student Services, and Study Abroad. CIPS is here to advise and assist you with all of your international needs, whether you are an international or domestic student.
CIPS, along with the International Student Association, ISA, is host to many programs, including an international Thanksgiving dinner, International Education Week, monthly dinner nights, and the International Festival. All students are welcome to join ISA and we encourage you to get involved!
Student Organization Council Chair
College orientation is a big step in any young adult’s life, especially when the student is moving away from home for the first time and meeting all kinds of new people in a strange new place. We’ve all been there, and we all know the difficulties that ensue with this new adventure. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has many student-run organizations, and sometimes it can be hard to find something that interests you, something exclusive, something that can give you leadership skills, something with a little good natured competition. Well, you’re in luck! The Residence Hall Association, RHA, is a student-run, on-campus organization dedicated to serving as a governing and programming board for the residents of ERAU. RHA is involved in all kinds of things from policy making and reviewing body of the residence halls to promoting and hosting social events as well as represent-
ing ERAU at regional and national themed conferences all over the country! This fall semester, RHA has already been busy at work providing the residents with all kinds of activities to break of the monotony of your daily student lives! We’ve planned barbecues, movies on the lawn, Mr. & Mrs. ERAU, our Hunt for Redrocktober, and monthly pool tournaments in which you can win great prizes! In your room, you’ll find magnets that have all of our planned events for the fall semester on them as well as all of our information, but be on the look out. There are activities that we have that aren’t planned in advance. Join us for our weekly meetings on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Hall 6 Lounge. Stop by our office in Hall 4, Room 200 if you want to chat or just hang out; our office hours are posted. Check out our website at rha.pr.erau.edu.
and meet in the front parking lot. No one is allowed to return to their rooms until a thorough inspection has been made of the hall and the “all clear” has been given by a housing official or safety officer. Talk with a student life representative at building 73 or your RA if you have questions on this policy. Follow speed limits on campus at all time. Stop at stop signs and use caution when in parking lots. The speed limits in many areas along the outer Dobberteen loop are twentyfive miles per hour but, from the roundabout at the main entrance past all the dorm areas to the Eagle Gym in building 80, the speed limit is only fifteen miles per hour. Remember that the speed limit in parking lots is 5 miles per hour! The Embry-Riddle “ATF” policies are as such: no firearms of any kind allowed on campus. Smoking is permitted only outside and 25
feet from a building entrance. Alcohol on campus is currently being reviewed; you will need to consult housing for the final determination. Remember the legal drinking age is 21 years old and a DUI could prove to be very costly in many ways, always use discretion and call a cab if necessary just to be safe. As a reminder there is help available for students through Embry-Riddle Health Services with professional counseling if needed. For those who like to run along campus roads, always run/walk against traffic; use caution and if out at night wear reflective devices or light clothing to be more easily noticed. Walk along lighted pathways and with a friend when possible also be aware of the location of Emergency Phones on campus. Please Note: Bicycle riding or skateboarding are not allowed on campus sidewalks see SAFETY page 17
We at the SOC would like to welcome you to a new school year! Now, you might be thinking “Thanks, but who are you and what do you do?” SOC stands for the Student Organizations Council. Every single registered student organization, including clubs, is automatically a member of the SOC, and we are there to help your organization succeed and thrive on campus. Every new and returning student organization on campus must be registered with the SOC in order to be granted use of campus facilities and other benefits. Over the summer, the SOC, working with the Departments of Student Life and Student Activities, has made a few changes in the program. Here are some highlights for the upcoming year. The biggest change that will be the most exciting for you is that we have discontinued the use of SABOOMS! This application was not user-friendly and caused a lot of annoyance, so rather than subject organizations to it again, we have developed a new registration process that involves a much simpler spread sheet to keep track of the members of your club. Club leaders will receive a template of this form prior to the kick-off and registration meeting discussed below. We are also introducing a council format this year for the SOC. We want you to be able to have a voice in the decision making process. If there is new business to tend to, such as a policy reviews or revisions, we want you to be a part of that. This is your opportunity to express your thoughts and concerns as organization leaders. On the agenda will be any organizational business either your organization or the SOC may have. We propose to start with four meetings over the course of the school year, but members can request additional meetings if desired. The registered student organizations will be divided between the initial four meetings and each organization is only expected to be represented by their president or designated officer at the meeting to which they are assigned. They are encouraged to attend any or all of these meetings and all of the SOC meetings will be open forums following the business of the day. There is also a new marketing and advertising policy (which you may have known last year
er 8 and Firefox 3.5. For more information on how to use the new Bb, visit: http://ondemand.blackboard.com/students.htm. Remote printing is a new and convenient service available on campus. Remote printing allows you to print from your personal laptop to a printer located in the Hazy Library using the wireless network on campus. Printers located in the Information Commons in the Hazy Library have been upgraded to a new monochrome, high volume, Energy-Star compliant model. To access information and setup directions for remote printing, log into ERNIE and select Information Technology from the left side menu then,
Web Access and Remote Printing. New Dell Precision T3500 computers in the CAD classroom and Senior Design Lab ensure optimum performance for your class work. Computers are available for student use at many areas around campus. These sites include classrooms, computer labs, the Hazy Library, and Learning Center, Student Union, and various tutor labs. Be sure to stop by the Student Union desk to register for access to the 24-hour computer lab in the Student Union. Free access to Microsoft Windows 7 upgrade, Microsoft Office 2007, and McAfee anti-virus software for your personal computer, free e-mail and anti-spam ser-
vices, high-speed internet access and wireless service throughout campus, and a student discount on Dell computers are just some of the additional services that are available to you. To access the free software from your ERNIE homepage choose Information Technology from the left hand menu and Software Downloads. ResNet (Residential Network) provides high-speed Internet access in every room for students living on campus, and a ResNet support office staffed by student computing consultants. Supported services include troubleshooting network and computer problems, Operating System installations and upgrades,
Samantha Perry
Resident Hall Association, Business Chair
as the “posting policy”) in place. The purpose of the change is to encourage and educate student leaders on better ways to market their organizations and events. It elaborates on the many venues available for marketing. All event postings sponsored or planned by your organization must be stamped by the information desk assistant in the Hunt Student Union and placed on one of the numerous bulletin boards reserved for student organizations. All other notices (e.g. for sale and roommate notices) can be posted on the open posting boards without a stamp. As in past years, we ask that your organization be active and visible in the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University community. To encourage this participation, the SOC has put in place a year-long incentive program. Clubs and organizations that are active in the community will be graded using a point system. You will receive points for your involvement and participation as a group, based on how well you manage your organization, the programs you produce or attend, service done for either ERAU or the community, and spirit. The clubs that have been awarded the most points and made the best impression will be honored at an end of the year awards banquet ceremony. Last but not least, here are some dates for upcoming important events. The SOC registration and kick-off meeting, which is necessary for returning or new organizations, will be held on Tuesday, September 7. It will also be held a second time on Monday, September 13 for those who cannot attend the first meeting. The student organizations fair will be held on Thursday, September 16. The first meeting for the SOC council will be on Thursday, September 23 at 4 p.m. All organizations assigned to this meeting must attend. Lastly, all materials needed for successful registration are due in the SOC Office by 4 p.m. on Friday, September 24. If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact Kim Nighelli, the new SOC chair for the 2010-2011 year. You can see her in her office in room 125 in the Student Union, you can also reach her at ext. 6959, or you can e-mail her at prsoc@erau.edu. I hope that you and your organizations have a great year and I look forward to working with you! University-licensed software installations and upgrades, virus removal and installation of antivirus and anti-malware applications, and hardware recommendations. Due to the widespread use of cell phones, telephone service is no longer provided in the residence halls. Information Technology is happy to welcome all new and returning students to campus. Be sure to log into ERNIE and select Information Technology from the left side menu to explore all of the services that will help you achieve a successful fall semester or give us a call at (928) 777-6990 for 24-hour support, seven days a week.
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Jack Clevenger, MA
Haas Chapel
Wellness Educator, Disability Services Coordinator, HAAS Chapel Coordinator
The Wellness Center The Wellness Center at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott Campus is dedicated to providing the utmost in both medical and nursing care. Office hours are 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. The Wellness Center is located in Haas Commons (building 73). There is a 24-hour voice messaging system to report missed flight activities and to leave a message for the staff. To meet the needs of students, physician hours are Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. In addition to this, one Wednesday a month a female physician is available. The Center also has a full-time registered nurse and a registered medical assistant. The Wellness Center also includes a licensed psychologist and a full-time licensed associ-
ate counselor who will be offering programs on a regular basis. Individual counseling sessions are available by appointment and are free of charge. This year, there will be various discussion groups offered such as cinema therapy, women’s issues, and freshman adjustment to college. Another service offered is a chiropractor three Tuesdays a month and a licensed massage therapist every Wednesday afternoon. Immunizations are given year round and flu vaccine is offered in October. Student health insurance is mandatory. For those students who already have insurance coverage that is comparable to the school sponsored plan a waiver may be submitted for consideration.
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Disability Support Services Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott Campus has a Disability Support Services program to assist students with disabilities attending the university. It is located in the Wellness Center (building 73) on the campus. Disability Support Services offers students with a documented disability appropriate accommodations including extended time testing, preferential seating, and recorded audio lectures. In addition, ERAU has an Assitive Technology Center in the library on the second floor that
offers the following assistive technology available for students: Kurzweil 3000, a synthesized voice screen reader on computer; Dragon Naturally Speaking voice recognition software; and Inspiration, study skills software on computer aimed to assist learning and studying. Contact the disability support coordinator in the Wellness Center for additional information or to register. The phone number is (928) 7776653. You can send an e-mail to clevengh@erau.edu. All inquiries, consultations, and services are confidential.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has on its grounds the Haas Chapel, a place to provide students and employees opportunities for meditation, worship, and religious activities. Students and employees interested in being active with their faith are encouraged to join the various campus based religious clubs. The Chapel for this university is embarking on a program to offer a variety of new activities, religious studies, and services for students, faculty, and staff. Churches and religious organizations in the area were invited
to participate in this effort providing the activities and services. The religious groups below responded to our invitation. A “Chapel Fair” will be scheduled after the semester starts around the early part of October. Keep reading your e-mails for an announcement forthcoming of this event. If anyone would like to suggest another faith or denomination or would like to discuss possibilities, please feel free to contact the Chapel coordinator by e-mail to clevengh@erau.edu or call (928) 777-6653.
Churches That Responded to Invitation: All Saints Episcopal Church Church of Spiritual Living Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church First Congregational Church (Church of Christ) Latter Day Saints Church Light Life Free Methodist Church Potter’s House Prescott Christian Church Prescott Landmark Church Sacred Heart Catholic Church Shephard of the Hills Lutheran Church St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Temple B’rith Shalom
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Prescott’s Exceptional Eateries Final Approach Editor Andrew Michel’s Picks for Top Restaurants in Prescott
Breakfast The Waffle Iron
Homestyle Country Breakfast 420 East Sheldon Street (928) 445-9944
6 a.m. - 2 p.m. Every Day Average Meal Cost for Two Without Drinks: $12-20
I love The Waffle Iron. As an Arizonan native, I want coffee, eggs, bacon, and biscuits with gravy in the morning. The Waffle Iron offers those things as well as omelets, waffles, pancakes, steak, and much more. The coffee is endless, so you don’t have to be awake when you get there, but you certainly can be when you leave. The best part about eating at the Iron is that it is exquisitely inexpensive; my ideal breakfast, in large portions, is only about seven dollars.
Lunch or Anytime Speed’s Hangar Deli Superb Sandwiches and More 1030 Sandretto Drive, Suite M (928) 759-7253
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sat.
Average Meal Cost for Two Without Drinks: $15-20
Speed’s Hangar Deli is perfection, right down the street from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The first time I ate a Speed’s sandwich, I smiled for the next half-hour straight. The sandwiches, each named after a plane, each as delicious as the last, will leave you judging every sandwich you have after that by Speed’s standards. Speed’s even offers a seven percent discount for ERAU students and for military personnel, both active and veterans. What’s more, Speed’s offers ERAU students a credit tab.
Iron Springs Cafe
Iron Springs Cafe is one of my very favorite places to eat in Prescott. Its quaint decor makes me feel right at home; the service is always great; the food selection ranges from unique creations to traditional favorites, and all the selections are all fantastic. When I put this restaurant into the “anytime” category, I meant it in the sense that you’ll want it all the time. Unfortunately, they’re not open the first two days of the week.
Original and Ethnic Cuisine 1501 W. Iron Springs Road (928) 443-8848 www.ironspringscafe.com
11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Wed.-Sat. 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Sun. Brunch Average Meal Cost for Two Without Drinks: $20-25
Bill’s Pizza Pizza Perfection
107 S. Cortez Street (928) 443-0800 www.billspizzaprescott.com
11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Mon.-Thurs. 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Fri and Sat. 12 p.m. - 6 p.m. Sun. Average Meal Cost for Two Without Drinks: $20
If I’ve learned anything from my time here at EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University, it is that no time is a bad time for pizza. When I want pizza, I do my best to go to Bill’s. They do pizza right. You can order by the slice, the pie, or the personal pie. Either way, you won’t be disappointed. Whether you decide to create your own breed, or you choose one of the stock wonders, your taste buds will be screaming “I like Bill’s pizza!” On Saturdays, Bill’s even boasts live entertainment. Whenever you decide to go, go early. Bill’s pizza attracts taste buds like ERAU attracts nerds.
Dinner or Date Place Bin 239
Italian Cuisine 239 N. Marina Street (928) 445-3855 www.bin239.com
11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Tues. - Sat. Average Meal Cost for Two Without Drinks: $20-30
Bin 239 offers a very proper, intimate atmosphere coupled with great service. With a menu ranging from wood-fired-oven-baked pizza and panini to steak and pasta, Bin is sure to please the palate. What’s more, Bin offers a wide wine selection. Whether you are enjoying a dinner with your parents before you leave for another school year or you are looking to show a lady friend a proper date, Bin is great for special occasions. It is just a pity one cannot enjoy Bin’s friendly service, warm atmosphere, and Italian morsels on Monday and Sunday.
Dinner or Date Place (cont’d) Canton Dragon Chinese Cuisine
377 N. Montezuma Street (928) 771-8118
11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Mon. - Thurs., Sun. 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. Sat. Average Meal Cost for Two Without Drinks: $30-40
When my wife and I go on a date, I have no choice in the matter. We have Chinese; we go to Canton Dragon. The Chinese food at Canton stands tall above the other Chinese places in Prescott. Of course, the food is Americanized, but it is still wonderful. The dining area is usually quiet, and it has always been clean when I’ve gone. It’s true that the food is rather expensive, but if you’re looking for a nice, polite dining experience that is sure to leave you with leftovers, Canton is top of the barrel.
Murphy’s
Murphy’s offers an historic feel along with its topnotch cuisine. Fine dining is the phrase here. Murphy’s historic building has a genuinely high-class feel that is perfect for special occasions. Celebrations of achievement, a magical date with a worthy mate, a night out on a special day; each is sure to be enjoyed at Murphy’s. Although the food is a bit pricey, you will not feel you have paid too much. You’ll leave feeling you have had a great dining experience.
Fine Cuisine
201 N. Cortez Street (928) 445-4044
11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Sun. - Thurs. 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. Sat. - Sun. Average Meal Cost for Two Without Drinks: $20-50
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First Wave Workshops Fall 2010 Basic Research Methods
Presented by Patricia Watkins from the Hazy Library All students Hazy Library, Room 123-3:15pm-4:15pm
September 14, 2010
Graduate School Basics
Featuring McNair Director Doug Harder and Career Advisor Vicki Fox Junior and Senior level students who will be applying for graduate school for fall of 2011 or 2012 Hazy Library, Room 204-4:15-5:15pm
October 12, 2010
Financial Literacy
Presented by Dr. Javad Gorjidooz from Arts and Sciences All students Hazy Library, Room 204-4:15-5:15pm
October 26, 2010
Changes in Financial Aid
Featuring Dan Lupin, Financial Aid Director All students Hazy Library, Room 204-4:15-5:15pm
November 16, 2010
What’s on Campus? An Overview of Embry-Riddle’s Campus Facilities Feature by Austin Troya
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s campus is miniscule compared to most colleges or universities, but there’s still plenty to see and do on campus. ERAU has been working on massive facility renovations for the past 10 years. This has included the creation of AC-1, the new Visitor Center, Hazy Library, the Village
housing complex, the Jack R. Hunt Student Union, a pool renovation, and updating the old classrooms in the center of campus. These upgrades have included resurfacing the roofs, fixing any damages, and adding full multimedia systems, along with Wi-Fi, to each classroom. Several of the older housing complexes
are currently being upgraded or remolded. The Thumb Butte Complex, now a wet dorm facility for students who are 21 and over, was upgraded during the past school year and over the summer to put a kitchen in each building. Although ERAU only has four sports teams, the university’s athletic department
offers much more. Along with a weight room, gym and several athletic fields, there are also a 25 meter swimming pool, tennis courts, and racquetball courts to name a few. Here’s a deeper look into what ERAU has to offer, if you have a school map handy, it will act as a great supplemental guide as you read on.
The walkway to the Air Force ROTC cadre office (shown above) features a POW-MIA commemorative rock in honor of soldiers who never made it home. Located in building 79, the Air Force ROTC office is set apart from the rest of the campus. The Army ROTC cadre office (shown below) is located next to the safety office in building 17, which used to be the library.
The campus bookstore sells books, obviously, but that’s just the basis of their operation. They also sell school logo items including shirts, shorts, jackets, pens, lanyards, and almost a hundred other items. Among the school supplies they sell are binders, calculators, and notebooks. The bookstore doesn’t just sell books, they also buy books back and, as of this year, they will be renting books. When you’re shopping for books this semester, be sure to look for this logo and you may save hundreds of dollars. Ernie the Eagle, Embry-Riddle’s mascot, is a favorite of new and old students alike. He and his fun-loving personality are present at many school functions.
Embry-Riddle’s athletic department caters to almost any sport. With two gyms and three sports fields, the possibilities are nearly endless. The gyms are used for both intramural and intercollegiate sports, ROTC physical training, and guest speakers or special events. Although ERAU only has four intercollegiate sports: men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, and men’s wrestling, there are close to
a dozen intramural sports. Additionally, several times throughout the year, the residence halls will compete against each other in sports like dodgeball. The weight room and fitness center has the longest hours of any of the campus’athletic facilities, so early risers, including some professors, can work out before school. It is also open late for those who prefer to sleep in and work out in the evenings. The facility
features aerobic machines with TVs on the wall, free weights, and muscle target machines. The facility also loans out athletic equipment, including basketballs to play with on the court outside the Eagle Gym. The main field, which is shown in the bottom left corner above, is where soccer games and scrimmages take place. During the winter, when snow collects, the hillside on the far side of the field is
a great place for sledding or building a jump for an inner tube. Last is the small area at the back end of school near the lower fields. That is the location of a complex that has a 25 meter swimming pool with a basketball hoop, two sand volleyball courts, two tennis courts, and two racquetball courts. There are plenty of choices and always something to do here at ERAU.
By far the school’s most easily recognized building, AC-1 (Academic Complex 1) is a three story structure with classrooms on the lowest level and most of the professors’ offices on the upper two. The long sides of the building point almost exactly due north and south, easily letting students know which direction is which. Apart from the Davis Learning Center (DLC), AC-1 features ERAU’s two largest classrooms, each holding approximately sixty students. The offices upstairs include the deans’ offices for the school’s various colleges. Beware when navigating the offices because the numbering layout can be quite confusing. Don’t be embarrassed to ask another professor or student where an office is. Each professor holds office hours several days a week for students to come in with questions or for help with homework or class material. AC-1 has several vending machines by the elevator and stairs, all of which
accept eagle cards. Many other vending machines on campus will accept eagle cards, but not all. If you don’t know already, “Eagle Dollars” are money stored on your eagle card that can be used at vending machines, the cafeteria, bookstore, post office, library, and many other places around campus. Your eagle card is not only a school cash card, but will also be programmed to open your dorm building, any other buildings you need access to, and for using your meal plan at Chartwells. Across from AC-1 is the King Engineering building (shown bottom right) where many engineering classes are held. Several faculty offices are also located in King. AXFAB (Aerospace Experimentation and Fabrication Building, not shown) is the school’s “workshop,” where students can design projects and fabricate them using metal, wood or a number of other materials.
Vision (closed circuit TV channel that shows movies), Horizons Newspaper, Department of Student Life, and the Greek Office. Besides the offices, the Student Union has games, a lounge, a computer lab, the Lower Hangar (a meeting place for clubs or special events), and a small cafe. The Jack Hunt Student Union is a giant hangout and home to many of the school’s organizations. Among those are the Student Government Association, Board of Campus Activities, Riddle Radio, Riddle
The Hazy Library has a whole lot more to offer than books. They carry hundreds of magazines and DVDs on top of the thousands of books that anyone might need for a class. If you do need a book that the library doesn’t have, the school is part of a program that loans books between libraries in the area. Most of the action takes place upstairs in one of the conference rooms or computer labs. There is one computer lab classroom downstairs that is available for general use when no classes are in session. Upstairs, there is a computer lab available for use by students whenever the library is open.
35 North, a small cafe run by Chartwells, has Starbucks coffee, fresh sandwiches, grilled items, salads, soup, and a wide variety of snacks and drinks. Many students like having the option to use their meal plan to get a sandwich, chips and a drink to take to
class instead of having to eat inside the cafeteria. There are tons of games to choose from inside the student union. There are three pool tables, two ping-pong tables, an air hockey table, and a foosball table (all featured above). In the right corner of the third photo, you will see an arcade console, which has several retro arcade games to choose from. To its left are two XBOX 360s with racing wheel, pedals, and surround sound. There are many games that you can check out with your eagle card at the front desk and play on the XBOX with either a regular game controller or
These computers are connected to three black-and-white printers, a color printer, and a color plotter, which is used for poster size prints. Three full-size conference rooms upstairs are equipped with dual projector systems and wall-mounted speakers for students to use to work on projects or rehearse presentations. There are also about a half-dozen smaller study rooms that can fit about four students. Although
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multimedia classes, there is a production room in the library next to media services. This room has audio mixers and DV converters coupled with powerful machines for audio or video editing. Media Services loans out equipment and also gives out software for both Macs and PCs.
using the steering wheel and pedals. All equipment for the games can be checked out using your eagle card. The computer lounge is a 24 hour facility. During the day, it is open to anyone and, at night, the door opens only with eagle card access for those who have signed a waiver. The room has several computers with games including Starcraft, and a black-andwhite laser printer. The lounge has two televisions for students to use. They can watch cable while eating or relaxing, and the televisions also have inputs for anyone to plug in their own game console.
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In the 1960s, President John F. Kennedy charged college students wit An Open Letter to College Students: Nearly fifty years ago, President John F. Kennedy spoke to a large college audience and asked them to join him on a grand challenge; one that was chosen not for its simplicity, but for its audacity, because the challenge at hand would “serve to measure and organize the best of our energies and skills.” In the following seven years, those college students, and thousands of young professionals from around the nation, responded to the president’s call. They built rockets that towered 36 stories, engines that are still the most powerful ever made, and sent heroes on a journey farther than any human had taken before or has taken since. By fusing the imagination of their generation into the technologies necessary for an entire species to take “one giant leap,” they created and defined what we now call rocket science. In doing so, these young engineers and scientists demonstrated the technological leadership, commitment and skill of the American people, leaving a lasting imprint on the national security, economic prosperity, and global leadership landscape of the time. In April 2010, President Obama spoke to America about our space program. He issued a new set of challenges that will once again measure our nation’s collective energy and skill. NASA is now tasked with extending human presence beyond the Earth system, into deep space. This approach includes preparing new rockets and space vehicles for flight in the early part of the next decade, human exploration of an asteroid by 2025, and sending humans to orbit Mars by the mid-2030s, with Mars surface landings to follow. To attack these daring and difficult challenges, NASA must once again reach out and build our nation’s technological capacity, creating an industrial capability to explore the solar system. But, in this speech given at the Kennedy Space Center, who was the President really challenging? At 44, I'm one of the youngest leaders at NASA. In 2035, when humans first orbit Mars, today's college sophomores will be my age; perhaps one will even be in my job. Ten years prior, humans will explore an asteroid, venturing into deep space for the first time in human history. Today’s same college sophomores will be 34 at that time, about a third of the way into their professional careers. For the engineering and science students in our nation’s universities today, these are not distant timelines; instead, cutting-edge technologies and innovations developed by this generation in the early phases of their careers will form the foundation for humanity’s next great leap. I've recently returned to NASA from academia to develop and manage NASA's new Space Technology Program, an endeavor that seeks to create the technological knowledge and capability needed to enable a new
generation of NASA aeronautics, science and exploration missions. My office sponsors foundational research, laboratory and ground-based testing, and flight-testing to mature critical space system technologies and infuse these cutting-edge advances into NASA’s future operational missions. By taking informed risks and focusing on high-payoff technologies, the Space Technology Program will provide the answers to the Agency’s future technological needs. Clearly, these developments require the best of academia, industry, and our government labs. To advance these transformational technologies, this program is being established with a test early, test often mantra, and will provide a steady cadence of flight opportunities on a variety of flight test platforms, including aircraft, suborbital vehicles, sounding rockets, balloons, and spacecraft. While maturing the necessary technology for our future missions, these frequent flight opportunities also provide ideal training for young engineers and scientists in the rigors of space flight. A grand challenge can be the spark, but a carefully crafted series of steps in one’s own professional development is critical to future success in a technology-oriented world. Fortunately, there are opportunities in the Space Technology Program for your participation, starting in 2011. Good systems engineers are not born; they are created over time. Intellectual curiosity and education are required, but so is experience operating across the boundaries of traditional aerospace disciplines in a hardware or mission development setting. A complete space system engineering perspective requires a hands-on development experience that spans the life cycle of a project, from concept to flight. Landing on Mars will never be a low-risk venture, nor will the development of a telescope capable of detecting Earth-size planets around other stars, or the qualification of a new generation of space exploration vehicles. Members of technology development and small flight project teams learn rapidly about informed risk taking with each development struggle, becoming stronger and wiser, and eventually applying these lessons to future, larger spaceflight projects. Until recently, NASA was marching toward a single human exploration future that leveraged Apollo, Shuttle, and other relatively mature technologies to return to the Moon. The budget and schedule pressures of this effort, however, left little room for investment in new approaches to this problem. At its core, NASA is an organization capable of working on research, development and operations simultaneously in order to quickly learn and create new capabilities. The space exploration enterprise described by President Obama allows for development of a wide range
of new space system solutions as humans venture out into deep space for the first time, including human exploration of near-Earth asteroids and Mars. NASA also envisions robotic explorers traveling throughout the solar system and into interstellar space, identifying life on other planets and Earth-like worlds around other stars, developing Earth observing spacecraft that can accurately forecast major storms and natural disasters, and fostering an emerging commercial spaceflight industry, all while contributing to the solution of society’s technological challenges. An overarching goal of the president’s strategy is to reposition NASA on the cutting-edge, pushing the boundaries of the aerosciences with the technical rigor our nation expects of its space program. In creating the NASA Space Technology Program, I’m reminded of two quotes, the first from Robert F. Kennedy who said, “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” Those of you in college today should recognize that this thought is just as applicable to our nation’s 21st century space program as it was to the space program of the 1960s. Achieving greatness is in your hands; follow your dreams, take that chance. New York Times journalist and critic Brooks Atkinson once aptly said, “This nation was built by men who took risks - pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action.” These are the attributes that NASA seeks in its future engineers, scientists and leaders. In the 1960s, a generation of young professionals, fresh out of our Nation’s universities and inspired by President Kennedy’s grand challenge, conceived, designed and implemented the Apollo program. The future described by President Obama is not Apollo 2.0. Instead, by teaching ourselves new ways of thinking and developing new technological solutions, it is a future in which today’s young engineers and scientists have been given the opportunity to once again demonstrate the technological leadership, commitment and skill of the American people. In 1969, the majority of the engineers involved in the Apollo 11 Moon landing were in their late twenties. In 1997, most of the engineers involved in the Mars Pathfinder landing were in their late twenties or early thirties. As our next generation of technologists, scientists and engineers, you are this country’s future. I look forward to seeing the great things you will bring to NASA and the Nation as you embark on technology-oriented careers. Join us in this new endeavor. We need your innovative ideas, your passion, your dedicated efforts, and your technological solutions. What future will you create?
- Dr. Robert Braun, NASA Chief Technologist Printed with permission from Dr. Robert Braun. This letter first appeared in an email sent to all student member of AIAA on August 11, 2010. Dr. Braun also serves as the David and Andrew Lewis Professor of Space Technology at the Geogria Institute of Technology.
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me to be at NASA and to fothe confines of low-Earth orement in this grand challenge at the student wants to do. Do design the mission, or the asmission? ning the mission, they need to knowledge across many disechnical specialist in at least neers that I know are worldknow as the best systems enin aerodynamics, structures, earned how these disciplines
astronaut, not only is an ent, but many times, a science d. For example, one could be end astronauts on longer and medical doctor would also be king about missions where, if m, the crew could come back nce the crew is on the way out ging to abort and get back to needs to have the skills to sur-
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not just technically, but financially, it’s the right thing to do for you career. Now, if you are going to be a technical specialist, particularly in a major government lab, or you want to go back to academia as a faculty member one day, then you absolutely also need a Ph.D. It’s a smaller set of people that take those career paths. So a Ph.D., while very usefull (and I’m very glad that I got my Ph.D.) is not for everybody. Q: In your letter, you mentioned that there are opportunities in the Space Technology Program for college student or newly graduated student participation in 2011. Could you please give more detail in where those opportunities are and what students can do now to take advantage of them? A: There are a couple of opportunities that I could highlight. In Space Technology there are 10 programs and these programs are described in detail on our website which is [www.nasa.gov/oct]. One of the programs is the Space Technology Research Grant Program and about half of that program is a new graduate fellowship program open to any students that are starting graduate school or plan to start graduate school in the next year or so. This program allows students doing research on a University campus to be directly connected to ongoing NASA Projects with NASA researchers and to get experience at one or more NASA centers. We are also going to bring back the NIAC, the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts. What are your visions of the future for missions 10 years from now, or 20 years from now, that NASA should be pursuing? That’s what the new NIAC’s going to be going after and students can certainly participate in the development of those mission concepts. The best source for information at this time is our website, and I would turn people’s interest towards the set of slides that were presented in July at the Space Technology Industry Forum. We had over 300 people from around the country that came to this event, where we rolled out the ten different programs that make up the Space Technology line in the President’s budget request for NASA. We recieved a lot of feedback from university professors, small business owners, and, frankly, some of the larger industrial companies in the country. We’ve taken all of that input in and we are using it to roll out our new program. The actual solicitations themselves for these new programs will come out in October of this year. Q: In your letter, you said that “a carefully crafted series of steps in one’s own professional development is critical to future success in a technologically oriented world.” What are those steps and what can students in technical degrees do now to ensure that they are on the right path for success? A: In my opinion, the first thing that students can do is what they are already doing, which is going to school. Going to a university and learning about engineering, learning about science, is critically important, but it is, in my view, just the first step in getting ready to do the things we all want to do. I am a university professor, and I think that in a university we do a great job teaching the fundamentals to undergraduates, but we teach such a wide breadth of topics that we don’t provide all the detail that is needed for someone to really become a world expert in whatever their chosen field is. So, I think it is crucially important that undergraduates consider going to graduate school, or when they get a job, to realize that they understand a wide breadth of things, but (that knowledge) is not necessarily that deep. I would suggest that students get involved in a hardware or software project either on a university campus or on their job assignment that is going to take something from concept all the way to flight. I suggest working in a small group rather than a
large group on this project. In a small team project, you will learn a lot of team skills as well as the tradeoff between technical performance, cost, risk, and schedule. In a small project, you also get more responsibility and become more multidisciplinary because the team may not have a disciplinary expert in every discipline that’s required. When I think back on my own career, I see that it evolved through a series of steps, starting with school. I went to three different schools. Then, I worked on a number of projects - small projects, medium size projects, and large projects. I learned something different in each of those experiences, and those experiences better prepared me for my current position. Q: Here at Embry-Riddle, engineering students work on a senior capstone design project in which they take an idea, work through the preliminary design, do a Preliminary Design Review, and Critical Design Review, and, in detail, actually build their project. Is that the type of cradle-to-grave project you are talking about? A: To some extent. Most universities have two semester or yearlong senior design or capstone courses. I have taught the Space Systems Design course at Georgia Tech, for example. We do what I would call, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review level of work, where you start from an idea, do the analysis to demonstrate the feasibility of that idea, and, over the course of the year, you mature that analysis. The challenge is that even in those courses it’s very rare that students actually build, test, or operate their design. It’s not a criticism; it’s only one year in most senior design capstones. It’s very hard to go from concept all the way to flight in one year. It’s really in some of the latter stages after CDR, when the hardware comes together, when you get it ready for flight, that some of the really interesting problems tend to creep in. Those types of problems, generally speaking, are not dealt with in a university curriculum. There are some programs that do that now. There’s a movement across American universities to do CDIO - conceive, design, implement, and operate. But it’s still a challenge for an individual student to get the full lifecycle experience, even in that process. I think co-op experiences, work experiences in the summers, and internships are all very important things for students to do during their four plus years as an undergraduate student to help prepare them for their future careers. Q: What other advice can you offer to students interested in becoming a part of the space program? A: The best way I know to become involved in the space program, is frankly, to get involved. There are a number of ways to do so. Choose the right fields to study that make you marketable. Get involved in various professional societies of our industry, like AIAA, or the Mars Society, or the Planetary Society, or the AAS. Get outside the university and get some real experience at a small business, at a NASA center, through a summer program, through an internship, through a co-op experience. I find that those types of experiences are very useful for students for two reasons. One, it’s a great way to get introduced, to meet people that could be your potential, future, employers. And two, it’s a great way for the student to understand what’s really going on in the work force and to decide for themselves if that is the position that they really want. Most universities are tending to more undergraduate research on campus, and that is another good way to get involved. The faculty at most campuses have their eyes open and are always looking for various research opportunities for NASA or for other government agencies, and usually when they win a grant, they need students to help them do the work.
- Interview and Feature by Kerianne Hobbs
UNIVERSITY WELCOMES
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A Look at What Chartwells has to Countdown to the Industry/Career Expo Offer for the 2010-2011 School Year 20 Steps to Ensure Success on September 30 by Judy Segner and Vicki Fox, Career Services
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Matt Turner, Director of Chartwells Dining Services, greets new and returning students and says, “On behalf of the entire Dining Services I am delighted to welcome you to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for the 2010-2011 academic years.” We feel that we have one of the finest dining programs around , complete with plenty of special events, innovative promotions, and fun. We are continually enhancing our program to better satisfy your dining needs. Chartwells is committed to providing quality food and excellent service. Our guarantee to you is that we will do everything possible to ensure your satisfaction. If you have any comments, concerns, or suggestions about your dining experience, please let us know.” Chartwells also welcomes Carissa DeJong from their catering department to the office staff as the Marketing and Administrative Assistant. DeJong is the creative force behind the improved Chartwells website and the dining service’s appearance on Facebook. Facebook will complement the connection with the students of ERAU and focus their communication with the cafeteria using the latest social networking technology. When using the Chartwells website and Facebook accounts, students, parents, and ERAU staff will be able to access a huge amount of information, including daily menus, special theme night events, recipes, cooking demonstrations dates, and a variety of exciting promotions. The websites will also feature weekly student polls and coupons for redeeming at the Chartwells Outtakes C-store and the 35 North Café in the new Jack
R. Hunt Student Union building. Please access the new sites at: [www.facebook.com/ERAUfood] and [www.dineoncampus.com/erau]. We welcome your comments and feedback. The folks at Chartwells would like to bid a fond farewell to Margrit Cole. Margrit has retired after 20 years of dedicated service to Chartwells here at ERAU. Best wishes Margrit! Jenny Viola has been with Chartwells nearly ten years and is the Dining Room Service Manager at Building 45 and Manager for 35 North Café, which is located in the student union. Jenny explains, “35 North has added some exciting menu options to the already popular choices presented last semester. French fries will now come with all burger and sandwich meal plan choices and the quesadilla meals will continue to be served with tortilla chips, our home-made salsa, and sour cream. In Chartwells’ continuing effort to (offer) a healthier menu environment for our customers, we offer assorted wraps, flatbread, one hundred percent whole wheat bread or homemade wheat or white rolls. 35 North will present a 3-week rotating ‘Daily Special’ menu which
we feel will please the pallet with several new and tasty additions being offered. The student meal plan lunch option begins at 10:30 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. However, hot and cold selections are available until 5:30 p.m. daily. While there is no limit to student five and seven day meal plan usage in the main dining room, please remember meal plans can only be used once during the lunch period at 35 North. The ‘all-you-careto-eat” meal plan is available only in the main dining hall.’” In addition to exciting menu changes, 35 North now offers freshly brewed Tazo Iced Tea for a non-sweetened, no lemon option. To satisfy the sweet tooth, Chartwells is happy to announce that a new brand of ice cream treats will be available this semester. Along with Starbucks specialty drinks, three standard coffees and one decaffeinated coffeewill be brewed fresh daily. 35 North will offer a “Welcome Back Club” as their first lunch special kicking off the new semester. Jenny and the crew at 35 North would like to welcome the ERAU students and staff and say,” We are looking forward to the new school year with our fresh meal options and friendly service. Thank you!”
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College of Aviation Welcomes New Students: An Introduction to Aviation Departments and Faculty BOB FIEGL
College of Aviation
The faculty and staff of the College of Aviation wish to express a sincere welcome to our students and their families and friends. This is an exhilarating time of year for us as we meet the many new students this week. It’s wonderful to see the campus come alive again following a nice summer break. We want you to know how much we value you as a member of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University family! Students are going to get a superb education here and they will have countless great and memorable experiences as they spend the next four years preparing for a career in the aviation and aerospace industry. The time will fly! Welcome aboard! The College of Aviation has four departments: aeronautical science, flight, meteorology, and safety science. Each department is lead by a department chair, who reports directly to Dean Gary Northam.
The aeronautical science department is lead by Professor Bob Fiegl. Professor Fiegl is an active faculty member. In addition to faculty duties, he has management oversight of the aeronautical science, aeronautics, and the new air traffic management degree programs. There are twelve full time and eight adjunct faculty members who teach more than fifty academic courses. These courses include a host of aeronautical science and air traffic control courses, as well as those needed to prepare for FAA knowledge exams and pilot certificates and ratings. There are one hundred thirtyfive freshmen enrolled in the aeronautical university degree program in the class of 2014 joining us this fall. There are twenty-nine freshmen enrolled in the aeronautics program and 8 students in the new air traffic management degree program. Professor Fiegl’s office is located in AC-1, room 268. The flight department is the most visible part of ERAU in the skies over Arizona, having twen-
ty-seven single and multi-engine aircraft. The flight department, located on the Prescott airport, is led by Mr. Bill O’Hara. Bill was a career pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps and he later served as the director of operations for an aviation firm in Yuma, Ariz. The Flight Dept. is a large part of the University. Besides the 27 blue and white Cessna and Piper aircraft on our flightline, there is a full-service aircraft maintenance facility staffed by FAA licensed airframe and power plant technicians. Additionally, there is a suite of flight simulators designed to augment students' flight training in a totally safe, comfortable, and costeffective manner. Flight training for students flying fixed wing aircraft is provided by a large staff of FAA-certified flight instructors employed by the University. Some of our instructors have come from places other than ERAU, but most are graduates of ERAU that received their education and flight training here. ERAU flight training is a seven day per week operation. The
University started a helicopter pilot training program in early 2009 when it contracted with Universal Helicopters, Inc., UHI, to provide the aircraft and flight instructors needed to deliver this training. UHI has a fleet of Robertson R-22 and R-44 helicopters as well as one Schweitzer 300C. UHI's operations spaces are at the ERAU flightline facility. Dr. Mark Sinclair is the chair of this department, which has four full-time faculty members. Dr. Sinclair’s office is located in AC-1, room 226.There are thirty-two returning students in the applied meteorology degree program and 8 freshmen enrolled for the fall semester. Meteorology is a popular minor for students earning aviation degrees. Students may select this minor to compliment their degree major; over one hundred students have done so. The meteorology department also has an array of meteorological equipment on the roof of AC-1 that includes a weather radar and balloon sounding tech-
nology. The monitor this equipment via the weather center on the ground floor of AC-1. The meteorology department has recently submitted three grant applications for external funding. Dr. Gary Northam is also the chair of the aviation safety science department. Dr. Northam has been an active faculty member at ERAU with a specialization in aviation safety for many years. He divides his time between his duties as dean of the College of Aviation, department chair and professor. The safety science department now offers students the opportunity to earn a master’s of science degree at the Prescott campus. There are twenty-nine students continuing their pursuit of the master’s degree with 9 new graduate students beginning this month. There are three full time faculty members assigned to this department, which is located in the Robertson Aviation Safety Center complex. Other people performing important duties directly related to student affairs within this college are Ms. Melissa Parsons-Klippel
and Mr. Michael Gregory. Melissa is the full time student advisor. Melissa was responsible for mailing first semester freshmen their fall 2010 course schedules over the past summer and for answering many of the phone calls from prospective students and their parents. Her office is located in AC-1, room 237. Melissa will be the first stop for any students having schedule or course-related questions. Michael Gregory is the college’s full-time career advisor. His office is located in AC-1, room 234, in the College of Aviation deans' suite. Michael manages the college’s internship and coop programs with partner companies in the aeronautical and aerospace industries. He teaches a pilot career planning and interviewing course for seniors and is the campus manager of the annual career fair. During this annual event, which is held in October, approximately sixty representatives from industry, government, and the military come to our campus to discuss their career options with our students.
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When: First day of Class - August 30, 2010 What: Product demo for Symphony - the new library catalog Where: Hazy Library Room 123 (1st floor instruction room) What: Drop in @ the top of each hour throughout the day How: 10-minute session about how to locate books and DVDs using the new Symphony catalog Who: Contact Suzanne deLong, Associate Director for Library Collections, Hazy Library ERAU x6658
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ERAU Flight Students ($$Enter Draw for $350$$) *Participation is limited!
In conjunction with the Prescott ERAU Flight Department, ‘New’ ERAU beginning flight students are needed for a pre-solo research study that will examine flight performance predictors utilizing the FAA approved CogScreen-Aeromedical measure. This measure is often used in commercial airlines and other aviation sectors for pilot selection, hiring, and screening. The study is being conducted on campus at ERAU Prescott for dissertation research starting August 30 through September 20. If you participate you are entered into a draw for $350.00 gift certificate from Sporty’s Pilot Shop or take the $Cash$ instead. Participants will attend a brief meeting prior to the study, and will need to be present on a single occasion for approximately one hour to complete the measure. Please contact Brian Emery, PhD Candidate ATP-CFII-MEI.
To participate: register at www.aviationresearch.info or email bkemery@shaw.ca.
Welcome back from the
Women’s Association of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Kristin McTee receiving Women’s Association Scholarship from Laura Kelm in May 2010
The WA provides scholarships and shortterm loans to women students on campus. We conduct yearly fundraising activities in support of this mission. Look for the Women’s Association on Blackboard, or contact Patricia Watkins, Hazy Library @ 928.777.3920 or Laura Kelm, AC1 @ 928.777.3897 for more information.
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Hiking Editor’s Northern Arizona picks for best hikes close to campus by Kerianne Hobbs
Grand Canyon National Park The Grand Canyon is one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, and not making at least one trip out to it during your time at Embry-Riddle would be a tragedy. The Grand Canyon attracts a number of different people, from the casual tourist who drives around the south rim to park and take pictures at each of the stunning overlooks, to the hardcore hiker hoping to hike from one rim to the other in a weekend. There are so many things to do at the Grand Canyon. You can even make your trip to the
Grand Canyon more exciting with an Old-Fashioned train ride from Williams, Arizona, or with a stop at the National Geographic Grand Canyon Museum and IMAX just outside the park. The park is filled with scenic overlooks that you can park next to, or you could take a tour on the back of a donkey. There are several hiking trails throughout the Grand Canyon that vary in length and intensity. Although you can do a day trip hike to the Grand Canyon, we do not advise that you hike to the base
and back up in one day. It is strongly advised that you do not attempt to hike from rim to rim in one day, even if you are in extremely good physical condition. Those interested in hiking the Grand Canyon from rim to rim should plan on a 2-3 day backpacking trip. There is a shuttle service that goes between the rims that can take you back to your vehicle. In order to hike from rim to rim, you need to apply for a backcountry pass. Make sure you do all of your research and plan this trip in advance.
Difficulty: Easy to strenuous depending on the trail Cost: $25 park vehicle permit admits a non commercial vehicle and all passenger to both rims of the park and is good for seven days from purchase date Best time to go: Early fall and late spring, although the South Rim is open every day of the year What to bring: sturdy hiking boots, a camera, a lot of water (research the trail you would like to take, and pack water accordingly), snacks, and a basic first aid kit Directions from Campus: The South Rim of the Grand Canyon is about 2.5 Hours from campus. To get there, turn left on Willow Creek Road, and then turn left on Highway AZ-89 North out of Prescott to I-40 E. Take exit 165 on I-40 E for AZ-64 toward I-40 BUS/Williams/Grand Canyon. Turn left onto AZ-64 E. After about 56 miles on AZ-64 E, the road will become S Entrance road and go into Grand Canyon National Park.
Kerianne Hobbs / Horizons Newspaper The setting sun enhances the colors of the Grand Canyon.
Beaver Creek Wilderness Bell Trail number thirteen is one of the most beautiful hikes in northern Arizona. Much of the trail runs next to Beaver Creek on a dirt path that looks down into the lush, green creek area. There are several places along the trail to stop and climb down to the creek for some shade and cool water, but it is advised that you
Kerianne Hobbs / Horizons Newspaper Diving cliffs, like this one 20 feet above the water, surround the natural swimming hole.
Thumb Butte Thumb Butte is the aptly named geological formation you see as you drive into Prescott from campus on Willow Creek Road that looks peculiarly like a thumb protruding up through the rocky, tree-strewn landscape. The trailhead is located across the street from the parking area and is
surrounded by Ponderosa Pines. There are a couple of pretty cool, paved hiking trails that meet near the top of the butte. One of the trails makes the trek through a series of low incline switchbacks. The other trail makes a more direct path to the top at a higher incline. The two hikes could be
done as one loop. Once at the top of the hike, you may choose to take in the sights before journeying back down, or you can choose to climb around on the exposed rocks to get to the very top of the butte. Overall, this hike is an easy, short, and peaceful trail with very rewarding vistas at the end.
do not drink the water. About 4 miles in, the creek pools up into a deep, breathtakingly beautiful, natural swimming hole. There are several places to jump into the swimming hole from ledges between 2 and 20 feet above the water, and plenty of room to swim. The first 2.5 miles was a pretty level, easy hike. The last part of the hike
is on a rocky trail that clings to the side of the canyon until you climb down to the swimming hole. The temperature in the pool is in the sixties during the summer. Plan on starting this hike early. The hike takes about 2 hours for an intermediate hiker, and you will want to spend as much time at the swimming hole as possible.
Difficulty: Moderate Hike length: 11 miles roundtrip to the end of the trail, 8 miles roundtrip to the swimming hole Best time to go: Early fall and late spring, moderate summer days. The temperature on the trail is about ten degrees warmer than the temperature in Prescott. Things to Bring: at least 4 liters or 1 gallon of water, snacks, a bathing suit, sturdy hiking boots , and a basic first aid kit Directions from Campus: Trailhead is located just over 1 hour away from campus. To get there, make a left on Willow Creek Road, and then a right on Highway 89A N/ Pioneer Parkway. Take 89A to Glassford Hill Rd, and make a right into Prescott Valley. Make a left on AZ-69 S, and turn onto AZ-169N 7.6 miles later. Take AZ-169 to I-17N toward Flagstaff. Once on I-17 N, take exit 298 for State Hwy 179N then turn right on National Forest 618 Rd. After about 1.5 miles, make a left to the old Beaver Creek Ranger Station turn off. The trailhead will be in a parking lot just past the ranger station about ¼ mile down the road.
Difficulty: Easy to moderate Hike length: 1.75 – 2 miles around the hiking loop, climbing about 500 ft in elevation Cost: $5 Park vehicle permit What to bring: hiking boots or tennis shoes, camera, water, basic first aid kit Directions from Campus: The trail head is about 25 minutes away from campus. Make a right from the front entrance of the campus onto Willow Creek Road, continue on Willow Creek Road after the Hospital, where it becomes Miller Valley Road. As you continue into downtown, the road will become Grove Avenue. Make a right on Gurley Street, which will become Thumb Butte Road after 2.5 miles. 1.5 miles later you will arrive at the parking area and trailhead. Best time to go: Spring through late fall, although it is open year round.
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Humphrey’s Peak Humphrey’s Trail #151, rated by a few websites as the number one hike in Arizona, is just outside of Flagstaff at Arizona’s Snowbowl. The 9 mile round trip hike to the tallest point in Arizona begins at an elevation of nine thousand three hundred feet and quickly rises to the summit elevation of twelve thousand six hundred thirty-three feet 4.5 miles later. The drive up to Flagstaff, or as many Riddle students call it, “Flag,” is gorgeous. After weaving through a few national forests, the road up to Snowbowl is lined on both sides with beautiful aspen groves that sneakily steal your breath as you gaze at them, although the true breath thief could be the altitude. The hike begins on the “bunny slope” of the ski resort that becomes a grassy meadow strewn with wildflowers in the late spring months. The bunny slope may not look that steep when you’re about to ski down it covered in snow (or
maybe it does, depending on who you are), but when you’re hiking up it at an elevation four thousand feet higher than what you’re accustomed to, it’s steep. You may have to stop to catch your breath a few times. You walk under the ski lift until the path breaks off into the forest to the left were you will began a series of switchbacks up the mountain. It can snow on Humphrey’s peak at any time of the year and frequent afternoon thunderstorms also present an obstacle for hikers. Signs near the trailhead warn hikers to be wary of the symptoms of altitude sickness. Plan to begin hiking this trail early in the morning, so that you reach the summit and begin to travel down again before noon. You do not want to get caught in an afternoon thunderstorm above tree line, because at that point, the only think lightning has to strike is you, or your friend.
Kerianne Hobbs / Horizons Newspaper Humphrey’s Trail # 151 leads hikers under ski lifts before entering the forest and ascending up the mountain.
Difficulty: Strenuous Best time to go: Late spring through early fall. When I hiked this in the middle of June, there were still patches of snow all over the trail, moderate summer days. Hike length: 9 miles Things to Bring: At least 4 liters or 1 gallon of water, snacks, sturdy hiking boots
Directions from Campus: Humphry’s Peak Trail is about 1 hour and 45 minutes from campus. To get there make a left on Willow Creek Road and then another left onto AZ-89N. After 42.6 miles, merge onto I-40 E. Take the I-40 Bus Exit and continue until you reach Highway 180. Make a left and follow Highway 180 north out of Flag 7 miles. Turn right at the signs for Snowbowl ski area near mile post 223. Follow the Snow Bowl Road 6.5 miles and turn left into the signed parking area for the Humphreys Peak and Katchina Trails.
Granite Dells The Granite Dells are an excellent place to start your hiking adventures at Embry-Riddle because they are not very far from campus and you can define your own hik-
Austin Troya / Horizons Newspaper The Granite Dells surrounding Willow Lake provide a very scenic place to hike.
ing difficulty depending on whether you would like to stay in the lowlying areas or you would like to climb to the top of a pile of boulders. There are several hiking paths
through the dells, which are marked by white dots on the rocks, but one popular undefined trail for EmbryRiddle students is hiking to the dam that creates Willow Lake and back.
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Cost: Free when no guard is on duty, small fee if guard is on duty. What to bring: hiking boots or tennis shoes, camera, water, and basic first aid kit Directions from Campus: The Granite Dells are less than 5 minutes from campus. To get there, go straight, across Willow Creek road, from the main entrance of the University. Continue on the road to the parking area, you will pass a guard stand on the way to the parking area. The parking area is not in a residential area, so if you start to see houses, go back and take the other path. Best time to go: Spring through late fall.
Granite Mountain Granite Mountain is an awesome hike for a few reasons. First, Granite Mountain is such a dominant feature, seen from so many parts of campus, that after you make it to the top of the mountain you can look at it from campus in awe thinking, “Hey, I was all the way at the top of that.” I know that may sound corny, but there is a sense of pride in accomplishing a hike like that. Second, the trail itself is gorgeous. The trail starts at the base of the mountain in a relatively thick pine forest. During the hike you pass several streams
and a small, peaceful pond. I’ve never seen the trail very crowded, so it’s a good place to get away from people. As you climb higher up the mountain, the terrain becomes a little more rugged, the winds become a little stronger, and you can’t help but admire the hardy trees that have been growing out of the harsh mountainside for hundreds of years. There are several pretty places along the path to stop, rest under a tree, and enjoy a light snack. The views from the top of the mountain are spectacular and you can see so much of Prescott
that you feel like you’re on top of the world. Granite Mountain is definitely one of the places to hike before you graduate. The hike itself is about 8 miles roundtrip and ascends about two thousand feet to the seven thousand one hundred eighty-five foot summit. The first 1.5 miles are very easy. The middle of the hike is a moderate as you climb up the mountainside. And the hike levels off again towards the end. Be careful though, the hike down can be a bit rough on your joints.
Kerianne Hobbs / Horizons Newspaper The views from the side of Granite Mountatin on the hike to the top are truely spectacular.
Difficulty: Moderate Hike length: 8 miles roundtrip Cost: $5 Park Vehicle permit Best time to go: Spring through late fall, although it is open year round What to bring: sturdy hiking boots, camera, about 3 liters of water, snacks, basic first aid kit
Directions from Campus: Make a right onto Willow Creek road from campus and drive about 4.5 miles to make a right on Gail Gardner Way. From Gail Gardner way, take a right at the light onto Iron Springs Rd. Conintue about 2.5 miles before you make a right on N. Granite Basin Road or FR 374(the sign is small). Continue over 3 miles to the Metate Trailhead.
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Fassbender Continued from 4 at anytime. The safety department always has officers on campus and offers a 24/7 dispatch service that will connect you directly to a safety officer on campus. The safety office is open and provides full service Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM for students, staff and faculty; the lost and found is also located in the safety office. The safety office will not be open on weekends but contact-
ing safety is easy. If on campus, dial 0 from any building phone, use non-emergency button on the Emergency Phones throughout campus or call the regular dispatch number 928.777.3728. It is the responsibility of each student to be familiar with school policy and the campus regulations and to follow them. Chief Boden or any of the safety officers will go over questions you may have and are happy to assist. The safety department wishes all a great semester and wants you to know we are here to help and make your activities on campus safe and secure.
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Stephan Continued from 2 If you haven’t identified a mentor you feel comfortable talking with - please, do not hesitate to come see me (building 18A, extension 3770). All of the staff and faculty on this campus are here because of you – our students! Utilize your accessibility to our widely diverse team of caring professionals whenever you have a situation where you desire some advice. Identify a mentor early, find another student or a faculty or staff member with whom you feel comfortable and seek their advice – I know you’ll find someone to listen, provide encouragement and offer suggestions for ways to help you solve your concerns. Whether you are a freshman
straight out of high school or one of our veteran students returning from half a world away, never forget, your family members are only a phone call or an e-mail away – they will always be your family and they will always care about you and love you. Welcome to the Prescott Campus, a tremendous university in a beautiful location. Embrace the beauty that surrounds you, experience the unique characteristics that the southwest has to offer, learn from the brightest in aviation, aerospace, safety and security and share your enthusiasm for life with us. Together, we can ensure ERAU-Prescott Campus remains a vibrant university campus and provides the environment that enables our staff and faculty the opportunity to help prepare the young men and women who will lead the aviation and aerospace world into the next century.
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videos and newspapers, pretty mind-numbing. Or maybe that was the point. Students, for extra credit, how do the quotes “Don’t you ______ look at me” from the late actor Dennis Hopper playing the character Frank Booth in Blue Velvet and “Say hello to my little friend” from the actor Al Pacino playing the character Tony Montoya in Scarface relate to the Freudian unconscious? Another great year coming up. I remember Michel Foucault announcing this in French to his students back in the early 1980s. Professor Foucault authored text on something called “the death of the author.” Tell me he wasn’t just asking for it. May-
be that’s why we now refer to him as the late Michel Foucault. And contemporary philosophers tell us that Professor Foucault took the leap from structuralism, to post-structuralism, and then to post-modernism. Maybe so, but Foucault is the only public intellectual to begin a work, Discipline and Punish, with the exquisite detail of punishment for regicide. [Students, please look this up]. “…the flesh will be torn… with red-hot pincers, his right hand…burnt with sulphur, and, on those places where the flesh will be torn away, poured molten lead, boiling oil, burning resin, wax and sulphur melted together and then his body drawn and quartered by four horses and
terials for making signs (markers etc), a Die cutter for lettering, paper cutters and table space to work on. There are also two small refrigerators for commuters to store a lunch for the day. After reviewing the offerings available in the Union, Jim Sheridan, Associate Director of Student Life, Student Activities and building manager plans to work with the DSL Student Assistant staff to promote more awareness among students as to all the services available at the Information Desk and to offer additional fun activities such as tournaments and small programs. Many students may not realize that besides the electronic games for Xbox and Wii, the information
desk also offers a variety of board and card games such as checkers, chess, Monopoly, Risk, cribbage, and poker to name just a few. They also have some fun lawn games such as bocce, croquet, frisbee, and horseshoes that are available for use in the quad area out front. Anyone who has suggestions for additional games or services can make their recommendations known at the information desk in the Union or see Jim Sheridan, at his office in room 126. In order to take advantage of these services, it is necessary to show your Eagle card to check out any of the games or equipment. Knowing your ID number will not serve in this case so remember to bring your Eagle card when
the orientation at 9:30 . The faculty will be available to assist you if schedule changes are required. If you need information on the safety science graduate program you can visit the dean’s office and his limbs and body consumed I can help you, or you can go to by fire, reduced to ashes and his the Robertson Aviation Safety ashes thrown to the winds. [Stu- Center 1 and talk to any of the dents, not to worry, we removed faculty located there. this from University policy a few Dr. Cass Howell has now reyears ago.] turned to Daytona Beach to Another great year coming resume his duties as a faculup. Maybe in another issue of ty member in the Aeronautical Horizons, I can share how this Science Department there. Dr. went down with great teach- Frank Ayers asked me to take ers like India’s Kautilya (c. 310 on the position of Interim Dean B.C.E.), North Africa’s St. Au- of the College of Aviation when gustine (c. 400), China’s Con- Dr. Howell completed his comfucius (c. 500 B.C.E.), and so mitment. I am honored to serve on. But I have to close now. So, you in this capacity and I will do another great year coming up? everything I can to make your “One morning I shot an ele- experience here at Embry-Ridphant in my pajamas. How he dle Aeronautical University in got into my pajamas, I don’t Prescott the best it can be. If you are returning to camknow.” (Groucho Marx, Anipus, “Welcome back,” and if mal Crackers, 1930). you have questions please let us help you with them. You probably know where most of the faccoming in to use these services. Student may also notice a reduction in the regular information desk hours. After reviewing the desk usage during last year it has been decided to reduce Continued from 2 the regular hours where the usage was consistently low in favor I am proud to be associated with of being able to staff the desk at the faculty and staff of the College times when special programs are of Engineering, and the whole cambeing offered during times later pus for that matter. The faculty and than the normal building hours. staff are a diverse group that shares The Department of Student a common goal of helping the stuLife staff and our student assis- dent follow their dreams and betants hope that students will come who they are meant to be. In continue to enjoy the J.R. Hunt part due to our small size, we are a Student Union in the coming family here that shares our achieveyear and we hope to see every- ments and supports each other durone stopping in some time during the year to take advantage of the various services offered.
may be at times, a confusing path through minors, areas of concentration or dual majors. Since it is our job to make sure each student Continued from 3 has fulfilled all requirements, our While we are on the topic, if you academic evaluators, Jerra, Kathi, are planning on graduating next and Sandy are experts in deterMay, it’s a good idea to get your mining exactly where you stand graduation application in now. in your program credits and what We will review your transcript is left for you to complete. Another important function and let you know if there was a class you missed somewhere of the records office is to assist in along the way that you need to the registration process. For some time now, web registration has alinclude in your schedule. Your first and best partner as lowed eligible students to sign up a student is your academic ad- for classes online, but various cirvisor. They will help you plan cumstances may prevent a stuyour progress as a student. The dent from doing so. Problems Records department is an addi- can include an outstanding finantional resource to navigate what cial balance, an advisor hold, and
taking more than sixteen credits. If you are unable to register online, please come by the office. We will help you figure out what steps need to be taken to get signed up for your classes. We will work closely with the bursar’s office, financial aid, and the college advisers to help you get things settled as quickly and simply as possible. We continue to look for ways to make our processes more convenient for students, and over the summer we initiated a new partnership with Transcripts-on-Demand to allow students to place online requests for official transcripts from any place with internet access. Simply log into ERNIE and click on your student services
tab and click on the request a transcript link. This new service allows for electronic or snail mail delivery of official transcripts to you or any other party you designate. If you prefer to come by in person, one of our awesome student assistants, Kacie, Kurt, or Matt, will be happy to get you the correct form. Since we interact with each and every student, we see ourselves as a key contact point, and we are committed to facilitating your educational path so you can progress towards your degree completion as efficiently and smoothly as possible. Please stop by any time between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, if there is some way we can be of assistance.
Bloom Continued from 2 all the smiles, there were all the makings of a David Lynch movie like Blue Velvet or something by Terry Gilliam like Brazil. Take Carl Jung. Freud would actually faint in his presence. Or Max Eitingon. Turns out Max’s brother Leonid worked for Soviet intelligence (the NKVD, i.e., Narodnyy Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del) in “wet operations.” And Sandor Ferenczi. During psychoanalytic therapy sessions, he would cuddle patients on his lap. This was called “wild psychoanalysis,” although based on today’s music
Sheridan Continued from 3 windows there and in the offices to reduce the warming effects of UV heat in those spaces. Storage cabinets for the information desk equipment were also completed so there is less equipment sitting out and the area looks neater adding to the “eye appeal." A change that occurred last spring but was not generally known was the addition of an S.O.C. Work Room, Rm 123, in the Union. This room has the mail boxes for student organizations, rolls of paper for bulletin boards and posters, lots of ma-
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general information that students and families approaching the second year of college may need! So once again, welcome to Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. We believe we are the best because or students are the best, and we want to get to know you and your family so we can help you achieve your dreams. Please do not hesitate to ask our orientation team leaders, faculty, staff or myself for assistance this weekend, and for the next few years. We are glad to help and look forward to getting to know you!
ulty and staff are located, nevertheless if you need assistance that the Dean’s office can provide, please stop by the office in AC 1, room 232. If you are new to our campus I want to give you a special welcome. The campus community is very happy you have chosen ERAU – Prescott for your aviation education. If you have questions about the Aeronautical Science, Aeronautics, or Applied Meteorology programs, we can help you find the answers. You can contact one of the following Program Chairs or any faculty member for information: Aeronautical Science Chair , Professor Bob Fiegl; Aeronautics Chair, Professor Ron Carr ; Applied Meteorology Chair, Dr. Mark Sinclair. I am excited about the new academic year and I hope you are as well. Whether you are in aeronautical science and flight, aeronautics, meteorology, or safety science, we hope you have a wonderful year with many pleasurable experiences and successes. Again, welcome to EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University in Prescott.
ing difficult times. Please be sure you take the time to talk to the faculty and staff you encounter as you walk around campus. Believe it or not, it does make our day to be a part of your lives and dreams, even if we seem a little harried as we run across campus. I hope you find that the Prescott campus community has the kind of can-do attitude that helps you make a difference. Take charge of your life and attitude! As my mentor and predecessor, Dr. Richard Felton, was fond of saying – “Make it a great day!”
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from AFROTC. A scholarship pays for your books and fees, too, not to mention a monthly stipend of three hundred to five hundred dollars. Interested? If you are a freshmen or sophomore, it is as easy as signing up for AF101 or AF201 and AF101L or AF201L Leadership Laboratory. For more information, ask an AFROTC cadet, stop by Building 79 (near the bookstore), or phone us at (928) 777.3868 or (800) 888.ERAU ext. 3868. You can also visit our website at afrotc.pr.erau.edu. Let AFROTC at ERAU Prescott be the opportunity of a lifetime!
senior cadets had hands-on experience assignments with Active Duty Army units learning what it means to lead soldiers. One of those was in Japan, another in Korea, and two others in stateside units. Four cadets earned the Air Assault Badge, learning how to rappel out of helicopters and rig external loads for helicopter transport. Three others earned their Army Airborne Wings, learning to jump out of a perfectly good airplane for no apparent reason. Everyone, have a great school year here at ERAU!
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at the Hazy Library & Learning Center How does the Hazy Library and Learning Center, full of books and magazines, stack up against the wealth of information residing in Google and Wikipedia, just a mouse click away on a computer? Hazy Library Director Sarah Thomas believes
that the library is not an endangered species and that books are still the best instruments for reading. In fact, the library’s vision is “to advance learning, scholarship and research” in the digital age. The librarians’ role has evolved into one of helping stu-
dents navigate the information space quickly and efficiently, even as the digital world brings new opportunities to connect students with the information needed to complete research projects.
Here are 5 key ways in which the digital revolution has made the Hazy Library & Learning Center more accessible, personal, and relevant than ever to the success of your college career.
The Web offers choices and challenges. The Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University For these key reasons, libraries will always be relPrescott Hazy Library and Learning Center holds more than forty thousand volumes. evant, says Sarah Thomas. “Our mission is to These resources range from books and professional journals to tech reports, CDs and provide high-level, student-centered servicDVDs. The internet and e-books are expanding these collections daily as we begin replacing reference books and professional magazines with subscription databases. Most of our ninees and dedicated staff expertise to emty databases deliver full-text, images, and audio to desktops and laptops. We count more than fortypower students to be culturally litertwo thousand e-books in our collection from five databases that provide access to a range of topics from engineering to general reference to ergonomics. The e-books are accessible from the e-books LibGuide at ate, globally aware, technologically <http://erau.libguides.com/ebooks>. The Hazy Library & Learning Center maintains a periodical collection of sophisticated, and academicaltwo hundred newspapers, general interest magazines, and professional and trade journals.
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The Hazy Library and Learning Center is your friend. Hazy librarians know how to network. We’re on Facebook and ans are all this and more. available for contact in person, by phone, or via e-mail and instant messaging Monday through Friday and on Sundays. Our personal and online networks allow us to be where you work and play, helping find books using the new Symphony Enjoy the fall 2010 selibrary catalog at [http://catalog.yln.info/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/x/0/49/] directly from the Hazy Library & Learning Center homepmester at the Hazy age. For a product demo of the new Symphony catalog, be sure to stop by instruction room 123 on the first floor in the Hazy Library and Library the first day of class, August 30. Not only can we help imbed links to articles or request books that are not in our collection via interlibrary loan to over forty libraries in the Yavapai Library Network, our research LibGuides are excellent resourcLearning es to finding information in the library. The Hazy Library and Learning Center is open when your laptop is. Thanks to the internet, students and faculty can use the Hazy Library and Learning Center from anywhere in the world. The library website allows easy login to ERAU’s Ernie system using your Eagle card ID to find materials, access research databases, read journal articles, and even head to remote special collections like the Aviation Safety & Security Archives. Barriers to physical distance have been bridged!
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Plugs are popular. The Hazy Library and Learning Center is a busy space on campus, where the digital generation connects with information and each other. ERAU made a point when building the new Hazy Library & Learning Center, in 2008, to add lots of electrical outlets. The library and the entire campus is wireless, and provides connections for charging laptops, cell phones, or iPods. From the Information Commons and Multi-media Technology Center on the second floor to the conference and meeting rooms throughout the library, we enable students to plug in, turn on, and collaborate. Eighty computer terminals at the library enable students to download information onto flash drives, as well as navigate to and print information sources easily. The library is a reliable source. While answers seem to come easily from internet search engines, accuracy does not. Most people believe that everything they find on the internet is free and factual, but the truth is very different. You can never be sure you are dealing with validated sources on the web. Much more valid data is available in books and electronically using high-quality, relevant information in the databases Hazy Library subscribes to. High quality information and research has to be paid for.
The Guys Continued from 1 reaction was to call family and friends, to gather when we could and talk. And then the talk gave way to writing. In NYC a journalism professor was called upon to help a fire captain write eight eulogies for men he lost to the collapse of the twin towers. Later in October, the professor Anne Nelson turned her experience into a play, her first: «The Guys». It was developed in workshop at the Flea Theater, an experimental repertory company located only seven blocks from Ground Zero. The Flea had suffered drastically since Sept. 11. Shows were cancelled and audience attendance
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fell from 90 percent to 5 percent. The artistic director was looking for the right piece. Sigourney Weaver and Bill Murray came on board. “The Guys” came to life through the words of Anne Nelson and the acting skills of Weaver and Murray. “This little play has to show its own path,” Nelson said. “Now it's free of commercial constraints. If it ends Dec. 20, [2001] it will have had its three weeks. If not, we'll see.” Since December of 2001, “The Guys” has been produced across America and in more than a dozen countries. In 2002, it was released as a film starring Weaver and Anthony Paglia. On September 11 and 12, 2010, “The Guys” comes to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University featuring Charissa Menefee, playwright and
head of the theater department at Prescott College and Dino Palazzi, actor, director, musician, teacher, and playwright. Lecia Breen, a classically trained vocalist, will sing. The production is assisted by the Embry-Riddle Color Guard and the Mile High Drama Club. Directed by Ernest Giglio, author and retired professor of politics and American studies, “The Guys” is the first production of The Artist's Path, a nonprofit that examines the role of the artist in society. This production is supported by Embry-Riddle, Prescott College, the Puffin Foundation, and the Prescott Area Arts and Humanities Council. Following each performance is a Talk Back among audience members, cast, and director.
Free and open to the public, the two performances begin at 7 p.m. in the Davis Learning Center on the Embry-Riddle Campus. Tickets are required for entry and can be obtained at the Embry-Riddle Library, the Prescott Public Library, and the Prescott Valley Library beginning August 21. A $5 donation is suggested, but not required, to benefit the Embry-Riddle Mile High Drama Club and to cover production costs. Art created in response to the current year's theme, conflict and social crisis, will be auctioned to assist in covering costs. Gail Mangham, Artistic Director, The Artist's Path. More questions? Call (928) 771 2554, e-mail artist@TheArtistsPath.org, visit [www.TheArtistsPath.org].
basic courtesy required to succeed in the workplace or the classroom. A workshop on academic civility may be just what is needed to avoid an embarrassing moment. These and other valuable topics will be covered throughout the academic year. There is simply a workshop for everyone. Watch for our ads and announcements as they occur during the academic year. You will be a far better student with exposure to these topics. If you have questions concerning the workshops please call Douglas Harder at extension 3860 or e-mail him at harderd@erau.edu.
team. A 5 foot 6 inch tall midfielder from Huntington Beach, CA., Blair Boies joins the Lady Eagles this fall season and plans to major in aeronautical science. Also for the position of midfield comes Allie Weaver, a 5 foot 1 inch tall freshman from Chesterfield, Mo. Allie will be majoring in aeronautical science. 5 foot 7 inch tall Carissa Frazier from Federal Way, WA, rounds off the team as a forward or defender majoring in aviation business administration. Returning full of experience to the Women’s Soccer squad
this season will be Julie Falsken, Sr.; Brittany Murillo, Sr.; Kristen Persson, Sr.; Samantha Welch, Sr.; Kiley Frazier, Sr.; Clancy Delforge, Sr.; Lindsay Cowgill, Jr.; Ashley McRoberts, Jr.; Ciarra Pederson, So.; Kayla Billings, So.; Courtney Hough, So.; Whitney Desmarais, So.; Melissa Golesh, So.; and Kelsey Anderson, So. Men’s soccer has added an impressive twelve new members to their team this year. Thiago Goncalves, a 6 foot 2 inch tall freshman from Sao Paulo, Brazil, will be filling in
for the Eagles as a midfielder or forward. Also in the position of midfielder or forward are Ethan Haddy, a 5 foot 1 inch tall freshman from Peoria, AZ., and 5 foot 11 inch tall Joel Asirsan from Gilbert, AZ. A 6 foot 2 inch tall freshman from Tucson, Ariz., Rudy Chavez will be a midfielder for the Eagles as well. Making up the new defensive line for the squad are 5 foot 11 inch tall Matt Hanus from Cross Plains, Wis., 6 foot 1 inch tall Michael Browne from La Verne, CA., 6 foot 5 inch tall James Stromeyer from Phoe-
nix, AZ., 6 foot 3 inch tall Phillip Murray from Juneau, Ark., 6 foot 1 inch tall Pierce Miler from Fort Collins, Col., and 5 foot 10 inch tall Augusto Morales from El Paso, TX. Helping keep our the Eagles’ net untouched are freshman goalkeepers Karl Peterson from Auburn, WA. and Ryan Dunham from Los Alamos, N.M. Men’s Soccer returners are Nate Dillenbeck, Sr.; Andrew Chriss, Sr.; Patrick Patzig, Sr.; Magi Mas Manresa, Sr.; Masuod Hedayat, Sr.; Scott Adams, Sr.; Jeremy Meduvsky, Jr.;
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Correction In the Apr. 28, 2010 edition of Horizons Newspaper, we reported that Jim Sheridan and his wife owned and operated a Farmer’s Market when in fact he and his wife own and operate a Framer’s Market. We also stated that Doug Dickey was a student employee of Admissions when in fact he is an Admissions Recruiter and Territorial Manager.
Paul-Emile Baetsen, Jr.; Tyler Silverburg, Jr.; Connor Stokes, Jr.; Colton Ryan, Jr.; Rodrigo Lalli, Jr.; Derek Hagemeir, Jr.; Scott Larson, Jr.; Lyle Ratcliffe, Jr.; Andrew Davidson, So.; Randall Smith, So.; Gage Palmer, So.; Keldon Hatch, So.; Shaun Baghott-Salmon, So; and George Garcia, So. With new talent and experienced returners, this 2010 season looks promising for the Eagles, so do your best to show some love this year to all our teams by coming out and supporting our ERAU athletes!
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ERAU Research Reception Commemorates Scholarly Excellence for 2009-2010 DR. ALAN J. MALNAR Faculty Advisor
At the end of each school year, members of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University community gather together to present distinguished honors to select individuals for excellence in their related academic fields. As such, this year’s Embry-Riddle Research Reception held Wednesday, April 28 in the executive conference room of Academic Complex One was certainly one of the highlights in commemorating the profound spirit of academia at the Prescott campus. Hosted by Dr. Richard Bloom, chief academic officer of ERAU, this prestigious event was sponsored and planned by Andrew Ferencak, grant director of the Prescott Grant Center. All faculty members, staff, and students who submitted a grant proposal or obtained funding for the 2009-2010 school year were invited to attend. “I feel the 60 percent of those in attendance reflected the importance of this event,” said Mr. Ferencak. This year’s celebration honored multiple recipients. It recognized select ERAU students who received internal grant funding for their prospective work in a variety of studies. Each College of the ERAU Prescott campus honored a select individual as Researcher of the Year. Additionally, a special award was also presented to the recipient of the Campus Researcher of the Year Award. Dr. Dorthea Ivanova won the College of Aviation Researcher of the Year award for her continued excellence in research in the field of meteorology. Dr. Wahyu Lestari was honored by the Col-
lege of Engineering for her ongoing work in the field of structural health monitoring systems. The College of Arts and Sciences praised Dr. Michele Zanolin for his exceptional studies in the field of gravitational wave measurements. Each recipient for the College Researcher of the Year award received a $100 prize. Dr. Wahyu Lestari also received the prestigious Campus Researcher of the Year award, again for her efforts investigating structural health monitoring systems. She gratefully accepted a $2,500 prize, funded by Dr. Christina Frederick-Recascino, vice president of research from the Daytona Beach campus. Frederick-Recascino’s office also funded the $100 gift awarded to each college Researcher of the Year recipient. During a brief interview, Lestari expressed some of the challenges of engaging in scholarly research here at ERAU. Attempting to manage one’s time when also teaching a full course schedule can often be a magician's act— not to mention the highly-skilled COE faculty, whose mere presence fosters a fiercely competitive environment. Nonetheless, Lestari’s words remained positive and humble. “I feel surprised and honored,” she said. Winners of the Internal Student Research Awards also received recognition at this year’s event. Generating variable amounts of funding based on individually submitted budgets, the student grants were presented to aspiring young scholars in order to provide opportunities for them to engage in professional research agendas. All grant awards in this category were internally fund-
ed by the office of Dr. Richard Bloom. The initial selection process began as a contest when students presented their proposals to a faculty committee who then selected the winners. All winners of this prestigious award will be mentored by highly-skilled faculty members, and grant cycles will continue from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011. Student winners include Joshua Miller and Karl Parsons who received $2,750 for their prospective work in upper surface spoilers on a unmanned aerial vehicle. Dr. Lance Traub of the COE will serve as their mentor. Noah K. Russell received a grant for $3,000 to initiate studies for aircraft design simulation verification and testing. Dr. Kenneth A. Bordignon, also a member of the COE, will serve as Noah’s mentor. Lastly, the student team of Vavi Rean Domingo, Jonathan Campbell, and Graham Stoddard received a $4,250 grant to investigate the use of thermal sensitive glasses for deception detection. Their group will be mentored by a faculty team consisting of three COAS faculty members: Professors Susan Lohn and Robert Baker, and Dr. Andri Gretarsson. Unquestionably, Mr. Ferencak’s directorship of the Prescott Grant Center remains vital to the health of the entire ERAU community. “The research reception acknowledges the efforts of faculty, staff, and students in seeking out funds to enhance learning objectives,” he said. And while this year’s research reception showcased the aspirations of industrious minds, the event also confirmed that the Prescott campus is both a well known teaching institution and a top-notch arena where high-
ly-trained intellectuals engage in cutting-edge research. According to Ferencak, annual grant activity during the 2009-10 fiscal school year alone presented an impressive list of research projects valued at over $5.5 million submitted by ERAU professors and staff. While funding for some of the projects remains pending, many professors have already received the green light from an inspiring list of benefactors. Such patrons include NASA, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Science Foundation. Ongoing projects include efforts by Dr. Richard Bloom and Dr. Paul Hriljac, who received a grant of $464,491 from NASA to create the Arizona Math and Science Leadership Initiative. Dr. Archie Dickey, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded $159,740 from the Department of Agriculture to develop a birdstrike database. In addition, all three colleges received the National Science Foundation scholarship in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (NSF SSTEM) grant. From the College of Aviation, Dr. Mark Sinclair, Dr. Kenneth Parsons, and Professor Randy Reynolds received $499,535 in order to assist under-represented scholars in their pursuit of aeronautical and meteorological education. From the College of Arts & Science, Dr. Darrel Smith received $597,265 to prepare underrepresented scholars for careers in space physics. And from the COE, Dr. Milton Cone and Dr. John Post received two NSF S-STEM grants for $597,232, and $594,407 for making disadvantaged engineering graduates a reality.
American Aviation Historical Society Hosts Free Public Programs JO ANN JOHNSON AAHS Public Affairs
Free American Aviation Historical Society, AAHS, public programs featuring speakers presenting multimedia aviation programs are held the second Wednesday evening, monthly, at 7 p.m. on campus at the Davis Learning Center Auditorium. The fall 2010 programs are: Sept. 8, 2010, at 7 p.m.: A Day in the Life of a Float Plane Charter Pilot by ERAU Assistant Professor Bryan Cox is a multi-media presentation that explores his days
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considered while also meeting the needs of a global community. “We have been around a long
flying and servicing De Havilland Beaver sea planes with a charter company for a few years of adventure in the great Northwest. October 13, 7 p.m.: The Joint Strike Fighter Program, One Engineer’s Perspective by ERAU Assistant Professor Ken Bordignon covers eight years of exceptional opportunity beginning with graduate student research which was applied to the X-35 CDA development at Lockheed Martin. November 10, 7 p.m.: The U-2 Spy Plane Crisis: Turning Point in the Cold War is a presentation by Historian William S. Weiss. Weiss uses recently declassified
former Soviet Union and U.S. archives to shine light on questions long shrouded in secrecy. Learn about the far-reaching impact of the Soviets shooting down a CIA U-2 spy plane and capturing Francis Gary Powers alive on May 1, 1960. The national American Aviation Historical Society, founded in 1956 by three men, is headquartered in Santa Ana, California. “The American Aviation Historical Society is dedicated to preserving for future generations a detailed record of aviation events and milestones that have shaped the development and use of
aviation.” Since its early years, the AAHS has published the AAHS Journal and the AAHS Newsletter quarterlies, which are mailed to members. The ERAU Library has the complete collection of the AAHS Journal. The AAHS informative website with links to aviation topics and air shows all over the nation is www.aahs-online.org. For more information about the free programs on campus or to get email notices, please contact Professor Nick Manderfield at (928) 777.6985 or mandern@erau.edu.
time and we will continue to move forward in serving the aerospace industry,” said Johnson. To enhance future growth, Dr. Johnson stated that he would investigate tapping urban markets that offer many resources. Additionally, Johnson said that he would even consider changing the name of ERAU altogether.
Perhaps one day ERAU will be an “aerospace” university rather than an “aeronautical” university. Perhaps Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will one day simply be called “Embry-Riddle.” Whatever the future name of ERAU may come to be, Dr. Johnson made it known to everyone that he admires the Prescott
campus for being a highly exclusive institution. He urged all campus members to embrace their uniqueness and to persist in providing the best education available to students around the world. A brief reception celebration was held in the banquet area of the new Student Union.
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