Community Collaboration President’s Day in Plains On February 12, more than 30 CSU students and faculty traveled to Plains, GA to hear former President Carter and Mrs. Carter speak at Plains High School on President’s Day. CSU students and faculty were all from two departments: History and Geography; Politics, Philosophy and Public Administration. At the Plains gathering, the Carters spoke on various subjects and were CSU students and faculty ready for President’s Day in asked many Plains. (Photo by Patty Chappel.) questions—on foreign policy, education, and the qualities of good leadership— in the Q/A period. There were more than 200 students attending—from middle school through college. The President Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter at said that the best quality a person can have is to tell the truth, not only to others Plains High School on President’s but to himself. When asked what his biggest regret was, he said he would have Day 2019. sent another helicopter on what turned out to be a rescue mission gone wrong during the Iran hostage crisis of 1980. “It is not every day that you get to meet a president,” said Tiffany Morgan, a senior majoring in history and secondary education. “It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” Following the Q/A, the Carters signed books. CSU students then enjoyed lunch and had time to explore historical sites in Plains.
Chemistry Department Helps Create Experiment for International Space Station By Floyd Jackson, Chair, Department of Chemistry Our involvement with the International Space Station (ISS) came about when a teacher, Mr. Ed Tymes at Calvary Christian School (CCS), contacted me to ask if we could assist them in developing an experiment to be conducted on the ISS. I immediately said “yes” to the opportunity. I asked the faculty of the Chemistry Department if they had any ideas. Dr. Daniel (Wade) Holley showed interest and we went over to meet with Mr. Tymes, his students, and other administrators at the school. Dr. Holley designed an experiment involving the crystallinity and property changes that may occur in polycaprolactone under zero gravity conditions. Out of hundreds of schools across the country, CCS was chosen to participate in the program to have an experiment conducted on the ISS. In addition to CSU being involved, engineers at Pratt and Whitney assisted with the computer technology needed to run the experiments. So we have a private school, private industry, and a state university collaborating to make this happen! Everyone at CCS is really excited about the project and having us involved. In fact, during our visit to CCS, they had us pose for pictures with the students and are really hoping to get a lot of publicity as a result. We have been invited to travel to the launch site at Cape Canaveral, FL, when the lift-off occurs.
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Dr. Wade Holley, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, in his office.
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