Discusses Challenges, Goals for Future

Dean Björn Kjerfve presented distinguished service awards to several faculty and staff in the College of Geosciences at the College’s annual Fall Meeting held Friday, November 02, in Room 501 Rudder Tower. Recognized were Dr. David M. Cairns, Dr. Donald R. Collins, Dr. Matthew K. Howard, Mrs. Margaret “Peggy” Foster, Ms. Rhonda Simmons-Fulton, and Ms. Debra Stark. Two faculty members, Dr. Craig Epifanio and Dr. Debbie Thomas, were presented College Level Teaching Awards by the Association of Former Students, and recently retired Professor Worth Nowlin was recognized for being named Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Oceanography.

Dr. Sarah Brooks, an assistant professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas A&M, received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) on November 1, 2007 at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.

Fellowships Formally Awarded at Geosciences Banquet

Conference Focuses on Development, Energy, and Security

Several faculty in the College of Geosciences joined other University officials and faculty as key participants in The George Bush China-U.S. Relations Conference: Development, Energy, and Security held in Washington, D.C. October 22-25. The meeting was the third in a series of such conferences. The first conference was held in 2003, and a second conference was held in Beijing in 2005. The conferences are named for President George H. W. Bush because of his strong support for the efforts. The 2007 conference schedule consisted of three days of meetings with keynote addresses and other speakers and two days of forums and research roundtable sessions.

Scholarships and Fellowships to be Awarded to More Than 135 Students

The College of Geosciences will hold its annual Scholarship & Fellowship Banquet this Friday, October 26^th, at The Brazos Cotton Exchange in downtown Bryan. Over 135 scholarships and fellowships will be awarded to both graduate and undergraduate students. The College will be awarding $75,000 total, in addition to varying amounts from the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, the Department of Geology & Geophysics, the Department of Geography, and the Department of Oceanography.

Dr. Andreas Kronenberg has been named head of the Department of Geology & Geophysics in the College of Geosciences. Kronenberg received his B.S. in geology from UCLA and his M.S. and Ph.D. in geology from Brown University. Kronenberg has received several honors including the Texas A&M College Level Distinguished Research Award, the Texas A&M College Level Teaching Award, the JGR Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing and the Ray C. Fish Professorship in Geology. For more information on Kronenberg or the Department of Geology & Geophysics, go to http://geoweb.tamu.edu/