The Department of Business Continuity would like to pass along that September is National Preparedness Month. The Department of Homeland Security website: www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/press_release/press_release_0501.xml offers more information.
Building designation change (again!).
The building formerly known as the USTL, and known this semester as MAF, will, starting in next semester (Spring 2005), be officially designated FOX.
Recent and Upcoming Travel:
Joshua Beun recently attended the RIA Summer School at Argonne National Labs, and gave a student talk on his research.
Ruth Chabay and Bruce Sherwood were invited speakers at four conferences:
The Gordon Conference at Mt. Holyoke College, on research and education in classical mechanics;
The annual conference of the South African Institute of Physics in Bloemfontein,
The International Conference on Physics Education in Durban, South Africa, whose theme was "What physics should we teach?",
and the American Association of Physics Teachers summer meeting in Sacramento, where they also gave workshops on Matter & Interactions and on VPython.
As a bonus they had a wonderful safari in Kruger National Park in South Africa.
John Hubisz, to the National AAPT Meeting in Sacramento, where he met lots of colleagues including several from NC State that he hadn't seen in a while!
Also to Winston-Salem State University as an external evaluator for an NSF grant.
State Employee's Combined Campaign.
The annual State Employee's combined campaign is here again! The donation forms will be distributed in your mailbox soon. Participation is voluntary, but this is a great way to support your favorite charities, so please consider a contribution this year.
The complete list of charities participating this year can be found at: www.ncsecc.org
Please return your forms to Cox 110, even if you choose not to participate this year.
What have YOU been up to?
Papers published?
Conferences attended?
Awards received?
Let us know!
Send information to Robert Egler at robert_egler@ncsu.edu for inclusion in the NC State Physics Newsletter.
North Carolina State Fair!
The 151st NC State Fair will be at the State Fairgrounds just past the College of Veterinary Medicine and the University Club, running from October 15th to 24th!
For more information, see the State Fair website: www.ncstatefair.org/2004fair
