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FEATURES Thursday, May 9, 1996 - Page 14 Students and professors The Easy Gourmet work side-by-side with THE EASY GOURMET Vanilla Pudding cookies research projects working diligently SraJ!Writer over and most are Ingredients School is just about 112 cup sugar on their last few papers and assignments. Unfortunately the end of 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 cup WMC chemistry department works in papers does not mean the end of work alto- Bisquick Bisquick (or one premeasured packet) gether, and we must now begin to embark conjunction with the National Cancer Institute on a journey of finals. This is a trip that we 1 package instant vanilla pudding mix take twice a year, it is a trip that we always 1 egg hope will be calm and enjoyable, yet some- 114 cup salad oil, or 4 tablespoons (112 stick) By ADAM KLINE graduate school," Smith said. soft or melted butter. ConrriburingWrirer Robin Carroll, a junior chemistry major how it never ceases to be turbulent. I hope Someday, the cure for cancer may be who joined Smith's research group last sum- that all goes well with finals for all of you, Preparation. and I wish you all a relaxing and enjoyable found by the student-faculty research groups mer, said that student research has been a 1. Preheat the toaster oven t0350 degrees F. in the WMC chemistry department, conduct- "trial run" for her decision of whether or not ...these vanilla pudding 2. In a small bowl, combine the sugar and ing research here and at the National Cancer to do research later in life. She also said cinnamon until thoroughly blended. Set Institute. research has helped her in her course work. cookies give you fuel aside. Students have been carrying out cbemis- "It always helps when you apply things 3. Mix the Bisquick, pudding mix, egg, and ... try research at WMC since 1974, according to hands-on experience because it helps to summer. In bidding my fond farewell I will oil in a bowl until blended. The dough will to chemistry professor, Dr. Richard H.' Smith. solidify the things you've learned," Carroll leave you with one last recipe. This is some- be very dense. Smith started with one or two students who said. She added that someday she would like thing that you can munch on while you stay 4. Form the dough into small balls approxi- conducted research without outside funding to teach in a setting similar to WMC and up all night studying for whatever it is that mately I" in diameter and roll the, in the on projects that the students found interest- carry out research, much as Smith does. has caused you so much stress over these bowl of cinnamon sugar. Then arrange the mg. Sophomore chemistry major Sarah past three months. Study with the knowl- balls on an aluminum foil baking sheet, keep- Smith's first serious research student was Chenoweth, who also joined Smith's re- edge that it will be over in a few weeks, and ing them 2" apart. Bake for 12 minutes, or Carol Rouzer in 1975. Rouzer, a 1976 gradu- search group last summer, said that research you can enjoy the summer; but when those until they just start to tum brown. Remove ate of WMC, later returned to become an "is like putting a puzzle together." She books and notes seem overwhelming munch the cookies from the oven and transfer them associate professor of chemistry. Smith ex- agreed with Carroll that student research on these vanilla pudding cookies to give you to a plate to cool. plained that since there was no funding for makes it easier to decide if research will fuel for those inevitable all nighters. Makes 24. student research, Rouzer worked in the make an exciting career. Chenoweth plans Health Department and lived with a friend to join Dr. Brian Wladkowski, assistant pro- in an- Grants available for in Westminster so she could conduct re- fessor of chemistry, and junior Julie Sand- search. ers, a chemistry major, this summer other research project. with graduatestudy abroad Wladkowski plans on studying chemical It always helps when you problems using computers this summer apply things to hands-on Chenoweth and Sanders in cooperation with and Tech- experience because it the National Center Institute of Standards Research in Fulbright Program aids in research and study for Advanced nology helps to solidify the things Biotechnology Md. Wladkowski said that by in will be graduating in 1996-97 are invited to round-trip tuition, transportation, orteruauon Students (NIST-CARB) and who who are US citizens book and research allow- courses, Gaithersburg, you've learned collaborating with scientists at NIST he can apply for a Fulbright Grant for graduate ances, and insurance. show that students at WMC are "good qual- study and research abroad. WMC has a pre-application process to Robin Carroll ity research students." The Fulbright Program is designed to help students prepare their proposals. Pre- Funding for his research group will come promote international understanding and application runs through May 30, 1996. For from several sources, including a Howard supports sutdy in academic fields or profes- further information contanct Dr. Donna Ev- Funding for student research was first obtained in 1986, and has been available to Hughes grant and WMC money. Funds will sional training in the creative and perform- ergates, Hill Hall 307, ext 442. Courtesy _ofD. Evergates _pay for the students' room and board over also be provided by Dr. Fred Schwarz, an ;.,.r ing arts. These grants generally provide associate professor at NIST. the summer, as well as to pay them for their work. Funding for student research has been Seniors may graduate, available through several sources including < Michelle Sabourin, Q'1995 Howard Hughes grants, National Science Foundation Research in Primarily Under- graduate of WM C but their pride lives on d ;~~~:~e s~:~~~~t~:S~tf:~;t:~ ;hne ~~~~:;a~ currently attending Cancer Institute Frederick Cancer Research '.graduate school at to be docked in Bailimore's Inner Harbor. By GAIL CONWAY < ands~i:~I~~;enntt;ee~:::~~::~~:~i~~ ~~~ vanderbilt in Tennessee, Cm,rribwingWrirer Seniors who donate to the fund prove to be students who take pride in WMC. Berger ~~n~~8~:sh:tuc~~~se;~~~:~k~: ~~t:;~~~~~~ said that "undergraduate Have you walked through Upper Decker says that those who give to Senior Pride gen- from a ladder. Besides his teaching posi- research was invaluable." lately and seen the big sign with the rising erally go on to become active Alumni. sign A on it? Or maybe gage of dollar good amount amounts of gifts is an encouraging tion, Smith was working on synthetic prob- you've seen the posters about Senior Pride to Annual Giving and the Alumni Associa- lems at the National Cancer Institute in Fre- and wondered what they were about. tion that seniors are leaving happy, said derick at the time of his accident. Wladkowski has an open mind about his Senior Pride is an annual campaign that Berger. "Because of my limited mobility," ex- newly formed research group. "I don't want The goal of the Senior Pride committee plained Smith, "I needed a job that I could to limit students to the work that I'm doing," targets graduating seniors in hopes that they is to raise at least $1,500 and have 50 per- gifts. will give back to WMC with monetary do sitting down." That job turned out to be he said. He believes in allowing the students The campaign is a part of the Annual Fund cent participation from class members. The kinetic studies of the decomposition of a to find an area of research that interests them. organized by Vanessa Berger, the assistant gift amount requested this year was $19.96, class of compounds with the possibility of He hopes that he and his researchers can es- director of Annual Giving. in honor of the seniors' graduation year. being used as chemotherapeutic anti-tumor :~~: t~~;~~!~ goal this year is to let people know Berger said, however, that even a gift of five "My agents, called triazenes. :b~:~Ta s!~~:t ~~:;i:~~te what the Annual Fund is, because they will or ten dollars will help. The committee cur- Smith's summer research groups have gether in the future. . be solicited by them for years," said Berger. rently has $1,280 in pledges and 23 percent grown in size over the years, increasing from Wladkowski feels that student-faculty A committee of seniors, selected by participation. one or two students when he first started, to research is an important learning tool that can Dean Sayre, have been helping to organize The committee's job throughout the year four last summer. be beneficial to both student and professor. the campaign. The co-chairs are Kathy is to send letters and make phone calls to all Smith said that student-faculty research "Research gives students the chance to rec- Gaston and Tim Collins. The money raised seniors to solicit them. In order to get stu- is "one-on-one teaching in its best form." ognize the application of what they learn to is donated to a specific project, or gift, and dents to pay their pledges, said LaVita He feels that when students participating in something tangible," he says. The profes- this year's senior class gift will be a brick Westbrook, Senior Pride committee member, research at WMC graduate, they have the sors benefit by the increased "sophistication" grill to be placed in Harvey Stone Park. they usually target them during Senior Week. research experience of a first or second-year that Wladkowski feels the students recognize The campaign began in 1981 and has "This is a time when all the seniors are graduate student. when they know that the professor is doing continued every year since. It is named af- together," says Westbrook, .. and maybe we "This kind of cutting-edge, publishable real science along with teaching. ter the clipper ship "The Pride," which used can get them to give right on the spot." Continued on page J5 research greatly adds to productivity for