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H^BYang said Douglas is easy to talk to and helps students find their own research style. ■Ordower said lie went to State university to study under Dou glas. He said Douglas has been a leading voice in the 10-year-old movement attempting to make calculus instruction more applic able to non-mathematics majors. ■I can’t imagine a better qual ity in a provost than the capabil ity to encourage students’ long- term success,” Ordower said. T Douglas has done research and n lectures about his work on mathematics methods as a visiting professor at many different insti tutes and universities, including Mathematical Science Research In stitute at Berkeley, Calif., Mittag- Leffler Institute in Sweden and Aus- “There is a much greater sense of community here which seems to include everybody.” RONALD DOUGLAS EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT AND PROVOST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY mmmm tralian National University. “Most people don’t realize that new ways of doing mathematics and new kinds of mathematics are constantly being discovered and developed,” he said. “That’s what research in mathematics is. That’s what I’ve spent a good deal of my career doing, apart from being an administrator.” Douglas has received re search grants from the National Science Foundation from 1963 to the present. Douglas said A&M’s campus is more friendly than State University. “There is a much greater sense of community here, which seems to include everybody,” he said. “I think it (sense of community) is one of the strongest attributes that helps make everything else work.” Douglas said in the future, the University will continue to de velop liberal arts undergraduate programs and plans to add a music program as well as strengthening programs A&M already has. He said at the graduate and re search level, the University’s challenge is to start some inter disciplinary programs. Douglas said the University is large enough to offer programs in many areas. However, he said A&M cannot accommodate everyone’s interests. “We can’t be all things to all people, so we do have to put em phasis on certain kinds of areas,” he said. “I don’t think we’re going to fundamentally change A&M in that respect. Filling in some areas where we have gaps makes sense, assuming we have the money to do it. I don’t want to build up new programs at the ex pense of old programs.” He said he enjoys being a part of a university that has so many interesting things going on. “A&M is already a great uni versity, but I believe we can make it an even greater one.” he said. “It’s exciting to have the opportu nity to contribute to that.” Stop talking about it. BOOK A FUSHT, GfiAS A BACKPACK. kiss mom goodbye. JUSTG0 Don’t look back. 800-777-0112 www.sta-travel.com STA Travel... CTT/I the world's largest mmmmmmmJr 1 student travel STA TRAVEL organization. We’ve been there. !> NEW! 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