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Gov. Perry deploys
task force in
response to Ivan
Gov. Rick Perry has approval
the deployment of Texas Task Fora
1, the state’s elite urban seard
and rescue team, in preparationfa
Hurricane Ivan’s landfall along ft |
Gulf Coast. Texas Task Force ton
of 28 teams in the national urta
search and rescue system unite
the Federal Emergency Manage
ment Agency, will provide needd
assistance with rescue and recov
ery efforts in the hurricane's
math. The Task Force is capabled
responding to mass-casualty disas
ters and is trained and equipped!:
locate and rescue victims trappe:
by flooding, collapsed structure
and confined spaces in highly po;
ulated areas. Task Force membeiL
have been on alert the past sever
weeks to provide assistance to vi
tims of former Hurricanes Charte
and Frances. The team is armet
with a more than a $2 million state
of-the-art equipment cache
is designed to be logistically $@
sufficient for the first 72 hours
operation and able to function
up to 10 days. Texas Task Force
has responded to severe flooding
several areas throughout Texas
well as Tropical Storm Allison
hit Houston in 2001. The Ti
Engineering Extension Service
member of The Texas A&M Unive
sity System, serves as a sponsom
agency for Texas Task Force 1.
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National Academy of Enginee 1
ing member Dr. Stephen A.
itch and his wife Ann have pledgel
$125,000 to increase a petroleirf
engineering fellowship at Texil
A&M University. Their gift
more than triple the original fE-|
lowship endowed in 1999.
“The Holditch family has sta!
an impressive example oftrvl)',
‘giving back' to Texas A&M,$le\ie| ause( j th e j
already provides exemplary Wet-k nts eX pi 0
ship as department head and thisiijured two c
contribution further underscoreslvestigation
his commitment to the excellencs^ the State 1
of petroleum engineering andthl Accordinj
college as a whole,” said Dr. G.Implied by
Kemble Bennett, vice chancellolarry Bowi
and dean of engineering. | ine( i that
The Steve and Ann HolditchFtjp' 5 'h r °u£
lowship in Petroleum Engineerii# 1 ™* 3 ^ * r
will assist students with tuitio'l 11 ^' 1 ’ 11110 ' 1
other educational costs and mo;f enatural 8
The repo
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vestigator,
allege St:
scovered :
g, includir
living expenses — needs of particv
lar interest to Holditch as he lead
the Harold Vance Department C™
Petroleum Engineering.
"In the next few decades, itv
take substantially more new ted
nology for the oil and gas industr| t | leexter j (
to provide the energy supply ft Lment. Ii
world is demanding. To develo: jid this hoi
that technology, we need nwlthepiping
and better graduate students anil “This hoi
research initiatives. Thisfellowshflyersofcoi
will allow Texas A&M Universal
to attract the graduate student!
we need to maintain excellence
Holditch said.
Holditch earned three
leum engineering degrees
Texas A&M: a bachelor’s c
in ‘69, a master’s in 70
Ph.D. in 76. He was a product
engineer for Shell Oil Co. I
joining the Texas A&M petroleft
engineering faculty in 1976.
Rec center to host
“Aggie Nights”
Re
The Tex:
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Texas A&M students are
ed this Friday to “Aggie Ni[
at the Recreation Center frc
p.m. to midnight.
The event features free
climbing from 8 to 10 p.m., fft
class demonstrations such 1
yoga, hip-hop, Pilates, belly 1
ing and more, plus free food ait
dancing. At 9 p.m. the "diveT
movie “JAWS” will be shown atft
outdoor pool.
"Aggie Nights" is typically held? sixteen d
ery Friday in the Memorial Stude- Scognized
Center. This program is preseiftlodels for
by the Department of Recreatwack K. Wil
Sports, Hispanic Business Stude' “These 1
Association and the Memorial Stfcsity,” sa:
dent Center. Persons with dWl The Cam]
ties, please call (979) 845-1515tl&M andw
address any special needs. I “As part
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Campus briefs are compi^l^ st 'J*
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