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NEWS
The Battalion I 2.12.15
2
Engineering
technology senior
Karissa Robertson
visits with staff
at the Volunteer
Opportunities Fair.
Volunteer fair aims to staff local projects
By Katie Fuller
Aggies browsed options to get
plugged in to local volunteer orga
nizations Wednesday.
The Student Activities Leadership
and Service Center Spring Volunteer
Opportunities Fair hosted 36 different
companies and had about 60 students
visit per hour. The event was much
larger than in the previous three years,
said Susan Miculka, an administrative
coordinator in Student Activities.
Miculka said the idea behind the
volunteer fair was to bring local orga
nizations on campus so students have
the opportunity to see what volunteer
opportunities are available in Bryan-
College Station.
“The primary purpose of the fair is to
have the students interact with agencies
in the local community so that while
they are living and studying in College
Station they can go to those agencies
on a regular basis,” Miculka said. “We
don’t want to have them drive out of
town to volunteer — there is so much
need in this area.”
Many groups jumped at the chance
to spread the word about their orga
nizations, said Trevor Rick, civil en
gineering junior and representative for
Habitat for Humanity.
“We heard it was a great opportu
nity to represent our organization, talk
about different service opportunities
and get to know other service organi
zations in the area,” Riek said. “We can
spread awareness and get more people
to volunteer with us.”
Grace Cantu, psychology senior
and representative of the Brazos Val
ley Boys and Girls Club, said this year
had a good turnout, with many people
interested in signing up for new orga
nizations.
“I see a lot of people interested and it
is great to see people reaching out, try
ing to give back to their community,”
Cantu said.
Jeffery Shelton, history junior, said
he was at the fair to learn about new
opportunities and was excited to see
such a variety of organizations.
“They brought a lot of different
volunteer organizations,” Shelton said.
“It’s not just children, it’s not just pets,
it’s everything. There is even stuff I
have never heard of.”
Miculka said volunteering gves stu
dents an example of how to demon
strate the core values of Texas A&M.
“Selfless service is one of our core
values, and it is very important for stu
dents to have that opportunity to figure
out what is available in the local area so
that they can find something that they
are interested in,” Miculka said.
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Thomas Russell toured campus labs earlier this month and discussed
ways A&M research might contribute to the Army's technological edge.
ARMY RESEARCH
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from Texas A&M to study at Army labs
while Texas A&M hosts Army research
ers here in College Station. Lagoudas
said the partnership presents a great op
portunity not only for Texas A&M fac
ulty members but for students, who will
have opportunities to spend time with
ARL. This partnership has been in the
works for about a year, Lagoudas said,
but the paperwork was only finalized a
few months ago.
“They were very receptive to us be
cause they hold A&M in high regards as
a strong research university with strong
engineering programs,” Lagoudas said.
The director of ARL, Thomas Rus
sell, visited College Station last week to
plan future research projects and inspect
A&M’s facilities. Narasimha Reddy, as
sistant agency director for national and
global initiatives for TEES, organized
Russell’s visit. Reddy said Russell and
ARL came to see if they could interest
faculty in their research interests and if
collaboration was possible. Reddy said
the four main areas of Army research
were discussed: infomration and sens
ing, maneuvers, lethality and protection
and materials.
Although some non-ARL personnel
have been allowed into ARL labs in the
past. Open Campus will streamline the
process and make it much more acces
sible. Reddy said Open Campus will
also open up Army facilities to research
ers who previously had no chance to
study there.
“Even new and international faculty,
non-citizens, can go and work with
them on projects of interest,” Reddy
said.
Moble Benedict, an assistant professor
in aerospace engineering who worked
closely with ARL as a graduate student,
is not a U.S. citizen but is a permanent
resident. Benedict said it was difficult to
work with the Army, who funded his
graduate research, because of his lack
of citizenship, but that Open Campus
should help facilitate similar relation
ships in the future.
“It’s free exchange of information
and we can take advantage of all the
facilities they have, which was not pos
sible before,” Benedict said.
The ARL-Texas A&M partnership
will also allow researchers to see the
real-world applications of their work,
Lagoudas said.
“It would allow our faculty and stu
dents to find relevance for some of the
work they are doing, because they get
exposed to what is important for the
Army,” Lagoudas said.
Lagoudas also said this partnership
could make Texas A&M faculty mem
bers more competitive when seeking
funding from the Army for future proj
ects, and will help draw new researchers
and students to Texas A&M.
“Having that visibility at the national
level will only help us,” Lagoudas said.
further foul trouble.
Roberson committed his fourth
personal foul with 12:02 left. And
when A&M needed Jones the
most, thejunior post picked up his
fourth foul at around the seven-
minute mark.
“We didn’t handle the adver
sity well,” Aggie head coach Billy
Kennedy said. “In the beginning
when House was out in the first
half, it hurt us. Jalen [was in] foul
trouble, Kourtney [was in] foul
trouble. We did a poor job of han
dling the adversity, and Georgia
played extremely well. They did a
really good job of running [their]
offense, and played as a disciplined,
veteran basketball team.”
Georgia (16-7, 7-4 SEC) went
on an 8-0 run around the time
Jones picked up his fourth foul, ral
lied by a Taylor Echols 3-pointer
from the left corner with 7:40 left.
A&M’s last pushing effort came
in the closing couple minutes
when Caruso cut it to four with
a 3-pointer. However, Gaines an
swered right back with a 3-point
dagger to seal the deal with 43 sec
onds left.
Gaines was among three Bull
dogs with double-digits, leading
the pack with 15. He shot 6-for-
12 from the field despite ending
the game with four fouls.
Kennedy said although it was a
tough loss, there are still plenty of
games left to play.
“We didn’t play well enough to
win,” Kennedy said. “It’s a lot of
inexperience, and it’s not the end
of the world ... We’ve got to play
better. Georgia was better than
us. You can’t take anything away
from them. We didn’t do what we
needed to do in some areas.”
The three-game homestand
for the Aggies will resume at 5:30
p.m. Saturday against the Horida
Gators.
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