Posted in Department Activities on Sep 25th, 2009
Stevenson University was pleased to welcome Dr. Don Thomas from Towson University last week who gave a very interesting presentation about his life and work in space, as an astronaut for NASA. Dr. Thomas provided great information about reaching lifelong goals and encouraged students to never lose focus of those dreams. He also took time [...]
Posted in Chemistry Internships, Chemistry Majors on Sep 21st, 2009
Chemistry senior, Justine Crutchfield, completed an internship at Proctor & Gamble this summer in Cincinnati, Ohio. Chosen as one of the top performers in the summer internship program, Justine received a job offer from P&G for after she graduates in May 2010. Congratulations Justine- what an amazing accomplishment! Everyone at SU is very excited for [...]
Posted in Chemistry Majors on Sep 18th, 2009
Chemistry junior, Amanda Heard, was recently awarded the Association of Firearms and Toolmark Examiners’ 2009 Scholarship. Amanda is interested in pursuing her BS in Chemistry and MS in Forensic Science in Stevenson’s BS/MS program. She hopes to become a Firearms Examiner, an interest she has had for many years. Congrats Amanda! We’re all proud of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 16th, 2009
Nine chemistry seniors completed their internships this past summer or are completing their Internship Capstone this fall. They are working or have worked at Proctor and Gamble (Cincinnati, Ohio), Martel Laboratories, Maryland State Police Forensics Division, Walgreens, BD Diagnostics, CVS, Bimax, Inc, Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital, and Stevenson University. Check back here during the semester [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 14th, 2009
Ten chemistry seniors, all students who are in the BS (chemistry)/ MS (forensic science) program, are completing their Capstone Forensic Science Rotations this fall. They will rotate through various forensics labs at the Maryland State Police Forensics Division and at the Baltimore County Police Department Forensic Services Division in preparation for careers as Forensic Scientists. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 13th, 2009
Five seniors are completing their Senior Research Capstone Experience this fall. Justin Bobo and Rachel Gnanasekar (not pictured) are working with faculty at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in the Pharmacology Department and Jennifer Kurek, Janine Ladzinski and Ashley Pitti are working with faculty at Stevenson University. Check back here during the semester [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 11th, 2009
Chemistry Upperclassmen, Rachel Gnanasekar and Lena Kemp, enter the data from their experiment into the computerized class data sheet in their Analytical Chemistry lab. They massed plain M&M’s and Peaunt M&M’s to see which one had greater variance (more varying masses). These students predict that the weight of Peanut M&M’s will vary more, since peanuts [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 8th, 2009
We’re happy to welcome some new adjunct faculty who have joined us this semester. Our adjuncts all come to us with expertise in the courses they teach and complement our fulltime faculty. Welcome to Danyetta Davis, Lara Swenson, Sarah Texel and Dawn Ward!
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 4th, 2009
Brittany Barrick (Chem BS and FSCI MS graduate, December ’08) is currently working at Eurofins, Strasburger and Siegel, Inc, a food testing company in Hanover, Maryland. Brittany’s job includes ensuring federal standards by extracting insect fragments, or small metals from foods, such as cocoa or spices. At Brittany’s job interview, the company was very impressed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 2nd, 2009
New students were welcomed to SU with a picnic for everyone on the quad. Students had the chance to meet representatives of the student clubs and organizations on campus, and to enjoy games, inflatables, music and food. Forensic Science graduate students, Kala Milazzo (left) and Heather Grafton (both Chem BS graduates in Spring ’09) welcomed [...]