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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I have an Ag Banquet here in Commerce at 6:30 that evening. Will try to make it if time permits.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>===============================================<br>Grady Price Blount (</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Malgun Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>근덕</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>), Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Dean<br>College of Science, Engineering & Agriculture (CoSEA)<br>Regional Representative, Texas Engineering Experiment Station <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Texas A&M University-Commerce<br>Commerce, Texas 75429-3011<br>Telephones: 903-886-5781 (office) 325-716-0450 (cell)<br>===============================================<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Talent hits a target no one else can hit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Genius hits a target no one else can see.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> -Schopenhauer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> phas-dept-bounces@tamuc.edu [mailto:phas-dept-bounces@tamuc.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Pamela Williams<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 23, 2013 11:04 AM<br><b>To:</b> Kurtis Williams; Physics & Astronomy Department<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [phas-dept] Invitation to Sigma Pi Sigma Induction<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I welcome & congratulate you & your fellow inductees. I became a member in 2005-6(?) & always wear my pin when I teaching...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Congratulations!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Pamela <br><br>Sent from Pamela's iPhone <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Apr 23, 2013, at 10:01 AM, "Kurtis Williams" <<a href="mailto:Kurtis.Williams@tamuc.edu">Kurtis.Williams@tamuc.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>You are cordially invited to the 2013 Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society induction ceremony, as the following students and faculty are welcomed into the society:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ms. Jessica Zimmerman<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mr. Jacob Stahl<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mr. Carlos Mendoza<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mr. Andrew Dahir<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dr. William Newton<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Kurtis Williams<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 2, from 6-8pm. Location is still TBD.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The induction ceremony will include a delicious meal graciously provided by the Department of Physics & Astronomy. Close family members and significant others are invited. Dress code is semi-formal. Members of Sigma Pi Sigma should dig out their key pin and wear it with pride. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In order to help us plan for the occasion, please return the following information to me by the end of the day on Thursday, Apr 25:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Name:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Email:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Number attending:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Number of vegetarian meals:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Some information on Sigma Pi Sigma, from their website:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><h2>Overview<o:p></o:p></h2><p>Sigma Pi Sigma exists to honor outstanding scholarship in physics; to encourage interest in physics among students at all levels; to promote an attitude of service of its members towards their fellow students, colleagues, and the public; to provide a fellowship of persons who have excelled in physics. Sigma Pi Sigma’s mission is not completed in the induction ceremony with the recognition of academic accomplishment. In the four dimensions of Honor, Encouragement, Service, and Fellowship, the mission of Sigma Pi Sigma takes a longer view.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Founded in 1921, Sigma Pi Sigma is a member honor society of the Association of College Honor Societies. Our society has some 75,000 historical members. Election to Sigma Pi Sigma is a lifetime membership.<o:p></o:p></p><p>The <a href="http://www.spsnational.org/">Society of Physics Students</a> (SPS) was formed in 1968 with the union of Sigma Pi Sigma and the AIP Student Sections. Today Sigma Pi Sigma is housed within the SPS.<o:p></o:p></p><h2><a name=membership></a>Membership<o:p></o:p></h2><p>Sigma Pi Sigma chapters are restricted to colleges and universities of recognized standing that offer a strong physics major. The chapters receive into membership undergraduate and graduate students, faculty members, and a few others in closely related fields. Students elected to membership must attain high standards of general scholarship and outstanding achievement in physics.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Certain high numerical standards for admittance are established by chapter bylaws and the national constitution. Undergraduate candidates must be in the upper one-third of their class in general scholarship to meet the minimum standard that chapters may use. A higher minimum average is often established for physics courses. Undergraduate candidates must have completed at least three semesters of full-time college work and at least three semester courses in physics that can be credited toward a physics major. Graduate students and faculty members may be elected at any time. Students who are not physics majors can be elected, provided that they meet the standards and have demonstrated an interest in physics.<o:p></o:p></p><p>A chapter can elect to active membership qualified students and faculty members in nearby colleges that do not have a Sigma Pi Sigma chapter. Physicists in industry and government laboratories, as well as secondary school physics teachers, can be elected on the basis of their professional record.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Kurtis A. Williams<br>Assistant Professor<br>Department of Physics and Astronomy<br>Texas A&M University - Commerce<br>Tel: (903) 886-5516<br><a href="mailto:Kurtis.Williams@tamuc.edu">Kurtis.Williams@tamuc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>phas-dept mailing list<br><a href="mailto:phas-dept@tamuc.edu">phas-dept@tamuc.edu</a><br><a href="http://mailman.tamu-commerce.edu/mailman/listinfo/phas-dept">http://mailman.tamu-commerce.edu/mailman/listinfo/phas-dept</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>