Miscellaneous

Please fill out the officer nomination form before August 1, 2010 (11:45 PM CT).

Officer roles and responsibilities

President: The President shall be the principal executive officer of the association and shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the association. He/She shall preside at all meetings of the members, the Executive Committee, and of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the President or in the event of his/her inability or refusal to act, the Vice President-Programs, shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President.

Vice President: The Vice Presidents shall oversee various committees which have been assigned to them and are responsible for the action of such committees.

Secretary: When acting as Secretary, he/she shall keep the minutes of the Association and keep a record of all proceedings of every meeting of the members and of the Board of Directors. They shall attend to correspondence, keep a roll of the members, and shall be custodian of the records.

Treasurer: As Treasurer, he/she shall have charge of all monies and books of accounts of the Association and shall render monthly reports and accounting thereof at the biannual meeting and at such other times when requested by the Board of Directors of the Association. An audit of the books will take place at the request of the Board of Directors of the Association.

On Wednesday, February 10th, 2010, NSMAA and NSM College together welcomed 12 students from Stephen F. Austin High School Math and Science Club to visit the University of Houston campus. Rhonda Thompson, the NSM Assistant Dean for Strategic Planning, dedicated her time to make this visit successful. She showed SFA students the newest NSM Science Building and the Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling. The students were exposed to many state of the art technologies and current researches at UH. Students also got to meet several prestigious UH professors including the Director of NSM Advising Center. This tour is an effort to introduce local high school math and science students to UH facilities and academic programs. We will hope to continue this program as well as the collaboration with the NSM college to recruit potential students.

NSM Alumni Association’s first 2010 Board Meeting will be held at the Athletics/Alumni Center at 6:00 PM on January 4th, 2010. Please join us if you are interested in becoming a board member. All UH Alumni Association members who are NSM graduates are automatically part of the NSM Alumni Association.

Please review the Board Member requirements along the right side of the homepage.

If you have any questions about NSM Alumni Association, please contact president@nsmaa.org

This was pulled directly from the University of Houston Alumni Association. Help UH get up to Tier One!

Sure, there’s no mud-slinging presidential election this year, and hopefully no hanging chads either — but this fall’s election does include something that would directly impact the University of Houston: a constitutional amendment that provides a pathway for more Tier One universities in the State of Texas.

It’s called Proposition 4, and it will be on the ballot on November 3rd. The UH Alumni Association is asking the entire UH community to rally behind this very important cause.

Four things to know about Prop. 4:

• It does not call for any taxes to be levied or bonds to be issued.
• California has nine Tier One universities. New York has seven. Texas has only three!
• To qualify for the funding, schools will have to meet benchmarks determined by the Higher Education Coordinating Board and the State Legislature.
• The enabling legislation received unanimous bipartisan support from the Texas Legislature.

Visit www.myCougarConnection.com/prop4 for more information on this important issue, plus voter registration links, polling locations, and early voting dates.

It’s time to talk it up with your family, friends, and co-workers! You’ll hear more from us as the election approaches, but until then, remember to VOTE FOR Prop. 4.

We’re proud of all the recent College of Natural Science and Mathematics graduates of Spring 2009! We would like to invite all of you to join the University of Houston Alumni Association (UHAA) and if possible, join the Natural Science and Mathematics Alumni Association (NSMAA) board. We’re looking for new faces to help bring our organization new ideas to help contribute to our mission statement. Please email our president for any questions.

As a huge congratuations, please take a few moments to fill out our survey. If you would like to enter our raffle, please fill out the contact information at the bottom.

Prizes include: Five iPod Shuffles, three first year memberships to UHAA, and three NSMAA Polos.

We were delighted to sponsor the entire second grade class of McMasters Elementary School in Pasedena ISD to visit the Museum of Natural Science on November 7, 2008.

Here are a few of their awesome thank you letters:

Writing a résume as a new graduate can be challenging. Properly highlighting your skills and experience in scientific applications adds to this challenge. The NSM Alumni Association will be hosting a workshop aimed specifically at résume writing for NSM students. It will be conducted by a professional head hunter who can give you the proper advice for writing a résume in your field of study to get the position you want.

Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Time: Noon
Location: GAR 201 (view map)

RSVP to inguyen@lexpharma.com by March 22, 2009 to get your résume critiqued.

Download Flyer (Feel free to pass around!)

We’re proud to announce our scholarship for the upcoming academic year. Scholarships are distributed equally among the six departments of the NSM:

• Biology & Biochemistry
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
• Mathematics
• Physics

Scholarship Information: Download here
Scholarship Flyer: Download here

Application Deadline: February 27, 2009
Application Form: Download here

Send Application Packets to:
Scholarship Committee
Attn: Dr. Ian Evans
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
University of Houston
Houston, Texas 77204-5008

We are happy to announce that we awarded $58,400 to the students of the NSM this year! Congratulations to all our recipients.

Carolyn Farb Scholarship

• Ali, Taha (Biology)
• Ansari, Sobiya (Biology)
• Avila-Montes, Olga (Computer Science)
• Cano, Genaro (Biology)
• Chaiyakhom, Jackchalat (Computer Science)
• Chang, James (Mathematics)
• Chu, Dat (Computer Science)
• Duan, Szu-chen (Biochemistry)
• Eastham, Nicholas (Physics)
• Faiz, Abida (Biochemistry)
• Fang, Tianhong (Computer Science)
• Frank, Thomas (Biology)
• Fuentes, Stephanie (Chemistry)
• Gittens, Adrian (Geology)
• Hall, Jonathan (Computer Science)
• Hamilton, Jared (Geology)
• Ismail, Ambreen (Mathematics)
• Joyner, Ashley Nicole (Biochemistry)
• Krill, Joseph (Chemistry)
• Krill, Timothy (Chemistry)
• Kuyinu, Oladipupo (Chemistry)
• Lewis, Dana (Physics)
• Lize, Chen (Geology)
• Newcomb, Natalie (Biology)

Eckhard Pfeiffer Scholarship

• Nguyen, Tony (Biochemistry)
• Onabowale, Olobusola (Computer Science)
• Palur, Himaja (Biology)
• Patrikeeva, Irina (Physics)
• Pham, Thuan (Biology)
• Quach, Bobbie Noel (Biochemistry)
• Rajapaksha, Chandani (Physics)
• Reznik, Carmen (Chemistry)
• Roberts, Corey (Computer Science)
• Rogers, Ian (Geology)
• Runge, Mark (Mathematics)
• Sanchez, Anthony (Physics)
• Shagroni, Tasneam (Biology)
• Springer, Kellen (Geology)
• Stryjewski, Lisa (Mathematics)
• Uddin, Nusrat (Biology)
• Van, Bob (Biochemistry)
• Walimuni, Indika (Physics)
• Wang, Wendy (Computer Science)
• Williams, La-Krystal (Chemistry)
• Xuan, Guo (Geology)
• Yang, Lily (Biology)
• Yijie, Zhu (Geology)
• Zaldivar, Melvin (Mathematics)
• Zhang, Rui (Geology)
• Zhou, Zhengyun (Geology)

Here, you can find our announcements, news, events, and much more. We will still continue updating our parent website with the most current information, but we also would like to maintain an archive to new members can find out what we have been doing.

We hope you find this helpful!