TRAVEL & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

GILDA BAEZA ORTEGA (library) presented “Health Information Seeking Behavior of Hispanic Men in Rural Society” in Washington D.C. in May.

HAL HAM (museum) has been elected to a two-year term for the Texas Association of Museums.

GRANTS

CECILIA AROS HUNTER (archives) has received $11,700 from the Education Service Center, Region 2 for “Teaching American History.”

SANTA BARRAZA (art) has received $810 from the Texas Commission on the Arts for “Mini Grant Consultant.”

FRED BRYANT (Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute) has received $200,000 from the Kenedy Memorial Foundation for “Wildlife Research Park: CKW Center.”

NI-BIN CHANG (environmental engineering) has received $25,000 from the City of Harlingen for “Municipal Landfill Site Selection Analysis.” He also has received $2,900 from the City of Pharr for “Re-routing Domestic Wastewater.” Various municipalities have awarded him $28,828 for “Lower Rio Grande Valley TPDES Task Force Project.”

MICHAEL DANIEL (education) has received $20,000 from the Texas Education Agency, the A&M System's Partnership for Texas Public Schools, for “Special Education Recruitment Grant.”

FARZAD DEYHIM and JAMIE LAURENZ have received $7,500 from Northern Canola Growers from “The Effects of Canola Oil, Saturated, Polyunsaturated, and Monounsaturated Fatty Acids on Lipid Peroxidation and Glucose Uptake by Rat Muscle Cells.”

QIAN DU (electrical engineering and computer science) has received $100,000 from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for “Remote Sensing and Variable Rate Technology for Citrus Pest Management and Impact on Water Quality.”

HECTOR ESTRADA (environmental and civil engineering) has received $13,000 from the National Science Foundation/Texas Tech University for “IGERT- Multidisciplinary Program in Wind Science and Engineering.”

ALAN FEDYNICH (Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute) has received $2,000 from the ExxonMobil Foundation for “Developing Undergraduate Research Skills.”

J. VICTOR FRENCH (Citrus Center) has received $6,000 from Nissan Chemical Corp. for “Efficacy of A-662 SC for Rust Mite Control of Texas Citrus.”

MARY GONZALEZ (Special Programs) has received $268,760 from the U.S. Department of Education for “Student Support Services Program 2005.” She also has received $55,030 from the Middle Rio Grande Workforce Board for “College Exploration Program.”

SCOTT HENKE (Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute) has received $2,000 from ExxonMobil Foundation for “Development of a Web-based Curriculum for High School Teachers.”

SCOTT HENKE and ALAN FEDYNICH (Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute)
have received $5,000 from Ben Vaughan and Tim Hixon for “Avian Aflatoxin Study.”

FIDEL HERNANDEZ (Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute) has received $2,000 from ExxonMobil Foundation for “Summer Internship Program--The South Texas Quail Research Project.”

DAVID HEWITT, FIDEL HERNANDEZ and ERIC REDEKER (Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute) have received $28,158 from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for “WW Dove Nesting Colonies in Southern TX and NE Mexico.”

KIM JONES (environmental engineering) has received $112,400 from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for “TDT Sustainable Technology.”

WILLIAM KUVLESKY (Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute) has received $10,800 from the Texas Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation for “Survival of Male Wild Turkeys in a Highly Variable Environment.” He also has received additional funding of $17,000 from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for “Wild Turkey Productivity.”

WILLIAM KUVLESKY and DAVID HEWITT (Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute) have received $25,000 from the National Wild Turkey Federation for “The Impact of Overwinter Nutrition on Rio Grande Wild Turkey Productivity.”

JAMIE LAURENZ (Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute) has received $35,000 from the Coastal Bend Health Education Center for “Diabetes & Nutrition Research.”

ENRIQUE MASSA (biology) has received $593,251 from DHHS/NIH/NIGMS/MBRS for “MBRS Program at Texas A&M-Kingsville 2005.”

PAULA MAYWALD (Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute) has received $60,700 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for “South Texas Natives.”

ROBERT MCLAUCHLAN (electrical engineering and computer science) has received $5,800 from the Texas Space Grant Consortium for “Multi-disciplinary Senior Design Class Balloon Satellite.”

JOHN C. PEREZ (biology) has received $455,199 from the National Institutes of Health for “Viper Resource Center at Texas A&M University-Kingsville-Yr 2.” He also received $5,000 from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for “Science Program for K-12 Teachers.”

ALLEN RASMUSSEN (agriculture and human sciences) has received $110,000 from USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Service for “Wildlife Disease Laboratory Remodeling.”

TADEO REYNA (distance learning and continuing education) and DALTON BIGBEE (academic affairs) have received $256,000 from theTexas Education Agency for “South Region Adult Education and Family Literacy Center for Excellence.”

JOSEPH SAI (civil engineering) has received $22,211 from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for “THECB-ATP Sustainable Water Policy.”

VENKATESH UDDAMERI (environmental and civil engineering) has received $5,000 from the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station for “Estimating Water Availability and Sustainable Yield in Coastal Semi-arid Region of South Texas.”

MAURICE SCHMIDT (art) has received $3,000 from the Brookshire Charitable Foundation for “Mural Preservation.”

FRANK URENO (enrollment management) and MARY GONZALEZ (special programs) have received $33,750 from Project GRAD for “Texas A&M University-Kingsville/ Project GRAD.”

ROEL VALADEZ JR (biology) has received $4,768 from the DHHS/University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston for “Centers of Excellence-Year 5.”

JANIS VANBUREN (human sciences) has received $60,000 from the Coastal Bend Health Education Center for “Diabetes Center Dietician and Texas A&M-Kingsville Dietetic Internship Operation.”

ADRIAN VARGAS and HAL HAM (Conner Museum) have received $1,000 from the Coastal Bend Community Foundation for “History Fair 2004.”

FRANK URENO and LAURA KNIPPERS (enrollment management) have received $15,158.47 from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for “Go Center Project: First Generation College Student Involvement.”