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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='color:#1F497D'>Randy:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:#1F497D'>The Xavier team can help LASiGMA involving more students in </span><b><i><u><span style='color:red'>meaningful collaborative research</span></u></i></b><span style='color:#1F497D'> as suggested by the NSF RSV panel (see quote below).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>“Stronger participation of students and faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and community colleges in more <b><i><u><span style='color:red'>meaningful collaborative activities</span></u></i></b> would enhance LA-SiGMA’s impact.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><u>Suggestions:<o:p></o:p></u></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>I have a collaborative research program funded NSF-DMR which focuses on “nanomaterials” that is doing what NSF is asking us to do. Please click on this link <a href="http://www.xula.edu/prem/students.php">http://www.xula.edu/prem/students.php</a> and see the attachments which contain publications and presentations given by students in the past two years. So, we can do the same with LASiGMA. However, we need to recruit students and offer them scholarships or I may be able to move current students (if they want to switch) to LASiGMA projects. But, we can’t pay these students hourly, which is the current structure. To have the high quality of students in LASiGMA that I have in PREM (see link above), we need to offer them scholarships otherwise they won’t come to Xavier. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-autospace:none'>Let’s offer UG students “scholarships and/or stipends.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Also, “meaningful research” means access to resources such as library and electronic access to journals, which most HBCU is lacking. My EAC board pointed that out as a concern. (Ramu served on the board last year.) Let’s make faculty from HBCU adjunct at Tulane, UNO, LATECH, and/or LSU and we can teach the students how to do “Meaningful Research”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Lamar-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"'><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><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;color:black'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Lamartine Meda, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>PREM Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Assistant Professor of Chemistry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Office: NCF 301 A<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Phone: 504-520-5324<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Lab: 504-520-6203<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Fax: 504-520-7942<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Email: Lmeda@xula.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.xula.edu/prem/students.php">www.xula.edu/PREM</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Mailing address</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Xavier University of LA</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Department of Chemistry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>1 Drexel Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>New Orleans, LA 70125</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>