Culture student organizations

One of the great things that has happened at LSU in the past 10 or 12 years is the empowerment of minority students, faculty, and staff. The vice chancellor for diversity reports directly to the chancellor and the provost, the Office of Minority Affairs is an active and ongoing operation, the African American Culture Center is an active part of campus life, and the Black Faculty and Staff Caucus interfaces with and supports all of the student organizations. 

NSBE, National Society of Black Engineers. Started as a student organization at Purdue University in 1971, NSBE became a national nonprofit organization in 1976. It has more than 250 student chapters. NSBE s mission (www.nsbe.org) is to increase the number of culturally responsible Black Engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community. ... 

He never gave unbridled rein to his synthetic efforts, nor did he fall into the temptation of purposeless synthesis. He always remained a true scientist—a student of nature.. . . This great individual was a man of inflexible veracity and simplicity.. . . Emil Fischer s life was based on responsibility a responsibilityfor the austerity andpurity of his work and its aims, responsibility for the university as an important organ of our cultural and economic life, and responsibility for each of his students. 

The periodic table is arguably the most important concept in chemistry, both in principle and in practice. It is the everyday support for students, it suggests new avenues of research to professionals, and it provides a succinct organization of the whole of chemistry. It is a remarkable demonstration of the fact that the chemical elements are not a random clutter of entities but instead display trends and lie together in families... Anyone who seeks to be familiar with a scientist s-eye view of the world must be aware of the general form of the periodic table, for it is a part of scientific culture. 

In Europe, however, the short film remains a viable form of expression, one supported in large part by cultural ministries. Magazines devoted to short films as well as festivals devoted exclusively to the form assure, at least for the medium term, that it will continue to thrive. Internationally, film schools have provided continuing support for the short film. The international organization of film schools, CILECT, has held a biannual student film festival focused on the European schools, and an annual student festival has been sponsored by the Hochschule in Munich. Another important biannual festival is the Tel Aviv Film Festival. All of these festivals are related to the CILECT organization and focus on the work of students in member schools. The Oberhausen Festival in Germany and the Clement-Ferrand Festival in... 

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