Educational Endeavors

To our mentors, whose vision provided educational and training programs that encouraged our professional growth and challenged us to be innovators in our patient care, research, and educational endeavors. 

One-on-one communication is also germane to the educational endeavor. In his vision of a more inclusive Big School, a graduate student said we need to teach professors to show care and consideration when interacting with students face to face, one on one, or one to group or vice versa and be considerate because they are the molders of these very precious young minds. The most effective education occms within the context of a strong relationship. This Big School graduate student eloquently expressed this ... 

Non-traditional (e.g., older students, veterans students deserve to feel included and supported by xmiversities. As this non-traditional student articulates, they don t feel that the Big School community knows them, their needs, or the wisdom they bring to the educational endeavor ... 

Calcium has earned a reputation as one of the most at-risk nutrients (Foote et ah, 2004) and in 2005 the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee classified Ca as a shortfall nutrient because average Ca intake often falls to <60% of the recommended intake in subsets of the population (Kennedy and Meyers, 2005). The pressing need to improve the Ca status of Americans has been highlighted by the Healthy People 2010 Objective, an initiative that endeavors to increase, to at least 75%, the number of US individuals 2 years or older that meet current Ca recommendations (Looker, 2003). The general population requires ongoing education to more fully appreciate the relevance of Ca in relation to current and future health, the imminent risks associated with habitual inadequate intakes, and practical means by which to achieve recommended intakes. 

Waste prevention and environmental protection are major requirements in an overcrowded world of increasing demands. Synthetic chemistry continues to develop various techniques for obtaining better products with less environmental impact. One of the more promising approaches is solvent-free organic synthesis this book of Koichi Tanaka collects recent examples in this field in a concise way so that their performance and merits can be easily judged. This endeavor is very welcome, as most recent syntheses and educational textbooks largely neglect solvent-free techniques. 

Our recent endeavors in this area depend on the support of the Department of Education in Northern Ireland, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK) and the European Social Fund. 

Thanks must also go to all the faculty, staff and administrators at the University of Oklahoma and Drake University who have provided an environment that makes this type of endeavor possible. We would also like to thank all of the students we have taught who have inspired us to continue to strive to become better educators. 

Many manufacturers, e.g. Cellular Process Chemistry, CPC GmbH, Mainz, Microglas Chemtec, Mainz, Ehrfeld Mikrotechnik and the Fraunhofer initiative FAMOS [17-22], are currently working on miniaturized reaction systems. Most of these systems are available on the market or can be purchased on request Common to all is the endeavor to provide complete systems equipped with a chemical environment which allows one to perform certain chemical reactions without any additional equipment. Changeable parts and optional deliverable equipment open up a way to have a flexible chemical laboratory on the desk. Each manufacturer addresses different customers, i.e. chemical research, pharmaceutical drug synthesis or education. 

Nutrition Education. Perhaps the single most important aspect of dietary policy is education to divest the public of misconceptions about the myriad of effects attributed to diet, and to encourage behavior that is consistent with scientifically acceptable conclusions and recommendations. Cooperation among nutritionists, the food industry, and educators is essential if this endeavor is to be successful. 

Controlled synthesis of polymeric materials. The hallmark of much polymer education traditionally has been concern about materials containing distributions of molecular species. Many endeavors in polymer physical science, and untold numbers of applications, would benefit enormously from the finest possible control over the molecular purity of polymeric products. 

You should endeavor to continue your education about natural foods for the rest of your life. 

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