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2007 Annual Report
Chapter ID Number: 109
Complete Date: 06/24/2007
Statistics on 05/2003
Number of active members: 361
Number of inactive members: 342
Number of Initiates elected from July 1, 2002-June 30, 2003: 18
Statistics on 04/2004
Number of active members: 323
Number of inactive members: 385
Number of initiates elected from July 1, 2003 June 30, 2004: 36
Statistics on 04/2005
Number of active members: 320
Number of inactive members: 421
Number of initiates elected from July 1, 2004 June 30, 2005: 25
Statistics on 04/2006
Number of active members: 309
Number of inactive members: 462
Number of initiates elected from July 1, 2005 June 30, 2006: 14
Statistics on 04/2007
Number of active members: 293
Number of inactive members: 495
Number of initiates elected from July 1, 2006 June 30, 2007: 20
Good standing status for the year ending June 30, 2008:
2007-2008 Officers on file: Yes
Delegate to one of the last three annual meetings: Yes
Last year's chapter annual report on file: No
One initiate over last two years: No
Local Support Payments from Sigma Xi this year:
01/31/2005 = $910.10
09/30/2004 = $1,515.33
Chapter Web site: http://sigmaxi.tamu.edu/
Chapter Listserv: SigmaXi@listserv.tamu.edu
Grants and Funding Received from Sigma Xi:
2005 Excellence Award Chapter of Excellence
2007 Program Award Award Educational Outreach Committee
Tax ID Number: 746052039
Chapter Address:
MS 1112
Texas A&M University
312 Williams Admin Bldg
College Station TX 77843-1112
Chapter Officers reported for FY 2008, July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008
President:Term FY2008
President ID: 690930995
Name: Dr. Fuller Bazer
Contact Information:
Home Number: 409-693-2872
Business Number: 979-458-2876
Fax Number: 979-845-1855
E-mail Address: fbazer@tamu.edu
Vice-President: Term FY2008
Vice-President ID: 842220037
Name: Dr. Mark Holtzapple
Contact Information:
Home Number: 979-696-2380
Business Number: 979-845-9708
Fax Number: 979-845-6446
E-mail Address: m-holtzapple@tamu.edu
Secretary: Term FY2008
Secretary ID: 20051090014
Name: Dr. Sorin Popescu
Contact Information:
Home Number: 979-696-1217
Business Number: 979-862-2614
Fax Number: 979-862-2607
E-mail Address: s-popescu@tamu.edu
Treasurer: Term FY2008
Treasurer ID: 824060113
Name: Mr. Mark Zoran
Contact Information:
Home Number: 979-690-2145
Business Number: 979-845-8099
Fax Number:979-845-2891
E-mail Address: zoran@bio.tamu.edu
Annual Meeting Delegate For Fiscal Year 2006
Delegate ID: 690930995
Name: Dr. Fulller Bazer
Home Number: 409-693-2872
Business Number: 979-458-2876
Fax Number: 979-845-1855
E-mail Address: fbazer@tamu.edu
Chapter Operations:
Identified new chapter leaders: Yes, elected new President, Vice President and Treasurer
Increased the number of members involved in/or attending chapter activities? Yes
Sent a student to the Sigma Xi Student Research Conference? Yes, our records indicate that five undergraduate students attended the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conferences.
Developed or maintained a chapter web site? Yes, http://sigmaxi.tamu.edu
Sent a newsletter or regular communication to members? Yes, we use a listserv and "Aggie Hotline" as means to communicate with chapter members.
Sent Electronic newsletter? Yes, listserv and "Aggie Hotline"
Communicated with inactive members? Yes, a notice was sent to all chapter members requesting that inactive members send in dues and become active in the chapter.
Nominated new faculty or institutional leaders for Sigma Xi membership? Yes, this is an ongoing process. In addition, the President met with members of the University Research Council to encourage these activities.
Paid initiate fees for new members? No
Promoted Associate Members? Yes
Created new chapter program? Yes, a committee has been appointed to initiate a Science and the Public lecture and/or workshop. Planning for this is now in progress.
Worked on vitalizing the chapter? Yes, by encouraging nominations for membership and national awards, and creating Sigma Xi "Wall of Honor" to recognize excellence in research.
Worked with another Sigma Xi Chapter? No
Chapter Activities:
ActivityName: Fall Sigma Xi Distinguished Scientist Lecture
Participation: 35
Participants: Mostly Sigma Xi members
Cost: 500.00
ChapterFunds: Yes
InstitutionFunds: Yes
YearDone: > 10 years
PromotingResearch: Yes
UndergradResSymp: Yes
GradResSymp: Yes
ScienceEducPubUnderS: Yes
MentorGrad: Yes
ScienceGenPublic: Yes
Recognition: Yes
AwardFacultyRes: Yes
LecturesWorkshopProf: Yes
SXDisLect: Yes
HostLectBySXMem: Yes
ProgOnSciEdu: Yes
PubPolicySciAdvoc: Yes
DebatesLocalIssues: Yes
actstatus: Complete
ActivityName: Sigma Xi Annual Symposium
Participation: 75
Participants: Some Sigma Xi members
Cost: 2,000
ChapterFunds: Yes
InstitutionFunds: Yes
YearDone: > 10 years
Description: The symposium has become a recognized annual event at Texas A&M University. It grows in popularity every year attracting excellent speakers and attendees. This year's theme was Environmental Disruptors: Epigenetics and Genome Cell Signaling Processes. Dr. Michael K. Skinner, Professor, School of Molecular Biosciences; Director - Center for Reproductive Biology; Director - Center for Integrated Biotechnology at Washington State University was the featured speaker. Dr. Skinner's research is focused on the investigation of how different cell types in a tissue interact and communicate to regulate cellular growth and differentiation with emphasis in the area of reproductive biology. Recent studies have elucidated several critical events in the initiation of male sex differentiation, testis development and ovarian primordial follicle development. His current research has demonstrated the ability of endocrine disruptors to promote transgenerational epigenetic disease phenotypes due to abnormal germ line programming in gonadal development. Dr. Skinner has over 180 peer reviewed publications and has given over 100 invited symposia, plenary lectures and university seminars. Dr. Skinner has been the director of the Washington State University and University of Idaho Center for Reproductive Biology (CRB) since its inception in 1996. In addition to his administrative duties, Dr. Skinner remains actively involved in research and participates in several program grants with the CRB. Other speakers from Texas A&M were Stephen Safe, Tom Spencer, Tim Philips and Edward Dougherty. The Symposium was orgnanized by Drs. Philip Mirkes and Fuller Bazer who also served as co-chairs. Also, the Symposium was held in conjunction with Student Research Week.
PromotingResearch: Yes
UndergradResSymp: Yes
GradResSymp: Yes
ScienceEducPubUnderS: Yes
MentorUndergrad: Yes
MentorGrad: Yes
ResLocalCommunity: Yes
ScienceGenPublic: Yes
HostLect: Yes
HostLectBySXMem: Yes
HostedSiteVisits: Yes
ResPolicyMakers: Yes
DebatesLocalIssues: Yes
actstatus: Complete
ActivityName: Spring Induction Ceremony and Awards Banquet
Participation: 50
Participants: Mostly Sigma Xi members
Cost: 2000
ChapterFunds: Yes
InstitutionFunds: Yes
IndividualDonors: Yes
YearDone: > 10 years
Description: Each year the Texas A&M University Chapter conducts an induction ceremony for new members
and presents awards for outstanding public school science teachers and a distinguished scientist. This year the banquet was held on March 29, 2007, following the annual Symposium. Following the induction of 15 new members, awards were presented to: Distinguished Scientist - Dr. Bruce McCarl; Outstanding High School Science Teacher - Ms. Toni Lafferty; Outstanding Middle School Science Teacher - Ms. Sylvia Hanus; Outstanding Elementary School Science Teacher - Ms. Nancy Johnson. Dr. Richard Finnell was the featured speaker. Dr. Finnell is a Margaret M. Alkek Professor of Medical Genetics, Institute of Biosciences and Technology - Texas A&M University Health Science Center & Executive Director and President of the Texas Institute for Genomic
Medicine. Dr. Finnell has a distinguished career researching environmentally induded birth defects. He is also a board-certified medical geneticist and holds several National Institutes of Health research grants, including funding from other federal and private sources. Dr. Finnell founded the Center for Environmental and Genetic Medicine within the Institute of Biosciences and Technology.
PromotingResearch: Yes
GradResSymp: Yes
SuppInterRes: Yes
ScienceEducPubUnderS: Yes
MentorGrad: Yes
ResLocalCommunity: Yes
ResLocalMedia: Yes
ScienceGenPublic: Yes
Recognition: Yes
AwardK12Teaching: Yes
AwardFacultyRes: Yes
AwardCommService: Yes
PubPolicySciAdvoc: Yes
ResPolicyMakers: Yes
DebatesLocalIssues: Yes
actstatus: Complete