The Communication Factor
Newsletter of the Cain Project in Engineering and Professional Communication at Rice University Fall-2003

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Whitmire Succeeds Polking as Faculty Advisory Committee Chair

Kenton H. Whitmire, Professor and Chair of Chemistry has succeeded John Polking as Chair of the Cain Project’s Faculty Advisory Committee for 2003 – 2004. While serving as Chair, Polking played a crucial role in integrating the Cain Project with the rest of the Rice community. He worked closely with both the Dean of Natural Sciences and the Dean of Engineering, and served on the Committee on the Undergraduate Curriculum. Whitmire began his three-year term as a member of the committee in fall ’02. He accepted the appointment as chair this spring.

In Fall 2002, the Cain Project welcomed three new committee members who will serve three-year terms: Lisa Meffert, Assistant Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary biology; Peter Hartley, Professor and Department Chair of Economics; and Mark Kulstad, Professor of Philosophy. The main tasks for the committee this year have been formulating recommendations based on last year’s assessment process and planning for the next two years.

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