CHEMIST HONORED FOR MENTORING

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AT A WHITE HOUSE ceremony earlier this month, Saundra Y. McGuire, associate dean for University College at Louisiana State University, director of LSU’s Center for Academic Success, and an adjunct chemistry professor, was honored for earning a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics & Engineering Mentoring. McGuire was the sole chemist among 10 individuals who won the awards. The Ecological Society of America also earned one of the awards. “The White House visit was an amazing experience,” McGuire says. “President Bush gave us a tour of the Oval Office and told us he really appreciates the work we do.” The awardees later received their prizes at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. The awards include $10,000 grants for mentoring activities. NSF, which administers the awards program, notes that the awards “recognize the critical importance of mentors in the academic and personal development of students and colleagues who are underrepresented in the fields of science, ...