CSU alum blasts off to help chart future of space program
Starting this week, a space doctor educated in Colorado has the sky-high responsibility of managing scientific experiments aboard the International Space Station that will help determine whether astronauts are physically fit for travel to Mars.
OVPR revamps research facility infrastructure
The Office of the Vice President for Research has implemented a new Core Research Facilities program.
In memory: George Splittgerber
George Emil Hugo Splittgerber was born on January 25, 1918, on a homestead in the Prairie Center, Wyo., community to parents Hugo and Mathea (Jorgensen) Splittgerber. He spent early childhood in Stanton, Neb., and received degrees in chemistry from the University of Nebraska in 1939 and a doctorate from Kansas State University in 1960.
Mr. Splittgerber worked as an industrial chemist for the Victor Chemical Works in Chicago Heights, Illinois, from 1940-42, and for the Sinclair Research and Development Company in East Chicago, Indiana, from 1942 to 1948, where he was engaged in laboratory and pilot plant research on synthetic rubber during World War II, and on lubricating oil additives after the war. He married Pearle Damkroger of DeWitt, Nebraska, in 1942. In 1948 the family moved to Fort Collins and that fall George began his 40 year teaching career at Colorado State University.
He spent summers in the early 1960s working with the hydrology branch of the U.S. Geological Survey studying the effects of mono-molecular films in reducing evaporation from water reservoirs. He served as director of eight National Science Foundation Summer Institutes for high school chemistry teachers at Colorado State University, the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, and Loyola University in New Orleans. The Summer Institutes were attended by teachers from across the United States and among other topics, provided information about expectations for high school science background for incoming students planning to attend Colorado State University, the University of Colorado, or the University of Northern Colorado.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Institutes and Conferences of the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society, and as assistant chairman of the Colorado State University chemistry department for much of the 1970s, He retired from the university in 1988 after 40 years of service, continuing to make daily treks to the CSU library to read, relax and continue his personal research activities. In 2015, the George Splittgerber Scholarship in Chemistry was created by Dr. Glenn Boutilier and his wife Donna to honor George as a longtime professor.
His hobbies included writing, photography, music, and genealogical research. He was a member of various professional and honorary science and mathematics organizations. He was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Fort Collins for more than 66 years, where he served in many capacities, from Sunday school superintendent to chairman of the church council.
As an avid traveler, George visited each of the 50 states at least twice, most of the Canadian provinces, and most countries of western Europe. He was an enthusiastic devotee of the Elderhostel Program, and attended more than 40 such programs across the country. His favorites included those at the Oregon Bach Festivals at the University of Oregon, and the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, MD.
George Splittgerber was preceded in death by Pearle, his wife of 56 years; a granddaughter, Elizabeth; his parents; brother Ernest, and sister Bernice. He is survived by three sons, Ronald (and Vicky), Richard (and Meredith), and Gary, all of Fort Collins; by five grandchildren, Wendy (and Jeremy Eades), Heidi (and Victor Zuniga), Holly (and Nate Tuck), Johnathan (and Missy Splittgerber), and Emily Splittgerber, all of Fort Collins; and eight great grandchildren.
A celebration of life service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday July 25, Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 East Stuart Street in Fort Collins. In lieu of flowers or gifts, the family requests that contributions be made to the George Splittgerber Scholarship at Colorado State University. Online donations may be made.
Von Stomper storms the lagoon
Local audiences can catch Von Stomper this Wednesday, July 22, at the next Lagoon Concert on the Colorado State University campus.
Improvements made to international travel approval
Over the last several months, the Office of Risk Management and Insurance has worked closely with Travel Services in making sure that the information needed by Risk Management and Insurance for international travel is collected through the Kuali TEM process.
This means that with the recent Kuali TEM campus wide implementation, Risk Management and Insurance has updated its systems so that users and travelers no longer need to enter the same information twice. This will lead to:
- Greater efficiency
- Less duplicative efforts in international travel approval work flow
- As of July 20, all new international travel saved and submitted in Kuali TEM will no longer require separate registration in the Risk Management and Insurance international travel website.
- Instead, travel authorizations saved and submitted in Kuali TEM to international destinations will receive an Risk Management and Insurance approval via email within 24 hours.
- This approval email must be attached to the travel authorization record by either the traveler or the travel authorization initiator as proof of Risk Management approval.
- Users will no longer need to enter information into Risk Management international registration; all information will be captured in Kuali TEM’s travel authorization document.
- For trips subject to a U.S. State Department travel advisory, travel authorization needs to be saved and submitted. Within 24 hours, Risk Management and Insurance will notify the traveler and travel authorization initiator that the destination requires a travel advisory waiver.
- This waiver is now available electronically via a new Risk Management international travel TEM portal, where you can complete and sign waivers and view previously approved trips.
- A CSU EID is required to login to the new Risk Management and Insurance international travel TEM portal to access the travel advisory waiver. Once the travel advisory waiver is electronically completed by the traveler, the system will automatically generate an approval email. This approval email should be attached to the travel authorization document to show proof that travel to the destination subject to a travel advisory has been approved.
Results of latest methane emissions study published
Study provides much-needed information on emissions in the U.S. pipeline transmission and storage sector, as part of comprehensive measurement of natural gas supply chain.
In memory: James Severin Quick
Dr. James "Jim" S. Quick of Fort Collins, passed away early on the morning of July 5 following a long illness, in the comfort of his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on October 20, 1940, on a rural farm near Starkweather, North Dakota, to James Rodrick and Anna Selma (Sather) Quick, the oldest of seven children.
He was a scientist and teacher, world traveler, skier, family historian, and gardener extraordinaire. He was also a wonderful husband, loving father, and adoring grandfather.
Jim studied at North Dakota State University for undergraduate work and Purdue for post-graduate work, obtaining an M.S. and Ph.D. in plant breeding and genetics. He had a long and impressive career, working at North Dakota State University, Colorado State University, also Hyderabad in India, Cambridge in the United Kingdom, the Toowoomba Wheat Research Institute in Brisbane, Australia, and CIMMYT in Mexico.
In 1993 he met his current wife, Jaculynn Panuska. They were married in Fort Collins on June 13, 1994, and recently celebrated their 21st anniversary.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James in 1968 and Anna in 2012, and brothers Richard R. Quick in 1999 and John R. Quick in 2001.
He is survived by his wife, Jackie Panuska; three daughters, Alissa J. Quick of Bloomington, IN; Katie A. Quick May (Daniel Fairbank) of Fort Collins; Jeanette S. Quick Sandlin (Mark) of Greensboro, NC; and their mother, Rosemary Davenport (Chris Reid) of Fort Collins; also step-children, Robin Horak of Boston, MA, and Jason Horak (Alice Kunce) of Little Rock, AR; grandchildren, Cassandra and Nathan May, and step-grandchildren, Kayli and Hunter Sandlin, Lyrian Ruesch and Raymond Horak. He is also survived by siblings, Bobby Ann (Wayne) Paintner of Sundance, WY; Joan (Dennis) Bangen of Casper, WY; Mary Ellen (Jim) Spenningsby of Duluth, MN; and Marcia (Mike) Zimmerman of Garrison, ND; and sister-in-law, Joan Quick of Fargo, ND.
Memorial celebrations are planned for later this summer, details to be determined.
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Foundation’s $10 million gift launches world-class horse hospital at CSU
A transformational $10 million gift from the Helen K. And Arthur E. Johnson Foundation will help CSU build a state-of-the-art equine hospital.
Racing with dragons: Students paddle in the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
For the first time ever, students from CSU’s Asian/Pacific American Cultural Center participated in the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival at Sloan’s Lake in Denver.