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Show w. Tuesday, June 1,2010 T~f~\ C^ WfufASTATE U M « W I T T IT 1 HE SIGNPOST It's in the genes Mother and daughter both win Teacher of the Year award t X D O continued from front This year's Expo is located alongside the Huangpu River in Shanghai. It is made up of hundreds of pavilions built specifically for the event, each representing a different country. Each year's Expo also comes with its own unique theme. "The theme of this Expo is 'better city, better life/" Yang said. "It means that we should advocate low-carbon living. In this Expo, the surface of lapan Pavilion is covered with solar battery that it can provide parts of the electricity inside its pavilion. Beijing UBPA Case is a pavilion that shows how dirty wastewater is purified and reused again for landscaping. Inside pavilion, there is a huge thermometer that tells people about the temperature. Many people don't know that it used to be a useless chimney. We make it useful again. Many other pavilions also show their technology to eliminate waste and reduce pollution in our life." This year's World Fair has been deemed important •for several reasons. According to ExpoMuseum.com, a Web site of information on the current and past World Fairs, to date it is the largest in size and number of countries participating. In comparison to the first World Fair, which hosted 28 countries over 10 acres of land, this year's Expo is hosting 200 nations over 1,300 acres. It is also expected to have the largest number oi visitors in the history of the World Fair, despite a widespread opinion, cited on ExpoMuseum.com, that no one would bother actually traveling to see it now that television and the Internet have made everything just a click away. An estimated 70 million people are anticipated to see the display of the world's innovations between May 1st and October 31st for engineering and science in Logan, Utah. "Stephanie's just a fabulous teacher," Diane said. "She teaches me a lot about Brown hair and brown eyes are not the teaching. We talk about teaching and only traits that radiology professor Diane teaching styles and teaching techniques." Kawamura shares with her daughter Diane has taught sonography or Stephanie. The gift of teaching also runs ultrasound at WSU since 1978. through their blood. "She produces excellent students who A few days after Diane was Comment on this story at out and demonstrate what they notified that she was selected know and what they've learned wsusignpost. com to ;be one of two recipients of from her," Simonian said. the Dumke College of Health Diane said that one of the Flu continued from page 4 Professions (DCHP) Teacher greatest things about teaching of^.tiie Year (TOY) award, is seeing her former that even with all the work of 23 amino acids which that the protein could still her," daughter sent her s t u d e n t s it takes to make a regular rarely change from one flu evolve, enabling the virus to an e-mail with practicing in seasonal flu vaccine, it only strain to the next; some are eventually evade the vaccine similar news the field. WSU matches the circulating even traceable clear back altogether. In a study — she had s o n o g r a p h y strain 80 to 90 percent to the 1918 Spanish flu. A featured in the Journal oj been / chosen graduates make , of the time, and doesn't study performed by Walter Virology, M2e, when used in as $OY?\by the Air ;; up a large part of the work well in elderly or Fier, of Ghen University mouse models, had mutant Force Associations radiology field because Aerospace Educational i m m u n o c o m p r o m i s e d in Belgium, showed that strains appear just three the university is one of people because of their vaccines made with M2e weeks after inoculation. Foimjjatidti. only a handful of higher reduced antibody reaction. reduced flu deaths in mice *5i5^as struck with Viruses are always education institutions that when fused to the protein mutating — constantly joy* TDiane said. "I The main target of broadoffers a master's program spectrum vaccine research core of hepatitis B. M2e was thqlight it was way cool for radiology and is also, is influenza A, which delivered nasally, showing evolving and changing. and^cdmcidental that with Diane's help, one of includes seasonal and avian to be more efficient when Even the most conserved we received recognition the regions of influenza viruses the most popular. compared to injections, and same time. I mean, in the influenza strains, as well year are still highly variable "(Diane) helps our students a mother and a daughter we both at and our program to be well known across as most pandemic strains. was fused to the protein at best. I am sure the one time graduated from Weber State — the country nationally," Simonian said. One of the most ardently core of hepatitis B to intentions of universal and receiving the Teacher of the Year award." pursued strategies for a stimulate more antibodies broad-spectrum vaccine "We have grad students from all over the broad-spectrum vaccine is than M2 would alone. M2 researchers are noble, Yasmen Simonian, dean of the DCHR United States. She produces excellent an influenza protein called antibodies seem to work by but why not fine-tune the selected Diane for the TOY award. students who go out and demonstrate M2. M2 is a protein that binding to infected cells and seasonal vaccine process "I guess she's a good mom too," whatthey know and what they've learned forms an ion channel that promoting their clearance that has been there for us all Simonian said. "She has set an example from her." crosses the membrane of instead of blocking the virus along? for her daughter. Or maybe they've helped Diane was recognized for her a virus particle or infected from infecting new cells. It one another." is important to note that Stephanie said her interest in achievement at WSU's spring convocation, cell. The ectodomain, or M2e is usually conserved, Comment on this story at teaching wasn't inspired by her mother's where she received a plaque and a check protruding part of M2, but there is a small chance wsusignpost.com called M2e, is made up teaching career, but developed as she for $500. "I was so honored and it was very discovered a love for working with high school students while volunteering for humbling," Diane said. SALUTE con tinuedfrom front WSU's Upward Bound program. She Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com now teaches at a charter high school WSU was recently recJayrod Garrett, a WSU Garrett said he apprestudent and Iraq veteran, ognized as one of the top ciates the efforts of SAechoed these comments "military-friendly" uni- LUTE but would rather when he described com- versities in the nation by have activities for vetering back from Iraq in Military Advanced Educa- ans. 2008. tion magazine. "Campus having some "It was really rough/' Grunow said that WSU sort of program .where he said. "I went from liv- has a history of being vet- veterans can talk to each ing this really structured eran-friendly. other and try to intelife to not being able to grate themselves back "I think there's a love of live a structured life." people who have served," into society would be Garrett said that he he said. helpful," Garrett said. hasn't utilized too many "It's nice when someone Davis said that he of the services offered to stops you in the store and transferred to WSU in veterans at WSU, but said that the WSU counseling 1976 because it was more says thank you, but I've center has helped both veteran-friendly. He said learned to not do it for he was able to bond with the recognition." him and his wife. 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Please consult with your wireless provide)' far Information and pricing details regarding your phone's functionality and texting plan. IB branch locations -801-621:4550 -gwcu.org - gwcu.mobi "He was a very positive person, he had a good outlook on life," said Donnie Ruth, coordinator of the Wildcard Office in the Shepherd Union Building. "He always made things fun, but yet the work' got done." Kraaima, a WSU employee for 29 years, was the facilities coordinator of Student Affairs when he died. He was responsible for the maintenance of student housing and the SUB. "He gave a lot of years to Weber State to keep it going," Ruth said, "all the water leaks and power outages and things like that. Lynn was always the one that took care of everything." Scott Thompson, the acting facilities coordinator for Student Affairs, said he remembers Kraaima for his "patience, fairness and dedication." "I would say that Lynn probably spent a third of his Christmases up here, just because of the snowy seasons or mechanical problems," Thompson said. "He was willing to put in the time necessary to do the job." In addition to overseeing the maintenance of the SUB, student housing watching Kraaima stick a and Annex 9, Kraaima has screwdriver into the outbeen lighting the 'W on let. the mountainside above "(The screwdriver) campus for Homecoming flew out of the outlet Week ever since he was a and bounced across the student. The lighting of floor," Coleman recalled. the 'W' has been a Home- "Sparks were everycoming tradition ever where." since. Thompson said the Kraaima then turned student government will to Coleman and said, continue the tradition. "Yeah, I guess it's hot." "He was willing to "He always kept things spend that time because light," Coleman said. "I he knew it was an impor- think his sense of humor tant part of Homecom- is probably something ing and the tradition of that can be emulated." Weber State," Thompson Funeral services for said. Kraaima were held FriBrent Coleman started day, May 28. Anyone who working with Kraaima for wishes to send their conWSU in 1974. Coleman, dolences to the Kraaima who was directly super- family should visit www. vised by Kraaima for sev- lindquistmortuary.com. eral years, spoke highly of "I think that this is a his leadership. great loss for the univer"He was very fair to sity," Thompson said. "He work with, he always was so likable, so easy to supported me," Coleman approach and to work said. "If I had a problem I with, and I think that could go to Lynn." that's his legacy, really, Coleman remembered and something that we an experience he had with Kraaima years ago can all learn from. He was when Kraaima was work- willing to serve and that's ing on a 220-volt outlet what we need to step up Instead of walking down and try and do now." the hall to check the cirComment on thisjtory at cuit breaker, Coleman wsusigrfyost.com said he remembered \ |