CAMPUS CURRENTS years to find an easy way to remove the oil from the sand, Dr. Guymon said. He devoted two and a half years to the project before making a breakthrough. “T tried all sorts of crazy things in my experiments,” he said. “I just happened to have this detergent on the shelf so I added it in. The resulting mixture caused a quick separation.” Dr. Guymon said he also hopes the extraction process will help clean up sludge and other oilindustry waste products. & 4 Students Set Sights On Satellite Voyage To Moon And Mars bed An artist's rendering illustrates a space sail orbiting the Earth. Fifteen Weber State students and their instructors in manufacturing engineering technology will help build and launch a space satellite scheduled to race to the moon and Mars in late 1992 against satellites from Japan and Europe. The University team will develop electronics for the satellite. Six other teams across the nation will also be involved in the project to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ voyage to America. The U.S. satellite will use sunlight reflected from four large sails to propel the craft through space. If the sails remain facing the sun, designers say the craft will gradually accelerate to a speed of 15 miles per second, more than double the speed astronauts travel on their way to the moon. The University’s role in the project is to design electronics for an on-board camera that will keep track of which way the sails are pointed, said William G. Clapp, electrical engineering technology professor. “The first major task is to get 3019 Washington Boulevard, Roger C. Nichols Of Note: Health Phone: 394-6002 For Reservations 28 Professor Receives Honors Roger C. Nichols, director of clinical laboratory sciences, has been named to an endowed chair in the College of Health Professions. Dr. Nichols will serve as the D. Wade Mack Professor of Health Professions through the 1993-94 academic year, with the the sails open,” Dr. Clapp said. “Next is to accurately steer so the sails will face the sun.” Once open, the sails will form a 22,500-square-foot diamond with the satellite in the center, Dr. Clapp explained. Dr. Clapp said the satellite project can use video-camera electronics designed for the University’s WeberSAT satellite. Emerson LaBombard, director of the California-based Solar-Sail Project, said the flight to the moon will take about two months. The satellite will then begin a two-anda-half-year journey to Mars. “The sails are the key to success,” Mr. LaBombard said. “They must be pointed at just the right angle toward the sun to generate the forces needed.” The University is negotiating with the World Space Foundation to manufacture the satellite structure as well as the camera electronics, Dr. Clapp said. The satellite, minus sails, measures nine feet in diameter. & possibility of reappointment for an additional five years. During that period, he will continue teaching and will receive a $2,000 annual stipend for professional activities. Dr. Nichols was selected for the honor by a review committee of Weber State staff and faculty and local health-care professionals. He was recognized for contributions in health-care education, clinic work and medical research. The D. Wade Mack chair was created in 1985 by the Edith Dee Mack Green charitable foundation. It is funded through a $500,000 endowment which is being created with $20,000 annual donations over a 25-year period. Weber State instructors previously named to the D. Wade Mack chair are Jane A. Van Valkenburg (1985-88) and Geraldine Hansen (1988-91). a Of Note: Watch Us Grow. Three Receive Honorary Doctorates From Weber State Three people closely tied to the University received Honorary Doctor of Humanities degrees during commencement exercises last June. Wilma Grose Stephen D. Nadauld Stephen D. Nadauld, Wilma Grose and Telitha Ellis Lindquist were recognized for significant service to Weber State. Dr. Nadauld served as president of Weber State from 1985 to 1990. Under his direction the institution earned university status. A cooperative WSU/USU master-of-education degree was given solely to Weber State during the Nadauld administration. He also successfully petitioned the State Board of Regents for a four-year nursing program. Dr. Nadauld was director of the master of business administration program at Brigham Young University and chief executive officer of Intermountain Milk Producers. He left Weber State in 1990 to become chief financial officer of Bonneville Pacific Corporation. He was named as a general authority of the LDS Church last June. Mrs. Grose came to Weber College in 1939 as an assistant librarian. She later became head librarian and head cataloger. She reclassified all library holdings from the Dewey Decimal System to the Library of Congress Classification System. The process that took eight years. Mrs. Grose holds degrees from Weber College, the University of Utah, the University of Denver and the University of Southern California. She also completed graduate work at Columbia University. Mrs. Lindquist, an Ogden native, has served in numerous community organizations. She was president of the Ogden YMCA, the Children’s Aid Society and the Junior League of Ogden. She also served on the boards of the Weber County Library Foundation, the Utah Musical Theatre and the Ogden Symphony/Ballet Association. Serving Northern Utah since 1946, St. Benedict’s Hospital continues to lead the way in medical and technological advancements, yet has never lost sight of its commitment to extend the highest level of care and comfort to patients and their families. Spring of 1992 will bring the opening of the new St. Benedict’s Hospital Women’s and Children’s Health Center. The center will feature private birthing suites for single-room maternity care. This new clinical technique offers labor, birth, recovery and postpartum care in one room, accompanied by the medical equipment and anesthetic options normally found in a delivery room. The chance for husbands and family members to be even more involved during the birthing experience makes St. Benedict’s Telitha Ellis Lindquist In 1987, Mrs. Lindquist and her husband, John, received the Ogden Chamber of Commerce “Wall of Fame” award. They sponsor the visiting artist lecture series in the Performing Arts Department and have contributed to capital improvement projects, outdoor summer concerts and other University programs. @ proud to offer this childbirth option. The Women’s and Children’s Health Center is evidence of St. Benedict’s continuing commitment to family-centered care. There’s something special at St. Benedict’s Hospital. St. Benedict's Hospital 5475 South 500 East, Ogden, Utah, (801) 479-2111 A Member of Holy Cross Health Services of Utah and Holy Cross Health System 29 CO