50 Years

What to know something strange? I personally don’t think it’s strange but some think it’s weird.  I have never eaten a Pop-Tart.  I cannot bring myself to do it. All that dry dough around a thin layer of jelly. Why? And then some of them have a layer of dry icing. Uck. I don’t want dry icing on my cupcake let alone a dried-up-jelly-filled-pastry.

When Pop-Tarts were first introduced 50 years ago grocery store managers received instructions indicating, “IN NO WAY SHOULD THIS PRODUCT BE SOLD AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR CEREAL.” 

Why am I telling you all this? Well, some inventions are here to stay. Others not so much … Also invented 50 years ago was the push-button telephone, the computer mouse, hypertext, the hang-glider, cassette tapes, and Weight Watchers.

Of these 50 year old inventions some have been replaced by new, better, technology. While some just saw design improvements. That is the interesting thing about technology, engineering, science and discovery – it never stops.

Important Dates

Friday, 10/3 – Last day to Drop

Friday, 10/10 – Fall Break

Senior News

From: Office of Undergraduate Research

Attention seniors who are applying for a National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate research fellowship: The Office of Undergraduate Research is hosting a webinar with the Council on Undergraduate Research entitled "Early Preparation for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program: Key Strategies for Students and Mentors". The webinar is at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, in 104 Burruss Hall. More information can be found on the NSF website.

Attendance to the webinar is free and open to all interested students, but space is limited. Please contact Keri Swaby via email to reserve your seat or get more information.

Helpful Tools

This week in the Student Success Center:

• Test-Taking: The 3 Steps to Success, Monday 9/22 @ noon & Friday, 9/26 @ 2:30
• Enhancing Memory, Thursday 9/25 @ 6

Random 

Duck, like humans, have different regional accents when communicating with each other.

Words to Live By

Action is the foundational key to all success. – Palo Picasso

Sandbox

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My Schedule 

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