2005-2006 Officers Central Arkansas Chapter Society of Sigma Xi
President - Dr. Rebecca Lochman
President Elect - Dr. Peter Perschbacher
Secretary/Treasurer - Dr. Richard Walker
Past President - Dr. Edmond W. Wilson, Jr.
Standing Delegate to National Meeting Dr. Parimal Chowdhury


PROGRAM
6:00 PM Social
6:30 PM Buffet Dinner
7:00 PM Twelfth Annual Science in Society Debate Resolved that: Protection of natural habitat for endangered species should be a higher priority for Arkansas than economic development.
Affirmative: Rachel Borne (Little Rock Central H.S. )
Negative: Lauren Ballard (Little Rock Central H.S.)
7:30 PM “Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the Big Woods of Arkansas: Rediscovery, the debate about the evidence, and ongoing research.” presented by Dr. Martjan Lammertink, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Ithaca, New York
8:30 PM Business Meeting & New Member Initiation


2005-2006 Sigma Xi Sponsors
Dr. Robert E. McGehee, Jr.
Dean, Graduate School, UAMS

Dr. Travis Thompson
Dean, College of Sciences, Harding University

Dr. Carole Engle
Director, Aquaculture & Fisheries Center of Excellence, UAPB

Dr. Paul Hamilton
Associate Dean, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, UCA

Janice O'Donnell
American Chemical Society Student Affiliate Chapter
Henderson State University


President's Initiation of New Members
Full Members
Vasily Dobrovolsky
John House
Abul Kazi
Robert Sproles
Sergey Zolov

Student Members
Cynthia Arthur
David H. Ashley
Jessica Baima
Carrie E. Brown
Megan Easterly
Josh Eichhorn
Nathaniel Koonce
Cortney Owen
John Rudderow
Kathryn J. Sanderlin
Joseph Scott
Chris Smeal