News Briefs

Presidential Mentoring Award nominations sought

Nominations are being collected for the 2006 Presidential Mentoring Award through March 1.

Established in 2003, the award honors a faculty member who has made outstanding contributions to mentoring students.
Past recipients include Yin Zhang, professor of computational and applied mathematics; John Anderson, the W. Maurice Ewing Chair in Oceanography and professor of Earth science; and Yildiz Bayazitoglu, the Harry S. Cameron Professor in Mechanical Engineering.

Letters of support from previous or current students who are being mentored by the nominees are encouraged. Nominations made in 2004 and 2005 will be automatically considered for the 2006 award.
The award winner will receive a $2,000 prize and be recognized by the president during commencement exercises and will be recognized in the Rice News in May.

Nominations from faculty and graduate students should be mailed to the Presidential Mentoring Award Selection Committee by campus mail (MS 641) or by e-mail (rat@rice.edu).

Rec Center’s spring break
program cancelled

The Rice University Recreation Center’s spring break program for children of Rice faculty and staff, scheduled for March 13-17, has been cancelled because of low enrollment.

Updates on non-Rice child care will be posted on the Human Resources Web site, <http://people.rice.edu/>.

Rice provides up to 10 days of backup child care per child at Children First Bright Horizons for all benefits-eligible staff and faculty, including those looking for spring break child care. Reservations can be made up to 30 days in advance.

For more information, visit <www.childrenfirst.com>.