2013-2014 Graduate Catalog Downloadable PDF (10.71MB)

Resources for Students 237• The MSC Box Office provides students and organizations with convenient andaffordable ticketing, cash handling, and sales services. The Box Office makesselling easier by eliminating the worry and risk of cash handling by providingonline sales and by providing extensive reporting capabilities that take the hassleout of accounting tracking sales and cash flow.Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)www.orau.org• Since 1950, students and faculty of Texas A&M University have benefited fromits membership in Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU). ORAU is a consortiumof 105 colleges and universities and a contractor for the U.S. Departmentof Energy (DOE) located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. ORAU works with its memberinstitutions to help their students and faculty gain access to federal researchfacilities throughout the country; to keep its members informed about opportunitiesfor fellowship, scholarship and research appointments; and to organizeresearch alliances among its members.• Through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), the DOEfacility that ORAU operates, undergraduates, graduates, postgraduates, as wellas faculty enjoy access to a multitude of opportunities for study and research.Students can participate in programs covering a wide variety of disciplines includingbusiness, earth sciences, epidemiology, engineering, physics, geologicalsciences, pharmacology, ocean sciences, biomedical sciences, nuclear chemistryand mathematics. Appointment and program length range from one month tofour years. Many of these programs are especially designed to increase the numbersof underrepresented minority students pursuing degrees in science- andengineering-related disciplines. A comprehensive listing of these programs andother opportunities, their disciplines, and details on locations and benefits can befound in the ORISE Catalog of Education and Training Programs, which is available atsee.orau.org or by calling the contact below.• ORAU’s Office of Partnership Development seeks opportunities for partnershipsand alliances among ORAU’s members, private industry, and major federalfacilities. Activities include faculty development programs, such as the RalphE. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards, the Visiting Industrial ScholarsProgram, consortium research funding initiatives, faculty research and supportprograms as well as services to chief research officers.• For more information about ORAU and its programs, visit www.orau.org or contact:Glen A. LaineInterim Vice President for ResearchORAU Councilor for Texas A&M University(979) 845-8585