As expressed in the mission statement above, the phyiscs department at Creighton University strives to promote a family atmosphere in which individual abilities and needs are recognized and respected. Understanding concepts and principles, clear thinking, and effective oral and written communication are stressed. The department tries to develop a solid grounding in the content and skills of physics within the broader perspective of the humanistic and valuecentered mission of Creighton University. Dr. Seger is faculty moderator of the club. The Society is one of approximately 400 collegiate chapters associated with the American Institute of Physics.
Membership is open to all students interested in physics.
Chapter activities develop enthusiasm for physics and help to form a close bond among students and with faculty. The members continue to conduct an annual Physics Field Day for regional high schools and present papers on their research at local, regional, and national meetings. In a physics department day of retreat last fall at the new Creighton Retreat Center at Griswold, Iowa, valuable chapter member input included the implemented suggestion that student representatives sit in on general faculty meetings. Election to membership in this Society recognizes individual students of high achievement and promise of distinction in physics. We hope to get input from our graduates on what they would like to see in future issues of the physics newsletter.