Mark holds a BA from Saint Norbert College and a MS in public services administration from DePaul University. He has been involved in student services for the last seven years and has had significant experience in the area of international educational programs. Mark writes, It is my responsibility to teach students how to be critically reflective about their future and their transition from college. They need to be informed early about the opportunities that will positively affect their life goal. I can draw enthusiasm from this process.
Students respond to someone that can provide sincere interest and enthusiasm.
The grant is the second Trinity has received from the Conference-in 1993 the College was awarded funds for a High Performance Liquid Chromatograph. The 2000 grant proposal, written by chemistry professor Dr. Louis Sytsma, was one of only 14 successful proposals from a pool of 75 applicants. Money from the grant will be applied to the purchase of a Fourier-transform Infrared Spectrometer, which will be used primarily in organic chemistry to determine what kind of organic compound, such as formaldehyde, is being analyzed. The instrument basically gives the fingerprint of the compound, said Systma. Along with the instrument enhancement the Fourier-transform Infrared Spectrometer brings, Trinity will also be able to use the Nuclear Magnetic Residence Spectrometer at Governor State University.