June 12, 2009

Command of the OSU Army ROTC Battalion changed June 8 in a ceremony at Thatcher Hall. Lt. Col Will Beck, new professor of military science at OSU, assumed command of the Cowboy Battalion from Lt. Col Jeff Hensley in the ceremony.

Beck becomes the 42nd professor of military science at OSU since the program was instituted in 1891. Beck, a native of New York., comes to OSU from the 101st Air Assault Division stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky. He recently returned from Iraq and is a veteran with 17 years of service.

Hensley is retiring from the Army after more than 20 years of service, and plans to move to Florida where he will serve as a military consultant for the Asymmetric Warfare group headquartered in Fort Meade, Md.

The Department of Military Science falls under the College of Arts and Sciences.

June 2, 2009

Kristopher Bradley, a first-year graduate student, has been awarded a pre-doctoral fellowship from the National Science Foundation. He is the first graduate student from OSU’s Psychology Department to receive the award.  

The fellowship provides a $30,000 annual stipend that can be used for up to three years of graduate study. It also provides $10,500 annual tuition allowance, as well as funds for foreign travel.

“This fellowship offers an amazing opportunity to fully concentrate on research topics related to the social processes involved in everyday decision-making,” said Bradley, who is pursuing a doctorate in experimental psychology. “The research that my adviser, Dr. Shelia Kennison, and I are conducting focuses on the implications that reminders of mortality can have on individuals, referred to as the ‘terror management theory.’ ”