1 Peter 5:7
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Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Sunday, June 14, 2020
See then that ye walk circumspectly in this world, not as fools, but as wise
Ephesians 5:15-16
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See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
She shall stand before kings === Proverbs 22:29
Proverbs 22:29
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Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
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Whatsoever
thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor
device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
The Love of GOD is shed abroad in our hearts
Romans 5:5
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And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Friday, June 12, 2020
Ye shall be free indeed. John 8:36
John 8:36
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If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
The truth shall make you free. John 8:32
John 8:32
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And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
HE Took my place
1 Peter 2:24
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Who
his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being
dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were
healed.
Dead To Sin --- Romans 6:11
Romans 6:11
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Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
New Creation --- II Corinthians 5:17
II Corinthians 5:17
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Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Friday, June 5, 2020
1955 ---- Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson --- Begins collecting live bumblees and observing their reactions to changes in diet and light exposure.
Honors and distinctions
She is an active voice in numerous committeesJackson continues to be involved in politics and public policy. In 2008 she became the University Vice Chairman of the US Council on Competitiveness, a non-for profit group based in Washington, DC.
In 2009, President Barack Obama appointed Jackson to serve on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, a 20-member advisory group dedicated to public policy.[43]
She was appointed an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2012.[44]
She received a Candace Award for Technology from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women in 1982.[45]
1973 --- Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson ---- Earns her PhD in physics, making her the first African-American woman to receive a doctorate at MIT.
Shirley Ann Jackson
(born August 5, 1946)
Honors and distinctions
Jackson received awards for the years 1976 and 1981 as one of the Outstanding Young Women of America.[7] She was inducted into National Women's Hall of Fame in 1998 for "her significant contributions as a distinguished scientist and advocate for education, science, and public policy".[40][41]
In 1985, New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean appointed her to the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology.
She is an active voice in numerous committees of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the National Science Foundation. In 2004, she became president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and chaired the AAAS board in 2005.
In spring 2007, she was awarded the Vannevar Bush Award for "a lifetime of achievements in scientific research, education and senior statesman-like contributions to public policy".[42]
1976 --- Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson ---- Joins the theoretical-physics research department at Bell Labs after postdoctoral work at Fermilab and a stint at CERN.
Shirley Ann Jackson
(born August 5, 1946)
In June 2010, it was announced that the Rensselaer Board of Trustees unanimously voted to extend Jackson a ten-year contract renewal, which she accepted.[32]
Shirley Ann Jackson's compensation ranked 1st among US private university presidents in 2014.[33]
A 2015 Time Magazine article cited Jackson as the highest-paid college president, who "took home a base salary of $945,000 plus another $276,474 in bonuses, $31,874 in nontaxable benefits, and $5.8 million in deferred compensation, for a stunning $7.1 million in total.
That works out to more than $1,000 per student at her school".[34] In fall of 2018, another contract extension was approved by the board of trustees through the end of June 2022.[35]
Honors and distinctions
Jackson has received many fellowships, including the Martin Marietta Aircraft Company Scholarship and Fellowship, the Prince Hall Masons Scholarship, the National Science Foundation Traineeship, and a Ford Foundation Advanced Study Fellowship.
She has been elected to numerous special societies, including the American Philosophical Society.[36] In 2014, she was named a recipient of the National Medal of Science.[37][38]
In the early 1990s, then- New Jersey Governor James Florio awarded Jackson the Thomas Alva Edison Science Award for her contributions to physics and for the promotion of science.
In 2001, she received the Richtmyer Memorial Award given annually by the American Association of Physics Teachers. She has also received many honorary doctorate degrees.[39]
1985 --- Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson ---- Begins advising New Jersey governor Tom Kean on how the state should invest in science and technology at its research universities.
Shirley Ann Jackson
(born August 5, 1946)
Since arriving at RPI, Jackson has been one of the highest-paid university presidents in the nation.[18]
Her combined salary and benefits have expanded from $423,150 in 1999–2000 to over $1.3 million in 2006–2007 and to $2.34 million in 2010.[19][20]
In 2011 Jackson's salary was $1.75 million.[21] In 2006–07, it is estimated she received another $1.3 million from board seats at several major corporations.[19]
The announcement of layoffs at RPI in December 2008 led some in the RPI community to question whether the institute should continue to compensate Jackson at this level, maintain a $450,000 Adirondack residence for her, and continue to support a personal staff of housekeepers, bodyguards and other aides.[19]
In July 2009, the news reported on the construction of a 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) mountain-top home in Bolton, New York, overlooking Lake George.
A water-quality activist raised concerns about possible environmental hazards from the construction of a driveway, but according to Department of Environmental Conservation officials, the work was in compliance.[22]
In its 2009 review of the decade 1999–2009, McClatchy Newspapers reported Jackson as the highest-paid currently sitting college president in the US, with a 2008 salary of approximately $1.6 million.[23]
1991 -- Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson joins the faculty of Rutgers University as a professor of theoretical physics.
Shirley Ann Jackson
(born August 5, 1946)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
On July 1, 1999, Jackson became the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the first woman and first African American to hold this position.Since her appointment to president of RPI, Jackson has helped raise over $1 billion in donations for philanthropic causes.[8]
She is leading a strategic initiative called The Rensselaer Plan and much progress has been made towards achieving the Plan's goals.
She has overseen a large capital improvement campaign, including the construction of an Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center costing $200 million,[14] and the East Campus Athletic Village.
She enjoys the ongoing support of the RPI Board of Trustees.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Before they spring forth I tell you of them. Isaiah 42:9
Isaiah 42:9
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Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
The former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. --- Isaiah 65:16-17
Isaiah 65:16-17
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16 That
he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of
truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of
truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are
hid from mine eyes.
17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
GOD will do what HE wants to do ............enough said
Isaiah 46:9-10
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9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Isaiah 6:1-9
3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Who did this in 1997? Shirley Ann Jackson helps establish the International Nuclear Regulators Association, serving as its first chair.
Shirley Ann Jackson
(born August 5, 1946)
Since arriving at RPI, Jackson has been one of the highest-paid university presidents in the nation.[18]
Her combined salary and benefits have expanded from $423,150 in
1999–2000 to over $1.3 million in 2006–2007 and to $2.34 million in
2010.[19][20] In 2011 Jackson's salary was $1.75 million.[21]
In 2006–2007, it is estimated she received another $1.3 million from board seats at several major corporations.[19]
The announcement of layoffs at RPI in December 2008 led some in the RPI
community to question whether the institute should continue to
compensate Jackson at this level, maintain a $450,000 Adirondack
residence for her, and continue to support a personal staff of
housekeepers, bodyguards and other aides.[19]
In July 2009, the news reported on the construction of a 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) mountain-top home in Bolton,
New York, overlooking Lake George.
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson ---- 1999 Becomes 18th president of Reselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is the first woman and the first African-American to hold the position.
Shirley Ann Jackson
(born August 5, 1946)
On July 1, 1999, Jackson became the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the first woman and first African American to hold this position.
Since her appointment to president of RPI, Jackson has helped raise over $1 billion in donations for philanthropic causes.[8] Jackson is leading a strategic initiative called The Rensselaer Plan and much progress has been made towards achieving the Plan's goals.
She has overseen a large capital improvement campaign, including the construction of an Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center costing $200 million,[14] and the East Campus Athletic Village.
She enjoys the ongoing support of the RPI Board of Trustees. On April 26, 2006, the faculty of RPI (including a number of retirees) voted 155 to 149 against a vote of no-confidence in Jackson.[15]
In the Fall of 2007, the Rensselaer Board of Trustees suspended the faculty senate, thus prompting a strong reaction from the Rensselaer community that resulted in various protests including a "teach in".[16][17]
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson --- 1995 Appointed chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission by President Bill Clinton. She's the first woman and first African-American to serve in that position.
Shirley Ann Jackson
(born August 5, 1946
In 1995 President Bill Clinton appointed Jackson to serve as Chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC), becoming the first woman and first African American to hold that
position.
At the NRC, she had "ultimate authority for all NRC functions
pertaining to an emergency involving an NRC licensee".[6]
In addition, while Jackson served on the commission she assisted in the
establishment of the International Nuclear Regulators Association.[7]
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson --- 2009 Appointed by President Barack Obama to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Shirley Ann Jackson
(born August 5, 1946)
Dr. Jackaon was appointed an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2012.[44]
As a postdoctoral researcher of subatomic particles
during the 1970s, Jackson studied and conducted research at a number of
physics laboratories in both the United States and Europe.
Her first
position was as a research associate at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois (known as Fermilab) where she studied hadrons.
In 1974 she became a visiting scientist at the European Organization for Nuclear Research
(CERN) in Switzerland.
There she explored theories of strongly
interacting elementary particles. In 1976 and 1977, she both lectured in
physics at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and became a visiting scientist at the Aspen Center for Physics.
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson ---- 2004 Serves as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Shirley Ann Jackson,
(born August 5, 1946)
While a student, she did volunteer work at Boston City Hospital and tutored students at the Roxbury YMCA.[3] She earned her B.S. degree in 1968, writing her thesis on solid-state physics.[4]
Jackson elected to stay at MIT for her doctoral work, in part to encourage more African-American students to attend the institution.
She worked on elementary particle theory, and received her Ph.D. degree in nuclear physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973, the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate degree from MIT.
Her research was directed by James Young, a professor in the MIT Center for Theoretical Physics.[3][5] Jackson is also the second African-American woman in the United States to earn a doctorate in physics.[2]
In 2002, Discover magazine recognized her as one of the 50 most important women in science.[2]
Shirley Ann Jackson -- 2016 Awarded National Medal of Science for work in condensed matter and particle physics.
Shirley Ann Jackson,
(born August 5, 1946)
Shirley is an American physicist, and the eighteenth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Shirley Ann Jackson
(born August 5, 1946)
She is the first African-American woman to have earned a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[1]
She is also the second African-American woman in the United States to earn a doctorate in physics.[2]
Jackson was born in Washington, DC. Her parents, Beatrice and George Jackson, strongly valued education and encouraged her in school.
Her father helped her on her interest in science by helping her with projects for her science classes.
At Roosevelt Senior High School, Jackson attended accelerated programs in both math and science, and graduated in 1964 as valedictorian.[3]
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson ----- 2001 Becomes the first African-American woman elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Shirley Jackson
| |
|---|---|
 | |
| Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board | |
| In office August 29, 2014 – January 20, 2017
Serving with Jami Miscik
| |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | David Boren Chuck Hagel |
| Succeeded by | Steve Feinberg |
| President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | |
| Assumed office July 1, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Cornelius Barton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 5, 1946 Washington, DC, US |
| Spouse(s) | Morris Washington |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS, PhD) |
| Website | Official website |
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