GRAD CHECK
Each year, students make the legendary walk through the Campanile, down The Hill and into the real world. We're here to check in on them.
William Adams
Year:1981
Degree: Biology and Atmospheric Sciences
Hometown: Liberty,
Mo
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Back in the day: After a visit to the University of Missouri campus failed to impress him, Adams decided to follow in the footsteps of his parents, who both graduated from the University of Kansas. His mother, a medical technician with a degree in bacteriology, stimulated Adams' interest in biology at a young age, he says. His strongest and most positive memories of the University are rooted in biology
classrooms, as he says he enjoyed the research and professors as well as the coursework. Adams spent his leisure time walking in the Breidenthal nature preserve, located just south of campus.
The grad life: Shortly after earning his first degree, Adams had his eye on a second. He earned a degree in atmospheric sciences in 1983 and was already on his way to a master's, which he earned in botany in 1984. Adams then began pursuing his Ph.D., as he came up with a list of possible individuals with whom he could work on his doctorate. He paired up with a professor at the Australian National University who also worked at a research center in Reno, Nev. Adams studied for a year and a
half in Reno, followed by a year and a half in Canberra, Australia. After his doctorate was under his belt he carried out two years of research in Germany before winding up at the University of Colorado in 1989.
Today Adams continues his work at the University of Colorado as a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. He spends his time researching and teaching,including one course in which students can genetically engineer plants.
He says: "Seek out direct interactionwithfacultymembers. That personal interaction is very important for inspiration."
Sam Carlson
Whether you're singin' along, groovin' by yourself or just studying in the library, we'll catch you with the MUSIC THAT MOVES YOU
Listener: Kari Cozad,
Wichita sophomore
Springtime tune: "Oh
Comely" by Neutral Milk
Hotel
While pumpin' the jams,
she was: Hanging out in
the Kansas Union
She says: "It's a pretty
indie sound. I had some
friends that like it so I said
I'd give it a look."
Listener: Matt Darton, San Diego senior
Springtime tune:"Ashes" by Pepper
While pumpin' the jams, he was: Heading to football practice to lift weights
He says: "It's a different sounding band. It's mellow."
Listener: Liz Welsman,
2007 graduate
Springtime tune: "Rock with You" by Michael Jackson
While pumpin' the jams,
she was: Heading home
for the day
She says: "Granted everyone thinks he's a freak or something, but he's got great beats. Every song changes my step. He's classic; he's the king of pop."
Listener: Shane Nemechek, Salina senior Springtime tune: "The Missing Frame" by AFI While pumpin' the jams, he was: Hanging out in the Kansas Union between classes He says: "They sound like My Chemical Romance. It's alternative music."
Anne Weltmer
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