December 17, 2013
† † † †Northeast Texas Community College Presidental Scholar Matthew Jordan, of Pittsburg, recently won third place in a poster competition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The Southwest Regional Meeting of the ACS sponsored this competition for undergraduates at its recent meeting in Waco.
† † † †?Matthew's poster presentation had a magnificent design and was exceptionally edifying. He did a really superb job of expounding his research in a concise and distinct manner," Kayleah Cumpian, a fellow Presidential Scholar from NTCC who attended the event, said.
† † † †Judges were interested to learn that of the 50 contestants, mostly juniors and seniors from research universities, Jordan was a sophomore from a community college.†Jordan was the 2012 Salutatorian at Pittsburg High School, and is the son of Sandra Jordan. He is also the first community college Student Representative of the Great Plains Honors Council in recent history, and was the mainstay behind NTCC?s first group State of Texas Caldwell Award back in March of 2012.
† † † †Jordan?s poster was centered on research performed last summer as an Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) intern at Texas A&M University-Commerce.
† † † †"Matthew is the latest among several NTCC students who have been part of the REU program at Texas A&M-Commerce over the last few years. Like the others, I expect he will go on to complete his education at a four-year school and then perhaps do advanced work in his chosen field, which is petroleum engineering," Dr. Larry Brough, Jordan?s professor in Organic Chemistry, said.
