VICE PRESIDENT KAREN STUMP is a teaching professor who joined the Department of Chemistry in 1983 and has served as Director of Laboratories since 1987. As Chemistry's departmental liaison and a member of the Executive Committee for the $26 million Undergraduate Science Laboratory Renovations project, Karen was instrumental in more than a decade of intensive planning that led to the project's groundbreaking in 2001. As Director of Undergraduate Studies, she serves as a leader in laboratory education and laboratory safety and oversees the undergraduate curriculum. A distinctive feature of her educational contributions is her success in creating and sustaining educational outreach programs for kindergarten through 12th grade students and science teachers. She is currently an on-site director of the Governor's Institute for Physical Science Educators. Since its inception in 2000, the Institute has serviced over 150 K-12 teachers from across the state. Karen was part of a group of faculty who petitioned to reactivate the Carnegie Mellon chapter of Phi Kappa Phi and since that time has served as President of the chapter for three terms and Vice-President thrice. Karen has been married to Don, a civil engineer, for 29 years and they have 3 children.