<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/summer-2004/start-new-science.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>The Start of a New Science</title><excerpt>The biggest challenge Dale Ritter ’64 faces is getting students interested in the sciences. Many are re-entering the education system after being laid off from the timber industry. Some have little expectation of graduating because they performed so poorly in high school. But once students take his chemistry classes at Umpqua Community College (UCC) in Roseburg, Ore., Dale hopes they seize the opportunity to change their lives for the better. Dale wants to help.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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