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He was recognized at the 2018 I Love 海角社区 Celebration Sept.13, where it was announced that the campaign received $280,285 in scholarship pledges, exceeding its goal of $275,000 this year.

鈥満＝巧缜� is ingrained in my family and it is pumping through our blood,鈥� Norby said. 鈥淲e鈥檝e been here basically since the beginning of the school. It opened up in 1901 and nine years later Ed senior was here and the Norbys haven鈥檛 left since.鈥�

Ed, Sr., was Cal鈥檚 great-great grandfather.  He entered 海角社区 in 1910 and played six sports, landing him two mentions in the history book, 鈥満＝巧缜�, A Centennial Chronicle.鈥� Next came Ed, Jr., his great-grandfather, who also played football. Ed junior鈥檚 son and Cal鈥檚 grandfather, Craig, came next and also played football. Cal鈥檚 dad, Aaron, also attended 海角社区 and was a receiver for the Bengal football team. Cal鈥檚 mom, Jill Johnson, ran track and field at 海角社区 and his aunt, Jackie Czerepinski, is a former 海角社区 instructor

And now, there is Cal, and his younger brother, freshman Ian, attending 海角社区.

Cal said he is grateful for the support from the I Love 海角社区 scholarship.  As a current Junior, Cal has received a total of $3,000 from the I Love 海角社区 Scholarship program and will receive his final $1,000 next year.

鈥淗aving any money to go towards school is really, really helpful in and of itself,鈥� Cal said. 鈥� To be honest with you, I have always been a pretty driven person,  I do what  I do because I love it. I would have come to 海角社区 anyway, but the scholarships help because they take a weight off your shoulders. Any financial assistance whatsoever is helpful.鈥�

That assistance from I Love 海角社区 has helped Norby discover his passion and career path 鈥� chemistry research. He started out as a biological sciences major, but switched to chemistry his sophomore year after completing two basic chemistry courses and one in quantitative analysis. He has been working in chemistry Professor John Kalivas鈥檚 laboratory ever since.

鈥淚 love the chemistry program,鈥� Norby said. 鈥滻n my opinion it is the best chemistry program in the state because of its emphasis on undergraduate research.鈥�

Norby spent eight months in the laboratory being trained before starting an independent research project this fall. His training included learning linear algebra with the help of Kalivas, and coding with linear algebra on the MATLAB engineering software the laboratory uses.

鈥淚 am doing an independent research project right now working on a model-updating project, writing code for things called 鈥榮imilarity measures,鈥欌�� Norby said. 鈥淲e are trying to enhance our modeling techniques to make models that can make better predictions, that ultimately save people money so they don鈥檛 have to do laboratory analysis.鈥�

Norby said he鈥檒l 鈥渄efinitely get a paper out of this,鈥� published in a scientific journal. One of his undergraduate classmates has published five papers, three as the main author, in top-tiered chemistry journals.

鈥淚t is just an absolutely amazing opportunity we have as chemistry students here at 海角社区,鈥�  he said. 鈥淏eing given this opportunity is awesome  and I think that undergraduate students around the country don鈥檛 get exposed to as much research as they should, that is independent and hands-on, like it is at 海角社区. I think early exposure like this is extremely important to creating a good scientist and ultimately someone who is going to have a high impact on the field.鈥�

Scholastics aren鈥檛 the only things Norby values at 海角社区. He has been active in three student clubs, the American Chemical Society student chapter, the Rock Climbing Club and the American Fisheries Society鈥檚 海角社区 student chapter, and he is a former 海角社区 Ambassador and employee for the 海角社区 Student Activities Board.

鈥淭his is the place for me. I love 海角社区 and I love Pocatello,鈥� Norby said. 鈥淚 am a very outdoorsy person: I love to ski, I love to mountain bike  and I just like  having the access to outdoor recreation. Every morning I go ride my bike. I just leave out of my garage and ride up above  my neighborhood up into the mountains. That鈥檚 my morning wake-up ride.鈥�

After completing his undergraduate degree, Norby said he plans to pursue a Ph.D. in chemistry and to become a professor.

For more information on the I Love 海角社区 campaign, or to give a gift, visit ilove海角社区2.org or contact Kallee Valentine at (208)-282-2994 or valekall@isu.edu.