CSB/SJU Biology Department Newsletter
Volume 4 Number 65
November 22, 2000
Note
from the Editor:
I
hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday. One
of the highlights for me was our feast that included Vaccinium macrocarpon, Solanum
tuberosum, Cucurbita pepo, and Ipomoea batatas. In other words, we filled up on cranberries,
mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie and yams, respectively.
Thanks to Steve McGreevy,
Beth Pribyl, Sarah Young, Tony Nicoli, Alison Kern, Jason
Bartos, Ben Steil, Shawn Hermans, John Van Hoven, Katrina Viegas,
Mary Neu, Clairie Hill and any other students who helped at
Pre-Medicine/Science Day. Prospective
students and their families were given an overview of the science programs on our
campuses. It is always great fun to show off
what a great science program that we have at CSB/SJU.
Thanks to everyone who participated.
Dr.
S. Saupe
gave a presentation on identifying winter weeds to the St. Cloud chapter of the Wild Ones,
a Natural Landscaping organization.
Thanks
to Dr.
Marcus Webster,
Dr.
Mani Campos
and Dr.
S. Saupe
for participating in Science Day.
Curriculum
News:
Calendar
of Events:
Nov
30
Cheetahs
and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! Biology Department Seminar; 7:00 pm
Dec
3
Biology
Club Movie Night 2:00 p.m., AV2
Dec
6
Economic
Botany in South America Biology Department Seminar; 4:00 pm
Dec
13
Aeromycological
Study at a Cold Spring Composting Facility Honors Thesis Defense; 4:00 p.m.
Dec
15
Biology
Club Christmas Party; 4:30 pm
Mar
23
GRE Registration deadline (contact CSB/SJU Career Resource
center
April
22
MCAT Exam
(registration materials should be available in January 2001)
Aug
18
MCAT Exam
(registration materials should be available in January 2001)
The
Annual Biology Christmas Party
by Kristi
Kubista & Greg Dukinfield
There will be
food, music, and of course Secret Santas!!!! Mark
your Calendar for December 15th at 4:30. Its
the last day of classes for the semester!!! (NO LABS!!) For those of you interested in
participating in Secret Santa, the gift can cost around $5.00. Please email the biology club as soon as possible. Students will be paired with faculty, unless we
run out of faculty!!!
The
Biology Club will be showing Contact this Sunday, Dec 3, at 2:00 in AV2 at
Alcuin Library at SJU. Pizza will be
provided, thus, PLEASE RSVP to this e-mail letting us know if you will be attending, for
we need to know how many to order.
Internships/Scholarships/Jobs:
Winter
internships still available at YMCA Camp Widjiwagan
YMCA
Camp Widjiwagan's environmental education program still has winter internships available.
Our unique wilderness focused program offers residential environmental education
from our base which is located 1/4 mile from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
For information contact E.E. Program Director, YMCA Camp Widjiwagan, 3788 N. Arm
Rd., Ely, MN 5573, Phone: 218/365-2117, FAX: 218/365-2018, Web site: www.widji.org.
Mini-grants, up
to $300, are available to support student research, creative works and to pay for student
travel to present scholarly work at professional meetings.
Contact Mary Tamm or Dr. Marcus Webster (call 363-3549). Applications are due 12/4/00.
Want
money? Visit Ms. Johanna Davis in the
External Scholarship Office (HAB 103, CSB) or visit the web site
http://www.csbsju.edu/scholarships/. The
office is designed to help students locate potential scholarships.
This
program will be held June 3-August 3, 2001at the Center for Biology Education, University
of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Application
deadline: March 1, 2001. For an application packet and additional
information, check out the website: <http://www.wisc.edu/cbe/bioprog/>
Applications
are being accepted through Monday, December 4, 2000 for a 6-month temporary position with
the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul.
The individual assist in the implementation and operation of the Minnesota
Conservation Corp (MCC) Watercraft Inspection Program.
For more information contact Dept. of Natural Resources, Tiffanie Knapp, 500
Lafayette Rd. Box 25, St. Paul, MN 55155-4025 or fax to 651-296-1811.
Interested
in a career in health sciences. Check out the
program available from HealthPartners. Signs
are posted in the hallway or contact Dr. Kris Fortman at kris.k.fortman@healthpartners.com for
more information.
This joint initiative by the United Negro College Fund and the Merck
Company Foundation provides scholarships for African American students. For more information, check out their website at www.uncf.org.
Spaceflight
and Life Science Training Program (SLSTP)
The
SLSTP program at Kennedy Space Center is offer a six-week summer program for
undergraduates. For more information visit
the web site at http://slstp.nasa.gov.
The Dodge Nature Center in St. Paul is offering an assortment of
internships. For more information contact
Eloise Dietz at (651) 445 4531.
Cheetahs
and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!
Jeff Muntifering, SJU
99, will be on campus Thursday, November 30 at 7:00 p.m., PENGL 373 to speak about
his experiences in Namibia working with cheetah. He
will also discuss other biological research in which he has been involved. Come learn what you can do with a biology major. Refreshments will be available. Note this seminar is in the evening.
Economic Botany in South America
Dr. Jorge Arriagada, from St. Cloud State
University, will present a seminaron December 6 at 4:00 p.m. concerning some of the
research he has done in South America. Mark
this date on your calendar.
Aeromycological
Study of a Cold Spring (MN) Compost Facility
Steven
McGreevy, SJU 00, will give his Honors Senior Thesis defense on Wednesday, December
13, 2000 at 4:00 p.m.; PENGL 369. Mark this
date on your calendar.
If youre looking for some information about economically useful plants,
Jennifer Maza found a site that may be of some value.
Check it out at <http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/tax/taxecon.html>
The
Botany Department at The Field Museum invites applications for the 2001 Timothy C. Plowman
Latin American Research Award. The award of $1,500.00 is designed to assist students and young professionals to visit the
Field Museum and use our extensive economic botany and systematic collections. Contact the Timothy C. Plowman Award
Committee, Department of Botany, The Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago,
IL 60605-2496 USA very soon because the deadline is rapidly approaching.
Check
out the great article, Curse of the Wind Turns to Farmers' Blessing at http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/26/national/26WIND.html
Dr.
John Peck, SCSU Biology Department, reports that he will be teaching a course in
Conservation Biology during the spring semester, 4 5:15 p.m. on Wednesdays. For more information, contact St. Cloud State at
255 2039.
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Puzzler of the Week:
From the last issue: Bananas
and naval oranges reproduce vegetatively, without seeds.
Bananas send up sucker shoots that replace the parent plant. Naval oranges are propagated by cuttings..
Joke
of the Week.
The
boss of a major manufacturing facility was complaining in a staff meeting the other day
that he wasn't getting any respect.
Later
that morning, he went to a local sign shop and bought a small sign that read, "I'm
the Boss!" He then taped it to his office door.
Later
that day, when he returned from lunch, he found that someone had taped a note to the sign
that read, "Your wife called. She wants her sign back!"
Faculty Editor: Dr. Stephen G. Saupe Chair & Professor Biology Department College of St. Benedict/St. John's University Collegeville, MN 56321 (320) 363-2782; (320) 363-3202 (fax); ssaupe@csbsju.edu |
Student
Editor: Ms. A. Wawra Biology Major College of St. Benedict St. Joseph, MN 56374 |
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