• Tuesday, 15 April 2008 

Donations to benefit the Church Health Center

Photos from the 2008 Game 

Saturday, 5 April 2008    Tennessee Academy of Sciences Collegiate Meeting

• The 2008 TAS meeting will be hosted by the University of Memphis.
• Full Program 2008 TAS (MSWord)

The ceremony begins at 6:30 pm in Spain Aud., Buckman Hall.

Photos from the February 2008 Beta Beta Beta Induction

Photos from the 19 Feb 2008 Junior Poster Session

Pairs of students in Dr. Ogilvie's Biology Seminar course will present posters on a paper of their choice from the primary literature.   

Photos from the 2007 Junior Poster Session

• Photos from the 2008 celebration (Dr. Eisen's Caduceus Newsletter)

Galapagos finches pictured on the 2007 cake:  Left: Tower (Genovesa) Is.  Sharp-beaked ground finch (female), Geospiza difficilis, on Opuntia flower. Middle: Cactus ground finch, Geospiza scandens, on Opuntia.  Right: Santa Cruz Is.  Small tree finch, Camarhynchus parvulus. Dr. Ross's Galapagos photos of finches

Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England on February 12, 1809.

The complete works of Charles Darwin online

Listen to a public radio program "Evolution of Wonder: Understanding Charles Darwin"

• Beta Beta Beta held their annual mock interview session on February 7. Lasagna and dessert was served before the interviews – thanks to Dr. O for making the food! A special thanks goes out to Jeremy Armstrong for running the event and to the interviewers: Karen Curtis, MD; Sarah Horne ('03), 4th year medical student; Rick Alsobrook, OD; Beth Goforth, DVM; Susan Horton, pharmacist; and Matt Coats ('01), PT. Tri-Beta would like to say "Great Job" to those who were interviewed: Kelly Towns, Kathleen Nelson, Dominique Garcia-Robles, Michael Herr, Isaac Barr, Jennifer Cobb, Binoy Shah, Stephanie Johnson, Tuyetdung Tran, Emily Wong, Scott Berry, and Kristi Prevost. 

 
• 6:00 pm 2nd floor Science Building
• If you are a CBU student who is currently applying or planning to apply to a professional school (e.g. Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Veterinary, Optometry, etc.), you may now sign up for a mock interview.  Contact tri-Beta chapter V.P., Jeremy Armstrong at jarmstro@cbu.edu 

CBU's chapter of Beta Beta Beta will match CBU student interviewees with medical professionals who will conduct one-on-one interviews.

Professionals from each field will be in attendance for the interviews.

• Students who wish to participate need to sign up in advance.  To register, please send and email containing your name and area of interest to Jeremy Armstrong at jarmstro@cbu.edu
• Photos from the Sept. 2006 Interview Workshop

• Monday, 7 January 2008    First Day of Spring Semester Classes
• Science Students:  Most science labs do meet the first week (for example, sophomore-level Biology labs will meet).
• CBU Online Class Schedule
• The Biology paradigms 

• The final exam schedule for the fall term for day classes is available online at: http://www.cbu.edu/Academics/registrar/Fall2005Exams.html. 
• Exams will be held in the room where the class normally meets unless a specific room is noted.
• First, look in the Exam Groups" for your course number and section.  If you do not find a listing for your specific course, then look for the time your class met during the semester.  Exam dates are listed along the top row and Exam times are listed down the left column. 

2007 Photos!

• We will eat, sing Christmas carols, and have a fun time.  If you would like to attend and can bring a dish (dinner or dessert), it would be greatly appreciated!  Michael Herr BBB Chapter President 
• New students are welcome.  You do not have to be an official member of tri-Beta to attend this party!

• Brother Edward Salgado participated in the 4th Symposium on Asian Pteridology and Garden Show held at Central Mindanao University in Musuan, Bukidnon, Philippines on 12-18 November 2007. He presented a paper entitled "Asplenium caudatum and ferns confused with it."

• John F. Haught, Ph.D., distinguished research professor in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University, will be the guest speaker at Christian Brothers University (CBU) on Thursday, November 15, at 7 p.m. in the University Theater.  Haught, a widely recognized Catholic theologian with expertise in science and religion, will address evolution and religious faith in his speech, "Evolution and Faith: What is at Stake?"
• Haught is the author of many books focusing on systematic theology, with a particular interest in issues pertaining to science, cosmology, evolution, ecology and religion. Haught's accomplishments include countless articles, reviews, and international science and religion lectures. He was also the winner of the Owen Garrigan Award in Science and Religion in 2002, and the Sophia Award for Theological Excellence in 2004. He received his Ph. D. in theology from the Catholic University of America in 1970, and was chair and professor in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University for 35 years. Haught is the father of Paul Haught, Ph.D., who is the CBU chair-elect of the Religion and Philosophy department
• Haught's address is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Paul Haught at (901) 321-3579 or phaught@cbu.edu. 

• Tri-Beta has organized a campus-wide fund raiser to benefit a village in Uganda.

“Bowling for Uganda”  2:00-5:00 pm Saturday, 10 November 2007 at Bartlett Lanes.
• New Photos: Bowling for Uganda 2007
• BOWL-A-THON FOR HOPE NORTH 

Tri-Beta (CBU's Biological Honor Society) will host a Bowl-A-Thon benefiting Hope North US.
Hope North US is an organization that was established in Uganda to combat poverty and educate children in a country which has been torn by an ongoing civil war.  The civil war has led to one of the worst humanitarian situations in the world.  The organization provides clean water, sanitary facilities, a school for children displaced by the war, and other aid. 
Everyone is encouraged to create or join a team of five.  Teams and bowling fees should be turned in by Friday, 9 November.  Team sponsor(s) are allowed to make a one-time donation or donate money per pin knocked down.

• Ending Poverty Through Enterprise:  Raising Funds for Hope North, an Internally Displaced People’s Camp in Uganda
• Hope North is a remote village in Uganda and is commonly referred to as a self-sustainable internally displaced people’s camp, created as the result of a civil war in Uganda.  The Acholi people have been the targets of this war, in which their own children have been abducted by the “Lord’s Resistance Army” and then forced to kill their own kinfolk.  The U.N. and many other non-profit organizations have set up camps in Uganda in hopes of protecting many of the displaced Acholi people.  These camps are overcrowded and have been infiltrated by many diseases such as Typhoid, Malaria, and now most commonly Cholera. These are only a few of the numerous challenges that the villages face.

A few photos from Hope North are on the MHIRT Uganda web page.  The Minority Health International Research Training grant to CBU supports undergraduate and graduate students who are selected to join summer research projects in Brazil and Uganda.  The application deadline is 27 Jan. 2007.

• Make and appointment to meet with your advisor.
• Online CBU Course Schedule 
• The Biology Major paradigm and Checksheet 

An introduction to the structure, mechanisms, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic uses and adverse reactions of prototypic agents from the major categories of drugs.  Prerequisites: CHEM 212 and either BIOL 217 and 218 or BIOL 312.  Offered in odd numbered Fall semesters (offered Spring 2008 and next offered Fall 2009).   This is a hybrid course (some face-to-face meetings along with coursework delivered via WebCT).  Professors: Drs. Leonard Lothstein and Trevor Sweatman (UT School of Pharmacy). 
 

• Dr. Maria Risoleta Marques 
• "Use of heat shock protein expression as bioindicators in environmental pollution."

Dr. Marques is an environmental scientist interested in using heat shock protein expression in either bivalves or shrimp as a bioindicator of environmental pollution.  Techniques used in this research include Western blots of tissue obtained from shrimp or bivalues that have been exposed to heavy metals.   Department of Biochemistry, University of Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina Island, Florianopolis, Brazil 
• Dr. Antonio de Padua Carobrez 
• "Studying Defensive Behavior in Rodents to Understand Anxiety" 

Dr. Padua is a behavioral pharmacologist interested in the use of neuropharmacology to investigate anxiety and memory. 
Department of Pharmacology, University of Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina Island, Florianopolis, Brazil 
• Dr. Claudio Toledo 
• "Glutamate receptor expression during development in the visual system" 

Dr. Claudio Toledo, City University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.  Dr. Toledo presents an overview of Brazilian life and his vision research (Nov. 2000). 

• The seminar is open to all... particularly if you may be interested in applying to participate in MHIRT research in the future.
• Contact Dr. Fitzgerald (malinda@cbu.edu) to find out about MHIRT paid research opportunities in Brazil and Uganda for 2008 and 2009!
The Minority Health International Research Training grant to CBU supports undergraduate and graduate students who are selected to join summer research projects in Brazil and Uganda.  MHIRT is a paid internship.  All expenses relative to travel, room and board, preparation, and workshops are paid for and you receive a stipend.   The MHIRT application deadline is 17 Jan. 2008.

Thursday, 1 Nov. 2007   Health Career Opportunities Fair at CBU!

• 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  in the Montesi Room in Buckman Hall
• Arranged to help CBU students find out about graduate programs in health care. At the annual Health Career Opportunities Fair representatives of health-related graduate programs will be available to answer your questions about their programs.  This event is anchored by the various schools of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, and we expect representatives from other regional universities and from the military scholarship programs.
• Representatives from the following programs will be on hand to answer questions (tentative list):
• University of Tennessee Health Science Center - Memphis
• College of Allied Health Sciences (Cytology, Dental Hygiene, Health Info. Management, Medical Technology, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy),
• College of Dentistry, 
• College of Graduate Health Sciences, 
• College of Medicine, 
• College of Nursing,
• College of Pharmacy
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (Little Rock, AR) 
• College of Graduate Health Sciences
• School of Medicine
• Southern College of Optometry - Memphis
• Loewenberg School of Nursing - University of Memphis
• Baptist College of Health Sciences
• Military Scholarship Programs
• United States Air Force Medical Scholarship Program
• United States Navy Medical Scholarship Program
• United States Army Representative
• Union University (Jackson, TN and Germantown, TN)
• Accelerated BSN Program, Germantown, TN
• Master’s in Nursing (MSN)
• For more information contact:  Dr. Stan Eisen (seisen@cbu.edu), Pre-professional Health Programs, CBU
• Dr. Eisen's Photos from the 2006 Health Careers Fair

• A presentation by Technical Sergeant Frank Rawls regarding the United States Air Force medical and health-related scholarship programs, Thursday, October 25, from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
• Article in Caduceus: http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/CadFa0710.htm#USAFScholarships
• United States Air Force Medical Scholarship Program

• The current edition of Health Careers, prepared by Dr. Eisen, is available online.  Contact Dr. Eisen to sign up for the Caduceus email list, for information on the USAF presentation, and for information on other pre-professional health careers activities. 
• The Health Professions Career Fair, will be held Thursday, 1 November 2007, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., in the Montesi Room of Buckman Hall.

ACS plans to host a student-faculty dinner off campus on Mole Day at 6:02PM 

ACS (American Chemical Society):  John Legge, President ( jlegge@cbu.edu )

CBU's chapter of Beta Beta Beta 

• The main agenda item will be planning the Beta Beta Beta service projects for this academic year. 
• Here, from Michael Herr,  is a list of some of the service opportunities on and off campus:

1. Up ’til Dawn ­ The only entirely student-led organization on campus that raises money for the children of St. Jude.  Contact Michael Herr (901) 848-6330 for more information.
2. AZD and TKE Volley Ball Tournament ­ 5th Annual Charity Volleyball Tournament! Applications can be found in Student Life. Contact a member of either AZD or TKE or go to Student Life to sign up and for more
information.
3. GuluWalk Memphis ­ GuluWalk helps raise money for the children living in IDP camps (like a refugee camp but dirtier and more diseased) in Northern Uganda. Saturday, October 20, 2007.  Help raise money for them; this is a great cause. For more information go to www.guluwalk.com or contact Julia Hanebrink (901) 321-3359. 
4. Tree Counting ­ Help count and type trees around campus. There’s a whole bunch of trees and if you want some easy service hours contact Michael Herr (901) 848-6330.

Sign up and GET INVOLVED.
 

• New students are welcome. You do not have to be an official member of tri-Beta to participate!

Photos from the 2007 MHIRT Symposium
Presentations: 9:00 a.m. -- 12:00 p.m. in room S155
• The MHIRT Projects Symposium and Wrap-up for Summer 2007 projects was held September 15, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., in Science Center 155. Students from the 2007 projects from this international research experience presented the results from their summer research.  This was an excellent opportunity for individuals interested in the summer projects for 2008 or 2009 to meet with students and find out about the program.  A schedule is posted on the MHIRT Web site. 
• The presentations are open to all... particularly if you may be interested in applying to participate in MHIRT research in the future.
• Contact Dr. Fitzgerald (malinda@cbu.edu) to find out about MHIRT paid research opportunities in Brazil and Uganda for 2008 and 2009!
The Minority Health International Research Training grant to CBU supports undergraduate and graduate students who are selected to join summer research projects in Brazil and Uganda.  MHIRT is a paid internship.  All expenses relative to travel, room and board, preparation, and workshops are paid for and you receive a stipend.   The MHIRT application deadline is 17 Jan. 2008.
 
• Photos from the 2007 MHIRT Symposium

• New students are welcome. You do not have to be an official member of tri-Beta to attend!
• The main agenda items will be the upcoming Beta Beta Beta activities for this semester.  Associate and Full Members:  Chapter dues ($5.00) 
• The meeting will include discussion of coordinating activities among Tri-Beta, ACS, and pre-professional health programs.

• The Biology Major and Biomedical Sciences Major at CBU and the resources we have to help you. 
• Use of Bio Dept. computers, How to access the CBU Biology Department's shared digital resources (\\valhalla\biology) and the Biology email list   If you are not receiving CBU Biology Department listserv (biology@lists.cbu.edu) email messages, you are welcome to join the Biology listserv.  To be added to the list, email Dr. Ross, aross@cbu.edu. 
• Announcements: Academic advisor assignments (for first year Biology majors) will soon be posted on the Biology hallway bulletin boards.  All students need to check their CBU email often. 
• CBU Biology International Research and service opportunities including MHIRT and Haiti Medical Missions
• CBU Biology Student Research: List of Examples
• Dr. Merat will discuss the Chemistry Major as an option for pre-health care students. You will find the Chemistry major information linked from the Chemistry Dept. web page.  Chem pre-med paradigm  Chem pre-Pharmacy paradigm 
• CBU's chapter of Beta Beta Beta:  This National Biology Honor Society is also your Biology club at CBU.  The group will sponsor several activities open to all CBU students interested in Biology and Biology Careers. 
• There will be a BBB meeting soon (BBB meetings are usually at 12:30 pm, Thurs. in S214).  New students are welcome! 
• Bio Majors and Preprofessional Students:  Health Care Careers and distribution of Health Careers booklets.  The current edition of Health Careers, prepared by Dr. Eisen, is also available online.  Copies of the printed Health Care Careers booklet (distributed at the meeting) are available from Dr. Eisen.  Contact Dr. Eisen to sign up for the Caduceus email list. 
• The Health Professions Career Fair, will be held Thursday, 1 November 2007, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., in the Montesi Room of Buckman Hall.

• The Biology Major paradigm and Checksheet 
• CBU Online Class Schedule

Chemistry Placement Exam Information:  The placement exam was given during the first Chem 113 class meeting, Monday, 20 August.  For more information, contact Dr. Merat (email dmerat@cbu.edu; phone 901-321-4201) 

Science Students:  Many science labs do meet the first week (for example, sophomore-level Biology labs will meet).  Biol 111 labs will start next week.

• The Biology Major paradigm and Checksheet 
• CBU Online Class Schedule

Orientation Brochure [2007 information is now available]

Chemistry Placement Exam Information:  The placement exam will be given during the first Chem 113 class meeting, Monday, 20 August.  For more information, contact Dr. Merat (email dmerat@cbu.edu; phone 901-321-4201) 

Science Students:  Many science labs do meet the first week (for example, sophomore-level Biology labs will meet).

CBU has been notified by the Commercial Appeal (on 16 July 2007) that it has been voted a finalist in the 2007 Memphis Most Awards, a contest that they sponsor every year.  We were voted one of top-three finalists in the Most Beloved University category.  The winners will be announced August 11 and then included in a special magazine section in the Sunday edition that has a circulation of 220,000.  The voting was based on our exposure to the Memphis and surrounding communities via our print ads, articles, and web presence on the CA Web site.  Elisa C. Marus, Executive Director, Communications and Marketing, Christian Brothers University

• Haiti Medical Missions of Memphis (website hosted by the CBU Biology Department).
• Senior CBU Biology Majors may volunteer for a trip to Haiti during either Fall or Spring Break.  The number of expense paid openings is limited.  Contact Bro. Edward Salgado to apply.

CBU has been awarded a grant of more than $900,000 from the the Fogarty International Center and the Office of Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health, designed to support research opportunities for minority students. 

This is the sixth consecutive year CBU has received the Minority Health International Research and Training (MHIRT) grant, which will be received in increments of more than $200,000 a year over a four-year period. 

Research projects address problems inherent to health care in minority and rural populations in the U.S. and in developing countries; CBU programs involve lab and health programs in Brazil and Uganda. 

Since the first grant was awarded in 2000 more than 40 students from CBU and several other colleges and universities in the Mid South and throughout the U.S. have participated in the project. 

For additional information on the MHIRT grant and project, see the linked web page or contact Dr. Malinda Fitzgerald (Biology) at malinda@cbu.edu or 321-3262.