Summer Advising Schedule

• 2010 CBU Student Organization of the Year presented to the Mu tau chapter of Beta Beta Beta by CBU Student Life
• 2010 Advisor of the Year presented to Dr. Mary Ogilvie, Professor of Biology, faculty advisor to BBB

• 2010 Sadie Lisenby Achievment Award for Service to CBU presented to Kristi Prevost (President of Mu tau, BBB)

Sponsored by Alpha Chi

• Donations and raffle sales to support the Church Health Center
• 2010 CBU School of Sciences Charity Volleyball Game

Saturday, 10 April 2010    Tennessee Academy of Sciences Collegiate Meeting

• The 2010 TAS meeting hosted by CBU.
• Registration will begin at 8:30 am in Assisi Hall Foyer.. 
• Dr. Smarrelli's Keynote Address "From cloning genes to a college presidency: Is it all in the DNA?" begins at 9:00 am in AH153. 
• Four concurrent sessions of Presentations will be from 10:00 am-12:15 pm

Engineering in AH122, Behavior in AH155, Molecular/Cell Biology in AH005, and Chemistry/Biochemistry in AH007. 
• Photos and the Program posted.
• Abstracts were due by 19 March 2010 via e-mail to Dr. Fitzgerald.  Student papers will be judged in each session and best paper awards will be given.  Registration will be $10.00 per attendee to help defray costs and lunch will be served.  For further information please contact Dr. Malinda Fitzgerald (malinda@cbu.edu) 

• Photos from the 3 March 2009 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.   

Galapagos finches pictured on the 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

6:30 pm in Spain Auditorium, Buckman Hall

Photos from the February 2010 Beta Beta Beta Induction

Beta Beta Beta at CBU
beta beta beta is a national biology honor society for undergraduates.
"Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta) is a society for students, particularly undergraduates, dedicated to improving the understanding and appreciation of biological study and extending boundaries of human knowledge through scientific research."

Check the updated room assignment for your courses:  online course schedule

• The final exam schedule for the fall term for day classes is available online. 
• 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. 

• We will eat, sing Christmas carols, and have a fun time. 
• New students are welcome.  You do not have to be an official member of tri-Beta to attend this party!

• 2007 Photos!

• BOWL-A-THON FOR UGANDA: The annual Beta Beta Beta Bowl-a-thon for Uganda is Friday evening, 5:00-7:00 p.m., at Billy Hardwick All Star Bowling Lanes (1576 S. White Station). 
• Beta Beta Beta thanks all those who supported the 2009 BBB Bowl-a-thon, which was a whopping success! BBB was able to raise an amazing $1790, and are still waiting on a few sponsors to send in their donations. All of the funds will go to Hope North in Uganda. First place winners were the 'CBU Alum Team' — Christina Brown (Biology '06), David Tran (Chemistry '05), Angela Lloyd, Ben Reeves (Chemistry '05), and Matt Morgan (Physics '07). Second place went to 'Honors Kids' really good bowlers' — Joe Alfonso (Biology '12), Jacky Wong (Engineering '10), Nick Watkins (Biology '12), Devlin Smith (Engineering '12), and Justin Gallagher (Chemistry '12). The third place team consisted of Binh Nguyen, Ting Wong, Binoy Shah, Kristen Le, Xiong Lin, Dale Smith, and Russel Salendria. Thanks again and congrats to the winners!

 
• The Bowl-a-Thon supports the Hope North Community in Uganda that shelters and educates Ugandans displaced by the war. 
• Bowling teams should be 4 or 5 people (no more than 5 per team).  If you don't have a team but still want to participate, don't worry- email Dr. Ogilvie (mogilvie@cbu.edu) or Natalie Hart (nhart@cbu.edu) and we can assign you to a team. 
• Teams sign up to play by turning in a team sign-up sheet to Dr. Mary Ogilvie  mogilvie@cbu.edu by Monday, 9 Nov. 2009. The entrance fee per person is $15 with two sponsors and $20 each without sponsors, and covers the lane, bowling shoes, as well as pizza and drinks for each team.  If you plan on getting sponsors to help cover your entrance fee, a sponsor form is available.  Additional donations are always welcome. 
• Bring spouses, friends, and family members for a great time and a great cause.   This will be a fun evening, with raffle prizes and trophies at the end, and we hope to see you there! 
• 2008 Photos:  Caduceus 

• 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.

• Friday, 30 October 2009   Halloween Benefit Concert  for LeBonheur Children's Medical Centerstarting at 12:00 p.m.  Alfonso Dining Hall

HALLOWEEN BENEFIT CONCERT: After a six-year hiatus, Death Warmed Over will return to campus for a concert benefiting LeBonheur Children's Medical Center on Friday, 30 Oct. 2009 starting 12:00 p.m. in Alfonso Dining Hall.

As part of that concert, there will also be a Faculty/Staff Costume Contest, judged by the attending students. (We have a decibel meter to determine enthusiasm level.) Winner will receive a $10 gift certificate from Dinstuhl's Chocolates at Laurelwood.

For more information, contact Dr. Eisen at 321-3447.

Photos from the 2002 Halloween Concert (including costumed Sciences and Engineering Faculty and Staff!)

• 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  Sabbatini Lounge, Thomas Center

• 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.

• University of Tennessee Health Science Center - Memphis
• College of Allied Health Sciences (Cytology, Dental Hygiene, Health Info. Management, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy)
• College of Dentistry (Dr. Wisdom Coleman)
• College of Graduate Health Sciences 
• College of Medicine (Nelson Strother) 
• College of Nursing 
• College of Pharmacy (Dr. James Eoff)
• American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine & Member Colleges: 

     A.T. Still University–Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU/KCOM) 
     A.T. Still University–School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU/SOMA) 
     Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine 
     Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine 
     Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Bradenton Campus 
     Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Erie
     Lincoln Memorial University–DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
     Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Georgia Campus
• Bethel University (McKenzie, TN) PA Program (Ms. Sandy Atwill)
• Scholl School of Podiatric Medicine (Ms. Mandy Meinhardt)
• Southern College of Optometry - Memphis  Ms. Sunni Ewing
• West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (Lewisburg, WV) 
• United States Navy Medical Scholarship Program  (Officer Victor Gooden)

• Beta Beta Beta will host the annual mock interview session on 29 Sept. 2009. We will have health professionals come and give 30-minute interviews.  Sophomores, juniors, and seniors may participate; however, juniors and seniors will be given priority.
• Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors students who are applying or planning to apply to professional schools (e.g. Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Veterinary, Optometry, etc.), have signed up for a mock interview.  For more information, contact Dr. Ogilvie (mogilvie@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.

• Photos from the Sept. 2006 Interview Workshop

• Students who participated in the 2009 projects from this international research experience presented the results from their summer research.  

Above: Rachel Dutkosky, Caroline Mitchell (CBU, History Major)
"Two Non-Invasive Research Methods for the Study of Wild Jaguar Populations" 

Above: Caitlin Ashley (CBU, Biomedsci Major) 
"Comparing the Amplification of White Spot Syndrome Virus Genes with Different Primers"

Above: Ting Wong(CBU, Biology Major)
" Role of the alpha-1-adrenergic Receptors on the Reconsolidation of Olfactory"

• 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 27 Jan. 2010.
• See the MHIRT website and contact Dr. Fitzgerald (malinda@cbu.edu) or Ms. Julia Hanebrink (jhanebri@cbu.edu) to find out about MHIRT paid research opportunities in Brazil and Uganda for 2010!

• Students who participated in the 2009 projects from this international research experience  presented the results from their summer research. If you may be interested in applying to participate in MHIRT research in the future.  Contact Julia Hanebrink (jhanebri@ cbu.edu)
• Schedule of Presentations:  9:00 a.m. -- noon CW 105
• Breakfast from 8:30-9:00am
• 9:00 Introduction by Dr. Malinda Fitzgerald
• 9:10 Lily Harmon-Gross, Lindsay McClain  ""The Art of Healing: The Efficacious Use of Art Therapy with Former Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda"
•  9:30 Casey Carr "Calbindin D-28k, Calretinin, and Parvalbumin as markers of specific neuronal groups in the mammalian brain"
• 9:50 Rachel Dutkosky, Caroline Mitchell "Advantages and Disadvantages of Two Non-Invasive Research Methods for the Study of Wild Jaguar Populations" 
• 10:10 Christopher Campbell “The Study of The Dynamics of Biped Though Aves”
• 10:30 Mya F. Santos, Lindsey Holloman "Amplitude of P100 visual evoked cortical potential (VECP) as function of achromatic contrast stimulus in glaucomatous patients" 
• 10:50 Caitlin Ashley "Comparing the Amplification of White Spot Syndrome Virus Genes with Different Primers"
• 11:10 Kara E. Miller, Joy Nolte "Health-Seeking Behaviors and Healthcare Perspectives in Rural Southwest Uganda" 
• 11:30 Ting Wong " Role of the alpha-1-adrenergic Receptors on the Reconsolidation of Olfactory"
• 12:00  Lunch served 
• 12:30-2:30 Wrap-up and Evaluation.  Debriefing and discussion of summer work, evaluations and other business for the 2009 MHIRT students. 
• 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 27 Jan. 2010.
• See the MHIRT website and contact Dr. Fitzgerald (malinda@cbu.edu) or Ms. Julia Hanebrink (jhanebri@cbu.edu) to find out about MHIRT paid research opportunities in Brazil and Uganda for 2010!
• Photos from 2008

• New students are welcome. You do not have to be an official member of Tri-Beta to attend and participate!
• The main agenda items will be the upcoming Beta Beta Beta activities for this semester. 
• Mock interviews will be held September 29th. This event gives students a chance to gain insight into what a "real world" interview would be like. If interested, you can send Dr. Ogilvie an e-mail at mogilvie@cbu.edu, be sure to specify the field in which you would like to interview.

Photos from the 2009 Meeting

(1)  Bro. Edward Salgado will introduce the Biology Department Faculty (and other Faculty members present)  and will mention which Biology courses are taught by each person.
(2) Bro. Edward will discuss CBU's Biology Major, Biomedical Science Major, and Biology degree with an Environmental Science Concentration. 
• All students need to keep in touch with their academic advisor and should check their CBU email often. 
(3) Dr. Malinda Fitzgerald and Julia Hanebrink will describe CBU Biology International Research and service opportunities through MHIRT.
• CBU Biology Student Research    (Dr. Eisen's List of Examples)
(4) Dr. Merat will describe the Chemistry and Biochemistry Majors (particularly as as options for pre-health care students).  You will find details about these majors linked from the Chemistry Dept. web page. 
(5) BBB students and Dr. Ogilvie will describe CBU's chapter of Beta Beta Beta and how new students can participate right away.  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 Thursday, 10 Sept. 2009 starting at 12:30 pm in CW 105.  New students are welcome! 
(6) Dr. Ross will show some Biology Dept. web pages and mention the email listserv for all biology students.  If you are not receiving CBU Biology email (biology@lists.cbu.edu) messages, you are welcome to join the Biology listserv.  To be added to the list, email Dr. Ross, aross@cbu.edu. 
(7) Dr. Eisen will discuss Preprofessional Health Care Careers advising and will distribute this year's edition of the printed Health Careers booklet.  Health Careers is also available online.  Contact Dr. Eisen to sign up for the Caduceus email list. Here's a slide show covering some of the points Dr. Eisen will discuss at the meeting.
• The Health Professions Career Fair will be held Thursday, 29 Oct. 2009 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Sabbatini Lounge, Thomas Center.

• Biology paradigms and Checksheets 
• CBU Online Course Schedule

New Student Orientation [2009 information is now available]

• Chemistry Placement Exam Information:  The placement exam will be given during the first Chem 113 class meeting, Monday, 24 August.  For more information, contact Dr. Merat (email dmerat@cbu.edu; phone 901-321-4201) 

• Many science labs do meet the first week of classes.  For example, all sections of BIOL 111L Principles of Biology I Lab will meet.  Additionally, all BIOL 111 "discussion" sections will meet as scheduled.  Many non-Freshman Biology labs will also meet the first week.  Check with your professor. 

Thursday, 14 May 2009  Baccalaureate Ceremony 7:00 pm in the University Theater

• Friday, 15 May 2009  Commencement4:00 pm Desoto Civic Center

• 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.

• Life Science News from the New York Times 
• Science in the News from Sigma Xi (updated daily)
• News @ Nature.com
• Sci/Tech News (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Eureka Alert/Biology
• PLos Biology (open access journal)
• News from Journals, Meetings and Universities:
• NewsWise MedNews
• NewsWise LifeNews
• NewsWise SciNews
• Scirus.com web search engine for science (search journals and web pages)
• BioMed Central   Over 100 Open Access Journals 

covering all areas of Biology and Medicine
• Google scholar  search specifically for scholarly literature, 

including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, 
abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research
• BiologyBrowser BIOSIS provides resources - such as the Nomenclature Glossary for Zoology, the Zoological Record 

Thesaurus, and more - for free on BiologyBrowser.

• Scientific American News Briefs (updated daily)
• Science Daily Magazine
• New Scientist (UK)
• Health News (MSNBC)
• Science News (MSNBC)
• World Science News (World-Science.net)
• Life Sciences Dictionary
• BBC News Science/Nature
• NSTA News Digest
• LabLit.com, a forum for all topics related to the culture of science in fiction and fact. 
• Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature  :-)

• Reference: http://www.bartleby.com/
• Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus (also hear pronunciations!)
• Human Genome special issue of Science (full text and illustrations)
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System

• CBU Biology Student Survival Tips
• Everything you wanted to know about being a successful student
• Being a successful student
• CBU Counseling Center offers Study Skills Assistance

Printed materials on study skills are available in the Counseling Center.  Topics include suggestions for Concentration, Exam Panic, Memory, Motivation Issues, Test Anxiety, Strategies for Taking Tests, Taking Useful Lecture Notes, Study Conditions, etc. 

• Study Skills Links
• MCAT Test Prep
• Learning: Your First Job (by Dr. Robert Leamnson)