SOS Reception Honoring

Dr. Bill Busler and 
Bro. Edward Salgado.

Thursday, 13 May 2011  Baccalaureate Ceremony 7:00 pm in Canale

• Friday, 14 May 2011  Commencement  9:00 am CBU Campus

• 16^thAnnual CBU Student Research Poster Session. 

Noon--1:45 pm Sabbatini Lounge (East Lounge), 2nd floor Thomas Center 
• Dominic Dunn Award Presentation 12:45 PM

• Donations and raffle sales to support the Church Health Center

Photos:2011 CBU School of Sciences Charity Volleyball Game

Saturday, 9 April 2011    Tennessee Academy of Sciences Collegiate Meeting

• The 2011 TAS meeting hosted by U. T. Health Science Center, Memphis.

 
• CBU's 2011 TAS webpage with photos and Award recipients. 
• Link to the Program (msword)
• The West Tennessee Academy of Science Collegiate Division of TAS rotates through colleges and universities in West Tennessee. It is UTHSC’s turn to host the event this spring. The meeting was Sat., 9 April 2011. Registration was at 8:30 am. TAS meetings run from 9am-2pm. Students may present in either a poster or power-point format, but are encouraged to do an oral presentation.
• Registration and Abstracts were due by March 25th, 2011. These abstracts should not exceed 150 words. Abstracts can be submitted in any discipline of science, engineering and behavioral science. 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; registration includes lunch for one person.  For further information please contact Nicole Smithson.   UT’s Meeting Website: http://www.uthsc.edu/TAS/

Description of CBU's Physician Assistant Program (Updated March 3, 2011 by Dr. Stan Eisen)

• CASPA application.
• The PA Program application completed and application fee received.
• Completion of a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university in the United States. 
• Submit official transcripts from all universities attended. Original transcripts will be sent to CASPA and our program for review.
• Submit three letters of recommendation, one must be from a health care professional such as a Physician, Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner. 
• Completion of all of the pre-requisite course work with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. 
• Completion of the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). Applicants who already hold a prior advanced graduate degree are exempt from taking the GRE exam. 
• Further admission guidelines and information can be found here.

Photos from the February 2011 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."

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

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

• Many science labs do meet the first week of classes.  Check with your professor. 

• 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. 

6:00 pm in Sabbatini (East Lounge)

• 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!

• "BOWLING FOR UGANDA" RESULTS: Beta Beta Beta biology honor society held its annual Bowlathon on 19 Nov. 2010 Billy Hardwick's to support Hope North in Uganda. CBU4VC members were also in attendance in efforts to raise money for Uganda via Arudo Yat jewelry, all handmade pieces from Africa. Nineteen teams participated in bowling including an alumni and a faculty team. The winners are as follows:

• Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1st place
• Kappa Sigma, 2nd place
• American Society of Chemical Engineers, 3rd place
• Individual with highest average: Velita Thornton ('13)
To date, Beta Beta Beta has collected $1,360 — all proceeds go to benefit the Ugandan refugees. Tri Beta thanks everyone who turned out to support this incredibly important cause — and sends special thanks to Kelly Jeu (Biomedical Science '12), who served as the Bowlathon committee chair.
 
• BOWL-A-THON FOR UGANDA: The annual Beta Beta Beta Bowl-a-thon for Uganda is Friday evening, 6:00 p.m.,
• The Bowl-a-Thon supports the Hope North Community in Uganda that shelters and educates Ugandans displaced by the war. 
• Sign up to play by turning in a team sign-up sheet to Dr. Mary Ogilvie  (CW113) mogilvie@cbu.edu by Monday, 15 Nov. 2010. 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. 
• 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) and we can assign you to a team. 
• 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. 

• Ross Univ. School of Veterinary Medicine and Sherman College of Chiropractic

• 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.
• Representatives from many  programs will be on hand to answer questions.  The list of who's coming is here.  (The Caduceus eNewsletter)
• 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 
• College of Graduate Health Sciences 
• College of Medicine 
• College of Nursing 
• College of Pharmacy 
• Southern College of Optometry - Memphis  Ms. Sunni Ewing
• West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (Lewisburg, WV) 
• U.S. Navy Medical Scholarship Program  (Officer Victor Gooden)
• U.S Navy Medicla Scholarship Program
• U.S. Air Force Medical Scholarship Program
• For more information contact:  Dr. Stan Eisen (seisen@cbu.edu), Pre-professional Health Programs, CBU

Thursday, 11 Nov. 2010 in J-10 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

• West Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine and Philadelphia college of Osteopathic Medicine -  Georgia Campus

• Tuesday, 26 October 2009   Halloween Benefit Concert  for LeBonheur Children's Medical Center starting at 12:00 p.m.  Alfonso Dining Hall

HALLOWEEN BENEFIT CONCERT: Death Warmed Over will return for a concert benefiting LeBonheur Children's Medical Center on Tuesday, 26 Oct. 2010 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.  Winner will receive a $10 gift certificate from Dinstuhl's Chocolates.

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

Tri-Beta held its annual Mock Interviews on September 28 and would like to thank all those who participated. The interviewers and interviewees enjoyed a traditional BBB lasagna dinner and then met one on one with their respective health science counterparts. BBB would like to especially thank the health professionals who generously donated their time: Colleen Hastings, MD (Chemistry '96); Jarad Braddy, DDS (Biology '00); Melissa Hines, MD (Biology '06); Scott Adelman, MD (Biology '03); Carla Orr, pharmacist; Linda Williams, physical therapist; and Karyl Buddington, DVM. 

Tri-Beta also thanks the students who took interest in the event: Kathleen Nelson, Erik Scott, Ashia Rallings, Hajra Motiwala, Samantha Bownes, Jessica Wooster, Antony Eddy, Justin Gallagher, Huong Tran, Kelly Jeu, Mary Jane Dickey, Scott Parker, Natalie Hurt, Christopher Colaner, Sarah Hill, Catherine Gluszek, and Dana Pabalate. And a special thanks to advisor Dr. Mary Ogilvie, for making Mock Interviews a success! Stay tuned for more BBB events!

• Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors students who are applying or planning to apply to professional schools (e.g. Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Veterinary, Optometry, etc.), need to sign up ahead of time for a mock interview.  For more information, contact Ashia Rallings, Pre Health Chair Person of Tri-Beta

(aralling@cbu.edu) or 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

• New students are welcome. You do not have to be an official member of  Beta Beta Beta (Tri-Beta) to attend and participate!
• Upcoming activities for this semester include Mock interviews giving 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.

Presentations: 9:00 am--noon in CW 105

• Students who participated in the 2010 projects from this international research experience present the results from their summer research.  All students interested in this opportunity to conduct research is invited and encouraged to attend.  If you plan to attend, RSVP to Julia Hanebrink (jhanebri@cbu.edu) by noon on Tues., 14 Sept. 2010.

8:30-9:00am Breakfast 

9:00 Welcome and Introduction by Dr. Malinda Fitzgerald (CBU Biol)  [Photo]  [Photo]  [Photo]

9:15  Maria Rodriguez, Vicky Ruleman  Visual Field Loss in Glaucoma [Photo]

9:30 Dominique Garcia Robles(CBU Chem) TRPV1 Receptor and Function from Retinoblastoma Samples. [Photo]

9:45 Benjamin Chism, Jennifer Cobb(CBU Biol) The Importance of Maned-Wolf Fruit (Solanum lycocarpum) and the Effects of Land Fragmentation for Mammals of the Brazilian Cerrado. [Photo]  [Photo]  [Photo]

10:00 Brittany Chavez  Identification of Possible Biomarker Proteins in Shrimp Infected with White Spot Syndrome Virus.  [Photo]  [Photo]

10:15 Coffee Break  [Photo]  [Photo]  [Photo]

10:30 Gayatri Patel, Farah Srichandra Qualitative Analysis of a Local Burmese Migrant School in Mae Sot, Thailand. [Photo]  [Photo]  [Photo]  [Photo] 

10:45 Gabriel Leal  Alcohol Effects on Urocortin (UCN) and Consumptive Behaviors in the Rock Dove, Columba livia. [Photo]  [Photo]  [Photo]  [Photo] 

11:00 Vanessa Walker (CBU Biol)  Neurobiology of Learning and Memory: Olfactory Fear Conditioning and the Process of Memory Extinction Training in Rats. [Photo]  [Photo] 

11:15 Ciara Conway, Jenessa Gebers (CBU Psych)  Vouchers Sold Here: Understanding Access to Health Care in Uganda. [Photo]  [Photo]  [Photo] 

11:30 Dustin James  Overview of Qualitative Research in Pallisa, Uganda.  [Photo] 

11:45 Questions and comments  [Photo]  [Photo]  [Photo] 

12:00 Lunch Served [Photo]  [Photo]  [Photo] 

Above - CBU Students present at the 2010 symposium:  Dominique Garcia Robles, Benjamin Chism & Jennifer Cobb, Vanessa Walker, Jenessa Gebers.

• 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 Dec. 2010.
• See the MHIRT website and contact Julia Hanebrink (jhanebri@cbu.edu), or Dustin James (Dustin.James@cbu.edu) to find out about MHIRT paid research opportunities in Brazil, Thailand, and Uganda for 2011!

• 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.  For example, Mock interviews give 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.

• Bro. Edward Salgado welcomed the group. 
• Dr. Eisen will discuss Preprofessional Health Care Careers advising.  Copies of this year's edition of the printed Health Careers booklet will be distributed uring th emeeting. 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 Career Opportunities Fair will be held Thursday, 11 Nov. 2010 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Sabbatini Lounge, Thomas Center.
• BBB students described 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. 

The date for the first BBB meeting is Thursday, 9 Sept. starting at 12:30 pm in CW 105).  New students are welcome! 
• Bro. Edward Salgado introduced the Biology Department Faculty (and other Faculty members present)  and mentioned which Biology courses are taught by each person.  Bro. Edward discussed 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. 
• Dustin James described CBU Biology International Research and service opportunities through MHIRT.  Interested students are encouraged to attend the MHIRT Projects Symposium Saturday, 18 Sept. 2010 
• CBU Biology Student Research    (Dr. Eisen's List of Examples)
• 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. 
• During the meeting we will see some Biology Dept. web pages.  There is an 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. 

• Biology paradigms and Checksheets 
• CBU Online Course Schedule

New Student Orientation [2010 information will soon be available]

• Chemistry Placement Exam Information:  The placement exam was given during summer advising.  The placement exam is required for those who wish to take Chem 113.  For those who missed the exam this summer, it will be given the first day of class in Chem 113.  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. 

• CBU Rated One of the Best in the Southeast & the Nation 

By U.S. News & World Report, Princeton Review & Forbes 

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)

• 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 
• Human Genome special issue of Science (includes full text and illustrations)
• Science in the News from Sigma Xi 
• Scientific American 
• Sci/Tech News(The Christian Science Monitor)
• News from Journals, Meetings and Universities:
• NewsWise MedNews
• NewsWise LifeNews
• NewsWise SciNews
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• 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.

• Scirus.comweb search engine for science (search journals and web pages)
• The Scientist
• Science Daily Magazine
• New Scientist (UK)
• Health News (MSNBC)
• Science News (MSNBC)
• BioTech Resources
• BBC News Science/Nature
• World Science News (World-Science.net)

• Reference: http://www.bartleby.com/
• Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus (also hear pronunciations!)
• LabLit.com, a forum for all topics related to the culture of science in fiction and fact. 

Math study skills

Biology study skills; Biology reading skills

Physics study skills

Chemistry study skills

• Tri-Beta may be able to suggest a possible tutor for CBU students in the sciences. Contact Dr. Ogilvie for information.