Tutoring Center: New Location, and Adding Micro and Chemistry Help

            The BSC Tutoring Center will expand its services again this semester.  In addition to holding open hours for tutoring in BSC 104, 105, 120, 121, 227, and 228, hours will be added specifically for Microbiology and Organic Chemistry.  The spring hours of operation for the Tutoring Center will be announced in your classes, and posted on the door of S-202 (the Center’s new location, just a few doors down from the previous location) and lecture/lab classroom doors by the second week of classes.  Please don’t hesitate to come by for help – the tutors will be ready and waiting to assist you!

Do You Want to Earn An Honors Designation for 400-level Courses?

            It is possible to earn an honors (H) designation on your transcript for certain 400-level BSC courses that are also offered as 500-level courses.  To explore this option, approach the instructor of the 400/500-level course(s) that you are enrolled in.  The two of you will discuss the additional assignments required to earn the honors designation and work out a contract to be approved by the University honors program.  (This may occur even after registration, as long as it is early in the semester.)  To enroll for the honors option you must have a minimum 3.3 overall GPA.  More information about Marshall’s Honors Program and the Honors Option is available at the Center for Academic Excellence, located in Old Main 230.  You may also reach the Center at 696-5421.

Where can you quickly find faculty information...

        ...such as office hours, room numbers, phone numbers, and email addresses?  Science Building room 350 is the BSC main office.  There are several bulletin boards nearby in the hallway, where you can find a variety of departmental contact information posted.  Can’t find the information you need, or need to speak with someone in person?  Step into 350 and speak with Mary Jo Smith.

What Are They Doing Now?  An update on BSC alumni

·        Bill Sutton, BSC MS 2004 with Dr. Pauley, is currently pursuing his PhD under Dr. Yong Wang at the Center for Forestry and Ecology in the Department of Plant and Soil Science at Alabama A&M University's School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.  His thesis was entitled, “Ecology, Natural History, and Distribution of the Northern Leopard Frog, Rana pipiens, in West Virginia.”  

·        Jayme Waldron, BSC MS 2000 with  Dr. Pauley, has just completed her PhD program at Clemson University. Her MS thesis topic was, “Ecology and sympatric relations of crevice salamanders in Randolph County, West Virginia.

Brag Box - an abbreviated list of recent BSC student and faculty accomplishments:

·        In press:  Merritt, D.S., T.K. Pauley, J.C. Maerz, and J.N. Kochenderfer.  2005.  Amphibian colonization of constructed pools in clear-cut forests. Northeastern Naturalist.

·        Humphries, W.J. and T.K. Pauley.  2005.  Life History of the Hellbender, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, in a West Virginia Stream.  American Midland Naturalist 154:135 - 142.  Jeff Humphries is a BSC MS graduate.

·        Gilliam, F.S. and W.J. Platt. 2006. Conservation and restoration of the longleaf pine ecosystem. Applied Vegetation Science 9: in press.

It’s True:  When a flea jumps, the rate of acceleration is 20 times that of the space shuttle during launch.  Bonus factoid:  Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14, and crayfish have 200.