February Meeting Minutes

MEETING MINUTES and ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Hello all! This meeting was an important one as Darwin Week is upon us!
We can use help with everything, so if you are interested please email the BioSci club. We have tons of flyers that can be stapled or glued anywhere you’d like so come by and grab a few.

First, at 8 pm on Thursday (February 11), Dr. Kelly Smith will be showing the movie “Flock of Dodos” in the McKissick Theater. Admission is FREE and there will be a Question-and-Answer session afterwards for all who attend. This is typically very fun.

Then, in the ground floor lobby of the Hendrix Center, we will have our Darwin Day display with faculty and students present to answer questions. The display will include samples, simulations, biographies, podcasts, and many more displays to educate the many people who come to look at what’s being shown. The event will take place from 10:00 until 2:00. You can sign up to sit at a table and answer questions – just email us.

Lastly for Darwin Day, we are going to have a Departmental cookout on Friday, February 12, at 5 pm in the Jordan Room. We need volunteers to help us set-up and clean-up, so please email us to let you know when you can come to help. ANYONE is welcome to come, so bring your friends and tell your classmates!

BioSci doesn’t end after Darwin Week! On February 27th we will load up and head to the Georgia Aquarium. If you haven’t been, you’ll definitely want to come and see the world’s greatest aquarium and if you have been, you know you want to go back! Email us to let us know you are interested – we will send a specific departure time ASAP!!

On Sunday, March 7th come out and volunteer with the BioSci club and help us clean up Issaquenna Road! This never takes long and afterwards we will all enjoy a free lunch! Clean up our environment, get some volunteer hours, and have some fun.

We have also decided on a T-Shirt design and will be printing them up very soon. Watch your email for a preview and let us know if you want one.

And lastly, we are going to participate in Relay for Life and we are counting on your support. We are going to pair with tri-Beta and AED to raise some money at 356. They will be hosting a battle of the bands contest and on a few Tuesdays and on March 30 we will help out 356 and in return half of their profits will go towards Relay for Life!

Our next meeting will be March 3 (Wednesday!) – bring your friends, enjoy some free pizza, and let us know what you want to do and we can do it! We have had a number of suggestions for speakers so we will undoubtedly have a good one. See you there.

-BioSci

Darwin Day 2009

Thursday, February 11th, 8 – 9 pm Randy Olsen’s movie Flock of Dodos
McKissick Theater, Hendrix Student Center. Discussion moderated by Dr. Kelly Smith. Free & open to the public

Friday, February 12th, 10 am – 2 pm Darwin Day Exhibition & Ask a Scientist Panel. Hendrix Center Atrium. Exhibition of skulls, fossils, books & biographies. Free & open to the public

Friday, February 12th, 3:35 – 4:35 pm Beyond selfish herds: On the structure, ecology, and evolution of larval societies. 100 Brackett Hall. Biologial Sciences research seminar by Dr. Jim Costa. Western Carolina University.

Friday, February 12th, 4:45 – 5:45 pm Teaching Darwin with Darwin. 100 Brackett Hall. Special public lecture by Dr. Jim Costa. Western Carolina University. Free & open to the public.

Friday, February 12th, 5 – 7 pm Darwin Day BioSci Cookout, Jordan Room. Grilled meats by SC Native Meats. Sides and desserts welcome. BioSci Friends & Family.

For more information see the Darwin Week Festival web site at: http://people.clemson.edu/~mchildr/Darwin2010

Meeting This Wednesday, Feb 3rd, 7 pm, Jordan Room

Biosci members,

We will be having our monthly meeting *THIS* Wednesday at 7pm in the Jordan Room. We have a lot of events to plan and dates to finalize so be sure to come and help us plan things that you can come to!

In the spirit of Darwin week which is next week, we have asked Dr. Kelly Smith to be our speaker this month to discuss current bioethics topics and possibly the evolution/creationism debate!

As always, we will have FREE PIZZA for everyone! If you have any questions, feel free to email me at craho at clemson.edu and I hope to see you on Wednesday!

Caroline Raho
Biosci Club President

First Spring Semester Meeting, Jan 13th, 7 pm, 332 Long Hall

Hi Everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful winter break and are ready for a new at semester with the Biosci club! We will be having our next meeting next Wednesday, January 13th in Long 332 at 7pm. Unlike our usual meetings we will not be having a speaker. Instead, we will be discussing dissection kit sales, Darwin Day, a trip to the Georgia aquarium, and other events for the semester! As always, we will have FREE PIZZA! And remember to bring your dues, $20, for the year!

Before our meeting on Wednesday, we need volunteers to sell dissection kits early next week. The times are listed below. Please email Dr.
Childress ( mchildr@clemson.edu ) to sign up for a time and to meet at 105 Jordan to pick up the cart of supplies (money bag, dissection kits, instructions).

If you have any questions, feel free to email me at craho at clemson.edu.
Looking forward to seeing you all next week!

Caroline Raho
Biosci Club President


Mon Jan 11 - 12:20-1:00 Invertebrate Biology Lab 301 & 305 Jordan
Mon Jan 11 - 3:20-4:00 Invertebrate Biology Lab 301 & 305 Jordan
Tues Jan 12 - 9:20-10:45 General Biology 100 Brackett
Tues Jan 12 - 12:20-1:00 Honors General Biology 216 Long
Tues Jan 12 - 2:20-3:00 Comparative Vertebrate Morphology Lab 305 Jordan
Wed Jan 13 - 10:10-11:00 General Biology 100 Brackett
Wed Jan 13 - 1:20-2:00 Honors General Biology 216 Long
Thur Jan 14 - 9:20-10:45 General Biology 100 Brackett
Thur Jan 14 - 12:20-1:00 Honors General Biology 216 Long
Thur Jan 14 - 2:20-3:00 Comparative Vertebrate Morphology Lab 305 Jordan

Meeting, This Wednesday, Dec 2nd

Hi BioSci Club,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break and made it back to Clemson safely. This Wednesday (December 2, 2009) will be the LAST BioSci Club meeting of the semester! We will be meeting in the Jordan Room at 6:00 pm for FREE food and then we will join Beta Beta Beta for the Planet Earth Movie Showing at 6:30 in the McKissick Theater. Admission to the movie is FREE! Tri-Beta will be selling baked goods before the movie as one of their club fundraisers, so please bring a little extra cash to support them!

I know this is a busy week for many, but I hope this meeting will serve as a nice study break. If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to email me (kandrea@clemson.edu).

Thanks,

Katrine Andreasen
BioSci Club President

Riverbanks Zoo

Riverbanks Zoo Field Trip - This Saturday, Nov 14th

Biosci Club,

This Saturday, November 14th, the Biosci Club will be visiting the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia! We plan to leave Long Hall at 10am and will be returning by 6pm at the latest . The normal entrance fee is $9.75, but all paid Biosci Club members will be given a discount and will only pay $6. We plan to carpool instead of taking buses so if you are willing to drive, please let me know!

We will need to know asap if you plan on attending the trip and we'll let you know by Friday afternoon if the trip is still scheduled. Remember that anyone in Vertebrate Biology needs to visit a zoo or aquarium so if you or your friends are in the class be sure to join us!

If you have any questions feel free to email me at craho We hope to see you all Saturday!

Caroline Raho
Biosci Club VP