If you were not able to attend the first meeting, we spoke about attending BugFest this upcoming Saturday, September 21 at the Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh. There will be exhibits, crafts, games, and activities. Entomologists and other scientists will be there to display their work on bugs. We will be providing rides. If you are interested in going, please email me as soon as possible. We will spend about 2 hours there in the morning, so it would not take up much of your day. It will be a fun event to come check out. Please let me know as soon as possible. I plan to send a separate email out by tonight to those who are going for sure will details of when and where to meet.

 

Thank You and have a great rest of the week!

 

Ashvi Patel

President

Club Meeting September 9, 2013

Hey Everyone,

I hope your semester is off to a great start. Biology Club is having its first meeting of the semester this Monday, September 9. Our speaker for this meeting is Dr. Jennifer Landin. She is a professor at NC State who teaches 'Biology in the Modern World' and the popular 'Biological Illustration' class on campus. She will be talking to us about her courses and science education. 

At the beginning of our meeting, the officers will talk a little bit about the club and what we are planning to do this semester. Usually our meetings begin at 5:30 pm and last for an hour, but for this first meeting, we will start the meeting at 5:15 pm. The meeting will be held in 102 David Clark Labs. 

I hope to see everyone there!

Ashvi Patel

President

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Hey everyone,

 

Mrs. Kelley has been asked if our club could sponsor a social to help students interact and get to know other students who have transitioned into NCSU as transfer students. These students do not get an opportunity to be on campus and get to know as many people as students who live on campus or spend all four years at one institution do. We are getting funding for the event, and we will invite members.

 

Tentatively, we are trying to schedule the event two weeks from now, the weekend of Sunday, September 15 would be the date from 4 to 6 pm. It is soon, so I am just sending an email now to find out if you will be available then. We would most likely have it early afternoon, maybe 11 am to 2pm? Please let me know if you can come help, and I will send out another email soon with more details prior to our first meetingMonday.

 

Thank You!

Hi everyone,

Biology Club will be meeting this Monday, April 1. We will have guest speaker Natasha Dillon from the Physiology Graduate Program. Their Masters of science and PhD program offer a research-based degree. The Master of Physiology program is a non-thesis degree and serves to prepare students to improve their academic credentials before applying to professional school, while also advancing their knowledge in the subject of Physiology. If you are interested in pursuing a future degree beyond your undergraduate years, definitely come to hear about the program. As usual, we will meet in David Clark Labs 102 at 5:30 pm. 

Also, on Saturday, April 6, the Biology Club will volunteer at the 11th Annual Neuse River Cleanup (www.neuseriver.org/events/neuserivercleanup.html#2013).  We will be working on foot to cleanup the shoreline of Crabtree Creek in North Raleigh.  We will meet at NCSU at 9:30 am and volunteer until about 2 pm.  If you would like to participate or have any questions about the cleanup, please email Gabrielle at gmschroe@ncsu.edu by Wednesday, April 3. She will speak more about the project at the meeting. 

I hope you all have a great break, and see you on Monday!

Ashvi Patel

President

Biology Club

Hey everyone,

Just a reminder, we have a meeting tomorrow, Monday, March 18, at 5:30 pm in 102 David Clark Labs.  Dr. Chris Ashwell, the director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, will be speaking to the club about some of the undergraduate research opportunities and resources available at NCSU, as well as more general advice on becoming involved in undergraduate research. 

Also, as I am sure you know, Service Raleigh is coming up this Saturday, March 23. We do not have many members signed up for our group as of now. We are assigned to work with the NC Muesem of Natural Sciences. If anyone is still interested in coming, definitely please sign up for it here at this link: 

 http://www.serviceraleigh.org/registeredGroups.php

Because they only let up to a certain number of volunteers register, you may or may not be able to still register. Absolutely do try to do so though if you would still like to volunteer. Our group name is Biology Club and the password is bio123. 

We will talk about it at the meeting tomorrow, but if you have any questions for now, you can email me at apatel5@ncsu.edu. Thanks and I hope to see you the meeting tomorrow!

Ashvi Patel

Service Opportunity

Hello club members,

First, a service opportunity that can fulfill the Biology Club service requirement (one service event per semester):.Baileywick Elementary School is looking for students who would be interested in volunteering a couple hours of their time to talk to Kindergarteners through 5th graders about their science projects at their Science Expo.  The Baileywick Science Expo is not set up as a competition.  The evaluators give the young scientists an opportunity to talk about what they learned.  The Science Expo is on Thursday March 14th from 5:45 to 8:00 pm, and Baileywick Elementary is located at 9425 Baileywick Road, Raleigh, NC 27615  (near Creedmore Rd. and Hwy 540).  If you are interested, please see the attached flyer after this post for more information and contact Mary Roach, the Baileywick Science Expo Evaluator Coordinator, at mebroach12@gmail.com. 

Additionally, some of you may be interested in attending a seminar tomorrow.  The Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (MEAS) at the North Carolina State University will be hosting a seminar on March 11th from 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm at 1216 Jordan Addition.  Ken Lacovara, Ph.D, Associate Professor for the Department of Biology at Drexel University, will be speaking about "Giants at the End of the World: Recent Dinosaur Discoveries from Southernmost Patagonia, Argentina."  Please see the abstract at the end of this post for more information.

Best,

Gabrielle Schroeder

Vice President

NCSU Biology Club

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Hello club members,

 

Our next meeting is on Monday, February 25.  Dr. Joshua Hall will be visiting the club to tell us about the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program (BBSP) at UNC-Chapel Hill.  BBSP is a graduate program that unites 14 PhD programs, including biology, neurobiology, pharmacology, genetics and molecular biology, and bioinformatics and computational biology.  Its format enourages interdisciplinary approaches and allows students to investigate multiple research areas or, alternatively, quickly focus on one field.  Dr. Hall will also share advice on preparing for and choosing a graduate program.  If you are interested in pursuing a graduate degree in the biological sciences, but aren't sure how to become a strong applicant or find a good program, this presentation will help point you in the right direction.  As usual, we will meet at 5:30 pm in 102 David Clark Labs. 

 

See you on Monday!

 

Best,

Gabrielle Schroeder

Vice President

NCSU Biology Club

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