"CBU students study benefits of health insurance abroad" by Scott Shepard Memphis Business Journal  7 July 2003.  "20 Memphis college students are in Brazil and Uganda this summer, studying prenatal care in poor women in Sao Paulo and the benefits of health insurance in Africa."  MIRT: Minority International Research Training

"CBU researcher seeking answers to why aging causes blindness" by Scott Shepard Memphis Business Journal  7 July 2003.  "Malinda Fitzgerald is a biologist who may be on the verge of answering an aggravating question in ophthalmology: What causes macular degeneration?"

MIRT: Research Training Opportunity

The Minority International Research Training grant to CBU supports undergraduate biology students who are selected to join summer research projects in Brazil and Uganda.  The application deadline is 15 Jan.

• Sunday, 27 July 2003   Practice MCAT To participate, contact Dr. Eisen (901) 321-3447  FAX: (901) 321-4433  E-mail: seisen@cbu.edu

11 July 2003 Registration Deadline for 16 August 2003 MCAT

Late registration until 25 July 2003

MCAT Registration:.  The ONLY way you can register for the MCAT now is via the web, at https://actrs19.act.org/app/mcat/mcat   [Dr. Eisen, Feb. 2003]

• Planning to Apply to Health-related Professional School?   

AMCAS Applications need to be submitted in June (applying for Fall enrollment in the next calendar year)

• Health Career Preparation: 
• Subscribe to the CBU Caduceus Newsletter to receive weekly news about career preparation (pre-Medical, pre-Dentistry, Pre-Physical Therapy, pre-Pharmacy, pre-Nursing, Pre-Veterinary Medicine, etc.). 
• Take a look at the current edition of Health Careers prepared by Dr. Eisen.
• MCAT Registration:.  The ONLY way you can register for the MCAT now is via the web, at https://actrs19.act.org/app/mcat/mcat   [Dr. Eisen, Feb. 2003]
• Guide to preparing the AMCAS Application for the 2003-2004 application cycle.

• Sleep helps learning!  "...a growing body of research suggests that sleep aids learning."  Another reason that cramming can produce panic rather that excellent exam performance.

• Brain Teaser Questions from MENSA (This is an interactive Excel spreadsheet contributed by Bro. John Monzyk, CBU Physics Dept.)

Photos from CBU Baccalaureate and Graduation May 2003

CBU's chapter of Beta Beta Beta (the Biology honor society) held a fundraising Dog Wash!  It was on Saturday, May 3, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the CBU Central parking lot.  Lots of customers stopped by to meet everyone's canine pets (and a goat!).

Organized by Michelle Driscoll, BBB Chapter President 2003-04 and Dr. Mary Ogilvie, BBB Advisor.

Photos from the Oct. 2003 BBB Dog Wash.

• Photos from the 7^th Annual CBU Student Research Poster Session  Tuesday, 22 April 2003 11:00 am -- 1:50 pm   East Lounge, 2nd floor Thomas Center 

• Beta Beta Beta  Annual Induction of New & Promoted Members Wednesday, 9 April 2003  6:30 pm East Lounge, Thomas Center  [Photos now available]
• "Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta) is a [national honor] society for students, particularly undergraduates, dedicated to improving the understanding and appreciation of biological study and extending boundaries of human knowledge through scientific research."
• This year's inductees include: 
• New BBB Associate Members:   Janet Atkins,  Ashley Grant,  Cristina Martinez, Ashley Miller, Alicia Phelps,   Christie Spencer,  and Lauren Tucker.
• New or Promoted BBB Full Members:  Whitney Appling, Heather Dirks, Manish Patel 
• Musical Entertainment was provided by Drs. Eisen and Ogilvie.
• If you are interested in joining, here are the membership requirements.
• Photos from the 2002 BBB Induction

• Beta Beta Beta  Meeting  Thursday, 10 April 2003  12:30 pm in room S214 

[Photos now available]
• This was the final meeting for the semester.  Pizza and snacks were served.
• Students presented Dr. Eisen with cards and a cake to thank him for his years as faculty advisor to BBB. 
• Chapter Officers for the 2003-04 academic year:  President: Michelle Driscoll, Vice President: Manny Patel, Historian: Heather Dirks, Secretary/treasurer: Janet Eichholz.  Dr. Ogilvie will be the new advisor for BBB. 

• TAS Meeting. Union University, Jackson TN Saturday, 5 April 2003
• Photos from the 2003 TAS Meeting 
• Twenty CBU Biology Seniors presented their research at the annual Tennessee Academy of Sciences,  Collegiate Division, Western Regional Meeting hosted by Union University, Jackson, TN.
• The two Best Paper Awards were presented to Scott Adelman, CBU and Alison Groeger, Rhodes.

• President's Reception for Accepted Students.  Sunday, 6 April 2003 
• Photos from the 2003 President's Reception

• Saturday, 12 April 2003   MIRT Bioethics Workshop.  9:30am-3:00pm Kenrick Room 107
• Bioethics Workshop for students and faculty traveling to international sites.  The workshop will be directed by Dr. Terry Ackerman, Director of Human Values & Ethics, U.T., Memphis.  This workshop is required by NIH as a part of the MIRT program. 
• Donuts and coffee will be served as well as lunch on campus.   Dr. Teri Mason

will be the CBU co-ordinator. 
• All interested CBU Biology Students and prospective MIRT participants are encouraged to attend.

• CBU Senior Biology Majors Participate in a Volunteer Medical Mission to Haiti.

Photos from the March 2003 trip to Haiti (photos by Robert Appling and Stacey Bourg).
Bro. Edward Salgado, Chair, CBU Biology Dept., and three CBU Biology students, Robert Appling, Stacey Bourg, & Sarah Stinnett, visited Haiti during Spring Break 2003 (8-15 March) to do volunteer work in a medical clinic.    Press release.

• CBU School of Sciences Youth & Vitality vs. Old Age & Deceit

Charity Volleyball Game photos  24 Feb. 2003.

• MIRT Student Research Poster on Display
• At the meeting of the Association for Biomedical Minority Undergraduate Student Research last week, two students from the CBU's MIRT 2002 presented their summer research (conducted in Brazil) in a poster: Presence of Calbindin Positive Neurons in the region of the Superior Salvitory Nucleus in Rodents.  Authors:   Monique Wiggins (LeMoyne Owen College, Biology), Lachre Brown (CBU, Biology), Malinda Fitzgerald (CBU, Biology),Claudio A. B. Toledo (City University of Sao Paulo, Neuroscience), and Anton Reiner (UT, Memphis Anatomy and Neurobiology).
• The poster is displayed in the Science Building hallway between S212 and S213.

• MIRT program   Team Building Workshop at Heifer Project in Perryville Ark.
• Photos from the March 2003 trip.
• (Photos from March 2002)

• Thursday, 6 March 2003   ETS Biology Major Field Test  12:00 noon (Required for all Senior Biology Majors) 
• Brief Description of Biology Major Field Test   Detailed Test Description (Adobe Acrobat Reader)
• Sample Questions (Adobe Acrobat Reader)

• Monday, 24 February 2003   CBU School of Sciences Charity Volleyball Game 
• Charity Volleyball Game photos!

• More than $700 was donated to the Church Health Center!!
• The Youth & Vitality team was triumphant!

Youth & Vitality won Game #1, Old Age & Deceit won Game #2, and Youth & Vitality won Game #3.
 
• Dr. Eisen coordinated publicity, collecting donations, etc.

 
• The history of the rivalry: 

2001 Charity Basketball Game
2000 Charity Basketball Game

• Recent faculty publications: A. Reiner, A., Y. Zagvazdinb, and Malinda E. C. Fitzgerald.  2003.   Choroidal blood flow in pigeons compensates for decreases in arterial blood pressure. Experimental Eye Research 76(3): 273-282.  [12 Feb 2002]

Fall 2002 CBU BellTower Features CBU Biology [Adobe Acrobat file]

"No Week at the Beach" CBU senior Biology Majors' Medical Mission to Haiti, Fall 2002,  by John Kerr

"Research Site-Seeing" CBU's MIRT project supports student research in Brazil and Uganda, by Lisa Bell

"Volunteering for Peace" CBU Biology Professor, Dr. Stan Eisen visited Israel and packed medical supply kits as part of his two weeks of  work with the Volunteers for Israel Program during the summer of 2002

• Thurs., 21 Nov. 2002  Biology Research Seminar and MIRT Program Information 

12:30 p.m.  CBU Science Building room  S153

Dr. Marques' Seminar Slides

Dr. Maria Risoleta Marques will be in Memphis from Florianopolis Brazil on November 21.  Dr. Marques will give a seminar on her research in aquatic environmental science.  One of her research interests is the expression of heat shock proteins in bivalves as an environmental pollution indicator.  Dr. Marques is one of the MIRT faculty mentors. 

All interested CBU Biology Students and prospective MIRT participants are encouraged to attend.

Dr. Malinda Fitzgerald will discuss research opportunities available through the MIRT program.

15 January 2003 is the deadline for submitting your application to participate in MIRT for the summer of 2003.  There at least 15 positions to fill this year.  Students selected to participate will receive funding for their travel and living expenses.  The summer 2003 paid research opportunity is open to juniors and above.

• Fall Field Trip to Gulf Coast Marine Lab  7-9 Nov. 2002 
• Students in the Invertebrate Zoology and Ecology classes attended.
• Photos from the Nov. 2002 Gulf Coast Field Trip

• Thursday, 31 Oct. 2002  2^nd Annual Halloween Lunchtime Concert 
• Photos from the Halloween Benefit Concert  (including Engineering and Science Faculty in Halloween costumes!)
• "Death Warmed Over," lived up to their motto:  "We can butcher ANY song!"  Members of the group included:  Dr. Beth Nelson (Behavioral Science), Garrett Smithson ('05), Jonathan Miller ('05), and Dr. Stan Eisen (Biology).  This wa a charity fundraiser.  Donations were accepted to benefit LeBonheur Children's Medical Center.

CBU senior Biology majors participated in a volunteer Medical Mission to Haiti.

• Four CBU Biology students worked at a medical clinic in Haiti during CBU's Oct. 2002 Fall Break (Nina Addison, Scott Adelman, Andy Asbury, and Edin Basic).  Three students will travel to Haiti during Spring Break 2003 (Robert Appling, Stacey Bourg, & Sarah Stinnett). 
• Photos from the October trip to Haiti
• More photos (from Dino and Andy) in the Caduceus Newsletter.

• Dr. Malinda Fitzgerald's publication: Temporal Relationship of Choroidal Blood Flow and Thickness Changes during Recovery from Form Deprivation Myopia in Chicks.  Experimental Eye Research74(5):561-570. Abstract available on the web.  Dr. Fitzgerald reports that this research was made possible through the NSF grant, Assisi and the Briggs Foundation. [30 Oct. 2002]

• Whose Eye is it Anyway?  Try to identify the sources of the various images of eyes.
• Eye, Eye, Eye, Eye: Questions about Eyes  See how many of the questions you can answer. 

• 30 Oct. and 9 Oct. 2002   Donut Sale fundraiser for the Gulf Coast Field Trip

Students in Dr. Eisen's Invertebrate Zoology class and Bro. Edward's Ecology class sold fresh Krispy Kreme Donuts to raise money for the annual field trip to the Gulf Coast Research Lab.  November 7 through November 9.  View photos of past Gulf Coast Field Trips (Spring 2002) and (Spring 2001)

Well, believe it or not, recent studies have shown that "glucose increased performance on learning and tests" in humans.   And studies highlight the importance of dietary carbohydrates for brain functionbecause "mental concentration actually drains glucose from a key part of the brain associated with memory and learning."

• 16-31 Oct. 2002 Beta Beta Beta members volunteered at the Children's Museum of Memphis Pumpkin Patch. The event lasts from the 16th to the 31st and shifts last from 9:20--12:20.  Contact Sarah Stinnett.
• Saturday, 5 Oct. 2002  Beta Beta Beta Annual Dog Wash, 12:30-3:00 p.m. BBB fundraiser, contact Sarah Stinnett. Photos from the 2002 Dog Wash
• Thursday, 3 Oct. 2002   Health Careers Opportunities Fair at CBU!
• Arranged to help students find out about graduate programs in health care.
• Room S201 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  Room S201 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
• Representatives from the following programs were on hand to answer questions:
• University of Tennessee - Memphis

      Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy 
      Cytology, Health Information Management
• Southern College of Optometry - Memphis
• US Air Force, US Navy, US Army Medical Scholarship Programs 
• For more information contact:  Dr. Eisen, Director, Pre-professional Health Programs, CBU

• Saturday, 21 Sept. 2002    MIRT Projects Symposium at CBU 

10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.  Room:  Montesi (2nd floor, Buckman Hall) at CBU
Learn about opportunities for funded research during the summer of 2003

• Student presentations of their Summer 2002 work in Brazil and Uganda and discussion of research opportunities for Summer 2003. 

• Interested in Brazil or Uganda for the summer of 2003?  Come and talk about what we can do!  (If you are accepted into the program, the MIRT grant will cover all of your travel expenses plus a stipend.)

 
• All interested CBU Biology Students and prospective MIRT participants are encouraged to attend.

• Identification of yellow jackets   Check out the images... including a close-up of the (ouch) ovipositor/sting

• Tuesday, 10 Sept. 2002   Research Opportunities  in Brazil and Uganda   2:00-4:00 p.m. Room S155

Dr. Malinda Fitzgerald discussed MIRT research opportunities.

Dr. Claudio Toledo, one of the Brazilian mentors for the MIRT program, answered questions about research in Brazil for summer 2003. 

Dr. Janet McCord, CBU Dept. of Religion and Philosophy, will discuss research opportunities in Uganda (and possibly Kenya) for 2003.

The summer 2003 paid research opportunity is open to juniors and above.

All interested CBU Biology Students and prospective MIRT participants are encouraged to attend the seminar.

• Thursday, 5 Sept. 2002  Beta Beta Beta Open Meeting  12:15 p.m. room S214.
• All students interested in Biology are invited to attend.
• Help plan the activities for this academic year!
• Contact: BBB chapter President for 2002-03 Sarah Stinnett
• The Fall events to be discussed include the following:

Saturday, 21 September at 12:30 p.m.  Annual Dog Wash, proceeds to go to BBB
16-31 October  9:20 to 12:20  Children's Museum of Memphis service work
Friday, 25 October at 2:30 p.m.   Annual visit to Regional Forensics Center
Thursday, 31 October   Annual Halloween lunchtime concert at Alfonso Dining Hall
        Assist (that means playing a musical instrument and/or singing and/or helping to carry PA equipment) at the annual Halloween lunchtime concert at Alfonso Dining Hall.  This is Dr. Eisen's vain attempt to retain his youth and make believe that he still is a rocker.  The venue is JUST Halloween songs.
• 2 or 16 November  Blood Pressure Screening Program

• Photos from the 2002 Biology Majors and Health Careers Meeting!
• Find out about:
• The Biology Major at CBU and the resources we have to help you!
• Health Care Careers and the process of applying to graduate school (Medical, Dental, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Veterinary, etc.)
• How to access the CBU Biology Department's shared digital resources.
• CBU's chapter of Beta Beta Beta:  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.
• Agenda: 1) Introduction of faculty (Brother Edward); 2) Invitation to join Beta Beta Beta (Sarah Stinnett, President of Beta Beta Beta); 3) Chemistry as an alternative for pre-health majors (Dr. Busler); 4) MIRT (Dr. Fitzgerald) 5) Use of computers and VALSHARE (Dr. Ross); 6) Prehealth Programs & distribution of Health Careers booklets (Dr. Eisen); 7) Distribution of door prizes (Dr. Eisen)
• Bio Majors and Preprofessional Students: 

Take a look at the current edition of Health Careers prepared by Dr. Eisen.  Contact Dr. Eisen (seisen@cbu.edu) to put your name on the Caduceus Newsletter email list to receive weekly news about career preparation (pre-Medical, pre-Dentistry, Pre-Physical Therapy, pre-Pharmacy, pre-Nursing, Pre-Veterinary Medicine, etc.).
• Photos from 2001 Biology Majors Meeting.

• Photos from the 2002 Biology Majors and Health Careers Meeting  Aug. 2002
• CBU Excellence in Teaching Workshop 15 Aug. 2002

• CBU Biology Activities:  Fall 2001-Spring 2002 Academic Year
• CBU Biology Activities Fall 2000-Spring 2001 Academic Year