ACUBE:  Association of College and University Biology Educators
  44th Annual Meeting October 12-14, 2000 
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana


Biology in Context:  Real Life Science 
         Biology offers many windows through which to view the world.  How can we use these windows to help all our students connect the biology they learn in classrooms meaningfully to the rest of their lives? 
 

Abstracts              Registration form      Exhibitor Info

Preliminary Program

  Thursday, October 12th      
 
..1:00 - 6:00 PM Registration Table Science Building Atrium
..2:00 - 6:00 PM Pre-Meeting Field Trip: Swopes Art Museum and Historical Museum Meet at Science Building
..6:00 - 8:00 PM Registration and Reception Hulman Union, DD-1
..8:00 - 9:00 PM Opening Session Science 12
 Welcome to ACUBE:


ACUBE President:   Buzz Hoagland, 
Westfield State College, Westfield, Massachusetts
  Welcome to Indiana State University:


Joseph Weixlmann, Dean College of Arts and Sciences 


Program Chair: Margaret Waterman,
Southeast Missouri State University


Local Arrangements Co-Chairs: Tim Mulkey and David Prentice, Indiana State University

 OPENING ADDRESS (Public Welcome to Attend) Science 12


 Estrogen - Not Just for Young Women
 

 Presenter:  Jim Hughes
..9:15 - 10:15 PM Executive Committee Meeting Science Seminar Room
  Friday, October 13th     
 
7:00 AM -5:00 PM Registration table will be open all day Science 2nd Floor
 
Please check your membership;
Inquire about audiovisual needs;
General information.
..7:00 - 8:00 AM Buffet Breakfast (by Interest Group) Hulman DD-1
.7:30 - 10:30 AM Field Trip: Coal Mining, Mine Reclamation and Fossil Collecting Meet at Science building
.9:00 AM - Noon SUSTAINING MEMBER EXHIBITS  Science 299
..8:15 - 9:45 AM CONCURRENT WORKSHOP SESSIONS I
 
1.

New developments in Case It!, a project to integrate collaborative case-based learning into international undergraduate biology curricula via web-based poster sessions and Internet conferencing 

Mark Bergland and Karen Klyczek, University of Wisconsin, River Falls
Student Computing Center

Room 100

 
2.Broadcasting on Networks
(an exhibitor workshop)
Ed Sachs,  iWorks
Student Computing Center
Room 106

3.The Power of Analogy in Teaching Biology

 Arbour Cherif, Columbia College, IL,
Neil Grant, William Patterson College, NJ,
JoElla Eaglin Siuda, Illinois Institute of Art

 

Science 214

.9:50 - 10:20 AM POSTER SESSION I
(Refreshments available Room 299) 		 Science Hallway near Rm. 299
 

1.

 The Human Genome for NonMajors
Katherine Cullen, Translyvania University, KY
  2. A simple apparatus for the study of the effects of environmental factors on Drosophila life cycle. 
Chad Greuter and Brad Greuter, University of Illinois, Springfield
 

3.

 Over-the-counter physiology
Lynn L. Gillie, Elmira College, NY
 

4.

 Sight and Sound:  A Cross-disciplinary approach to non-majors science teaching.
Peggy Shadduck Palombi and James C. Day, Transylvania University, KY
  5. Measurement of seed respiration by CO2 release: a simple method adaptable to both biology major and non-major courses
Angela Glascock,Truman State University, MO
  6.

Use of Physical Protein Models to Teach Concepts of Molecular Structure / Function
Tim Herman, Center for BioMolecular Modeling, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Sarah Ankerstein, Milwaukee School of Engineering, and  Lisa Robbins, Carthage College, Kenosha WI.
  7.

A Cell Biology Lab – Quantitative Comparisons of Lectin Receptors in Human Cheek Cells
Kathleen Mahoney and Ann Larson University of Illinois at Springfield

 
10:30 AM - noon PM CONCURRENT WORKSHOP SESSIONS II

1. Cross Roads:   Learning from Real Life Cases of In Vitro Fertilization
Abour Cherif, Columbia College, Chicago
Student Computing Center
Room 107
 
2.Using Physical and Computer Modeling to Make the Molecular World Real
Michael Patrick - University of Wisconsin, Madison
Tim Herman, Milwaukee School of Engineering
 

Student Computing Center
Room  100

10:30 - 11:15 AM CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS I
 
1.Student Ownership of Teaching and Learning as a Means of Making Science Real
Terry Derting, Murray State University

Science 297
2.Large Science Classes:  How the web can promote interaction and course management
Scott Gordon, University of Southern Indiana

Science 214
3.Understanding Ecology through Art:  An ecology course for art, media and communication students
Zachia Middlechild, Columbia College of Chicago


Student Computing Center  Room 100
 
11:20 - 12:05 AM CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS II
1.From Yeast to Hairdryers: Ideas for Teaching Environmental Science
Kathy Nolan, St. Francis College, NY

Science 214
2.Using the 3 P's and the Invertebrate Zoology Teaching Lab:  Some Open-ended Enrichment Exercises
Robert Wallace, Ripon College

Science 297
 
..12:15 - 1:00 PM

Luncheon and First Business Meeting
First and Final Call for Nominations!!

  Hulman DD-1
..1:00 - 1:45 PM Luncheon Program
  Presenter:  NSF
 
..2:00 - 5:00 PM SUSTAINING MEMBER EXHIBITS    Science  299
..2:00 - 2:45 PM CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS III
 
1.What's News? Using Journals in the Biology Classroom
  Sujata Verma, Columbia College Chicago
 
Science 214
 
2.Hey, I've Got a Question About That! Students Teaching Students in a Human Biology Course for Non Majors.
 Tom Davis, Loras College
 

Science 297
3.Induced Diabetes-Milletus: A model of homeostatis in the rat.
 Gregory Grabowski and Lindsay Piejak, University of Detroit, Mercy
 
Science 262
4.Understanding the Changing Student Population
Mary Haskins, Rockhurst University, MO

  
Science 222
..2:50 - 3:20 PM POSTER SESSION II (Refreshments available in Room 299)

See list of posters, above

 Science Hallway near Room 299
..3:30 - 5:00 PM CONCURRENT WORKSHOP SESSIONS III
 
1.Biology Educators in Context: Faculty Issues Forum on Adjuncts, Merit Pay and Distance Learning.
Buzz Hoagland, Westfield State College, MA

Science214 

breakouts in  Science 222, 216 and 218

 
2.An Introduction to Knot Theory for Biology Educators
Stafanos Gialamas, Illinois Institute of Art

Science 297
3.Putting Courses on the Web:  Trials, Tribulations and Successes 
Nancy Sanders, Truman State University, MO,  Tim Mulkey and David Prentice, Indiana State University

Student Computing Center

Room  100

..5:05 - 5:45 PM Web Page Committee Meeting Science Seminar Room
 
.6:00 - 7:30 PM

*******   OPEN BALLOTING  *******

 Hulman DD-1
..6:00 - 7:00 PM Social Hulman DD-1
..7:00 - 9:00 PM BANQUET and Second Business Meeting Hulman DD-1
..
 Dinner Presentation : A Holistic Approach to Students --  Mind, Body and Spirit
  ..Speaker:  Brian Degenhardt,  Kirksville MO
 
  Saturday, October 14th                        
 
..7:30 - 8:45 AM Buffet Breakfast (by Interest Group) Hulman DD-1
..7:45 - 8:45 AM Bioscene Editorial Board
Ethel Stanley and Tim Mulkey, Co-Editors, presiding		 Hulman Meeting Room
..9:00 - 9:45 AM CONCURRENT PAPER SESSION  IV
1.

Evolution – a survey of attitudes and understanding of Truman students

 Nancy Sanders, Jennifer Stuart and Melissa Mayo, Truman State University
 

Science 297
2. LifeLines OnLine News Stories and Modules:  Investigative Learning Activities for Contextualizing Biology
Margaret Waterman, Southeast Missouri State University
Ethel Stanley, Beloit College, WI


Student Computing Center

Room 106

3.Mitochondria:  An Integrating Theme for NonMajors
Gary Oxford, Longwood College, VA

Science 299
4.

What on Earth is Evolution?  The geological perspective as effective framework for introducing evolution to non majors
Jerry Adams, Columbia College, Chicago
 

Science 214

.9:45 - 10:00 AM Morning Break
10:00 - 10:45 AM CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS V
1.Biology from the Newspaper
Bill Brett, Indiana State University

Science 299
2.

Promoting Diversity and Multiculturalism through Teaching and Learning
 Abour Cherif, Columbia College Chicago

Student Computing Center

Room 100

3.Frustrations and Solutions
Tom Davis, Loras College, IA
Science 297

4.Out of Africa: How travel impacts biology in the college classroom
Marian Field Fass, Beloit College
Charles Stinemetz, Rhodes College, TN

 

Science 214

 
 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Luncheon and Third Business Meeting
 Hulman DD-1
  BUSINESS MEETING
  Presidential Address:
.....Buzz Hoagland, Westfield State College and
     Tom Davis, Loras College

 Election Results:
.....Nancy Sanders, Truman State University

 Bioscene:
.....Ethel Stanley, Beloit College
.....Tim Mulkey, Indiana State University

 2000 Meeting at University of Nebraska at Kearney
.....Charlie Bicak, University of Nebraska, Kearney
.....Mary Haskins, Rockhurst University

 Executive Secretary Report:
.....Pres Martin, Hamline Univeristy
================= ADJOURNMENT OF REGULAR MEETING  =============
..12:30 - 1:15 PM Steering Committee Meeting
Includes newly elected Steering Committee members!		 Science Seminar Room
 

For additional information or to suggest a workshop or presentation, please contact Margaret Waterman by email at  waterman@biology.semo.edu or by phone at 
(573) 651 -2381  Deadline for papers and workshops is July 1, 2000.  Deadline for posters is September 15, 2000.

Last updated 09/15/00