September 12-14, 2002
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL
Visualizing and Communicating
Environmental Issues
WORKING Preliminary Program
Thursday, September 12th
| Noon - 6:00 PM | Field Trip to Mazon Creek Preregistration ($40.00), includes box lunch |
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| 6:00 - 8:00 PM | Registration and Reception | Room TBA | |
| 8:00 - 9:00 PM | Opening Session | Room TBA | |
| Welcome to ACUBE from the President: Malcolm Levin, University of Illinois - Springfield |
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| Welcome to Columbia College Chicago: TBA, Columbia College Chicago Local Arrangements Chairs: Abour Cherif & Gerry Adams, Columbia College Chicago Program Chair: Bob Wallace, Ripon College |
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| OPENING ADDRESS (Public Welcome to Attend) David Kuckuk Director, E.H. May Environmental Park Sheboygan Co., WI |
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| Waters of Wisconsin to the World - Drop of Life | |||
| 9:15 - 10:15 PM | Executive Committee Meeting | Room TBA | |
Friday, September 13th
| 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Registration table | Room TBA | ||
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| 7:00 - 8:00 AM | Buffet Breakfast (by Interest Group) | Room TBA | ||
| 9:00 AM - Noon | SUSTAINING MEMBER EXHIBITS (refreshments provided) |
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| 8:15 - 9:45 AM | CONCURRENT WORKSHOP SESSIONS I | |||
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Developing distance courses in science in compliance with the A.D.A. Ateegh Al Arabi (Johnson County Community College) |
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Implementing computer technologies in the classroom: some new approaches. Robert Mahoney (Columbia College Chicago) |
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Investigative cases by community college faculty. Margaret Waterman & Ethel Stanley (Southeast MO State University & Beloit College) |
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| 9:50 - 10:20 AM | SUSTAINING MEMBER EXHIBITS (refreshments provided) |
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| NewSci Publishing Corporation | ||||
| Pearson Custom Publishing | ||||
| 10:30 AM - noon | POSTER SESSIONS I | with Sustaining Members | ||
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Bimodal distributions Lynn Gillie (Elmira College) |
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Presenting poverty as an environmental problem: an interdisciplinary approach Alan Nowicki (Highland Community College) |
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Recasting your Curriculum Vitae according to the Boyer (1990) model of faculty development Robert Wallace (Ripon College) |
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| 10:30 AM - noon | CONCURRENT WORKSHOP SESSIONS II | |||
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Using a webcam to visualize biological processes with pedagogically inconvenient time scales. Steven D. Brewer (University of Massachusetts) |
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Cell receptors. Ann M. Larson (University of IL, Springfield) |
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| 10:30 - 11:15 AM | CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS I | |||
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The digital field trip. Austin Brooks (Wabash College) |
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Microbial community profiles of alkaline saline wetlands. Barbara J. Clement (Doan College) |
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Impacts of an inquiry-based Introductory Biology curriculum on student learning and attitudes. Terry Derting & Claire Fuller (Murray State University) |
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Protein Synthesis. Gregory Grabowski (University of Detroit-Mercy) |
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| 11:20 AM - 12:05 PM | CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS II | |||
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Toward a better understanding of the environment. Ben Ofari-Omoah & Abour Cherif (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point & Columbia College Chicago) |
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Study abroad: cultural & natural history of St. Eustatices Island. Nancy Sanders (Truman State University) |
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"Dealing" with functional group recognition. Michael J. Welsh (Columbia College Chicago) |
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Student creative final projects as effective tools to maximize learning. Sharon Doering, Joella Sinda, & Abour Cherif (____, Illinois Institute of Art, & Columbia College) |
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| 12:15 - 1:00 PM | Luncheon and First Business Meeting First and Final Call for Nominations! |
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| 1:00 - 1:45 PM | Luncheon Program | Room TBA | ||
| Jeff Lyon Professor of Science Journalism Columbia College Chicago & Senior Science Writer The Chicago Tribune; author of Playing God in the Nursery |
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| Gone in 60 Seconds: The Evanescence of Scientific News | ||||
| 2:00 - 5:00 PM | SUSTAINING MEMBER EXHIBITS (refreshments provided) |
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| NewSci Publishing Corporation | ||||
| Pearson Custom Publishing | ||||
| 2:00 - 2:45 PM | CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS III | |||
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Redefining environmental priorities. David Arieti (------) |
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Interspecific competition experiments using fungi and fruit flies. Chester Wilson (University of St. Thomas) |
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Trichology: the science of hair - an interdisciplinary course for first-year college students. Charles Cannon, Sharron Jenkins, Karl Larsen, Abour Cherif (Columbia College Chicago & Chicago Crime Laboratory) |
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Assessing the impact of a Biology curriculum on biological knowledge and skills of undergraduates majoring in Biology. Greg K. Fitch & Stephen S. Daggett (Avila University) |
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| 2:50 - 3:20 PM | POSTER SESSIONS II Repeat of Poster Session I |
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| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | CONCURRENT WORKSHOP SESSIONS III | |||
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Nutrition and you Sharron K. Jenkins (Columbia College Chicago) |
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Distance education like white elephants: insect ID at a distance. Wyatt Hobach & Leon Higley (University of Nebraska, Kearney) |
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Roundtable discussion for department chairs. Tom Davis (Loras College) |
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| 5:05 - 5:45 PM | Web Committee Meeting | Room TBA | ||
| 6:00 - 7:00 PM | Social (resumes of candidates available for review) |
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| 7:00 - 9:00 PM | BANQUET and Second Business Meeting two-minute speeches prior to banquet; balloting after dinner presentation |
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| Dinner Presentation Helen Davies, Ph.D. Department of Microbiology School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania |
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| Teaching & communicating about integrative issues of health & disease | ||||
Saturday, September 14th
| 7:30 - 8:45 AM | Buffet Breakfast (by Interest Group) | Room TBA | ||
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| 7:45 - 8:45 AM | Bioscene Editorial Board | Room TBA | ||
| 9:00 - 9:45 PM | CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS IV | |||
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Bioinformatics and environmental problem solving. Buzz Hoagland (Westfield State College) |
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Ecology through art. Zachia Middlechild (------) |
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An international collaborative course on recombinant DNA technology. Presley Martin & Cynthia Bauerle (Hamline University) |
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Photodynamic therapy of cancer cells. Mahmoud Khalili (Northeastern Illinois University) |
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| 10:00 - 10:45 PM | CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS V | |||
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Developing an environmental ethic: perspectives on the use of environmental philosophies in non-majors and majors courses. Kathleen Marr (Lakeland College) |
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The ongoing popularity of creationism among biology teachers. Randy Moore (University of Minnesota) |
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Illusions: the eye, the brain, and the mind. Peter Insley (Columbia College Chicago |
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Science and technology in forensic science. A. Karl Larsen (------) |
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| 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | Luncheon and Third Business Meeting Election Results: Lynn Gillie, Elmira College Resolutions: Dick Wilson, Rockhurst University Executive Secretary Report: Pres Martin, Hamline University Bioscene: Ethel Stanley, Beloit College & Tim Mulkey, Indiana State University Presidential Address: Malcolm Levin, SIU-Springfield 2003 Meeting: |
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| 12:30 - 3:30 PM | Steering Committee Meeting (Includes newly elected members!) |
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| 12:30 - 3:30 PM | SPECIAL FACULTY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY | |||
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Open Session for local educators & ACUBE participants | Room TBA | ||
| 2:00 - 6:00 PM | Post-conference Field Trip: John G. Shedd Aquarium Preregistration ($20.00) |
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