Spring Semester 2011

The spring semester is now underway and I am definitely back in teaching mode. My students have already impressed me with their questions and their responsiveness to my questions, and yesterday was only the third day of class. My Evolution students are starting to put together their Service-Learning blogs, which will soon be posted at the bottom of this page.
We are also gearing up to host the Regional Science Olympiad Tournament on campus this Saturday, at which time we will have hundreds of local middle and high school students at Rockhurst competing in numerous science- and math-based events. It's always incredible to see how bright these students already are, and I look forward to seeing some of them in my classes in a few years!

Happy 2011!

As we are easing into the new year and the coming new semester, I wanted to wish everyone a happy 2011. I am starting to get anxious and am preparing for my spring classes (Evolution, Anatomy & Physiology I, Biology Field Trip to AUSTRALIA, and undergraduate research). I am also super excited about having seen my little niece (and, of course, the rest of my family in TX) over Christmas, and about the Chiefs' making it to the playoffs! I'm also looking forward to all of the exciting Honors events we have planned for this semester - including our Professor-Scholar Lecture Series (see below) and our hosting the AJCU Honors Conference in April - as well as getting to know the students in my spring classes.
Enjoy this first week of 2011, and, like Dr. Salem's daughter, Allison, be sure to root for the Chiefs on Sunday!!!