Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Week of January 27-Feb 2
OU DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY & MICROBIOLOGYWEEKLY NOTICES
(Everyone is invited to the seminars)
BOTANY GRADUATE SEMINAR 5971 (Thursday, January 31, in GLCH 310 at 4:30pm):
Speaker: Dr. Wenping Yuan (OU Botany Research Assistant)
Title: "Thermal adaptive regulation of carbon balance across the spatial scale.
MICROBIOLOGY GRADUATE SEMINAR 5971 (Friday, February 1, in GLCH 129 at 3:00pm):
Speaker: Ms. Heather Drilling (OU Microbiology Ph.D. Student)
Title: “"Cave Microbiology: More than just a hole in the ground?"
Seminar Speakers: Please send me your title by 3pm on Tuesday before your talk (at ahopper@ou.edu).
Graduate student attendance will be taken at seminar. If you are unable to attend the seminar you must contact Dr. Jia Li at 325-1653 (lij@ou.edu) for Botany; For Microbiology contact Dr. Karr at 325-5133 (lizkarr@ou.edu) or Dr. Dunn at 325-6302 (akdunn@ou.edu).
ANNUAL TEACHING SCHOLARS INITIATIVE SYMPOSIUM (Monday, April 7, Noon until 5:30p, at the National Weather Center):
Speaker: Ken Bain (Author of What the Best College Teachers Do)
More information to come. In the meantime, mark your calendar.
For more information: Contact Dr. Mariëlle Hoefnagels, member of the TSI steering committee, at Hoefnagels@ou.edu or 325-5705.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS:
Faculty: CV is due tomorrow, January 31st. Please e-mail us your CV as an attachment as soon as possible, but no later than January 31st. Your mini-vitae should be sent to Tammy (tbrushwood@ou.edu), and your full CV to me (ahopper@ou.edu ).
Class Roll Distributed: All students attending class must be officially enrolled. Class attendance without enrollment is PROHIBITED by State Regents’ policy. Any student whose name does not appear on the class roll should consult immediately with the Office of Registration in BH 2nd floor.
For Academic Planning:
Mar. 15-23: Spring Break
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Week of January 20-26
OU DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY & MICROBIOLOGY
WEEKLY NOTICES
(Everyone is invited to the seminars)
Seminar Speakers: Please send me your title by 3pm on Tuesday before your talk (at ahopper@ou.edu).BOTANY GRADUATE SEMINAR 5971 (Thursday, January 24, in GLCH 310 at 4:30pm):
Speaker: Dr. J. Phillip Gibson (OU Professor of Botany and Microbiology)
Title: "How To Give A Talk"
MICROBIOLOGY GRADUATE SEMINAR 5971 (Friday, January 25, in GLCH 129 at 3:00pm):
[No seminar this week]
Graduate student attendance will be taken at seminar. If you are unable to attend the seminar you must contact Dr. Jia Li at 325-1653 (lij@ou.edu) for Botany; For Microbiology contact Dr. Karr at 325-5133 (lizkarr@ou.edu) or Dr. Dunn at 325-6302 (akdunn@ou.edu).
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS:
Faculty: Please e-mail us your CV as an attachment as soon as possible, but no later than January 31st. Your mini-vitae should be sent to Tammy (tbrushwood@ou.edu), and your full CV to me (ahopper@ou.edu ). We’d like to start preparing these within the next few days, so your promptness would be appreciated.
Graduate Students: “Student Up-date” form was put into your mailboxes last week and DUE TODAY. Please verify the information and return the form to Adell as quickly as possible so we can notify everyone needing to up-date their files. If there is a problem, contact me at ahopper@ou.edu. Thank you.
For Academic Planning:
Mar. 15-23: Spring Break
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
January 13-19
OU DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY & MICROBIOLOGY
WEEKLY NOTICES
(Everyone is invited to the seminars)
Seminar Speakers: Please send me your title by 3pm on Tuesday before your talk (at ahopper@ou.edu).
BOTANY GRADUATE SEMINAR 5971 (Thursday, January 17, in GLCH 310 at 4:30pm):
Orientation Session--All Botany graduate students must attend.
Attendance will be taken, so if you are unable to attend the seminar you must contact Dr. Jia Li at 325-1653 (lij@ou.edu).
MICROBIOLOGY GRADUATE SEMINAR 5971 (Friday, January 18, in GLCH 129 at 3:00pm):
Speaker: Dr. Mostafa Elshahed (Okla. State University, Stillwater OK)
Title: “Phylogenetic diversity and proposed ecological roles of rare members of the soil biosphere”
Attendance will be taken, so if you are unable to attend the seminar you must contact Dr. Karr at 325-5133 (lizkarr@ou.edu) or Dr. Dunn at 325-6302 (akdunn@ou.edu).
Brown Bag Luncheon: The Program for Instructional Innovation will be offering noon “Brown Bag Luncheon” workshops in spring 2008; graduate students and faculty are welcome. You can find a list of workshops at http://pii.ou.edu/content/view/66/15/; topics include blended/hybrid courses, dealing with difficult people, inquiry-based learning, open discussion, portfolios as student assessment, writing assignment makeovers, and web-based research. To sign up, email pii@ou.edu or phone Shearon Wood at 325-2323.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS:
Faculty: Please e-mail us your CV as an attachment no later than January 31st. Your mini-vitae should be sent to Tammy (tbrushwood@ou.edu), and your full CV to me (ahopper@ou.edu ).
Graduate Students: “Student Up-date” form will be in your mailboxes by noon tomorrow, Jan. 17. Please verify the information and return the form to Adell by Wednesday, January 23 so we can notify everyone needing to up-date their files. Thank you.
For Academic Planning:
Fri. Jan. 18: Final day to register or enroll in a course.
Mon. Jan. 21: Martin Luther King Day (No classes)
Mar. 15-23: Spring Break
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
January 6-12, 2008
OU DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY & MICROBIOLOGY
WEEKLY NOTICES
GRADUATE SEMINAR—5971:
All graduate students are required to attend their respective major 5971 seminar (Department policy) beginning next week. Attendance will be taken, so if you are unable to attend a seminar you must contact the professor (Botany: Dr. Jia Li, 325-1653; Microbiology: Dr. Anne Dunn, 325-6302).
Brown Bag Luncheon: The Program for Instructional Innovation will be offering noon “Brown Bag Luncheon” workshops in spring 2008; graduate students and faculty are welcome. You can find a list of workshops at http://pii.ou.edu/content/view/66/15/; topics include blended/hybrid courses, dealing with difficult people, inquiry-based learning, open discussion, portfolios as student assessment, writing assignment makeovers, and web-based research. To sign up, email pii@ou.edu or phone Shearon Wood at 325-2323.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS:
Graduate Students: Finalize your enrollment immediately. If you are eligible for tuition waiver, we need to make sure your name is included. If you have an assistantship, you MUST be enrolled in a minimum of 6 credit hours.
Faculty: Please e-mail us your CV as an attachment no later than January 31st. Your mini-vitae should be sent to Tammy (tbrushwood@ou.edu), and your full CV to me (ahopper@ou.edu ).
For Academic Planning:
Mon. Jan. 14: Make-up Fall 2007 Final Exam due to the ice storm on Dec. 10. No regularly scheduled classes will be held on Monday.
Tues. Jan. 15: First day of classes for the Spring semester.
Note: Classes that meet on Monday only have been moved to Friday, Jan. 18. For further information, go to the OU website link about
Tues. Jan. 15: First day of classes for the Spring semester.
Note: Classes that meet on Monday only have been moved to Friday, Jan. 18. For further information, go to the OU website link about
Fri. Jan. 18: Final day to register or enroll in a course.
Mon. Jan. 21: Martin Luther King Day (No classes)
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