Course Schedule 2009-2010

Important Dates

2009-2010

Aug 31 -- Opening Convocation 9:00

                Classes Begin 10:30

                Registration for all students

Sept 17 -- Seminar - 3:30 p.m. in Olin 1

               Dr. Shandelle Henson

               Andrews University

               Socially-induced ovulation synchrony in a                seabird colony

Sept 23 -- Block 1 ends

Sept 28 -- Block 2 begins

              New student registration for blocks 3-8

Oct 7 (date change)-- Biology Majors Meeting

               12:15 p.m. in Olin 1

               Required meeting!

Oct 8 -- Deadline to sign up for Fall ETS exam -

               4:00 p.m.

Oct 9-11 -- Homecoming Weekend for Alumni/Parents

Oct 21 -- Block 2 ends

Oct 26 -- Block 3 begins

Oct 27 -- ETS Exam for Seniors -- 3:00 -- Olin 476

Nov 1 -- Daylight savings time ends

Nov 5 -- Seminar - 3:30 p.m. in Olin 1

               Dr. Jesse R. Barber

               Colorado State University

               Sensory ecology of the bat/moth arms race

Nov 6 -- Seminar - 12pm in Olin 185 (room change)

               Dr. Allen Messinger

               University of Minnesota, Duluth

               So Many Toadfish So Little Time

Nov 18 -- Block 3 ends

Nov 23 -- Block 4 begins

Nov 26/27 -- Thanksgiving Break!

Nov 30 – Block 4 resumes

Dec 1 -- Seminar - 7pm in South Theatre, Cornerstone

               Dr. David Quammen

               University of Montana

               Charles Darwin Against Himself: Caution vs.                Honesty in the Life of a Reluctant                               Revolutionary

Dec 18 -- Block 4 ends

                Winter Break Begins!

Dec 19 -- Residence Halls close at noon

Jan 28 -- Seminar - 3:30 p.m. in Olin 1

               Dr. Jeri Forster Harwood

               CSPH University of Colorado Denver

               Opportunities in Biostatistics: An Essential                Component of Biomedical Research

Apr 9 -- BioDay -- Slocum Commons

Apr 9 -- BioDay Seminar - 12:15pm in Slocum Commons

               Dr. Daniel Kim (CC Alumnus)

               The Effect of Management and Brown-headed                Cowbirds to the Breeding Ecology of

               Grassland Nesting Songbirds in a Nebraskan                Mixed-grass Prairie