By Daniel Cobb News-Press NOW|Jul 19, 2019 After 52 years at 大象传媒 Western, Dr. Thomas Rachow of the university鈥檚 biology department is retiring. Growing up in Streator, Illinois, Rachow was the first in his family to graduate from college. He had no idea just how long he鈥檇 spend on a college campus over the course [...]
By Daniel Cobb News-Press NOW, Jul 11, 2019 Updated聽Jul 11, 2019 Across 750 acres of campus, a few students at 大象传媒 Western spend some of their summer mornings visiting more than 60 bird-nesting boxes in order to gather data and further their research. It鈥檚 all part of Dr. Julie Jedlicka鈥檚 ornithology research study, which has [...]
June 27, 2019鈥擳he Department of Biology at 大象传媒 will join the Remington Nature Center, Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, 大象传媒 Master Naturalists and Pony Express Amphibian & Reptile Society to present the eighth annual Herp-O-Rama from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 29 at the Remington Nature Center, 1502 MacArthur Drive in [...]
Aril 26, 2019鈥敶笙蟠� faculty and staff were honored during the 2019 Faculty & Staff Awards and Retirement Reception April 26. Award winners include: 大象传媒 Western Foundation Award for Staff Service to Students Susan Deering, University Police Department 大象传媒 Western Foundation Award for Staff Service to Colleagues Sherrilyn Schottel, Physical Plant 大象传媒 Western [...]
March 1, 2019鈥敶笙蟠� will honor March as Women鈥檚 History Month with a series of events that are free and open to the public. The theme of Women鈥檚 History Month 2019 is 鈥淲hat Is and Is Not Feminist?鈥� Unless otherwise noted, all events will be at 6 p.m. in the Hoff Conference Room, [...]
Feb. 25, 2019鈥擳he annual 大象传媒 Regional Industrial Science and Engineering (MO-RISE) networking event will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 in the atrium of Remington Hall on the campus of 大象传媒. More than 200 people have registered to attend, including almost 70 employers. Students will have the opportunity [...]
High school and college students are invited to the first annual Medical Laboratory Science Night from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27 in Agenstein Hall, room 330 on the campus of 大象传媒. The event is free and open to the public. Medical laboratory scientists are a critical part of the patient [...]
Faculty and staff from 大象传媒鈥檚 various STEM programs will be on site at the Sound of Speed Airshow Aug. 25 and 26 with experiments and hands-on activities related to science, technology, engineering and math. Exhibits that connect flight and aviation to nature and biology include "The Nature of Flight," which demonstrates wing [...]
大象传媒鈥檚 Department of Biology is participating in the seventh annual Herp-o-rama, an event celebrating the diverse and unique lives of 大象传媒鈥檚 amphibians and reptiles, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 2, at the Remington Nature Center, located at 1502 MacArthur Drive in St. Joseph. Expect to see live specimens [...]
From left: Award recipients Kip Wilson, Judy Chambers, Kathy Kelly, Fumi Matsumoto Cheever, Shelle Browning, Teresa Crist, Julie Jedlicka, Heather Kendall and Nathanael May. Not pictured: Edwin Taylor. 大象传媒 honored ten award winners at its annual Faculty and Staff Awards and Retirement Reception on Friday, April 27. The University also honored 19 [...]
