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March 2012 Students earn prize for research project
Park student earns award for paper
Park now part of Medical Scholars Program partnership January 2012
Hoffman paper published in journal
December 2011 Two Biology Majors within a list of eight Park student-athletes that earn national honors
Park University chemistry students were highlighted in a story that appeared on WDAF-TV in Kansas City on Nov. 17. The students provided a science demonstration for children at Operation Breakthrough, a Kansas City nonprofit organization that provides a safe and educational environment for children.
November 2011 Biology Club cleans highway near Parkville Campus
October 2011 Donna Howell, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry, made an appearance on newscasts on all Kansas City television stations on Oct. 31. Howell provided expert commentary and provided a demonstration for stories on how a grain elevator can easily explode, following an explosion at a grain elevator in Atchison, Kan., the previous weekend.
Biology students plant peonies at Mackay Hall l Hageman Scott Hageman, associate professor of geology and Department of Natural and Physical Sciences chair, and Brian Hoffman, Ph.D., professor of biology and mathematics, made presentations they co-authored with Park University students at the 2011 Geological Society of America annual meeting in Minneapolis, Oct. 10-11. Hageman presented the paper, "Maymester: Bringing Geology to Geography and Biology Majors Two Weeks at a Time," which was co-authored by Hoffman and geography majors Lacy Blevins and Lucas Youngblood, seniors; Joshua Gleason and John Jensen, juniors; and senior biology major Kathryn Mikulich. The paper discussed how Park teaches a traditional geology course in two weeks that focuses on a specific geologic question. Hoffman presented the poster, "A Diverse Chondrichthyan Fauna from the Kansas City Group (Pennsylvania) of Missouri," co-authored by Hageman. The analysis studied the Pennsylvanian chondrichthyan of the Kansas City Group. September 2011 Paleontology Scholarship Miki Katuwal, Biology and Geography Major and Degree with Honors Student received a scholarship from the Kansas and Missouri Paleontological Society (KMPS). The funds are to support Miki in her research on the a nalysis of gastropod borings on the bivalve (Chione Elevata). The KMPS meets monthly at Park University and it is open to the public http://www.ksmopaleo.org/.
Williams, biology students volunteer at Missouri River cleanup
Summer 2011 Scott Hageman and Brian Hoffman were co-authors with four other professors from the Division of Paleobotany University of Kansas and from the Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie , Germany. The paper was entitled Lyginopterid seed fern diversity from the Pennsylvanian of Missouri and was presented at the Botany Society of America Conference in St. Louis, Mo. July 9-13. The paper focused on the quality of preservation that allowed for the rare opportunity to identify and analyze 305 million year old pollen sacs that housed pollen grains only 0.045 mm in diameter. The specimens were collected by Tim Northcutt who has been working collaboratively with Hageman and Hoffman on several projects that will be producing additionally papers and publications.
May 2011 List of 2011 Summer Internships for
Brooke Barr Major: Chemistry Internship: Kansas City, Missouri (Regional Crime Lab) http://www.kcmo.org/police/AboutUs/Departments/Investigations/RegionalCrimeLab/index.htm
Michelle Budd Major: Chemistry Internship: EPA http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region7.html Frances Venable Major: Chemistry; Honors Program http://www.chem.siu.edu/undergrad/reu.htm
Joseph Sawyer Major: Biology Internship: Stowers Institute for Medical Research http://www.stowers-institute.org/
Michael Tounzen Major: Biology and Chemistry Internship: Caravan Ingredients http://www.caravaningredients.com/products.aspx
Miki Katuwal Major: Biology and Geography; Honors Program
Rachael Dryden Major: Physical Geography; Honors Program Internship: Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship. This scholarship program provides academic beginning September 2011 - May 2013 and a full summer internship in 2012. http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/Hollings_info.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Sciences Professor L.A. Robbins Memorial Award Jennifer Cordell, Crystal Cole Biology Departmental Honors Aiden Galarza, Miki Katuwal, Jessica Price, Michael Tounzen Chemistry Burton W. Scheib Pre-Medical Prize: Zhilwan Rahim CRC Press Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award Anthony Stasiak Dr. William C. Pivonka Award Kathryn Stubbs, Brian Berry The American Institute of Chemists-Outstanding Senior Brooke Barr
Geography Outstanding Global Sustainability Minor Award Miki Katuwal Outstanding Geography Major Award Wendy Stapleton, Lucas Youngblood Departmental Honors Darren Epperson, Lyman Rickman, Justin Windett ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Donna Wadley (Natural and Physical Sciences Administrative Assistant) was also given the Department Honors Award for Human Resources by the School of Business. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The J.L. Zwingle Award is given to an outstanding faculty member for the current academic year. The recipient is selected by a student body vote. Congratulations to Scott Hageman for joining Don Wiliams and Brian Hoffman as another Natural and Physical Sciences Faculty member with this honor. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEM CLUB
The 2011 Victims helped to generate $356.15 for the Club Miki Katuwal Jim Weigand Donna Howell Megan Weldle Justin Windett Katie Stubbs
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Eight Faculty Members from the Department of Natural and Physical Sciences Presented at the Midwestern Conference on Research at Predominately Undergraduate Institutions
Date: April 29
Collaborative Research Designs Don Williams, Carol Sanders, James Taulman, “Community collaborations enhance research opportunities at predominately undergraduate institutions”
Beyond the Test & Student Expectations David Fox, Scott Hageman, Andrew Johnson, Kevin Payne, Brenda Royals, “Students Know More than What is on the Test: Multidisciplinary Evidence”
Student Research in the Sciences Donna Howell, “Student Engagement Techniques in the Laboratory Classroom as Scholarly Teaching” Gregory Claycomb, “Evaluation of Standard Operating Procedures as a Research Idea for Upper Level Chemistry Majors”
Collaborative Research Scott Hageman, James Taulman, “Integrating a University Alumni Community with ArcGIS Maps”
Faculty Research in the Sciences James Taulman, “A Comparison of Fixed-Width Transects and Fixed-Radius Point Counts for Breeding Bird Surveys in a Hardwood Forest in Missouri”
Faculty Research and Student Success Kim Kasperbauer, Gail Hennessy, Scott Hageman, “Tools of the Trade: Ways to apply data collected in a study of teacher education program admittance requirements and their use as predictors of success among traditional and non-traditional students”
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Missouri Academy of Sciences is April 15-16 at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO. MISSOURI ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Department of Natural and Science Students take 2nd and 3rd places in Geosciences Section at the Missouri Academy of Sciences.
Justin Windett, Geography 2nd place Oral Presentations in Geosciences ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATED PASSIVE SOLAR WATER HEATER TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
Michael Touzen, Biology and Chemistry 3rd Place Oral Presentations in Geosciences GIS ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION IN MISSOURI.
Other Presentations
Miki Katuwal (Biology and Geography Majors; Honor’s Degree Program) Oral Presentation Missouri Academy of Sciences – Geoscience Section
Examination of 1,256 bored shells of the modern clam Chione elevata (formerly C. cancellata) collected from St. Pete’s Beach, Florida revealed a preferred boring position. The borings are most likely from the gastropod predator Polinices duplicatus. Bore holes indicate no significant preference for boring left valves (51.3%) over right valves (48.7%) but do show a strong preference for boring the anterior half (70.1%) of both valves. Nearly 79% (992) of borings fell into two locations defined as 1) right side of anterior half of valves (56.3%) and 2) right side of posterior half of valves (22.7%). Due to the majority of all bore holes falling into the first location, this area was further subdivided into four quadrants to better refine the most frequently bored location. These subdivisions resulted in 78% falling into one of four quadrants suggesting that there is an optimal kill shot for a gastropod and it was achieved 43.6% of the time. The kill shot corresponds on the interior side a few mm away from the adductor muscle scar. The results of this modern study are then being applied to boring accuracy over geologic time to determine evolutionary changes in drilling behavior of Polinices and other carnivorous gastropods. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jim Taulman (Assistant Professor of Biology) Oral Presentation Missouri Academy of Sciences – Biology Section
DISPLAY OF ANIMAL LOCATION AND HOME RANGE DATA IN GOOGLE EARTH.
Researchers studying animal habitat use patterns often have to learn and use several different software programs in order to create home ranges and analyze animal activity data. Graphic presentation of results can present a problem, since some analytical software programs do not have graphic capabilities. I have used several home range, GIS, and graphics programs and have selected a group of useful and compatible programs that are available online. I provide here simple step-by-step instructions that will allow a researcher to take animal location data and create home range boundaries and to display those home ranges in Google Earth. I show how to use the free, online home range software Home Ranger, which creates kernel probability density distributions based on a set of animal locations. Home range contour data files output from Home Ranger in UTM format are then converted to decimal degrees using a free, online spreadsheet. These contour files are then ready for entry into Google Earth Path, a program which configures animal location and home range graphics for display onto Google Earth satellite photographic imagery. Google’s detailed, photographic landscape imagery is an ideal background on which to display animal activity data, showing habitat features that often are important for understanding animal movement patterns. Google Earth Pro has added features, allowing the researcher to perform a few GIS-like functions, such as on-screen digitizing and area calculation. It also provides terrain views from many perspectives, further enhancing the analytical value of the imagery. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
David Fox (Assistant Professor of Geography) Oral Presentation Missouri Academy of Sciences – Geography Section
A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE INTENSITY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE “MIDLAND EMPIRE” AS A MISSOURI VERNACULAR REGION
Scott Hageman (Associate Professor of Geology) Oral Presentation Missouri Academy of Sciences – Geography Section
Co-authors Angie Peterson, David Fox, Caleb Roye and Randy Bailey
KEY FINDINGS FROM A WASTE AUDIT OF PARK UNIVERSITY.
Park University received a recycling grant from Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) in 2009 which required a small-scale waste audit of the university. The university worked collaboratively with staff, faculty, and students to do a series of dumpster sorts representing several key locations on campus. Environmental services provided OSHA required training for volunteers on blood-borne pathogens and the use of the personal protective equipment and helped transport dumpsters to one location making the audit possible. Waste was separated by recyclables from the trash and weighed to determine what percentage of our waste is still recyclable. The audit revealed 45% of the waste was actually garbage and the largest wasted recyclable by weight was food waste (18%) while second was essentially a tie at 9% each for cardboard, recyclable plastics, and ruined paper. The least wasted recyclable by weight (2%) was metals. The key findings of the audit were that two easy to recycle materials are found in higher levels than expected. Those were recyclable plastics and white paper / ruined paper combined (11%). The fact that 71% of all white paper was ruined by food waste suggests a potential need for composting. Most encouraging was the average sort resulted in only four pounds of metal indicating that aluminum cans are finding their way to the recycling bins.
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Scott Hageman (Associate Professor of Geology)
Co-authors Carolyn Anderson and Brian Hoffman.
UTILIZING GEOGEBRA IN THE REDISCOVERY AND CLASSIFICATION OF A UTAH HADROSAUR FOOTPRINT.
Park University has housed a mysterious dinosaur track for at least 60 years. The locality and specific dinosaur that made the track were determined by a literary search and by the free mathematical software GeoGebra. The physical characteristics of the specimen match tracks found in the Upper Cretaceous Castlegate D Coal Seam (Campanian) Blackhawk Formation in East-Central Utah. Measurements of the track and of the digital image of the track by GeoGebra resulted in determining a track length (65 cm) and width (61 cm), digit lengths (50–59 cm) and widths (18-21 cm) and angles between digits (30-32°). Known Hadrosaur tracks from Utah produced ratios of 1.06 for track length/width, 2.83 for digit length/width, and 1.00 for digit angles. GeoGebra resulted in very similar ratios for the Park University specimen of 1.07, 2.81, and 1.07 respectively. The comparison of these values with known dinosaur tracks revealed that it is a large hadrosaur track that corresponds to a poorly named ichnogenus in 1932 of Dinosauropodes Bransfordii Lull. GeoGebra very quickly and inexpensively allows for precise data collection to allow for morphology comparisons and its utilization to classify a dinosaur track is a grandiose example of the use of this free software. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brian Hoffman (Professor of Biology) Oral Presentation Missouri Academy of Sciences – Geography Section
Co-author David Fox
USING TOTAL MORTALITY DATA TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF THE 1918-1919 INFLUENZA PANDEMIC ON MISSOURI COUNTIES.
All Missouri death certificates prior to 1960 are available online, and have greatly facilitated our studies of the 1918-1919 H1N1 influenza pandemic in Northwest Missouri. However, reading through every death certificate for cause of death is cumbersome. The coding of cause of death is also highly variable amongst doctors. Total death records are available for each Missouri county, as well as Missouri cities with a population in excess of 10,000 from 1910-1925. Information on deaths from pneumonia and influenza (P&I) are also available for Missouri cities with populations in excess of 10,000. We determined total mortality rate baselines for Missouri counties and cities using years free of pandemic influenza activity: 1915-1917 and 1921-1923. Baseline P&I death rates were determined for Missouri cities in the same time frame. Total mortality figures from 1918-1920 were compared to baseline data to determine excess mortality rates for each county and independent city in Missouri. As expected, relatively high numbers of excess deaths were seen in and around cities such as St. Joseph, Kansas City, Hannibal, Lower than expected mortality was observed in St. Louis city and county. Surprisingly, the highest mortality cluster was seen in the Missouri Bootheel. Excess total mortality in Missouri cities in 1918 was positively correlated with excess P&I mortality (r2 = 0.6436). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Student Research and Creative Arts Symposium April 11-14 at Park University Poster Talks Eduardo Quintero, Chemistry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Justin Windett, Geography --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oral Presentations Breonna Thomas, Biology Abstract: Research of cyclomorphosis in keratella cochlearis in Lake Waukomis, as ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jaimie Wolf, Biology Abstract: This study examined invertebrates within a flying squirrel nest. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Miki Katuwal, Biology Abstract: Bored shells of chione elevata revealed a preferred boring position by -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Kansas Academy of Sciences is April 8-9 at Baker University in Baldwin City, KS. KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Michael Tounzen (Biology and Chemistry, Senior) Poster Presentation Kansas Academy of Sciences
ANALYZING GRAY SQUIRREL HOME RANGE AND NEST SITE SELECTION DATA USING HOME RANGER AND GOOGLE EARTH PRO Co-authors Darren Epperson, Geography '10 Jim Taulman (Assistant Professor of Biology)
Our research investigates the home range and natural nest site selection of gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) in a 150 ha hardwood forest patch on Park University’s campus in Parkville, Missouri. This study started in the spring of 2010, and is estimated to end in the fall of 2011.Using radio telemetry and GPS receivers we tracked collared squirrels and logged two or more diurnal fixes per individual per week.We also located the squirrel’s nocturnal nesting trees several times each month. We created 95% kernel home ranges for 3 squirrels that showed a mean area of 2.10 ha. We overlaid home range models and location data onto satellite photographic imagery from Google Earth to enhance habitat use analysis.We also measured a range of forest features at nesting sites using vegetation macro plots, and compared these measurements to those previously taken at randomly selected macro plots of the surrounding forest to identify factors that may influence nest site selection. Vegetation density at 3 meters, canopy cover, dominant tree height, and prism BA were all significantly higher at random forest plots compared with macro plots at squirrel nesting sites. Differences may reflect the fact that random forest plots were taken in both wetter ravine bottoms and dry uplands whereas all squirrel nesting sites were in dryer upland habitats.
Jim Taulman (Assistant Professor of Biology) Oral Presentation Missouri Academy of Sciences – Biology Section
A COMPARISON OF FIXED-WIDTH TRANSECTS AND FIXED-RADIUS POINT COUNTS FOR BREEDING BIRD SURVEYS IN A HARDWOOD FOREST IN MISSOURI.
The fixed-width strip transect and fixed-radius point count survey methods were evaluated in 2009 and 2010 in a 200 ha hardwood forest surrounded by urban development in Parkville, MO. A 2 ha strip transect (80 x 250 m) and four 0.5 ha fixed-radius plots (40 m radius, 150 m separation) were installed in adjacent riparian forest areas and surveyed on 14 visits each during May and June, 2009. In 2010 2 additional sets of transects and corresponding circular plot arrays were installed and surveyed over 10 visits in riparian habitat in this forest, totaling 6 ha of forest surveyed by each method. Species richness, species diversity, and frequency of detection were similar between methods in 2009. However, abundance of individuals of each of 23 common species was significantly greater on the circular plot array. In 2010, both species richness and abundance estimates for the 29 common species were greater on the circular plot arrays compared with the transect surveys. Modeling the potential intersection of transect and circular plot arrays on a background distribution of bird territories indicates that a dispersed array of circular survey plots may overlap more bird territories than contiguous strip transects enclosing the same total forest area as the circular arrays. The fixed-radius point count method may therefore effectively census a larger forest patch than the fixed-width transect method, with the resulting potential for inflation of estimates of abundance and species richness, compared with more conservative estimates produced by transect surveys.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Hageman (Associate Professor of Geology) Oral Presentation Missouri Academy of Sciences – Paleontology Symposium
Co-authors Carolyn Anderson and Miki Katuwal
APPLICATIONS OF GEOGEBRA TO BIOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY.
Computer software has commonly been used to study fossils. GeoGebra is award winning software that is more powerful and user friendly than other mathematic software packages. The purpose of this presentation is to share the availability of GeoGebra to all while providing some examples of how we are using it in some interdisciplinary collaborations. Park University has been applying GeoGebra to some of its biological and paleontological collections to record a variety of measurements of specimens along with developing complex animated graphics that can be downloaded to power point presentations. Two recent studies utilizing the use of GeoGebra include an examination of gastropod borings on clam shells and the classification of a dinosaur track. The borings were accurately plotted, revealing a strong accuracy by gastropods for drilling the shell. Borings were plotted to one specific kill shot 46% of the time and expanding the area slightly resulted in 79% falling into one specific area of the shell. The dinosaur track was easily measured using a scaled image to determined key characteristics such as track length, digit length, and angles between digits. This allowed for comparisons of other dinosaur tracks to reveal all the characteristics strongly suggest it is a above average sized hadrosaur footprint. Other studies in the initial stages involve the data collection of many of the Charles H. Sternberg dinosaur specimens and an analysis of the locally collected trace fossils of Asteriacites from which we can obtain a multitude of measurements.
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Brian Hoffman (Professor of Biology) Oral Presentation Missouri Academy of Sciences – Paleontology Symposium
Co-author S.A. Hageman.
SHARK “TEETH” OF THE FORM GENUS GUNNELLODUS WILIMOVSKY (IDIACANTHUS GUNNELL) REPRESENT STETHACANTHID DENTICLES.
In 1933, Frank Gunnell assigned the generic name Idiacanthus to a set of shark “teeth” with a pointed blade and heavy bony base found in Pennsylvanian deposits in Missouri and Kansas. Idiacanthus bellistriatus carried a single blade with striations and ridges; I. cameratus had a single blade with striations only and I. trispinosus had three striated spines. These ichthyoliths are common to the marine shales and limestones of the Missourian and Virgilian series of the Midcontinent region. In 1954, the generic name Gunnellodus was proposed for these remains, as the generic name Idiacanthus was preoccupied by an extant group of marine fishes. Literature review reveals similar remains with generic names Scolopodus Pander and Multidentodus Harlton are also found in Mississippian as well as Pennsylvanian marine deposits. We show by comparative morphology that Gunnellodus-type ichthyoliths share affinities with denticles of stethacanthid sharks, including Akmonistion zangerli and Stethacanthus altonensis. G. bellistriatus, G. cameratus and Scolopodus are cranial cap and brush denticles, while G. trispinosus and Multidentodus are buccopharyngeal denticles. Also found with these ichthyoliths are stethacanthlike cladodont teeth and tooth whorls. These stethacanthid remains are found in sediments that contain insect cuticle, conodonts, and actinopterygian scales, all of which have been found as gut contents of stethacanthids.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Hoffman (Professor of Biology) Poster Presentation Kansas Academy of Sciences
Epidemiological Evidence of a Herald Wave of the 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus in St. Joseph, Missouri.
While the 1918/1919 H1N1 influenza pandemic is widely recognized as a “worst-case scenario” for the emergence of new influenza strains, relatively little is known about the origin of the responsible virus and its pattern of spread. Most studies of this virus in the United States rely on temporally and spatially aggregated data. Location-specific studies of the impact of the 1918 pandemic strain in the United States have been confined primarily to large cities on the East Coast or West Coast. In this study, data on pneumonia and influenza fatalities from 1910-1923 have been extracted from death certificates for Saint Joseph, Missouri, a typical mid-sized city in the central United States. An increase in pneumonia and influenza mortality was noted starting in the 1915/1916 influenza season. Initially, increased mortality was observed in infants and the elderly. In February 1918, an age-shift typical of pandemic strains of virus was seen, as the burden of mortality shifted to young adults, a characteristic of the 1918 pandemic virus. These results provide one of the first confirmations of the existence of a “herald wave” of influenza activity in the United States prior to the recognized start of the H1N1 pandemic in Spring 1918. This study is one of very few that measures the impact of 1918/1919 influenza impact in a particular location in the central United States.
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstracts are due Monday, March 14, 11:59 (CST) for the Student Research and Creative Arts Symposium April 11-14 at Park University. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- February 2011 Darren Epperson (Geography, '10) and Michael Tounzen (Biology&Chemisty) presented at the 2011 Front Range Student Ecology Symposium at Colorado State. The research was done in collaboration with Dr. Jim Taulman. See the abstract at http://www.park.edu/geo/StudentResearch.aspx
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 2011 Darren Epperson (Geography, '10) and Michael Tounzen (Biology&Chemisty) will be presenting at the 2011 Front Range Student Ecology Symposium at Colorado State in Feb. The research was done in collaboration with Dr. Jim Taulman. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 2010 Hageman Copy of the paper entitled: Another Sternberg "fish-within-a-fish" discovery: First report of Ichthyodectes ctenodon (Teleostei: Ichtyodectiformes) with stomach contents.
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Chem Faculty/Students attend Kenneth A. Spencer Award Banquet
Left to right: Dr. Donna K. Howell (chemistry faculty), Helen Lawson (Biology major), Faith Stemmler (Biology major), Jennifer Cordell (Biology major), Anthony Stasiak (Chemistry major), Dr. Gregory Claycomb (chemistry faculty).
On October 15, 2010, members of the chemistry program attended the 2010 Kenneth A. Spencer Award Symposium and Banquet, presented each year for Outstanding Achievement in Agricultural and Food Chemistry. This year’s award was given to Dr. Clive Henrick for his work in Juvenile Hormone Mimics for use in agrochemical applications.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Galarza co-authors article for epidemiology journal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Park student receives geography leadership award ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Honorable Mention All-Conference Academic All-Conference (minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale)
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Park University women’s cross country team earned its sixth straight trip to the NAIA Cross Country National Championships by winning the American Midwest Conference championship race on Saturday at Forest Park in the heart of St. Louis, Mo. Freshman Elizabeth Grubbs (Biology Major) took 10th and ran the 5K in a time of 19:56 and to round things out Julie Munter (Chemistry Major) placed 15th with a time of 21:02. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Williams, biology students volunteer at Missouri River clean up
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September 2010 Biology adjunct faculty member completes Fulbright teaching in Bangladesh -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sustainable energy documentary director Josh Tickell to speak at Park University -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Biology Club cleans highway near Parkville Campus
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