Wed. Nov. 12

Hey gang!

Here are the meeting minutes from tonight's meeting:

We started at 5:35pm. Broomball is scheduled against ASM (American Society for Microbiology) on Saturday, December 13. Time is still pending.

Not enough people were interested in a Coaches vs. Cancer volleyball team on Dec. 6th (we'd need 6 members) so unless you know of people who are in the club and interested, we're not going to participate.

Anna and Kathleen will be attending the Ag Tailgate in Ag. Arena before the Michigan State football game. If you are interested you can RSVP on the College of Ag website under Alumni. You must buy a 15$ ticket for the event, but there will be music, food, door prizes, etc.

If you would like to have privileges to the Amazing Race tab on the Angel group (if you want to help plan) just shoot me (klm447) an email. NOTE: if you are helping to plan you won't be able to participate!!!

On Dec. 9 at 7pm in room 118 ASI Career Services will be coming to the Ag Student Council meeting and anyone is allowed to come for the talk.

We are setting the tentative date for the Conference for Feb. 2010. We are going to try to get Eric Landers as the Keynote speaker, but if you have other ideas or want to help plan contact officer Sarah Peterson.

Dr. Vandenbergh spoke from BBH! :)

Events to Keep in Mind

This Wednesday, October 22, from 12 to 1 pm in 118 ASI OR 4:45 to 5:45 pm in Berg Auditorium: Americans for Medical Progress and The Animal Resource Program Presents: Tom Holder, 2008 Michael D. Hayre Fellow: "Animal Extremism and Biomedical Research: Experiences of a Pre-Research Student".


The Penn State Chapter of Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences presents:
What is Grad School All About?
Real students from Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Graduate programs will be present to answer questions on how they got to where they are, and any advice they might have.
This will take place in 118 ASI on October 22, 2008

Meeting Minutes for Wednesday, October 1

Hey everyone!

Wednesday's meeting started promptly at 5:30pm.  The things discussed are below:

Ag Hill Olympics- Our team placed 13th out of 23 teams.  It was the largest
turnout for the Olympics they've ever seen!  Good job

Sign-out sheets for:
  Expanding your Horizons--this is the event of doing strawberry DNA
extractions and cheek cell viewing for young kids on Saturday, Oct. 25th.
Time TBA.  If you didn't sign up, you can get in touch with an officer and
we'll sign you up....we need to know by this Friday so we can send in the
volunteer list.

The Amazing Race Activity--we're going to host a race like the TV show "The
Amazing Race" for science clubs on campus.  We'll have an order for events
and "detour" activities just like the show.  If you want to help plan and
didn't get on the sign-up sheet, email me (kara, klm447) and let me know.
We're going to try to get the event set for later this semester.

Fundraising committee--you can still volunteer to be on the Fundraising
committee!  Volunteers are appreciated!

There will soon be a newswire for Eberly Student Council and we'll give you
more info on that when we hear about it.

Next week's article discussion will be on a video of cognitive
neuropsychology (the link is below).  The discussion will be next Wednesday
at 5:30 pm in Life Sciences Building room 301D (same as general meetings).

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/vilayanur_ramachandran_on_your_mind.html

Excellent video, you ought to watch it even if you don't want to come to the
discussion!!

After general club info (above) we heard from Dr. Dodds in Animal Research.

Biomedical Sciences Club Kick-Off Picnic

Come join the Biomedical Sciences Club for the start of the year picnic!

When: September 3, 2008 at 5:30 p.m.

Where: The Pavilions at the corner of Park Ave. and University Dr.

There will be free Clem's, and it will be a great opportunity to talk with the Associate Dean of Admissions for the College of Ag Sciences (Dr. Fernandez), as well as to meet the other members of the club. We hope to see you there!

Internships, Co-op, and Study Abroad Info Session

Learn more about Externship/Job Shadowing, Internship, Co-op, and Study Abroad opportunities for science majors!

An information session will be held:

Wednesday, September 3
6:30 pm
101 Thomas Building

Ag LEAP a big success

Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's Ag LEAP event!

I had to miss it as I was away for a few weeks with my new baby, but everyone (including Dean Fernandez) has been gushing about what a success it was.

I am proud and grateful for your hard work!

Upcoming talks

The following talks may be of interest to the club. All are at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center on Allen Street. They all run from noon to 1pm.

April 9
Nano Tools: The Future of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Mary Frecker, Engineering

April 16
Doctor Darwin: How Evolutionary Medicine Improves Patient Care
Burt Humburg, Internal Medicine

April 23
Alzheimer's Revisited: Questioning the Medical Model
Jesse Ballenger, History of Science

More details can be found at http://www.rps.psu.edu/unplugged/

Articles for Discussion

Here is the article that we will be discussing on March 19th:

Of Microbes and Men


The other articles are also available in case anyone was interested in reading them:

Cause of Flu Epidemics Uncovered

Stem Cell Breakthrough May Reduce Cancer Risk

This is the presentation that Dr. Mitch Holland gave on Forensic DNA. If you missed that presentation or would like to review his power point, please click on the link below.

Please do not distribute this presentation without prior permission from Dr. Holland.

General_Talk_on_Forensic_DNA_Applications.pdf

Club Meeting Dates for Spring 2008

The following dates are for general meetings. All meetings will take place in 301D Life Sciences at 5:30pm.

February 6th
February 20th
March 5th
March 26th
April 9th
April 23rd