Preliminary Program

All Sessions are in the University Center, 4th floor unless = otherwise=20 noted.

Thursday, October 13th

12-5 pm

Pre-Conference Field Trip: Little Grand=20 Canyon

Led by Dr.=20 Allan Bornstein, Southeast Missouri State=20 University

Meet at = Ballroom Registration Area

3:00 -=20 5:00 PM

Steering=20 Committee Meeting

Board=20 Room

6:00 -=20 8:00 PM

Registration = and=20 Reception

H'ors = d'oerves

Ballroom = Atrium

and adjacent

Party=20 Room

8:00 -=20 9:00 PM

Opening=20 Session

Welcome to ACUBE:

ACUBE President: = Lynn Gillie, Elmira=20 College

Welcome to Southeast Missouri State=20 University

Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics:=20

= =20 Dr. Chris McGowan,=20 =
So= utheast=20 Missouri State University

Greetings from the Conference=20 Chairpersons

Program Chair: Jill Kruper,=20 Murray State = University
Local Arrangements Chair: Margaret=20 Waterman,
&= nbsp; =20 Southeast Missouri State University =

OPENING PRESENTATION (Public Welcome to = Attend)

Chief Paul White Eagle, = Grassy=20 Missouri

"The=20 Origin of Life: Looking from the inside and seeing its = many=20 spectrums as known and taught by Native=20 Peoples."

Ballroom

9:15 -=20 10:15 PM

Steering=20 Committee Meeting

UC - Board=20 Room

Friday, October 14th

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration = table=20

(Register, pay = dues, buy T=20 shirts, etc.)

Ballroom=20 Atrium

7:15 -=20 8:30 AM

Hot = Buffet=20 Breakfast (by Interest = Group)

Ballroom

7:30 -=20 10:30 AM

Field=20 Trip: Birding at Horseshoe Lake

Led by Aaron=20 Givens, Southeast Missouri State = University

Meet at=20 Ballroom

Registration=20 Area

9:00 AM=20 - Noon and 2:00 - 5:00 PM

SUSTAINING MEMBER=20 EXHIBITS

Party = Room

8:30-=20 10:00 AM

CONCURRENT = WORKSHOP SESSION=20 1

1. Implementing = Independent=20 Research Projects for Undergraduates Using Adult and = Embryonic=20 Zebrafish

Melissa Daggett, Missouri Western State=20 University

2. "Teaching = Biology With=20 NASA: A Trip Through a Cell in STARLAB" and = "Biology=20 Will Grow on You! Let the NASA ERC Show You How"

Jackie Wortmann, NASA Educator Resource Center, = Southeast=20 Missouri State University

University=20 Room

NOTE:=20

Program=20 Lounge, UC 3rd floor

10:- = 10:30 = AM

POSTER SESSION = 1

Refreshments provided

1.=20 =93An interdisciplinary exploration of global climate=20 change=94

Kerri=20 M. Skinner, University of Nebraska at=20 Kearney

2. "Web Page Construction as an Alternative = Form of=20 Testing in Plant Biology=94

Lucinda Swatzell, Southeast Missouri = State=20 University

3. = =93Are group quizzes useful in enhancing = student=20 learning?

Glena G. Temple and Jennifer A. Sadowski, = Viterbo=20 University, WI

4. =20 "Planting the Seed: Traveling with Students in the = Caribbean"

Conrad = Toepfer,=20 Brescia University, KY

5. =93Interdisciplinary teaching approaches in = Invertebrate=20 Zoology. Stress analysis of dried sea urchin tests: a Geodesic=20 Dome.=94

Robert L. Wallace, Ripon College, = WI

6. = =93Ecology of=20 Infectious Disease: A New Piece of the Ecosystem=20 Puzzle=94

Margaret Waterman and Ethel Stanley, Southeast = Missouri State=20 University and Beloit College, = WI

7.=20 =93Teaching microarrays: A case involving pathogenic=20 Pasteurella multocida=94

Mark=20 Wissel and Marcia Cordts, Univ. of Kansas Medical Center and = Univ. of=20 Iowa

Party = Room

10:30 -=20 11:15 AM

CONCURRENT = PAPER SESSION=20 1

1. "What's This History and Culture = Stuff Doing=20 in my Microbiology Class?"

Christina Frazier, Southeast Missouri = State=20 University

2. =93The customer is always right=85.right?: = Adoption of a=20 new liberal education model and its impact on biology instruction = at a=20 small, liberal arts college.=94

Peter White, Colby-Sawyer College,=20 NH

3. "Integrating Service Learning into General Biology=94

Lisa Felzien and Laura Salem, Rockhurst University,=20 MO

Indian Room

Riverboat=20 Room

University=20 Room

11:30 - 12:30 = PM

Luncheon=20 and First Business Meeting =20

First and Final Call for=20 Nominations!!
Out=20 of this World Teaching Idea contributions=20

Ballroom =

12:30 -=20 1:30 PM

Luncheon=20 Program

=20

= Dori Helms, = Clemson=20 University, SC

=20 "Revolution and Evolution in=20 =
=20 the Biology Classroom"

Ballroom

1:45 - = 2:30 = PM

CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS = 2

1. =93Weaving = Science into our=20 Lives=94

Christine Bezotte, Elmira College,=20 NY

2. =93Experiences with an = Interdisciplinary=20 Biology-Mathematics Course - Follow-up Report=94

John Koelzer and Chad Scholes, Rockhurst University, = MO

3. =93Exploring Scientific Knowledge, Opinions, = and Methods=20 Through a Community Survey=94

Kirt Moody, Columbia College,=20 SC

4. "CleveLabs, a laboratory course system for anatomy and=20 physiology: exhibitor presentation".

Maria Grobelny, Cleveland Medical Devices,=20 OH

Indian = Room

University = Room

Missouriana = Room

Riverboat = Room

2:45 -=20 3:15 PM

POSTER SESSION 2

Refreshments provided

=20 Posters from morning available for review:

Party=20 Room

3:00 - 5:00 = PM

Field=20 Trip: Red=20 House

Meet at=20 Ballroom

Registration=20 Area

3:30 -=20 4:15 PM

CONCURRENT = PAPER SESSION=20 3

1. = =20 =93Six Degrees of Separation: An Exercise to Improve = Student=20 Appreciation of the Scientific Literature=94

W.W. Hoback and K. M. Skinner, = University of=20 Nebraska, Kearney

2. =93Cross-disciplinary projects = between biology=20 and psychology courses=94

Glena G. Temple, Viterbo University,=20 WI

CANCELLED = 3. =20 =93AIDS Education = in the Biology=20 Classroom=94

Kathleen Rath Marr, Lakeland College, = WI

Indian = Room

University = Room

Riverboat=20 Room

5:00=20 PM

ACUBE=20 Committee Meetings

Web=20 Committee Meeting
Discuss ACUBE = at Its 50th:=20 Millikin University

Ethel Stanley, Beloit College, = WI
and the=20 Program and Local Arrangements=20 Chairs

Board=20 Room

6:00 -=20 7:00 PM

Social = Hour

Cash=20 bar

Party=20 Room

7:00 -=20 9:00 PM

Dinner and=20 Second Business Meeting

(two-minute speeches = prior to=20 dinner; balloting after dinner, new officers announced at end = of =20 presentation)

The 2005 Out of this World = Teaching Idea=20 Award

Dinner = Presentation

Sherryl Broverman, SENCER and =

&nb= sp; &nbs= p; =20 Duke = University,=20 NC

"How Much Can One Course Multi-task: = Scientific,=20 Multidisciplinary and International=20 Education"

Ballroom

Saturday, October 15th

7:30 -=20 8:45 AM

Buffet Breakfast (by Interest = Group)

Ballroom

7:45 -=20 8:45 AM

Bioscene=20 Editorial Board Meeting

Board = Room

8:45 -=20 9:30 AM

CONCURRENT PAPER SESSION 4

1. =93Learning how=20 to learn: A study skills tutorial for the = sciences=94

Shawn E. Nordell, St. Louis = University,=20 MO

2.=20 =93Integrating Teaching, Research and = Service at a=20 Local Nature Center=94

Lynn Gillie, Elmira College, = NY

3. =93Ecology of Infectious Disease: = A New Piece=20 of the Ecosystem Puzzle=94

Margaret Waterman and Ethel Stanley, Southeast = Missouri State=20 University and Beloit College, WI

Indian = Room

University = Room

Riverboat = Room

9:45 - 11:15 AM

Workshop = Session=20 2

1. = Biological=20 ESTEEM: Excel Simulations and Tools for Exploratory, = Experiential=20 Mathematical Biology: Implementing = NRC Bio=20 2010=92s Recommendations for More Mathematics in Undergraduate = Biology=20 Education"=20

John = Jungck and=20 Tony Weisstein, Beloit College, WI and Truman State = University,=20 MO

2. "An Interdisciplinary Biology Course = that Uses=20 Tablet PC's in a New High Tech Classroom"

Dave Starrett, Southeast Missouri State=20 University

Missouriana Room

NOTE:

KENT LIBRARY
Room=20 311

11:15 AM=20 -

12:15=20 PM

Luncheon and=20 Third Business Meeting

Resolutions:

Brenda Moore, Truman = University,=20 MO

Executive Secretary=20 Report:

Pres = Martin, Hamline=20 University, MN

Bioscene:

Ethel = Stanley,=20 Beloit College & Tim Mulkey, Indiana State=20 University

= Presidential Address: Lynn Gillie, Elmira=20 College

=20 2006 Meeting=20 (50th):

Local Arrangements Chair, Millikin = University

Adjournment: Ethel = Stanley,=20 incoming President

Ballroom

12:30 -=20 3:00 PM

Steering=20 Committee Meeting

Includes newly elected members!

Board=20 Room