E-Nouncements - March 20, 2020

The 2020 Spring Seminar Series will continue after Spring Break, March 23^rd to March 29^th.  All future seminars will be presented via ZOOM on their scheduled dates and times.  Links for Zoom will be provided for each seminar. 

Our next seminar speaker will be Dr. Chrissy Alba on April 3^rd at noon.  More information will be posted on the Department website and the March 27^th issue of the E-Nouncements.

The remaining three Graduate Student Seminars will be held remotely. Please check the Department's website for updated information and links to access the seminar.

3/31 – 2020 Spring Graduate Student Seminar – Richard Jones - TBD

4/14 – 2020 Graduate Student Seminar – Kyle Turchick - TBD

4/28 – 2020 Graduate Student Seminar – Jantina Toxopeus - TBD

With access to campus now restricted, AHEC mail services will not be delivering mail or packages to campus buildings.  Rather, they will transfer all mail and packages to CU Denver Facilities Management at Lawrence Street Center for storage and handling.  Facilities will only distribute mail as deemed necessary for critical campus functions.  All other mail will be stored until campus reopens.  To arrange for critical mail and package distribution please contact dc_facilities_dispatch@ucdenver.edu. 

Other campus buildings and loading docks are closed and vendors will not have access to buildings to make deliveries on their own.  Each building will have signage on the door directing vendors to deliver to Lawrence Street Center and to call Facilities Dispatch at (303) 315-7777 or the LSC Guard Desk at (303) 315-6001 for assistance.  A team member will arrive to assist the vendor and take delivery of the package.   

Throughout this time we ask the campus community for assistance in our receiving and distribution process by refraining from the shipment of personal packages to campus.  Also, please be sure that if you are expecting any deliveries, your contact information (name, location, phone number) are noted on the delivery. Your cooperation and understanding is appreciated.  

It is time to submit nominations for the Department’s Outstanding Undergraduate/Graduate Student Awards as well as the 2020 Spring Smilodon Awards.

2020 Spring Smilodon Awards:

The Smilodon Outstanding Underclassman in Integrative Biology (freshman or sophomore) and the Smilodon Outstanding Upperclassman (junior or senior) awards are administered twice annually during the Fall and Spring semesters.  Recipients each receive a prize of $250 administered by CLAS that may be used to defray expenses related to enrollment at CU Denver.

Smilodon Nominations, are solicited from all teaching Faculty, Staff and Grad Students.  Nominations are submitted electronically to Jacki Craig, by MARCH 25th,  who will compile them for the Awards, Scholarship and Outreach (ASO) Committee members, for  selection of the recipients by consensus.  A strong nomination consisting of 250 words,  clearly specifies why the student should be considered; this may include a variety of indicators, such as motivation, perseverance, enthusiasm, depth and breadth of interest in biology, academic performance, outreach, and extenuating circumstances.

Although preference will be given to awarding an underclassman and an upperclassman in a semester, the ultimate goal of the Committee is to administer two awards each semester.  As such, it is possible that two upperclassmen will receive Smilodons in any given semester if there are no meritorious underclassmen nominated.

Department Outstanding Undergraduate/Graduate Awards:

In addition to the Smilodon Scholarships, Integrative Biology recognizes students in the following categories once annually during the Spring Semester:

• Outstanding Teaching Assistant in Integrative Biology (UG or Grad)
• Outstanding Graduate Defense
• Outstanding Graduate Student
• Outstanding Undergraduate Research in Integrative Biology
• Outstanding Service in Integrative Biology (recognize citizenship, service, community contribution)

Outstanding Student Awards Nominations:

Like the Smilodon nominations, the Outstanding Student Awards nominations are solicited from all teaching Faculty, Staff and Grad Students .  Nominations are submitted electronically to Jacki Craig, by MARCH 25th,  who will compile them for the ASO Committee members, for  selection of the recipients by consensus.  A strong nomination consisting of 250 words,  clearly specifies why the student should be considered; this may include a variety of indicators, such as motivation, perseverance, enthusiasm, depth and breadth of interest in biology, academic performance,  and outreach.

All awardees will be notified of their award via email after the vote on April 6th,  and they will receive a letter and certificate from the Chairs of the Department and ASO Committee at a reception in their honor on May 8th.  Additionally, their names will be engraved on brass plates and mounted on a plaque located on the fourth floor atrium.

From Jacki Craig -

The bookstore requested all summer semester book orders be submitted by March 30 but they are taking into consideration the current campus situation and will accept orders after the March date.  Please try to submit orders as soon as you can to assure texts are available to students before the summer semester begins.  Also, the bookstore will accept orders for the fall semester after the April 1st due date, again, please try to submit requests before August to make sure books are available at the start of the semester.  If you would like me to submit your order, I would be happy to do that but I will need the information listed below, if you want to submit your own order but don't have your link to VERBA you can use this one https://ahec.verbacollect.com/?uhc=HLhb7gvuaHwweRRNoVYt

Info Jacki needs for book orders:

Course number

ISBN

Title of textbook

Authors

Publisher

Publication date

Edition to use

Is textbook Required or Optional

Est. enrollment.

PLEASE NOTE:  All Spring Seminar Series will be presented via ZOOM on their scheduled dates and time. 

3/23-29 – SPRING BREAK

3/31 – 2020 Spring Graduate Student Seminar – Richard Jones - TBD

4/3 – 2020 Spring Seminar – Chrissy Alba

4/10 – 2020 Spring Seminar - Kathy Kelsey

4/10 - Faculty Meeting

4/14 – 2020 Graduate Student Seminar – Kyle Turchick - TBD

4/17 – 2020 Spring Seminar - Laura Dee

4/24 – 2020 Spring Seminar - Matt Kauffman

4/28 – 2020 Graduate Student Seminar – Jantina Toxopeus - TBD

5/1 – 2020 Spring Seminar - Michael Dillon

5/8 - Faculty Meeting

5/16 – 2020 Spring Seminar - Isabel Schlaepher

5/11-16 – FINALS WEEK

5/16 – END OF SUMMER SEMESTER