Biology Meet & Greet with Mike Phillips
The Department is hosting a casual “Meet & Greet” with Mike Phillips before his lecture on Oct. 23rd. It will be in the Science Building 4th floor open space (South end of the building) at 2:00p. We’ll be serving light pastries and fruit so please join us in welcoming Mr. Phillips during his visit to our Department. Mr. Phillips will also be the Department’s Seminar Series speaker on Oct. 25th.
2019 Fall Graduate Student Travel Awards
The Department is pleased to announce and congratulate our 2019 Fall Semester Graduate Student Travel Awardees!
David Bertolatus - Dr. Alan Vajda's lab
Julie Byle - Dr. Greg Cronin's lab
Marianne Davenport - Dr. Greg Ragland's lab
Adam Duster - Dr. Hai Lin's lab
Katherine Hayes - Dr. Brian Buma's lab
Kyle Turchick - Dr. Brian Buma's lab
Each student will receive a travel grant from the Department to be used for the dissemination of their research to a broader audience. When these students return from their meetings, the Department will post their articles describing their travel and presentations on the Student News webpage and in our weekly E-Nouncement newsletter.
2020 Spring Semester Textbook Orders.
Just a reminder that the bookstore’s deadline to order textbooks for the 2020 Spring Semester was Oct.15. If you have already ordered your books…THANK YOU!! If you haven’t, please check your email for an email from the bookstore with your personalized link to VERBA the online book order site. Even if you’re not using a textbook, that info needs to be put into VERBA as well. If you need Jacki's help, she will need the following information:
Textbook title
ISBN
Edition
Publisher
Okay to use newer edition?
Okay to use older edition?
Est. enrollment
Required/Optional
2019 Fall Final Exam Schedule
Please see the attached 2019 Final Exam Schedule for the Fall Semester. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Kim Regier, also please note the spreadsheet is listed by exam date and not by course number. Finals Week is December 9th through the 14th.
2019 Fall Smilodon Awards
Jacki will be sending out a call for nominations for the 2019 Fall Smilodon Outstanding Underclassman and Upperclassman Awards in the November 1st E-Nouncements.
A generous donor has set up a fund so that awards can be made to CU Denver Underclassman and Upperclassman students in both the Fall and Spring semesters. Recipients of the 2019 Fall awards receive a grant of $250 from the Smilodon Scholarship for the Spring 2020 Semester which they are free to decide how to spend in support of their undergraduate education. The only requirements are that they remain a major in biology and they are enrolled for the Spring 2020 Semester.
Faculty, Grad Students and Staff are eligible to nominate so please be considering candidates to nominate for the 2019 Fall awards.
2019 Fall Semester FCQ Audits and Administration
FYI - Jacki is currently auditing the FCQ list against the online course list for the Fall online FCQ administration which will be Nov. 18- Dec.2. Faculty is asked to confirm that what she is submitting for each course’s online FCQs is accurate by OCT. 24TH. Below is a breakdown of the Fall FCQ process from course auditing to report releases.
FCQ course auditing period (October 2 – October 30) - Period when coordinators review their class list and FCQ dates
FCQ custom question deadline (November 8) - If you would like to add, delete or change custom questions, do so by Friday, November 8. Contact the Jacki with any changes
Changes submitted after the deadline won’t appear on the FCQ until spring 2020
FCQ administration (November 18/December 2) - FCQ administrations for full-term classes begins. The window runs from the Monday of week 14 through the start of week 15
Denver campus: Monday, November 18 – Tuesday, December 3. Denver’s Fall Break occurs between weeks 14 and 15. We have extended the window to accommodate
FCQ reports release - FCQ results can’t be released until after your campus grades have been posted. Denver campus: Monday, December 23, 12 p.m. (tentative)
Online Tableau reporting tools will be updated in early JanuaryBatch reports will be distributed the week of January 13 (tentative)
