Muskegon Community College is gearing up to host the fall conference on Friday, Oct. 24 and Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008. The theme of the conference is Aquatic Environments. This conference is designed to strengthen the links between our Community Colleges and High School Teachers, who are being invited to attend, and to improve student learning and networking among biology teachers. Students are also invited to attend.
Photos taken at this meeting will soon be posted to our website.
Where available, links to the websites of our speakers are included in the agenda below.
Friday, Oct. 24 - Stevenson Center for Higher Learning
Noon – 1:00pm:
Check in and lunch for MCC Life Science
Department members and local high school biology educators
1-2:30pm:
Facilitated discussion among participants with primary goal to improving
student education and opportunities
2-3pm: MCCB Executive Board Meeting
(Room 1218
2-3pm: Check in for MCCB
members – hallway outside 1200 complex
3-3:30pm: Official Start
of MCCB Conference (Room 1200 complex
3:30-4:30pm: Campus and Kasey Hartz trail tour begins (Room
1200 complex
4:30-5:30pm: Presentation - Creative Assessment in the classroom and Aquatic Birds, Dr. Kathy Winnett-Murray, Hope College. This talk will be in the 1200 complex.
6 pm: Bus transportation to Fricano's Pizza. Meet in lobby of Stevenson Center.
6:30-7:30pm: Dinner Fricano’s Pizza on Muskegon Lake. MCCB General Membership Meeting after dinner.
8-9pm: If desired, take a stroll on the bike path along Muskegon Lake.
9pm: Bus transportation back to Muskegon Community College
Saturday, Oct. 25
8:30-9am: Continental Breakfast and initial viewing of approximately 12 vendor exhibits. Room: 1200 complex
9-10am: Presentation - Phylogenetics: The "E" word in disguise, Dr. Keith Crandall, Brigham Young University (Room 1100)
10:05-11am: Choice of speakers:
A) Aquatic Plant Communities and exotics, Dr. Lisa Huberty, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (Room 1224).
B) Expansion and food web implications of the Quagga mussel in the Great Lakes, Thomas Nalepa, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, NOAA (Room 1222)
11-11:30am: Break and chance to talk with vendors. For vendor information, click here.
11:30-12:30pm: Lunch and speaker.
Dr. Joan Rose, MSU,
Microbial Communities in HotTubs and other Public
Recreational Areas. Dr. Rose is the
Homer Nowlin Endowed Chair of Water Research in the Department of Fisheries and
Wildlife at Michigan State.
12:30pm: Transportation to Annis Water Resource Institute, Grand Valley State University. Meet in the lobby of the Stevenson Center.
1-1:55pm: Presentation - Exploration of submerged sinkhole ecosystems in Lake Huron, Dr. Bopi Biddanda, GVSU.
2-2:55pm: Presentation - Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes, Dr. Rick Rediske, GVSU.
3-3:30pm: Tour of AWRI facility.
3:30-4:30pm: Presentation – Teaching Aquatic Science on a Research Vessel, Dr. Janet Vail, GVSU.
4:30pm: Transportation back to Muskegon Community College. Meeting evaluations filled out and turned in.
Cost of Meeting: $40 for MCCB members and Muskegon Community College
students [NOTE: students may attend the lectures for free, but must pay $40 if
they want meals]; High School Biology Educator $25 (subsidized by MCC); $50 for all others.
You must send in your registration by Oct. 1, 2008
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REGISTRATION FORM: Click here to download and print the Meeting Registration Form. This form will also be in the Fall 2008 Newsletter which is mailed to MCCB members.o
Checks must be made out to Michigan Community College Biologists, but send registration form and check to:Muskegon Community College, Life Science Dept., MCCB fall conference, 221 S. Quarterline Rd., Muskegon, MI 49442
Have questions? Contact Theresa Van Veelen, 231-777-0672, Theresa.vanveelen@muskegoncc.edu or Tammisha Morris, 231-777-0273, Tammisha.morris@muskegoncc.edu
Map & Directions to MCC -
click here.
Parking Directions for the Stevenson Center for Higher Learning, click here.
To do a Google Map search, paste in this Muskegon CC address: 221 S Quarterline Rd, Muskegon, MI
Overnight accommodations:
For a list of hotels in the Muskegon area,
click here (Excel
file).
This page last updated: October 30, 2008 MCCB Webmaster: gorton@tds.net