Warren Wilson College
Jensen Lecture Hall, 4:00 pm
Schedule - Fall, 2003
Please send comments to
Donald Collins dcollins_nospam@warren-wilson.edu
Howler Monkey See Sanders, 2002
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Warren Wilson College Jensen Lecture Hall, 4:00 pm Schedule - Fall, 2003 Please send comments to |
Howler Monkey See Sanders, 2002 |
Fall 2003 Syllabus Fall, 2003
| Week 1 - Aug. 25 | 4:00 | Triad Day - No Meeting |
| Week 2 - Sep. 1 | 4:00 | 1st Meeting - Schedule Confirmation |
| Week 3 - Sep. 8 | 4:00 | Erin Jasin - Lead Fallout: Study of lead (Pb) contamination in stream sediment near a clay target shooting range. Mentors: Dr. Mark V. Brenner and Dr. John Brock. |
| 4:30 | ||
| Week 4 - Sep. 15 | 4:00 | Lauren Reker -The Effective Pollinators of Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) on Warren Wilson College Campus. Mentor: Dr. Amy Boyd |
| 4:30 | ||
| Week 5 - Sep. 22 | 4:00 | Joy Vandervort-Sneed - Tumor Inhibiting Properties of Poke Weed,Phytolacca americana. Mentor: |
| 4:30 | Kate Reese - Urinary Epinephrine Metabolites in Rock Climbers by HPLC/EC. Mentor: Dr. Victoria P. Collins. | |
| Week 6 - Sep. 29 | 4:00 | Nargiza Sultanbekova - Computer Analysis of Photochemical Smog. Mentor: Dr. Dean C. Kahl |
| 4:30 | Erek Napora -Population Demographics of the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) in the WWC Pig Pond. Mentor: Dr. Lou Weber. | |
| Week 7 - Oct. 6 | 4:00 | Nick Klosteman - Effective Production of Biodiesel Fuel. Mentor: Dr. Dean C. Kahl |
| 4:30 | William Jeffers - The Effects of Poultry Husbandry on Carotenoid Levels in Egg Yolks. - Mentor: Dr. Vicki P. Collins | |
| Week 8 - Oct. 13 | 4:00 | Marta Eckert-Mills - Color Change of Blue Crabs (Callinectes sapidus) in Response to Habitat Color. Mentor: Dr. Amy Boyd |
| 4:30 | "Guest seminar" Olya Milenkaya | |
| Fall Break | Fall Break | |
| Week 9 - Oct. 27 | 4:00 | Faculty Seminar - Dr. Evan Wantland |
| 4:30 | ||
| Week 9 - Thursday, Oct.30 | 4:00 | Scheduling for Fall, 2004, seminars (Research Design - Morse) |
| Week 10 - Nov. 3 | 4:00 | Forrest Edens - The effect of several concentrations of Accord herbicide on Russian-olive (Eleagnus angustifolia) in a cut-stump application. Mentors: Dr. Lou Weber and Dr. Greg Ettles |
| 4:30 | Stephanie Grant - Fruit Size and Seed Set Constraints for Wisconsin Fast PlantsTM. Mentor: Dr. Amy Boyd | |
| Week 11 - Nov. 10 | 4:00 | Eliza Frey - Antioxidant Capacity of Grapeseed Products. Mentor: Dr. Victoria P. Collins |
| 4:30 | Kristen Sharpe - Textile Dyes in Post-treatment Effluent. Mentor: Dr. John Brock | |
| Week 12 - Nov. 17 | 4:00 | Rachel Troyer - Non-Native, Invasive Plant Species Monitoring at Warren Wilson College: Development and Implimentation. Mentor: Dr. Lou Weber |
| 4:30 | Charley Wilson - The Effect of Husbandry on Fatty Acid Composition of Beef. Mentor: Dr. Victoria P. Collins | |
| Friday, Week 12 - Nov. 21 | 4:00 | Drafts of Senior theses due to mentors. |
| Week 13 - Nov. 24 | 4:00 | Matt Hedden - Verbenone Delivery Systems. Mentor: Dr. Vicki P. Collins |
| 4:30 | Matt Heller - Chemotaxis in the True Slime Mold Physarum polycephalum. Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Holmes | |
| Week 14 - Dec. 1 | 4:00 | Sarah Marie Sisler - The Effect of Seed Baths on the Germination of Golden Beets. Mentor: Dr. Laura Lenghick |
| 4:30 | Jennifer Thompson - The Effect of a Pasture Environment on Piglet Weight Gain and Internal Parasite Burden. Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Holmes | |
| Friday, Week 14 - Dec. 5 | 4:00 | Senior Theses Due - 2 copies to convenor (Spidel 205), 4:00 PM |
| Week 15 - Dec 8 | 4:00 | |
| 4:30 | ||
| Week 16 - Dec. 15 | 4:00 | Evaluations for Senior theses Due to Convenor (Monday, Week 16) |
| Jan 19, 2004 |
4:00 | 1st Meeting - Schedule Confirmation |
| Jan. 26, 2004 |
4:00 | Title due to D. Collins |
| 4:30 | ||
| Feb. 2, 2004 |
4:00 | Nina Elliott, The
Effects of Reduced Anthelmintic
Treatment on the Warren Wilson Cattle. Mentors:
Dr.
Jeff Holmes and Dr. Bob Eckstein. |
| 4:30 | Anna Halligan, Road Mortality on the
Blue Ridge Parkway. Mentor: Dr. Lou Weber. |
|
| Feb. 9, 2004 |
4:00 | Dana Robison, Agricultural Effects on
the Water Quality of Bull/Shope Creek, North Carolina. Mentor:
Dr. Mark Brenner |
| 4:30 | Guest Student Seminar: Marc Williams, Renovation
of the Warren Wilson Apple Orchard. Mentor: Dr.
Laura Lengnick. |
|
| Feb.16, 2004 |
4:00 | Guest Student Seminar: Ginelle Heller, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Differences Between an Agro-Forestry Polyculture System and a Secondary Forest in the Caribbean Lowlands of Talamanca, Costa Rica. Mentor Dr. Lou Weber |
| 4:30 | Matt Moerschbacher, A Survey of Roadkill
Along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Mentor: Dr. Lou Weber |
|
| Feb. 23, 2004 |
4:00 | Michael Talbot, Red and White Oak Regeneration On Jones Mountian . Mentor: Dr. Greg Ettl |
| 4:30 | Cameron Bingham, Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbons in Oak-aged Liquors. Mentor: Dr. Dean
C. Kahl |
|
| Feb 24, 2004 |
7:30 |
Sigma Xi at UNC-Asheville, Dr.
George Heard, Visualizing Chemistry through Electron
Density and Quantum Chemical Calculations. Rhoades Hall on
UNC-Asheville. Opportunity to make-up absence by sending summary
to dcollins. |
| Mar. 1, 2004 |
4:00 | Allison Turner, Phthalate Analysis in
Household Air Fresheners. Mentor: Dr. John Brock. |
| 4:30 | James Beidler, Analysis of an Advanced Tropospheric Ozone Model. Mentor: Dr. Dean C. Kahl. | |
| Mar. 8, 2004 |
4:00 | Erin Worthy, Behavioral
Changes after Chronic Despramine
Treatment in Rats: Role of Norepinephrine in the Medial Prefrontal
Cortex. Mentor: Dr. Victoria Collins |
| Spring Break | Spring Break | |
| Mar. 22, 2004 |
4:00 | Faculty Seminar, Dr. Greg Ettl: Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis) Decline from White Pine Blister Rust (Cronartium ribicola) in Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington. |
| 4:30 | ||
| Tues. Mar 23, 200r |
7:30 |
Sigma Xi - Mars Hill College |
| Mar. 29, 2004 |
4:00 | Faculty Seminar, Dr. Amy Boyd: Floral Traits in Macromeria viridiflora: Ecology Influencing Evolution. |
| 4:30 | ||
| Apr. 5, 2004 |
4:00 | Faculty Seminar, Dr. Donald Collins, Use of Consumer Grade Digital Cameras for Astronomical Imaging. |
| 4:30 | ||
| Apr. 12, 2004 |
4:00 | |
| 4:30 | ||
| Friday, Week 12 Apr. 16, 2004 |
Rough drafts of Senior Theses due to mentors | |
| Apr. 19, 2004 |
4:00 | |
| 4:30 | ||
| Tues. Apr. 20, 2004 |
7:30 |
Sigma Xi - UNC-Asheville.
Induction of new members and presentations by several new student
members. |
| Apr. 26, 2004 |
4:00 | Alumni
Seminar, Andrew Brown, 1986, Sustainable
Agriculture and Conservation of Biodiversity in Bolivia. Andrew
is
completing his Master of Science at University of Wisconsin,
Stevens Point. |
| 4:30 | ||
| Friday, Week 14 Apr. 30, 2004 |
4:00 | Senior Theses Due - 2 copies to convenor (Spidel 205), 4:00 PM |
| May 3, 2004 |
4:00 | Evaluations for Senior theses Due to Convenor (Monday, Week 16) |