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Fall 2003 Minutes:
Minutes from Years Past: April 17, 2002 7:40 Meeting called
7:40 Talked about car wash last Saturday and the Picnic afterwards. We washed ~40 cars and made $246.55.
7:40 Jim Merchant talked about raising money at the ESA.
7:55 Club trip to Asheville next weekend (April27-28). Leave at 9am from the campus. Meet at the elevators at Gardner Hall South.
8:05 Officer elections:
Congratulations to ALL of the new officers!!!!
8:25 Meeting Adjourned April 3, 2002
8:00 Talked about car wash (4-13-02) from 11am – 3pm. There will be a picnic afterwards from 4-7pm behind Lee Hall. The car wash is going to be at Burger King on Avent Ferry Rd. Jen and Charlotte will make signs to put around the department. Katie will make signs to put around campus. Also will make signs for that day. We will meet there at 10:30am to prepare.
8:10 AgLife Council meeting is tomorrow. Need to tell the council about the car wash.
8:15 Trip to Biltmore Winery on April 27-28. Will send out e-mail to get a count of people who plan on going.
8:20 Next meeting will be on April 17. We will elect new officers at the next meeting.
8:25 Meeting adjourned.
April 3, 2002
8:00 Talked about car wash (4-13-02) from 11am – 3pm. There will be a picnic afterwards from 4-7pm behind Lee Hall. The car wash is going to be at Burger King on Avent Ferry Rd. Jen and Charlotte will make signs to put around the department. Katie will make signs to put around campus. Also will make signs for that day. We will meet there at 10:30am to prepare.
8:10 AgLife Council meeting is tomorrow. Need to tell the council about the car wash.
8:15 Trip to Biltmore Winery on April 27-28. Will send out e-mail to get a count of people who plan on going.
8:20 Next meeting will be on April 17. We will elect new officers at the next meeting.
8:25 Meeting adjourned.
February 13, 2002 7:30 Meeting called
7:35 Talked about Family Science Night at Wiley Elementary
January 12, 2002 7:40 Meeting called Talked about fundraisers
7:45 Service projects
7:55 Food bank
8:00 Katie said that the Ag Awareness week is coming up – the best thing about it would be something "hands on"
8:05 Budget due in two weeks
8:07 Meeting adjourned
October 3, 2001 7:30 Meeting called Discussed dues and who is going to the AgLife meeting to present budget for the club
7:40 Dr. Petty talked about his research in the Micro Department. We also discussed the interests of the group involving virology. Several people had questions regarding the possible threat of bioterrorism in the future. Also the educational requirements for a graduate degree in virology.
8:50 Jonathan talked about the Strides Against Breast Cancer and the picnic afterwards and shelter 8 in Pullen Park
8:58 We will have a speaker from Paradigm Genetics on November 7.
9:00 Meeting adjourned
September 19, 2001 7:30 Meeting called
7:56 Cookout to follow in Pullen Park The club will buy the food and drinks Come and have some fun
8:15 Meeting adjourned
September 5, 2001 7:30 Meeting called Introductions of officers and members
7:35 Jennifer Zurney talked about CALS Career Services
7:43 Options for speakers discussed
7:54 Scientist in the classroom – talked about going back and teaching kids to wash their hands, help keep things clean, etc.
7:56 Discussed trips
8:04 Talked about the summer experiences – where people worked or what they did, etc.
8:20 Meeting Adjourned
7:30-7:45pm: Meeting started and refreshments were provided. 7:45-8pm: Each officer introduced himself/herself. Ben Coulter is our president, Jennifer Zurney is our vice president and treasurer, Jonathan Cranford is our secretary, web page maintainer, and e-mail sender. Katie Chandler and Paige Bennett are our CALS representatives. Abria Vodenichar is our backup CALS representative. Officers described the goals, functions, etc. of the Microbiology Club. Each officer described his or her summer job or experience, and if applicable, how being in the Microbiology Club helped them get their summer job. 8-8:15pm: Officers and club participants described what kind of speakers they would like to come and talk to the club. Some topics are livestock microbiology, building an artificial retina, pharmaceutical microbiology, and maybe industrial microbiology. 8:15-8:23pm: The officers announced that plans are being made to make the Microbiology Club a NCSU student chapter of the American Society of Microbiology (A.S.M.). The officers and Dr. Luginbuhl (the faculty advisor) proceeded to describe what ASM is. 8:23-8:24pm: Our CALS representative who went to the first meeting described what went on during the first CALS meeting. She also described the Truman Scholarship to make people aware of its existence. 8:24-8:30pm: Officers and club members talked about service projects the club must do. Some ideas are to do some science demonstrations for an elementary school, do volunteer work for the Salvation Army by tutoring kids, and work for Hope for the Homeless by delivering supplies. We will probably not work at the Food Bank this year. 8:30pm: Dr. Luginbuhl announced she brought the club T-shirts and would be selling them right after the meeting. The time and the guest speaker for the next meeting are to be announced in a future e-mail. 8:30pm approximately: Meeting adjourned. Minutes from Microbiology Club Meeting on September 26, 2000 Prior to 7:30pm:
9:00 pm: Tour ended and meeting adjourned. Minutes from Microbiology Club Meeting on October 10, 2000 7:30pm: Meeting started. I. Announcements:
b) You can have your resume critiqued on October 23 and October 24 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm in room #2 in Patterson Hall.
Minutes from Microbiology Club Meeting on October 24, 2000 7:30pm: Meeting started and refreshments served. I. Announcements:
Dr. Gerald Elkan, who is a professor emeritus in the Microbiology Department
here at N.C. State, was our speaker. He gave a stimulating lecture
accompanied by a slide show. The main topic of his speech was nitrogen
fixation by use of a symbiotic system of Azolla plants and Cyanobacteria
mainly used to increase rice crop yields in the Philippines.
Minutes from Microbiology Club Meeting on November 7, 2000 I. Speaker:
Minutes from Microbiology Club Meeting on November 21, 2000 7:30pm: Meeting started, refreshments served. Note that this is our last meeting for this semester. 7:30pm - 8:00pm: Discussion and brainstorm of possible speakers for next semester:
Another important point that was brought up is that the national ASM meeting is coming up next year from May 20 to May 24 in Orlando Florida. It would be possible for the club to plan a trip to this meeting, but we would have to plan some fundraisers to cover the monetary requirements of the trip. 8:10pm-8:30pm: T.J. Schneeweis gave all that attended two information sheets concerning the Apex Bioscience business. The company is located near RTP, and it is looking for students to work part time during the semester or full time during the Summer. TJ hinted that this may be an up and coming company. They are supposedly working on a drug that, if approved by FDA, could have some anticancer properties. TJ volunteered to arrange a tour of this building, and he would provide transportation. Contact him if you would be interested in attending a tour of this facility (phone=515-5344, e-mail= tj_schneeweis@unity.ncsu.edu or click here ) 8:30pm - 8:50pm: TJ mentioned the possibility of having another career awareness day for microbiology. The department would like to have this event next semester, but they need input on when is the best day to have it (M,T,W,TH,F) and how it should be done. It was suggested that the career awareness event be combined with a cookout over at the University Club to grab a bigger crowd than last year. TJ also mentioned the possibility of inviting NCSU microbiology graduates to this event. Note that the career awareness day is a great opportunity to network, for there are usually several important speakers from nice companies. 8:50pm - 9:00pm: The logistics regarding next semester's meetings were discussed. It was proposed that meetings be held on alternate days of the week for each week (Monday one week, Tuesday the next) so that more people could attend. Dr. Luginbuhl introduced the Hewlett Initiative to the club. This is a campus wide initiative to promote different ways of teaching in curricular departments on campus. The microbiology department has joined this initiative, which means some of the courses will start to be reshaped so that there is more creative thinking, problem solving, case studies, and perhaps more writing. Dr. Luginbuhl welcomed anybody who wanted to help "reshape" the curriculum. Next semester she would like to have a small group of undergraduates that could meet with her and provide suggestions on how to reshape the curriculum to better educate all students. 9:00pm: Meeting adjourned. Minutes from Microbiology Club Meeting on January 9, 2001 6:00pm: Meeting began. This meeting was pretty much just an organizational meeting and a preparation meeting for activities that are in the works for the Microbiology Club this semester. Ben asked for any input about what kinds of speakers members would want to hear this semester.
If you want to attend the tour you should plan to attend the next Microbiology Club meeting on Monday Jan. 22 at 7:30pm in "The Microzone" on the fourth floor of Gardner Hall. Do not plan attend this tour if you are not absolutely sure you will be able to actually do it (i.e. please don't cancel on us at the last minute :) 6:40pm: Our CALS representative informed us that she needed a planned budget for what the club will do this semester so that she can present it at her next meeting. The club is planning to attend the national ASM meeting that starts on May 20 and goes to May 24 in Orlando Florida. Some technicalities of this trip were discussed. In light of last semester's success, the club will probably volunteer at more elementary schools as a Scientists in the Classroom project. The club may also try to work with faculty members to develop a module package that can be transported from school to school. If this package is developed it could possibly be used by other people to teach elementary school children about microbiology. Another suggestion was to volunteer to tutor kids after school at Apex Middle School.
Minutes from Microbiology Club Meeting on January 22, 2001 7:30pm: Meeting began. Our CALS representative Katie Chandler made some announcements. Club members are invited to work at a booth during Ag-awarness week on March 28. The agriculture honor fraternity AZ (for men and women) was introduced to club members.
8:20pm: Our president Ben Coulter
notified members that he needed to prepare a budget to present to CALS,
and he discussed with members the price of the ASM trip we are preparing
to take May 20 -24 in Orlando, Florida. 9:00pm: One member announced that a professor is leaving--Dr. Parks. The member called upon the power of the club to help get Dr. Parks a tribute plaque. 9:00pm: Meeting adjourned. Minutes from Microbiology Club Meeting on February 5, 2001 The NC State Microbiology Club provided a field trip to Apex Bioscience on Monday, February 5. The tour started at 8:00pm. Apex Bioscience is located in the Research Triangle Park off of Highway 55. The production manager, Cyrus Stacey, gave the club some background information about the purpose of Apex Bioscience, and information concerning the clinical trials of their product. Their product is made from hemoglobin found in blood they obtain from the Red Cross. They extract the hemoglobin to make pyridoxalated hemoglobin polyoxyethylene conjugate, or"PHP". The product could be useful in a variety of medical cases where regulation of NO would be useful, such as a patient in shock. He also provided the club with information about their specific plant site and how it operates. He then split club members into smaller groups, and each group went with a different person who works at the plant. We were given a generous tour of the entire plant, and were able to ask any questions we came up with. Finally, Cyrus mentioned the possibility for student co-op positions. Attending this tour showed students how a small production facility operates. Furthermore, this tour presented an opportunity, if pursued, for the students to get involved in such an environment. Minutes from Microbiology Club Meeting on February 19, 2001 7:30pm: Meeting began. Jim Merchant announced that students from the club would not be able to work at the ESA (Entertainment and Sports Arena) due to the fact that our club does not have an official statement confirming that we are a non-profit organization. We are working on obtaining such a document so that we may be able to work there in the future.
Minutes from Microbiology Club Meeting on March 6, 2001 6:00pm: Meeting initiated. We discussed the club's involvement in Service Raleigh on April 7. Members who participate will probably volunteer their work from about 8:00 or 9:00am until around 3:00pm. Members who would like to participate should email Jonathan Cranford providing their name, phone number, and e-mail address. I'm sure it'll be a beautiful day, and we'll have a blast! We then moved on to talk about the ASM meeting. Members who would like to go should try to sign up before March 16 so that they can register for less money. You must register on your own, but the club will be able to pay for some of your expenses. The final deadline for registration is April 17, so make sure you do it by then!!! After students have registered themselves for the meeting, they should send Jonathan Cranford an email. Dr. Luginbuhl mentioned that there would be a meeting for the North Carolina chapter of ASM soon. Ben Coulter brought up the topics of club dues, and that we need to collect them for this semester. Taste of State 2001 is Saturday, April 7 2001. 7:00pm: Meeting adjourned. Minutes from Microbiology Club Meeting on March 19, 2001 7:30pm: Meeting started. We talked about working at the ESA for fundraising. The ball is finally rolling on working at the ESA, but in reality it will be a project that won't happen until next semester. We discussed the upcoming national and state ASM meeting activities. See the minutes from the previous e-mail for some helpful information. Concerning the national meeting, we will probably end up leaving May 19, and will stay until the 22. We will probably use a big van for transportation. All the members should have to pay for to go on the trip are the conference registration fee and maybe a few meals. The club will try to pay for the rest. Jen Sisko and Alan began a discussion about some type of athletic/field
day/fundraiser for the club. We discussed this in detail, with the
idea of having
Refreshments were served. 8:30pm: Meeting adjourned. Minutes from Microbiology Club Meeting on April 3, 2001 6pm: Meeting began. Refreshments were served. Dr. Brown from the microbiology department gave a presentation concerning the R Nase P reaction. Comparisons were made between archaeal and bacterial R Nase P. Implications of the similarity between R Nase P in archaea and bacteria, and between R Nase P in archaea and eukaryotes were discussed. 6:49pm: Ben notified the group that club elections will happen in two weeks at a special club meeting April 17 starting at 6pm in the Microzone.
Minutes from Microbiology Club Meeting on April 17, 2001 6pm: Meeting initiated. Ben Coulter made an announcement about the re-create State project. Refer to their web site if you require more details. Our CALS representative Katie Chandler announced the CALS Banquet on April 26. She passed around a sheet for people who wanted to attend this event with her.
6:50-7:30pm: Segun, who attended our last CALS meeting for us, discussed what happened in this meeting. He announced that CALS is trying to set up programs that would allow students to get involved with local middle schools. Given that the club has a history of participating in these types of activities, he suggested that the club should join the effort.
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If
members would like to go on this trip, they should sign up to be a member
of ASM NOW so
that their admission price will be cheaper. See TJ Schneeweis for
a pre addressed envelope and form to send off to become a member of ASM.
So that the club will be able to pay for some of the price of the trip,
we will have to do some serious fund raising. Possible options that
were discussed were Micro Club T-shirt sells, selling Dinamates, having
a car wash, and working at the ESA booths. Times and days for these
events will be announced later.