tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33185621.post-43005678702274771892008-02-20T13:12:00.000-08:002008-12-11T21:28:27.029-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-KXCofPPrnM/R7yYMNzuJcI/AAAAAAAAAD8/0nHrkY5AnIg/s1600-h/jasminum1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-KXCofPPrnM/R7yYMNzuJcI/AAAAAAAAAD8/0nHrkY5AnIg/s320/jasminum1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169173807946933698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><div style="text-align: center;"><b>OU DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY &amp; MICROBIOLOGY</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;">WEEKLY NOTICES</div> <div style="text-align: center;">(Everyone is invited to the seminars)<br /><br /></div> <div><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div><u>Seminar Speakers</u>: Please send me your title by 3pm on Tuesday before your talk (at ahopper@ou.edu).<br /><br /></div> <div><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div><u>BOTANY GRADUATE SEMINAR 5971 (Thursday, February </u><u>21</u><u>, in GLCH 310 at 4:30pm)</u>:</div> <div>Speaker: Mr. Zhongxin Guo (OU Botany Ph.D. Student)</div> <div>Title: "TCP1 controls the levels of brassinosteroids in Arabidopsis by regulating the expression of a key biosynthetic gene"<br /><br /></div> <div> </div> <div><u>MICROBIOLOGY GRADUATE SEMINAR 5971 (Friday, February </u><u>22</u><u>, in GLCH 129 at 3:00pm)</u>:</div> <div>Speaker: Ms. Lauren Bray (OU Microbiology Master’s Student)</div> <div>Title: "Identification of bacteria closely associated with the nodules of Desmanthus illinoensis"<br /><br /></div> <div><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div><u>S</u><u>TUDENT RESEARCH AND PERFORMANCE DA</u><u>Y</u>:<br />Will be held on <b>Saturday, March 29, 2008 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.</b> and will coincide with the University of Oklahoma Parent’s Weekend, offering additional visibility of student research to the OU community. It will be held in the <b>National Weather Center</b> located on the OU Research Campus. This event will combine the former Graduate Student Research &amp; Creativity Endeavors/Poster Session and the Undergraduate Research Day.<br /><br /></div> <div>Graduate Students and K20 students may apply online at <a href="http://gradweb.ou.edu/Current/SpecialEvents/PosterSession/"><u>http://gradweb.ou.edu/Current/SpecialEvents/PosterSession/</u></a>. </div> <div>Undergraduate students may apply online at <a href="http://www.ou.edu/honors/SRPD-application.html"><u>http://www.ou.edu/honors/SRPD-application.html</u></a>. </div> <div>If you have any questions, contact Diana Beal at 325.7715 or <a href="mailto:dbeal@ou.edu">dbeal@ou.edu</a>.<br /><br /></div> <div><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div> </div> <div><b>OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS:</b></div> <div><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div><u>Early Progress Grade Reports</u>: Due Monday, February 25<span style="font-size:78%;">^th</span> (<b>even if no grades are marked</b>). Please return the “signed” form to me by 3pm next Monday--I will be making my last delivery to Academic Records.<br /><br /></div> <div><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div><u>Class </u><u>Roll</u>: Instructors should make the changes on the form that was distributed last week and <u>return it to Academic Records, BH 330</u>. <b>All students attending class must be officially enrolled</b>. Class attendance without enrollment is PROHIBITED by State Regents’ policy. Any student whose name does not appear on the class roll should consult immediately with the Office of Registration in BH 2<span style="font-size:78%;">^nd</span> floor.<br /><br /></div> <div><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div><u>Graduate Students</u>: The Department Admission/Retention Committee will be distributing the <span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Annual Evaluation Questionnaire next week</b></span>. Again, if you were instructed by the Committee last year to fulfill an obligation, now is the time to take care of it. Evaluation Interviews will be held just BEFORE Spring Break, so if you haven’t fulfilled their recommendation you can be sure they will be wanting to see you!<br /><br /></div> <div> </div> <div> <u>ANNUAL TEACHING SCHOLARS INITIATIVE SYMPOSIUM (Monday, April 7, Noon until 5:30p, at the National Weather Center)</u>:</div> <div>Speaker: Ken Bain (Author of <i>What the Best College Teachers Do</i>)</div> <div>More information to come. In the meantime, mark your calendar.</div> <div>For more information: Contact Dr. Mariëlle Hoefnagels, member of the TSI steering committee, at <a href="mailto:Hoefnagels@ou.edu"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><u>Hoefnagels@ou.edu</u></span></a> or 325-5705.<br /><br /></div> <div> </div> <div><u>For Academic Planning</u>:</div> <div>Mar. 15-23: Spring Break</div> <div><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:100%;" > </span></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33185621-4300567870227477189?l=botany-micro.blogspot.com'/></div>OU Botany and Microbiology Daily Blognoreply@blogger.com0