Well, now that the Thanksgiving holiday is over, things really pick up at BSU.The end of the semester is right around the corner and the last day of class is just 9 days away! After reading day (a no-class study day) finals week begins. During reading day the Biology and Chemistry departments work together to host Share the Future, an event where middle age kids (300 of them!) decend upon Sattgast Hall to hear speakers, do hands-on activities and become immersed in science!

We would also like to give a big congratulations to Matt Phillips, a graduate student of Dr. Guelda’s who successfully defended his Master’s Thesis this past Wednesday. His thesis was entitled ‘Spatial and temporal differences in macroinvertebrate and zooplankton populations in the headwaters of the Mississippi River’. Congratulations, Matt. We couldn’t be more proud of you…and good luck in the new position!