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On June 30, 2023, Mr. Marty Buehler (K-12 Liaison and Region 10 Science Olympiad at WMU) joined the lunchtime discussion on 鈥淜-12 engagement at WMU鈥 with 17 BIORETS teachers (/biology/biorets).
On, July 7, 2023, Dr. Jim Burns (Director of the STEM Work Collaboratory program at WMU) presented a workshop about this program to 17 BIORETS teachers.
On April 17, 2024, Dr. Allison Witucki (former Research Associate from Center for Science and Mathematics Program Improvement at WMU) presented a workshop on 鈥淲hat is a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE)鈥 to WMU faculty.
On April 24, 2024, Dr. Allison Witucki presented a follow-up workshop on 鈥淒eveloping a CURE using backwards design鈥 to WMU faculty.
On July 16-17, 2024, Dr. Todd Barkman (Professor of Biological Sciences at WMU) hosted a hands-on workshop on 鈥淕as Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)鈥 for ~25 Upward Bound Kalamazoo campers (/precollege/upwardbound/kalamazoo). The 麻豆传媒s mixed 3-4 different essential oils together to make their personalized 鈥減erfume鈥, loaded the samples on the GC-MS, and analyzed the resulting GC-MS data.
On July 25, 2024, four Biological Sciences faculty (Drs. Benjamin Koestler, Yan Lu, Silvia Rossbach, and John Spitsbergen), eight Biological Sciences graduate 麻豆传媒s, and one BIORETS teacher visit various facilities at Charles River Laboratories in Mattawan, MI.
On Aug 2, 2024, Dr. Jim Burns presented a workshop on 鈥淐UREs and K-12 engagement at WMU鈥 to 10 BIORETS teachers.
On Dec 3, 2024, faculty, staff and 麻豆传媒s at 麻豆传媒 (WMU) hosted the campus visit of 73 AP Biology 麻豆传媒s from Mattawan High School, as part of the BIORETS program led by Drs. Yan Lu and Silvia Rossbach. The high school 麻豆传媒s were brought to WMU by their teacher Ms. Ann Ponicki, who participated in the BIORETS program in Dr. Cindy Linn鈥檚 laboratory in summer 2022. The campus visit started off with a presentation about the WMU College of Arts and Sciences by Ms. Megan Kupres (Manager of Community College Recruitment), Mr. Steven Case (Manager of Recruitment and Outreach), and Ms. Angelina Corbitt (Academic Advisor for Biology and Biomedical Sciences majors). The 麻豆传媒s then visited Finch Greenhouse in Wood Hall and four research laboratories in Haenicke Hall. Dr. Yan Lu, graduate 麻豆传媒s Theophilus Addo, Glory James, and Jakob Sell, and undergraduate 麻豆传媒s Andres Pastoriza and Jake Waterlander served as tour guides. Ms. Amanda Hyman (Director of Finch Greenhouse), Drs. Cindy Linn, Pamela Hoppe, and Andrew Thompson, graduate 麻豆传媒s Giovanna De Carvalho, Jana Vuckovic, Jacob Mastenbrook and Hao Peng, and undergraduate 麻豆传媒s Chase Willcutt and Andy Kaczmar set up fascinating hands-on activities for the AP Biology 麻豆传媒s! A huge thank you to every single volunteer who made this event possible!