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*MCB News, Week of August 26, 2013* *MCB News* - Important Dates/Events for fall 2013 - Major declarations begin Tuesday, September 3 - MCB 99, 199, H196A, and H196B Students - Registration deadline 9/27 - MCB Faculty Advisor Office Hours begin Thursday, 8/29 - MCB Peer Advising Service begins Thursday, 8/29 - MCB/IB-sponsored DeCals for fall 2013 *Other News * - Come Out to Our First Blood Drive of the Semester and Make a Difference! - Gain hands-on experience in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology - BUSINESS CAREERS KICK-OFF FOR L&S MAJORS! - SLC is still accepting applications to be Science Tutors this Fall - UCB Travel Journal Seeking Editors - Letters & Science 10: The On the Same Page Class ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Upcoming Important Dates/Events* - August 28, office closed all day - August 29, First day of instruction - September 2, Labor Day - University closed - September 3, Major declarations begin - September 10, Pre-Health Tuesdays begins, 1030a-230p - September 27, Add/Drop deadline ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Major declarations begin Tuesday, September 3* Students intending to declare MCB during the fall semester are able to do so starting on Tuesday, September 3, 2012. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Deadline to sign up for research: September 27* This includes MCB 99, MCB 199, MCB H196A and MCB H196B If you are planning on earning MCB units for research, you must enroll by the add/drop deadline of September 27. This means that you have to take care of all the paperwork and bring it in to the UAO before then in order to get the course control number. You'll need your PI's signature, so check with him/her now on availability, in case s/he plans to travel. We will not take a post-doc's signature in its place. Relevant websites: https://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad/research/research/mcb-199/, https://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad/major/honors-program/honors/ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * MCB Faculty Advisor Office Hours Begin Thursday, 8/29* Faculty advising office hours begin on the first day of instruction, Thursday, August 29. Office hours will be posted on the MCB webpage at http://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad/advising/advising-office/advising-services/ and are available at the UAO. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * MCB Peer Advising Service begins Thursday, 8/29* Beginning August 29, the peer advising walk-in service (PAWS) is available Monday-Friday, 10-12n & 1-4p, and Fridays 10-12 & 1-3p. Information about the program, the peer advisors, and their availability, can be found on the peer advisor webpage at http://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad/advising/advising-office/peer-advising/ or by stopping by the Undergraduate Affairs Office in 3060VLSB. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *MCB/IB-sponsored DeCals for fall 2013 * MCB and IB sponsor many DeCal courses each semester. Check out the DeCal website (http://www.decal.org/) for more information. Fall 2013 MCB & IB-Sponsored DeCals - Jade Ribbon Campaign - Berkeley Premedical Advisor Training - Pre-Med 101 - Pre-Health - Issues: Berkeley Medical Journal - Science Journalism: The Berkeley Scientific Journal - The Gluten Epidemic: An Introduction to Celiac Disease - Development and Evoluntion of the Face - Scientific Journal Review Decal - Writing Reviews of UCB Professors' Publications - Thal at Cal - Female Sexuality ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *Other News* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Come Out to Our First Blood Drive of the Semester and Make a Difference! * 1 pint of blood can save up to 3 lives!!! The American Red Cross @ Cal, in collaboration with Muslims for Life, will be holding our first blood drive of the semester on THURSDAY, AUGUST 29TH 9AM-3PM in ANNA HEAD ALUMNAE HALL. Make a difference by donating blood to one of the world's largest medical relief organizations and honoring the work of a great community organizer and leader. Join our facebook event and invite all of your friends https://www.facebook.com/events/183914888453335/?ref=2. To make an appointment for that day visit: http://www.redcrossblood.org/make-donation and use sponsor code UCB Thanks for your on-going support and we hope to see many of you at the blood drive. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Gain hands-on experience in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology* Get that lab or research experience you've been looking for! With over 50 URAP positions available, there's something for every one (including starter positions with no experience necessary). Please share with your friends. Highlights include: - Want to assist research in global change biology? Keck Engine Apprentices -- The Keck project is building an informatics portal where undergrads help document the rich resources from our UC field stations and labs. - Learn the vertebrate skeletal system by working directly with a diverse array of real skeletons (all ages of birds, mammals, and reptiles). Bone Numbering and Prep Lab Positions available. Share your love for science with a broader audience! Museum Education and Outreach Apprentices -- includes scientific journalism and photography opportunities, display and activity development, and opportunities to work directly with the public at events like science booths at farmer's markets. Love museums? Want to know more about how they work? Curatorial Apprentices -- work in the museum collections and enable evolutionary and zoological science by assisting in the documentation, curation, and loans of vertebrate specimens and data. Interested in library sciences? Archival Apprentices -- we have a rich historical collection of original hand-written field notes, correspondence, historical maps and papers. Help our archivist make this priceless historical information more available to researchers and the public. Do you have tech or programming skills? Informatics Apprentices -- come put your skills to use and gain valuable hands-on experience with GIS and/or scientific databases! Have a passion for frogs, salamanders and caecilians? AmphibiaWeb Apprentice -- contribute to the premier online resource for amphibian biology and conservation. Scientific Illustration -- hone your artistic abilities by creating anatomical drawings for our museum lab manuals and education programs. Apply by September 4th at the URAP website and attend our New Student Orientation on September 4th at 5:00 pm in the MVZ (3101 VLSB) where you can learn more and meet the project supervisors. For inquiries, please send an email to: m...@berkeley.edu with the subject line "URAP opportunities" ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * BUSINESS CAREERS KICK-OFF FOR L&S MAJORS!* Tues., August 27, 1-3PM Career Center, 2440 Bancroft Way 3rd Floor; Blue & Gold Room Companies DO want to recruit non-business majors for top business positions. In this multi-faceted program you will hear from a panel of business professionals about careers in consulting, human resources, management, marketing, sales and more and have the opportunity to speak with them informally following the panel. A career counselor will also explain the details and timeline of the recruiting process so you don't miss any important steps or deadlines. Space is limited. RSVP on callisto ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *SLC is still accepting applications to be Science Tutors this Fall* The Student Learning Center is currently accepting applications from students who are interested in becoming science tutors this fall. We have openings for tutors on a credit or auditing (no units) basis in the following courses: Biology 1A(L), 1B Chemistry 1A(L), 3A(L), 3B(L), 4A MCB 102 NST 10 Physics 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B Astro 10 We still have paid tutor openings in Physics, General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. Paid tutors are expected to assist and mentor the more inexperienced tutors both in the Tutoring Area and in their training so it is applicants should have significant prior experience and/or training. Applications are considered on a rolling basis but the initial deadline is this Thursday, August 30. To apply to be a tutor, download the application using the following link: http://slc.berkeley.edu/tutor/tutor_sciencecs.htm This online application contains everything you need to apply to be an SLC tutor, and it should contain answers to most questions. If you have any questions after looking at it, please feel free to email. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ** *UCB Travel Journal Seeking Editors* The Travel Section at UC Berkeley’s Comparative Literature Undergraduate Journal is looking for travel editors! Editors will join a team of fellow undergrads to read and discuss travel-writing submissions from all over the world. Each editor will accompany a chosen piece through the editing and publishing process. The job requires a passion for travel, a knack for writing, and a little time. Check us out online here <http://ucb-cluj.org/travel-writing/>. To apply, click here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sIB79e-CjRskZiC3m_Pi8tY1DWZjkmWOMBCHrde4lGg/viewform> . Applications are due September 9th. Direct all questions to senior travel editor, Eliot Claasen, at eclaa...@berkeley.edu We look forward to hearing from you! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *Letters & Science 10: The On the Same Page Class* 1 unit, P/NP, course control number: 51825 Are you a student who wants to earn a unit for reading Turing's Cathedral and participating in On the Same Page? If so, L&S 10 is the course for you. Here are the course requirements: Read the book over the summer (or early fall), and respond creatively. (We will provide some prompts before the semester begins.) Socially annotate excerpts from Turing's Cathedral. Attend two class meetings on Tuesday evenings from 5:00-6:30. The first will be on September 3 and the second on October 29. In order to pass the class you must attend both meetings, so make sure these Tuesday evenings are clear. [Breaking news: Professor Olga Holtz will be our featured lecturer on September 3!] Attend at least two On the Same Page events and submit a short response to each. Qualifying events include the keynote address by George Dyson on September 25, the faculty panels, or the Dialogues with Faculty. Play the Turing Test Tournament online game. On the Same Page is designed to welcome you into the intellectual community at Cal. We firmly believe that interacting with faculty--and with other students--around a topic of mutual interest is one of the best ways to ensure the quality of your education. All of the activities required for L&S 10 will be fun and interactive and educational. You will be glad you participated! This is a great way to earn a unit before midterms start, so you can focus on your other courses for the rest of the semester. And participating fully in On the Same Page will be so rewarding that you will continue to seek out enrichment opportunities throughout your undergraduate career. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* -- James S. Depelteau, M.A. Academic Advisor, MCB Undergraduate Affairs University of California, Berkeley Molecular and Cell Biology Office: 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building Mailing: 3040 Valley Life Sciences Building, #3140 Berkeley, CA 94720-3140 P: 510-643-8895 F: 510-643-0365 MCB Undergraduate Website Follow MCB on Facebook to learn about upcoming events!
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