I agree with this assessment - especially since some small liberal arts
colleges engage in grade inflation - GPA's are not always reliable. I
think there is considerable value to the GRE scores and having a minimum
is useful. Above that, scores vary widely and are not always predictive
of
The Biology Department at Stephen F. Austin State University invites
applications for a Department
Chair. This is a full-time, 11- or 12-month, faculty position responsible for
serving as the chief
administrator of an academic department while exemplifying those faculty
qualities most valued
Hi all,
I have similar problem with my application materials for the PhD. I did 8
years education after my school education which has mode of instruction in
English. I have secured good marks at University level which includes both
course and project work. I scored highest mark in my MSc level
Techniques to float aquatic invertebrates?
Dear Listers:
Are you aware of techniques to float aquatic invertebrates (for ease of
collection and time savings)? Currently, we do it the old fashion way,
picking them up from alcoholic collections. Any difference in the
performance of such
Yes, but
I have had a number of foreign students who could not write English very
well and I had to do a lot of re-writing on their dissertations - but the
research itself was excellent and we produced many publications. Just more
work on the major professor's part.
I agree with this
Seney National Wildlife Refuge in Michigan's eastern Upper Peninsula is one of
the larger, and more ecologically intact units of the National Wildlife Refuge
System east of the Mississippi River. Nonetheless, things die at Seney and
those that die from unnatural causes (vehicles, etc.) are
Dear Listers,
Do you have any recommendations for a reputable journal article on the basics
of “sustainability?” I am searching for sustainability related articles to
assign to my college students and thought the first assigned reading should be
on what is sustainability in the “green” context
Plant Ecologist, Assistant Professor, Tenure-track. Starting in August 2015.
Primary responsibilities will be to teach upper-level courses in ecology and in
plant
biology, contribute to introductory and intermediate courses in the Biology
major,
participate in the College's First-Year seminar in
Hi Calandra - I'd look at Ensia, a publication out of UMinnesota. They've
had a whole string of writings on what sustainability means, including the
end of sustainability.
Google Ensia sustainability and a bunch will pop up.
-Jeff
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 9:03 AM, watersl...@wm.edu
The University of Utah is creating a new, interdisciplinary faculty cluster
focusing on Society, Water, and Climate (SWC). This transformative cluster
will connect research on hydrology, air quality, climate change, societal
response, and policy, seeking to meld multiple scientific perspectives to
The labs of Nora Underwood, Brian Inouye, Leithen M’Gonigle, Scott Burgess,
and Tom Miller in the Ecology and Evolution Group at Florida State
University are looking for new graduate students (PhD or MS) to join our
labs in fall 2015. Our labs form an interactive group studying species
We still have spots available for the free Riparian Management Workshop
hosted by the Pala Band of Mission Indians in Pala, California on September
23rd and 24th. Once the final speakers list and schedule is done, I will
send it out, but here is the breakdown:
Day 1 - classroom speakers and
The Bates College Department of Biology invites applications for a
tenure-track assistant professor of Plant Ecology, beginning 1 August 2015.
The successful applicant’s teaching will include Biostatistics (Biology
244); rotation through our core course in Ecology and Evolution (Biology
270); and
Unlike many in our field, I was weak on math and strong on the verbal sections
of the SAT and GRE. I had been math-phobic in grade school, and it wasn't
until senior year of college that I took a population biology class and
realized the importance of math in ecology. I'm decent at
As part of a large hiring initiative by the College of Engineering, three
tenure-track faculty are sought with expertise in the areas described by the
position announcement below. A couple of items of note: first, terminal degrees
in ecology are acceptable and relevant to several of the stated
Like many respondents I have a really mixed view of GRE scores. On one hand,
they simply don't assess the abilities that most of us consider important for
success in grad school. But on the other hand, a student who can't find a way
to overcome whatever testing issues they have and figure
Some people just don't test well, making the GREs totally useless as a
gauge of talent across all. Furthermore, I have been told that their use is
supported mainly by payments to the Universities from the company that runs
the GREs, at the costs to the already poor students. They seem merely to be
Large public and private colleges and universities also engage in grade
inflation, and I just read something to the effect that the problem may
be worse at larger institutions. One large state university (which
happens to be one of the biggest research universities in the nation) is
coming
Ditto that comment. What got my interest was the goals statement that the
individual wrote as part of their application. Not only was it
well-written, but it was right in line with the focus of my program. I
asked numerous faculty about it and decided to go out on a limb and give
the student the
We seek a highly motivated Ph.D. student to work on interdisciplinary
environmental issues related to stormwater and low impact development
(LID), with the specific topics to be defined primarily by the successful
candidate in collaboration with interested faculty in the Washington State
Graduate opportunities are available in the area of ecosystem ecology,
biogeochemistry, and stable isotope ecology. The first project examines
emission sources and impacts on ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest. This is a
collaborative project with scientists from the National Park Service.
Tenure-track Faculty Position in Microbial Ecology, Department of Biological
Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435
The Department of Biological Sciences at Wright State University in Dayton, OH
invites applications for a full-time tenure-track microbial ecologist at the
I'd appreciate hearing about your experiences with common mugwort (Artemisia
vulgaris) in restoration or other natural area projects. Our riparian
restoration project has extensive, dense stands of Artemisia vulgaris, a
perennial, rhizomatous plant rich in allelochemicals, growing along the
Calandra,
There are many resources for sustainability related articles that your
students could benefit from. Here are just a few that I call on from time
to time in my line of work.
1. Mother Jones (it's a great publication with a great Environment section)
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