August 2018 - Volume 2 Issue 1

(Photo credit: Kiphofia, Nidularia, and Calochortus - Jason W. Baker
Echinocereus and Opuntia pollen - Blake Wellard)
Special thanks to alum Jason W. Baker for creating the banner

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Welcome to our newest majors:

Jordan Bennett - Track C
Jesus Castillo - Track B
McKayla Eddington - Track B
Sydnee Evans - Track B
Jacobi (Jac) Headlee - Track C
Jayden Leiter - Track A, option 1
Kami Nalder - Track C
Alexandra Rodriguez - Track B
Kalab Smith - Track C

Track A option 1 - Laboratory Botany Emphasis
Track A option 2 - Pre-Natural Medicine
Track B - Field Botany Emphasis
Track C - General Botany Emphasis

Fall 2018 semester classes began on Monday, August 27.

This semester there will be no classes held on:
Monday, September 3 (Labor Day),
Friday, October 19 (Fall Break), or
Thursday & Friday, November 22-23 (Thangsgiving Break).

(Photo credit: Alissa VanTassel
Epiphyllum sp. a Night Blooming Cactus)

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE NEWS

The College of Science welcomes new dean
Andrea Easter-Pilcher.
To learn more about her read the story published by Allison Barlow Hess in Public Relations. Story

BOTANY DEPARTMENT NEWS

Botany Department Chair,
Dr. Sue Harley,
has been reappointed to serve another term as chair. Thanks for all of your hard work!

Botany Department Professor,
Dr. Barbara Wachocki,
will be on sabbatical during the Fall 2018 semester.

Botany Department Assistant Professor,
Dr. Bridget Hilbig,
presented her research on soil microorganisms in urban agroecosystems at the "Ecology of Soil Microorganisms" conference in Helsinki this summer. The theme of this years ESM conference was "Digging Deeper". Four hundred scientist from across the world gathered in Helsinki, Finland for a week of presentations ranging from the ecology of single microorganisms to microbial community impact on ecosystem function.
(Photo credit: Dr. Bridget Hilbig - Helsinki coast)

Botany Department graduates
Jason Baker and Blake Wellard
published a research article in Systematic Botany the scientific journal of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists. The article is entitled "Stephanomeria occultata (Asteraceae: Cichorieae), a New Species of Wirelettuce from Northern Utah, and a Key to all Perennial Wirelettuce". To view the abstract click here.

Botany Alumni
Please keep in touch. Be like Jason and Blake and let us know what you've been up to. Just send an email to botany@weber.edu. We look forward to hearing from you!

Botany Faculty in the News
Dr. Stephen Clark
was featured in the Standard Examiner this summer.
Read the story here

Botany major
Rebekah Holt
received the Hulet Round River Scholarship and spent her summer in Mongolia! Read about her field study experience here.
(Photo credit: Rebekah Holt)

The American Herbal Products Association held their annual microscopy workshop in our Botany Lab this summer. Learn more about them here.

BOTANY GREEN TEAM

The Botany Department is certified green!
This summer the Botany Department completed the requirements to be a certified green department. We are one of only seven certified green departments at WSU.
Read more about the program

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