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Welcome to our newest majors:
Ashlynd Greenwood - Track B
Megan Marsden - Track C
Jentre McCabe - Track A
Dylan Rich - Track A
Alex Shelton - 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
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Weber State University's 153rd Commencement
will be held:
Friday, April 26, 2019
Dee Events Center
8 a.m.
College of Science Convocation
Shepherd Union Building Ballroom
10 a.m.
Read more details here.
Botany graduate Alissa VanTassell is one of the students featured in the video that will be shown at commencement.
Way to go, Alissa!!
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The College of Science Valedictorian
for the year 2018-2019 is Botany major
REBEKAH HOLT
Congratulations, Becky!!!
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Congratulations to our Spring 2019 graduates!
Morgan Brown
Rebekah Holt
Daniel Moran
Alissa VanTassell
Kaliegh Walther
Ellen Wofford
Here are after graduation plans for some of the graduates:
Morgan Brown - After graduation I plan to take some time off to study for the GRE, as well as do further research into graduate school programs. I hope to find a program that is associated with any combination of ecology, taxonomy or conservation. I have a graduation trip planned in June along with a few smaller excursions. I am excited to have time to spend on my hobbies as well!
Rebekah Holt - It was a privilege to be able to study here at the Weber State botany program. I had no idea when I started that I would have the incredible opportunities I did in the lab and field, at home and abroad, with so many incredible people. I'm going to miss it, but I'm excited to see what the future holds. I am going to take a year off from school, work and travel, and hope to enter a graduate program in the fall of 2020.
Alissa VanTassell - I will be attending The University of Nebraska at Omaha for my Masters in Biology/Ecology.
Kaliegh Walther - After graduation, I plan on applying for a Ph.D. program with the Andregg Lab at University of Utah. If accepted, I will begin the program starting Fall 2020. Until then, I plan to casually look for a field botany position.
Ellen Wofford - My plans after graduation include going to the University of Utah to pursue a Master's of City and Metropolitan Planning with an Ecological Planning emphasis. I also intend to focus on my writing and finally publish the second novel in a three-part science fiction series.
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2018-2019 Botany Department Awards Ceremony
After 54 dedicated years at Weber, Dr. Stephen L. Clark is retiring. He was presented with the Outstanding Botany Alumnus award at the Botany Department Awards Ceremony, held April 18.
Other award recipients are listed below.
Botany Service Awards
Alissa Van Tassell
Dalton Jones
Kourtni Joffs
Botany Department Friend of Students Award
Kris Valles
Hulet Round River Scholarship
Alexis Sullivan
Botany Department Outstanding Graduates
Rebekah Holt
Taylor Warren
College of Science Valedictorian
Rebekah Holt
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Kourtni Joffs receiving a
Botany Service Award
presented by Dr. Sue Harley
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Dalton Jones receiving a
Botany Service Award
presented by Dr. Sue Harley
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Alissa Van Tassell receiving a
Botany Service Award
presented by Dr. Sue Harley
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Kris Valles receiving the
Botany Department
Friend of Students Award
presented by Dr. Sue Harley
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Alexis Sullivan receiving recognition from Dr. Sue Harley for receiving the
Hulet Round River Scholarship.
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Taylor Warren
receiving one of the two
2019 Botany Department Outstanding Graduate Awards
presented by Dr. Sue Harley
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Rebekah Holt
receiving one of the two
2019 Botany Department Outstanding Graduate Awards
presented by Dr. Sue Harley.
Becky was also recognized
for being the
College of Science Valedictorian.
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Stephen Clark receiving the
Outstanding Botany Alumnus Award
presented by Morgan Brown
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Photo Credit for all of the award recipient photos: Dr. Bridget Hilbig
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Botany Department Presentations
Several of our majors and one of our faculty have given presentations recently.
Posters Presented:
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Feedback Effects of Tortula and Betula on Soil Microbial Communities
Presenters: Kaliegh Walther
Author: Kaliegh Walther
Weber State Symposium - March 25th, 2019
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Changes in xylem anatomy during fire contribute to post-fire mortality
Presenters: Evelyn Linford, Jake Eiting and Kristian Valles
Authors: Evelyn G. Linford, Jeffery M. Colbert, Jake E. Eiting, Grayon C. Hodge, Kristian R. Valles
Utah Academy of Science, Arts & Letters - March 23rd, 2019
Weber State Symposium - March 25th, 2019 (Kristian Valles and Evelyn Linford)
Take a look at their poster here.
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Comparison of Flavonoids and Anthocyanins in Sambucus nigra and Sambucus cerulea
Presenter: Alissa Van Tassel
Author: Alissa Van Tassel
Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research - February 22, 2019
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Alkali Bullrush: A Forgotten Food
Presenter: Stephen L. Clark
Author: Stephen L. Clark
Utah Academy of Science, Arts & Letters - March 23rd, 2019
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Comparison of Flavonoids and Anthocyanins in Sambucus nigra and Sambucus cerulea
Presenter: Alissa Van Tassel
Author: Alissa Van Tassel
Weber State University Symposium - March 25th, 2019
National Conference for Undergraduate Research - Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia - April 11 2019
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Summer Endeavors
Botany majors never sit still for long! Summer is just around the corner and they will be busy as usual. Here is a sampling of their summer plans:
Jeff Colbert will be working full time with the Salt Lake County Sheriff's department as well as working on his OUR thesis. He will also be taking a child psychology course.
McKenna Delton will be a Habitat Restoration Assistant working at the Ogden Nature Center.
Jake Eiting has accepted an REU offer at the International Arctic Research Center in Fairbanks, Alaska for this summer. He will be there from June - August conducting research regarding forest ecosystem responses to permafrost degradation due to climate change. Students who are interested in what an REU is or how he got the position, feel free to ask him!
Haiden Gibbons will be spending some of the summer taking a Microbiology class.
Daniel Moran will be going back to his hometown in California for a vacation. Then he will be looking for a job and moving on with his life.
Kysa Remley will be taking Taxonomy this summer and will also be working full time at Lagoon.
Corey Schellenger will be working for the Utah Department of Food and Agriculture as the head of a crew that will monitor rare and invasive plants.
Alexis Sullivan received the Hulet Round River Scholarship and will be spending her summer in Mongolia.
Kris Valles will be working for Oregon State University as a restoration project crew lead.
Have a great summer majors! We look forward to seeing you again in the fall and hearing about your summer adventures.
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OUR Research Projects
Congratulations to the Botany majors who received funding from the WSU Office of Undergraduate Research for their projects:
Dalton Jones
Effects of Mycorrhizal Associations on Tomato Defensive Compounds
Michelle Paradas
Tumor Inhibition and Toxicity of Achillea millefolium Along the Wasatch Front
Margarita Rivera
Secondary Biomonitoring of Heavy Metal Pollutants in Ogden, Utah.
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Take a look at this announcement from the Provost's office!
Summer 2019 Scholarships: Available!
A couple weeks ago we began a marketing campaign promoting summer semester financial aid: both scholarships and Pell grants. Fortunately, the Federal government has reinstated Pell grants for summer semester, providing around $3,000 for students who qualify for a full grant. In addition, we have set aside limited scholarship funds for students attending full-time (12 or more credit hours). We also have some funding for students enrolled part-time (at least 6 credit hours). WSU will award these scholarship funds to qualified students in the order students complete the summer interest form.
Students can indicate their interest in scholarship funds by going to weber.edu/summer then clicking on the link “Qualify for Summer Aid” and completing the summer interest form. Students seeking Pell grant funds should also fill out the summer interest form and register for the classes they plan to take summer semester.
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It's exciting for WE.B.SCI to share with our community the success our students experience even after graduation. Zoology graduate, Kristen Ellis shares what she has learned as a graduate student, a successful one at that! Kristen and zoology professor, John Cavitt's research paper was recently named Best ECR Paper of 2018, an incredibly prestigious award.
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Botany Alumni
Please keep in touch. Send an email to botany@weber.edu to let us know what you are doing. We look forward to hearing from you!
If you are going to be in the area, we'd love to see you. Let us know you are coming and we can arrange a visit with some current students or show you what's currently happening in the department.
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CALLING ALL BOTANY ALUMNI!!!
The Botany Department is in need of volunteers.
We are always looking for people to help with science fairs, man tables at events, etc. If you have a free hour or two let us know, we'd love to put you to work!
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Tracy Hall Science Center Hours of Operation
Semesters
Monday - Thursday: 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday: 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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