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Above: Ethel, a Tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) from the Zoology department. Tiger salamanders like humid, moist climate. She is from an animal behavior class, fall of 2018. We don’t know how old she is but she used to live in northern Utah until a student brought her to this wonderful new home. She gets tong fed every other day and has us at her beck and call.
Photo by Sierrah Herbold
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September 3, 2020
  Volume 4 Issue 3
 Conservation Tip of the Month 
Save energy and money by switching to LED light bulbs. For free light bulb exchange please go to https://www.weber.edu/empower
ANNOUNCEMENTS
No Class Monday, September 7, for Labor Day
No Class Friday, October 16, for Fall Break
No Class Thursday & Friday, November 26 & 27, for Thanksgiving Break
Welcome to the Zoology Department!
Welcome to Fall Semester 2020! As we embark on this unusual semester, the Zoology Department hopes you and your loved ones are doing well, and staying healthy. While the delivery of classes has changed, we trust our course content in the department remains as good as ever. As always, this newsletter will keep you updated on the happenings within the Zoology Department.
Be well and stay safe!
Dr. Ron A. Meyers, Zoology Department Chair
SEMINARS

International Remote Seminar on Frontiers in Social Evolution (FINE) 
Tuesday, September 1 | 9:00 am |  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClXFO1pLpCTBy7vSwLWH-GA/featured 
Careers Advice Webinar Series
Wednesday, September 2 | 11am-12pm | https://edu-venture.org/webinar-series/
For additional seminars or webinars look for information from your professors
WE.B.SCI Blog
 
Check out this WE.B.SCI Blog. It provides information, stimulates discussion, and highlights science events that are happening in northern Utah. Read the blog here: https://www.weber.edu/cos/blog.html
 Please welcome Dr. Ezgi Yesilyurt
She will begin teaching this fall. 
 
Dr. Yesilyurt has a BS and MS in Science Education from the Middle East Technical University and a Ph.D. in Science Education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She worked on several European Union Projects in which she conducted a series of professional development programs for in-service science teachers. She has been volunteering in many educational outreach programs including Science Fair and served as an AERA Division K campus liaison. She published journal papers and presented at national and international conferences about evolution, pre-service teacher education, and pre-college engineering education. Areas of research interest are evolution education and epistemology of science and engineering.
 
STUFF ZOOLOGY STUDENTS DO
 
The Zoology Club and Weber State University's Chapter of The Wildlife Society are actively seeking members! If you are interested in joining, please email the club and ask to be put on their mailing list for updated club information: 
Zoology Clubwsuzoologyclub@gmail.com 
The Wildlife Societywsu.tws@gmail.com

GRADUATE PROGRAMS & RESEARCH OPPORTUNITES
 

UCLA B.I.G. Summer is an 8-week full-time immersion program for undergraduates interested in learning how to read and analyze genes and genomes. Through this program, students will have the opportunity to experience graduate-level coursework, and learn the latest cutting-edge research, tools, and methods used by leading scientists to solve real-world problems. For more information please see https://qcb.ucla.edu/BIG-SUMMER/.
Colobus Conservation, a conservation and primate rescue center based in Diani Beach, Kenya is inviting volunteers, bachelors and masters’ students to volunteer and/or carry out solution-based scientific research on the coastal forest and its biodiversity. For more information please visit: https://www.colobusconservation.org/.
CALL FOR PHOTOS
 
If you would like to share your photos of cool zoology-related stuff for consideration of inclusion in this newsletter, please email zoology@weber.edu and include the subject ID and location of the photo.
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