College of Arts and Sciences Department of Biological Science Adds 3 LabsCompletion of Addition Highlights Year Completion of the $1. 7 million addition to the Science Building, including the equipment with which it was furnished, for the beginning of the fall semester was the major highlight of the year for the Department of Biological Science . This addition gave the Department two additional laboratories and a science education laboratory specifically for its use , in addition to three ' lecture rooms and other facilities to be shared with the Department of Physical Science and the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Dr. Michael Plummer continued his outstanding herpetological research and was invited to present a paper , "Techniques Used to Monitor Reptile Populations," at the combined meeting of the Society of Amphibians and Reptiles , the Herpetologists' League and the American Society of Ichthylogists and Herpetologists at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. Dr . George Woodruff , Chairman of the Department, attended the Arkansas Biology Curriculum Conference, and the Preprofessional Counselors Conference of the University of Tennessee Medical Center. Dr. Bryce Roberson attended the annual Ronald H. Doran, MS - Assoc. Professor Michael Plummer. PhD - Assoc. Professor Bryce Roberson, PhD - Professor William Rushton , MA - Assoc. Professor Jack Wood Sears, PhD - Professor George Woodruff, EdD - Professor & Chairman meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation. Mr. Ron Doran did mission work in Costa Rica during May and served as a counselor at Ganderbrook Christian Camp in Maine during July and August. Dr. Jack Wood Sears, who served 38 years as Chairman of the Department and was completing 40. years as Professor of Biology , lectured on "A Biologist Looks at the Fossil Record and General Evolution" at the University of Mississippi Christian Student Center. Six biology majors were admitted to three different medical schools for the fall of 1984, eight to five different dental schools, two to different medical technology schools and one to physical therapy school. In the fall of 1984, there were 6 declared majors in biological science. In addition there were 49 premedical students, 12 medical technology majors, nine predental students, seven prepharmacy students, five preveterinary students and one preoptometry student. The Department generated 1,607 semester hours of credit last fall and had 23 graduating majors during 1983-84. }t~ "Through the Looking Glass." Freshman Todd Davis and Jeff Shaver. a junior from Valparaiso , IN. study a microorganism together during a Tu esday afternoon biology lab . - photo -by James McCreary. Biological Science 177
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