U pgrading the system curriculum when it was needed was one of the things that kept Harding a top-quality university. The Biology Department took this into acocunt as they made it just a little bit harder to get a B.A. and B.S. degree. For a B.A. , biology hours were increased from 30 to 34 by adding The Christian View of Science and Scripture Physical Science 410; and for a B.A. or a B.S. Elementary Statistics Math 120. The department also showed off knowledge in its field by publishing the departmental newsletter, "Bionews". Mr. Ron Doran, associate professor, attended two workshops to sharpen his knowledge and skills: one at the Arkansas Academy of Science in Little Rock in April, and the other at the Arkansas Native Plant Society in Forrest City, also in April. He serves on the executive board and as editor of the newsletter of the Arkansas native Plant Society. Doran's life was also quite busy in the work of his Lord. He taught . a Wednesday night Bible class at Westside Church of Christ. He served as a zone leader and on the mission committee there. He served on campus as a sponsor for Global Campaigns, and led a group of fifteen students to Honduras on campaign. Dr. Phillip Eichman took his scientific mind to the typewriter last year. He wrote two book reviews for the Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation. In these articles, he reviewed Cross-Currents: Interactions Between Science and Faith by Colin Russell, and Studies in Creation: A General Introduction to the Creation/Evolution Debate. Also submitted to this magazine by Dr. Eichman was "Michael Faraday: Man of God - Man of Science". He also submitted the article, "Mode of Hormone Action" to the American Biology Teacher. The God that Dr. Eichamn taught and studied about was well-represented in his life. He taught a Sunday morning Bible class and served as a deacon at the Highway Church of Christ. In Image magazine, a monthly publication linking science and faith, he published two articles: ''As A Seed ·is Planted," and "Living Responsibility Before God". Dr. Mike Plummer worked diligently to maintain the high rate of scientific knowledge which prompted ? J • Elementary, my dear! William Rushton, professor ofbiology pauses for a moment to chuckle as he passes on scientific knowledge to his students. Rushton has been with Harding for eighteen years, and was assigned the position ofprofessor in 1985. him to be named acting chairman of the Biological Sciences Department. To bring himself up-to-date on the newest developments in his field, he attended workshops in August and April. He went to meetings with the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and The Herpetologists' League in Springfield, MO. He then took a field trip/class to the Okefenokee Swamp for the Chautauqua short course on Swamp Ecology. To demonstrate his revised knowledge, he presented two seminars. The first was at the DOE Savannah River Ecology Laboratory in South Carolina and the second was at Southwest Missouri State University. His scientific opinion was highly revered as shown by his invitations to be a consultant for the Office of· Endangered Species for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C . and to review several manuscripts for various referred journals during the year. He has honored the science world with his knowledge in writing as well. Dr. Plummer published a chapter in the book, Snakes: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Perhaps an even more prestigious honor, his writings were published in two professional journals. The journal Transactions of the American Microscopical Society published his article about the cells which attack foreign bodies in yellow-bellied water snakes. In the journal Copeia, a scientific journal centering on herpetology (the study of snakes, lizards, and turtles), Dr. Plummer's articles on nest site selection and water relations with the eggs in the snake and geographic variation in the body size of green snakes were published for other such scientists to do detailed research. What all that meant to the general public was that Dr. Plummer knew his science so well that other scientists read his material to make their own conclusions. Dr. Plummer also served as a deacon at the College Church of Christ, and the co-leader of a Wednesday night huddle group. Dr. Bryce Roberson sharpened his scientific skills by being present at a workshop for the American Scientific Affiliation in Houghton, N.Y. One of his duties on the campus was serving as a representative for the American Scientific Affiliation. Mr. William Rushton was one of the favorites for the zoology class required for some students. The zoology class each semester went on weekly field trips to collect and identify several species of animals ranging from invertebrates to snakes to small mammals. The zoology classes and his Science in the Elementary Classes joined for one all-day field trip once a semester to do the same. Mr. Rushton's favorite subject to Ron Doran, M.S. - Associate Professor Phillip Eichman, Ed.D. - Assistant Professor Mike Plummer, Ph.D. - Professor & Acting Chairman Bryce Roberson, Ph.D. - Professor William Rushton, M.A. - Professor George Woodruff, Ed.D. - Professor teach was parasitology. He loved invertebrates, and during lab periods commanded his students to, "Find those critters!!!" Professor Dr. George Woodruff had his spiritual life "down to a sicence". He co-taught an adult Bible class at the Downtown Church of Christ, and preached several times for the church in Damascus, AR. - Christy Cox Bio/ogy177 Academic Departments
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