Description: Reviewed papers and completed grading rubrics for the final papers assigned in the biology capstone course (BIOL 497).<\/p>\n
Undergraduate Research Festival Abstract Review Committee:<\/strong> Spring 2013, 2014, 2015<\/p>\n Description: Reviewed departmental abstracts and completed judging rubrics to assist in the ACU Undergraduate Research Festival approval process.<\/p>\n Biology Department Library Liason:<\/strong> Fall 2013 – present<\/p>\n Description: Coordinate the selection appropriate\u00a0biology books for the library to buy.<\/p>\n Biology Research Club Faculty Sponsor:<\/strong> Spring 2013 – present<\/p>\n Description: This is a very low commitment. Josh Brokaw is the primary sponsor and does most of the preparation and organization for this club. I attend the Biology Research Club monthly meetings, and give input when asked.<\/p>\n Alpha Chi National College Honor Society Faculty Sponsor:<\/strong> Fall 2014 – present<\/p>\n Description: I am the primary sponsor of the ACU chapter, Texas Psi, of Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. Along with the other sponsors, I plan\u00a0the budget, organize the student officers, lead the induction, plan the scholarship application process, select students for convention presentations, and organize the trip to the national convention each year.<\/p>\n Link to reflection over service to the university.<\/a><\/p>\n Research Council:<\/strong> Fall 2013 – Spring 2016<\/p>\n Description: While on this committee, I helped to\u00a0set guidelines and make award decision for internal research grants. I also helped to interview applicants for the Director of the Office of Research and Special Programs at ACU and gave my feedback to Dr. Susan Lewis about the applicants. Megan Roth, my choice for the position, was hired.<\/p>\n Undergraduate Readmission Committee:<\/strong> Fall 2012 –\u00a0Fall 2015<\/p>\n Description: Determine, along with the other committee members, if former ACU students have satisfactorily met requirements to be readmitted to the University.<\/p>\n Undergraduate Research Festival Planning Committee, Judging sub-comittee:<\/strong> Spring 2012 – present<\/p>\n Description: Help to determine prizes and assign judges in advance of the festival.\u00a0 On the day of the festival I work at the judging table all day directing judges and tabulating results.\u00a0 During the awards dinner, I typically read the titles for all of the STEM winners (so the scientific jargon will be pronounced correctly).<\/p>\n Thank you notes:<\/p>\n ORSP Handbook Revision Committee:<\/strong> Fall 2013<\/p>\n Description: Helped to edit and approve the handbook Mark Billingsly revised.<\/p>\n University Church of Christ Childrens’ Ministry:<\/strong> Summer 2014<\/p>\n Description: Sunday morning Bible class teacher for children who have completed the first and second grades<\/p>\n University Church of Christ University Ministry:<\/strong> October 2013<\/p>\n Description: Sunday morning Bible class teacher for university students for the month of October. I co-taught a series entitled, “Is the Church Anti-Science.” We discussed human evolution and global stewardship.<\/p>\n University Church of Christ Conversations Classes:<\/strong> October 24, 2012, January 2016<\/p>\n Description: \u00a0(2012) I co-lead a mulit-generational Wednesday night class entitled \u201cFaith and Life\u201d.\u00a0 It was essentially sharing about my husband and my\u00a0struggles with faith and disbelief over the years.<\/p>\n Description: (2016) I lead a four-week series on faith and science. During the first week,\u00a0I gave an overview of what science is and what it isn’t and what questions science can answer and what questions it cannot. During the second week,\u00a0Dr. Glenn Pemberton came and talked about interpretation of Genesis 1 and 2 from his perspective. During the third week,\u00a0I gave a quick scientific overview of what evolution is. During the fourth week,\u00a0\u00a0I discussed different viewpoints that Christians have about origins of life. Link to reflection over service to the community.<\/a><\/p>\n University Church of Christ University Ministry:<\/strong> Fall 2012 – Spring 2014<\/p>\n Description: My family “adopted” a college student, Katelyn Werner, for her junior and senior year at ACU.\u00a0 We met with her and invited her over to our house on a semi-regular basis.<\/p>\n University Church of Christ Impressions committee:<\/strong> Spring 2013 \u2013 Present<\/p>\n Description: Greeting people at one of the main entrances of the church eight to sixteen\u00a0times per year. This outreach seems more effective when my two little boys are greeting people than when it is just me. People seem to be happiest and feel most welcome when my preschool\u00a0son hands them a bulletin, shouts “Good morning!”, and jumps up and down three times.<\/p>\n University Church of Christ Transitions Ministry:<\/strong> Spring 2012 – Present<\/p>\n Description: Host the small group in our home on a regular basis, organize ladies’ lunches and breakfast, and help to organize teachers for Sunday morning Bible class.<\/p>\n Human Anatomy & Physiology Society:<\/strong> Member Summer 2014 – Present<\/p>\n Description: This is a society with a yearly convention for college instructors of anatomy and physiology. I have attended this convention twice.<\/p>\n Texas American Society for Microbiology (TX ASM):<\/strong> Member Spring 2014 – Present<\/p>\n Description: Attend the annual spring meeting for undergraduates and serve as a judge for the poster presentations.<\/p>\n American Society for Microbiology (ASM):<\/strong> Member 2001 – Present<\/p>\n STEM for Girls:<\/strong> Spring 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016<\/p>\n Description: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) for Girls is an event held each spring.\u00a0 ACU professors, mostly female, present a scientific session to a total of 60\u00a0middle school girls in a half-day workshop. Rebecca Hunter and I\u00a0 partnered together to give biology sessions. We invited some of our top female students to assist us to further encourage the younger girls to pursue science.<\/p>\n Thank you notes:<\/p>\n Manuscript Reviewer:<\/strong><\/p>\n I only review manuscripts for reputable journals. I receive many invitations to review, most of them by predatory journals. I always check Beall’s List<\/a> of potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers before agreeing to review.<\/p>\n Next: Reflections on Service Activities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Listed below are the different service activities I have been involved in over the past few years while employed at ACU. Short descriptions are given for each activity and links are given to reflections for a selected few service activities … Continue reading UNIVERSITY SERVICE:<\/h1>\n
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