CSB/SJU Biology
Department Newsletter
Volume 4
Number 7
December
18, 2000
Note
from the Editor:
During
the past week or so we�ve had some great seminars.
For example, alum Jeff Muntifering (SJU �99) shared with us some
of his experiences studying cheetahs in Namibia, wolves in N. Minnesota and
bears in Alaska. He also offered
some tips on finding a job as a field biologist.
Although he said that the salary in this field is low, the benefits are
well worth it. To find such a
position he said that you must persevere. But,
once the door to one position opens, other doors will open, too.
He restated the old truths that you can never make a second first
impression and that you must be willing to work hard and go the extra mile.
You may also have to volunteer to get a start.
For example, he began by working at the Wildlife Science Center and he
also advised that you should �never do what you�re expected � do something
more!� He encouraged students to
use their resources and network.
Steve McGreevy�s (SJU �00) presentation
about his study of the fungal spores in the air around a Cold Spring (MN)
composting facility was also good. His
work showed that the composter had no impact on airborne spores, much to the
relief of the skeptical neighbors. Finally,
Kristi Kubista (CSB �01) gave a good presentation concerning her
research on integrated pest management techniques for Minnesota apple growers.
The department has many more seminars planned for the spring and I hope
to see you there.
This is the
�Summer Job� edition of the newsletter.
In this issue you will find many summer job possibilities listed.
If you are interested in any of the positions, don�t delay because many
of them have early January deadlines. For
more information about any of the positions, you can check out the Job Seeker
that is available through the Career Resources Home Page at the URL (csbsju.edu/career/students/postgrad/jobopps.htm#environmental).
Have
a great holiday season.
Student News:
Megan
Keefe
(CSB � 99) is currently at the Audubon Center of the Northwoods in Sandstone
(MN).
Rachel
Reuter
(CSB �00) is spending the year volunteering for the Edmundite Mission Corp, a
faith-based community volunteer program that falls under Americorp.
Faculty
News:
Dr.�s
Phil Chu, Larry Davis, and Stephen Saupe hosted a meeting
of the Central Minnesota Audubon Society at St. John�s.
The title of the meeting was �Behind
the Scene at St. John's: Winter
Weeds, Birds, and Geology�, and it provided the participants with a peek at
our bird, rock and plant collections.
Curriculum
News:
Senior
Biology Majors Required to take �Major Field Test�
Graduating Biology majors are
required to take a test called the Biology Major Field Test.
The test is provided at no charge and will given on campus.
The reason for this test is to assess whether the Biology Department has
been successful in providing a Biology major that is outstanding in both breadth
and depth. Since other colleges
also give their Biology majors the same test we can compare the performance of
our students to Biology majors in other programs across the nation.
The exam is scheduled for the evening of TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20.
There will be a pizza party followed by the test.
Every graduating senior biology major is required to take this test, so
please block out this evening on your calendar now.
For more information contact Dr. Jeanne Lust, Biology Dept. Chair or Dr.
Mike Reagan, Biology Assessment Committee.
Calendar
of Events:
Biology
Club News:
Internships/Scholarships/Jobs:
Minnesota
County Biological Survey Positions
Applications
are being accepted for field assistants to conduct surveys of amphibians,
reptiles, birds, and amammals in Aitkin, Carlton, Crow Wing, and Pine counties.
For more information contact Gerda Nordquist, MN DNR at 651 � 297 �
7115; gerda.nordquist@dnr.state.mn.us.
Summer Internship/Work Opportunity with DNR/MN Conservation Corps
The Department of Natural Resources' Minnesota Conservation Corps (MCC)
is recruiting Crew Leaders and Assistant Crew Leaders for its summer residential
conservation work program at St. Croix State Park near Hinckley, MN. For more
information contact Keith Doucette, Minnesota Conservation Corps, Summer Program
Coordinator, 500 Lafayette Rd., St. Paul, MN
55155, Phone (651) 296-9165, Fax (651) 296-5954, www.dnr.state.mn.us/mcc.
American Foundation Of Vision Awareness
The American Foundation of
Vision Awareness - Minnesota Affiliate is offering two scholarships in the
amount of $1,500.00 each to Minnesota students entering optometry school in the
Fall of 2001. Applications are due
by 1 March 2001 and are available at the External Scholarships Program Office -
HAB 103, CSB.
Prairie
Wetlands Learning Center Internships
The
Prairie Wetlands Learning Center in Fergus Falls is accepting applications for
environmental education internshipos for spring, summer, and fall of 2001.
for more information contact Teresa Jaskiewicz at teresa_jaskiewicz@fws.gov;
http://midwest.fws.gov/pwlc.
Seminars/Lectures/Symposia:
Restoration Ecology
Seminar
The
National Arbor Day Foundation is sponsoring a seminar entitled "The
Practice of Restoring Native Ecosystems" to be held in Des Moines, IA Feb. 22, 2001, and in Mpls/St. Paul Feb. 23, 2001.
Cost $125/person. For more information and registration information
visit:
http://www.arborday.org/programs/conferencereg23.html
Emerging
Issues In Commercial Harvest Of
Native Plants -
Minnesota Native
Plant Society 2001 Symposium. Saturday,
March 24, 2001; 8:15-3:30
PM.
Miscellaneous:
Annual Biology Fall Poster Session
The annual Fall semester poster session was held last week and included posters
from the Aquatic Ecology, General Ecology, and Virology classes. It was a festive affair complete with the posters, their
creators, and pop & homebaked goodies.
Thanks to Dr.�s Bill Lamberts, Gordon Brown and Ellen
Jensen for organizing this event.
Herbarium Loans Specimens
The
CSB/SJU Bailey Herbarium has been busy. During
the past semester we have loaned specimens to one investigator studying the
spread of a rust fungus (Puccinia
glechomatis)
and responded to several other requests for information.
Summer Course -
Biology of Seabirds
This
course will be held at the Millport Marine Station, Scotland, May - June 2001.
The course will carry 10 credits from the University of Glasgow which is likely
to equate to a 6 credit hour course in the US.
The cost is 1200 pounds
sterling (approximately 1800 dollars US). This
includes all tuition, local transportation, accommodation and meals for the
duration of the course. The Marine
Station Millport is a facility of the University of London, jointly managed with
the University of Glasgow. For more
information contact Dr William Fowler, University Marine Biological Station
Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland. KA28 OEG., Tel: +44 (0)1475 530581, Fax:
+44 (0)1475 530601, Tel: +33 (0)4 68 87 65 42 (home), web: www.gla.ac.uk/Acad/Marine.
Prairie Grant Funding
Available
The
MN DNR is soliciting proposals from individuals, consultants and organizations
interested in providing assistance to prairie landowners under the Prairie
Stewardship Planning Assistance program.
The Request For Proposals and other materials are available at http://prairie.inet7.com/~pstewardship
Web
Sites Worth A Visit:
(have you visited any cool sites lately?
Send us your suggestions)
CSB/SJU
Pre-professional Health Programs:
http://www.csbsju.edu/premed/
Biology
Department Newsletter � On Line: http://www.employees.csbsju.edu/ssaupe/Newsletters/newsletter.htm.
DNR
Volunteer Opportunities � www.dnr.state.mn.us
MN
Nature Conservancy (for field trips, volunteer opportunities, etc.) � www.tnc.org/minnesota.
CSB/SJU
Career Services Home Page � www.csbsju.edu/career
CSB/SJU
Career Services Home Page: Job
Opportunities � csbsju.edu/career/students/postgrad/jobopps.htm#environmental
National
Academy of Science � www.national-academies.org
National
Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships -
http://orau.org/nsf/nsffel.htm
Connections
Bulletin Board
� http://www.csbsju.edu/bulletinboard/campus.asp
Scholarship
Office
- http://www.csbsju.edu/scholarships/.
Summer
Research Programs
Summer
Jobs Special
TRIP
LEADERS, Counselors, Program Leaders - Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center,
Camden Hills State Park. Tate Gale
or Jim Dunham, Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center, RR4 Box 670,
Lincolnville, ME 04849 E-mail: tgale@umext.maine.edu
Filing date: ASAP.
FIELD
INSTRUCTOR / CAMP COUNSELOR - Deep Portage Conservation Reserve, Hackensack, MN.
Contact Patrick Ames, 2197 Nature Center Dr NW, Hackensack, MN
56452>218/682-2325 E-mail:
portage@uslink.net http://www.deep-portage.org
RANGE
AID (Firefighter): GS-2/3 $7.67-$8.36/hour
& RANGE TECHNICIAN (Firefighter): GS-4/5/6
$9.39-$11.71/hour 3-6
months. Available in various locations.
A copy of the vacancy announcement and application materials may be
obtained from the USFWS Jobline at 303/236-8121 x257 E-mail: Tanya-Lewis@fws.gov.
NATURALIST:
(5) $8.40/hour
May 15-Sep 6, negotiable Location:
South Dakota Dept of Game, Fish and Parks, Custer State Park, Custer, SD
Contact: BradleyBlock, Chief
Interpreter, Custer State Park, HC 83 Box 70, Custer, SD
57730 605/255-4828 Fax-605/255-4460 E-mail:
brad.block@state.sd.us Filing date:
Jan 19
CAMPS
COUNSELOR: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Science Camps, Warrenton, Bend,
and Fossil, OR. Contact:
Kayla Chitwood, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, 508 SW 13th St,
Redmond, OR, 97756 541/504-2538
Fax-541/504-2538 E-mail: kayla.chitwood@omsi.edu
, http://www.omsi.edu Filing date: Jan 3
SUMMER
TEACHER NATURALIST: Great Smoky
Mountains Institute at Tremont, Townsend, TN.
Contact: Great Smoky
Mountains Institute at Tremont, 9275 Tremont Rd. Townsend, Tennessee 37882
865/448-6709 E-mail: mail@gsmit.org, http://www.nps.gov/grsm/tremont.htm.
ENDANGERED
SHOREBIRD MANAGER , Interpretive Naturalist, Island Managers, Science School
Directors - Waquoit Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve, Falmouth and Mashpee, MA. Contact: Program
Manager, Waquoit Bay NERR, PO Box 3092, Waquoit, MA
02536 508/457-0495 E-mail:
wbnerr@capecod.net http://www.capecod.net/waquoit
RESEARCH
INTERNS: University of Minnesota,
Cedar Creek Natural History Area (35 miles north of the Twin Cities), MN.
Contact: Dr. Clarence L.
Lehman, University of Minnesota, 100 Ecology Bldg, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St
Paul, MN 55108 E-mail: interns@cedarcreek,umn.edu
http://cedarcreek.umn.edu/interns
TRAIL
CREW, LODGES CREW, NATURALIST, INFORMATION CENTER, SUMMIT STEWARDS - Adirondack
Mountain Club, NY. Send
self-addressed stamped envelope requesting application to Adirondack Mountain
Club, Box 867, Applications, Lake Placid, NY 12946.
SUMMER
NATURALIST INTERNSHIP - Aspen
Center for Environmental Studies, Aspen, CO
Application is available at http://www.aspen.com/aces,
or call/E-mail to request application packet.
Contact: Jim Kravitz,
Interpretation Director, 100 Puppy Smith St, Aspen, CO 81611
970/925-5756; Fax-970/925-4819 E-mail: acesone@rof.net
http://www.aspen.com/aces
STEWARDSHIP
INTERN - The Nature Conservancy, Phantom Canyon Preserve, northeastern CO.
Contact: Heather Knight,
Laramie Foothills Program Manager, Northeast Colorado Program 117 E Mountain Ave
Suite 201, Fort Collins, CO 80524 970/498-0180 Fax-970/498-0225
CRATERS
OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT INTERPRETIVE INTERNSHIP-200 �Contact:
Volunteer Coordinator, Craters of the Moon National Monument, PO Box 29,
Arco, ID 83213 208/527-3257
x302.
TRAILS-DISPERSED
RECREATION-WILDERNESS RANGER INTERN - Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest,
Florence, WI. Contact:
Jeff Herrett, USDA Forest Service, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest,
PO Box 1809, Eagle River, WI 54521 715/479-
SEASONAL
NATURALIST - Massachusetts Audubon Society, Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary,
Wellfleet, MA . Contact: Melissa Lowe, Education Coordinator, Wellfleet Bay Wildlife
Sanctuary, PO Box 236, South Wellfleet, MA 02663; E-mail:mlowe@wellfleetbay.org
http://www.wellfleetbay.org
�BIOLOGY/OUTREACH
INTERNSHIPS: - Lake Umbagog
National
>Wildlife
Refuge, Errol, NH. Contact: Lake
Umbagog NWR, PO Box 240, Errol, NH 03579-0240
603/482-3415 E-mail: FW5RW_LUNWR@fws.gov.
RESEARCH
ASSISTANTS (Falkner Island Tern Project) - Connecticut Audubon Society, Falkner
Island, CT. Contact: Milan G. Bull,
Director, CAS Coastal Center at Milford Point, 1 Milford Point Rd, Milford, CT
06460 203/878-7440
RIDGERUNNER,
TRAIL CREW LEADER, TRAILS ASSISTANT - Appalachian Mountain Club, CT and southern
MA, Contact: Appalachian Mountain Club, PO Box 1800, Lanesboro, MA
01237 413/443-0011
x16.
NATURALIST:
- Appalachian Mountain Club,
Lanesboro, MA. Contact: Appalachian
Mountain Club, PO Box 1800, Lanesboro, MA 01237
413/443-0011 x15.
SUMMER
TEACHER / NATURALIST - New Canaan
Nature Center, New Canaan, CT. Contact:
Karen S. Brooks, Director of Summer Camps, New Canaan Nature Center, 144
Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan, CT 06840
203/966-9577 x36 Fax - 203/966-6536
TRIP
LEADERS - Visions Service Adventures, Newport, PA.
Contact: Joanne Pinaire,
VISIONS, PO Box 220, Newport, PA 17074; 717/567-7313
Fax-717/567-7853 E-mail:
visions@pa.net http://www.visionsadventure.com
SUMMER
TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented
Youth (CTY). For more
information and to download an application please visit www.jhu.edu/gifted/ctysummer
Graduate
Research Program for Women
Sponsored
by Lucent Technologies (NJ). For
more information contact Lucent Fellowship Program � GRPW;
Scholarship Management Services, CSFA;
1505 Riverview Road; P.O. Box 297; St. Peter, MN 56082;
Email: coopgraduate@lucent.com;
Website: http://www.bell-labs.com/fellowships/GRPW
TRIP
LEADER - 4-H Camp Howe, Goshen, MA.
Contact: David Z. Freedman, Executive Director, 4-H Camp Howe, PO Box
326, Goshen, MA 01032 413/549-3969 Fax
- 413/549-6337 E-mail: dfreedman@camphowe.com;
http://www.camphowe.
INTERLOCKEN
2001 SUMMER JOB POSTINGS (Counselors and Group Leaders) - Contact:
Kim Nilsen, Staffing Manager, Interlocken, RR2 Box 165, Hillsboro, NH
03244 603/478-3166 x20 Fax- 603/478-5260 E-mail:
kim@interlocken.org http://www.interlocken.org
WILDERNESS
PROGRAM COORDINATOR - Manice
Education Center, New York, NY Contact:
Manice Education Center, One East 53rd Street, 1401, New York, NY 10022;
212/371-5225 Fax-212/371-2111
E-mail: dawn_christodora@prodigy.net;
http://www.geocities.com/
OUTDOOR
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS - Student
Conservation Association. Contact:
SCA, Attn: Crew Leader Recruiting, PO Box 550, Charlestown, NH 03603
603/543-1700 E-mail: cwc-program@sca-inc.org
http:// www.sca-inc.org
ADVENTURE
PROGRAM SPECIALIST - Penn 4-H Educational Center-Summer Camp, Reidsville, NC.
Contact: Emily Fisher,
Summer Camp Director, Penn 4-H Educational Center, 804 Cedar Ln, Reidsville, NC
27320
CAMP
DIRECTOR - Girl Scouts-Kickapoo
Council, Camp Tapawingo, Metamore, IL. Contact: Lara Campbell, Director of Programs and Properties, Girl
Scouts-Kickapoo Council, 1103 W Lake Ave, Peoria, IL 61614 309/688-8671
x24 Fax-309/688-7358
E-mail: kcgs@mtco.com
FARM
and NATURE DAY CAMP TEACHER / NATURALIST -
Massachusetts Audubon Society, Drumlin Farm Education Center and Wildlife
Sanctuary, Lincoln, MA Contact
Hannah Freedberg, Camp Director, Drumlin Farm, 208 S Great Rd, Lincoln, MA
01773 781/259-9506
x7725; Fax-781/259-1242 E-mail: hfreedberg@massaudubon.
ENVIRONMENTAL
INTERNS - Warren County Parks and Recreation, Up Yonda Farm, Bolton Landing, NY.
Contact: Matt Sprow, Up Yonda Farm, PO Box 1453, Bolton Landing, NY
12814 518/644-9767
Fax-518/644-3824 E-mail: upyonda@capital.net
ECONOMIST
INTERN - Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, DC.
Contact: Economist Intern Search, Defenders of Wildlife, 1101 14th
St NW Suite 1400, Washington, DC
WILDLIFE
REHABILITATION INTERNSHIP - WRANPS Wildlife Center, Pass Christian, MS
Contact: Katy Pope,
Director, WRANPS, Wildlife Center, 23228 Woodland Way, Pass Christian, MS 39571
228/452-2270 E-mail: ktraina@aol.com
http://www.ametro.net/~wranps.
CONSERVATION
EDUCATION CAMP SUPERVISOR - New York State Dept of Environmental Conservation,
Camp DeBruce in the Catskills. Contact: NYS
Dept of Environmental Conservation, Environmental Education Summer Camp
Employment, 50 Wolf Rd, Room 507, Albany, NY 12233-4500 518/457-3720
Fax - 518/457-0855; http://www.dec.state.ny.us.
National
Park Service Positions. Contact: Seasonal
Employment Program, Human Resources Office, National Park Service, PO Box 37127,
Mail Stop 2225, Washington, DC 20013-7127
202/208-5074 http://www.nps.gov/personnel/seasonal.html
ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION INTERNSHIP - Des Moines
County Conservation Board, Starr's Cave Nature Center, Burlington, IA.
Contact: Phil Broder,
Environmental Education Coordinator, Des Moines County Conservation Board, 512 N
Main St, Burlington, IA 52601; 319/753-
HORTICULTURE
and EDUCATION INTERNSHIPS - Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA.
Contact: Intern Registrar,
Education Dept, Callaway Gardens, PO Box 2000, Pine Mountain, GA 31822
706/663-5146 Fax-706/663-6720
SUMMER
NATURALIST - Woodbury County Conservation Board, Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center,
Sioux City, IA. Contact: Woodbury County Conservation Board, 4500 Sioux River Rd,
Sioux City, IA 51109-1657;
712/258-0838
SUMMER
NATURALIST INTERNSHIP - Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Aspen, CO.
Contact: Jim Kravitz,
Interpretation Director. Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, 100 Puppy Smith
St, Aspen, CO 81611 970/925-5756
Fax-970/925-4819 E-mail:
acesone@rof.net http://www.aspen.com/aces
MARINE
NATURALIST SUMMER - Port Townsend Marine Science Center, Port Townsend, WA . -
Contact: Cinamon Moffett, Port
Townsend Marine Science Center, 532 Battery Way, Port Townsend, WA 98368
E-mail: ptmsc@olympus.
ALASKA
VOLUNTEER and VOLUNTEER INTERNSHIPS (including Ranger Assistants, Natural
History Interpreters, Campground Hosts, Trail Crew, and Park Caretaker - Alaska
State Parks, AK. Contact:
Volunteer Coordinator, Alaska State Parks, 550 W 7th St Suite
1380, Anchorage, AK 99501-3561 907/269-8708
Fax - 907/269-8907; E-mail: volunteer@dnr.state.ak.us
http://www.alaskastateparks.org
Puzzler
of the Week:
Christmas
is coming soon and soon you may find some mistletoe hanging above your head.
Why do we kiss under the mistletoe?
How did this tradition originate?
From
the last issue: Kissing under the mistletoe apparently originated from a
Norse legend in which Freya, the Goddess of Love, asked all things to protect
her beloved son, Balder. Unfortunately she forgot mistletoe.
Balder bragged about his invincibility so his archenemy, Loki, decided to
test it. He fashioned an arrow from
mistletoe wood and used it to slay Balder.
Freya was stricken with grief but after some divine finagling she brought
Balder back to life with a kiss.
Joke of the
Week. Some
Psychological Disorders for the Holidays (thanks to Dr. L. Mealey for sharing
these)
SCHIZOPHRENIA
DEMENTIA -
I Think I'll Be Home for Christmas
NARCISSISTIC
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing About Me
MANIC
- Deck
the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and
Town and Cars and Busses and Trucks and Trees and Fire Hydrants and.....
PARANOID
- Santa
Claus is Coming to Get Me.
PERSONALITY
DISORDER - Better
Watch Out, I'm Gonna Cry, I'm Gonna Pout, Maybe I'll tell you why.
DEPRESSION
- Silent
Dark, Holy Black, All is Flat, All is Lonely.
PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE
PERSONALITY - On
the First Day of Christmas My True Love Gave to Me (and then took it all
away).
BORDERLINE
PERSONALITY DISORDER -
Thoughts of Roasting on an Open Fire.
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE
DISORDER -
Jingle
Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell
Rock,Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell,
Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell,
Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle
Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle
Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell
Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell,
Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell,
Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock,
Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle
Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle
Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell,
Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock ... ...(better start again)
Frequently
Asked Questions
For More Information, contact:
Faculty Editor: Dr. Stephen G. Saupe Chair & Professor Biology Department College of St. Benedict/St. John's University Collegeville, MN 56321 (320) 363-2782; (320) 363-3202 (fax); ssaupe@csbsju.edu |
Student
Editor: Ms. A. Wawra Biology Major College of St. Benedict St. Joseph, MN 56374 |
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