Welcome to campus, parents! We look forward to seeing you at the College of Science Collegiate Workshop.
Schedule of Events
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.:
Continental Breakfast, Galleria
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.:
Health Professions Application Meeting, Room 101& Room 105
- Rev. James K. Foster, C.S.C, Assistant Dean, Chair of Preprofessional Studies, Director of the Center for Health Sciences Advising
- Kathleen J. S. Kolberg, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Health Professions Advisor
Note: Q & A to take place after in Room 101
9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.:
Transformative Science at a Premier Catholic University, Room 105
- Gregory P. Crawford, William K. Warren Foundation Dean of the College of Science, Professor of Physics
Breakout Sessions 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.:
Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, Room 325
- Steven Buechler, Professor and Chair of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics
Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, Room 101
- Gary Lamberti, Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Reading Room (south end of the building)
- Kenneth Henderson, Professor and Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Mathematics, Room 310
- Michael Gekhtman, Chair and Professor of Mathematics
Physics, Room 322
- Philippe Collon, Associate Chair and Associate Professor of Physics
Science-Business, Science Computing, and Science Education, Room 302
- Sister Kathleen Cannon, OP, D. Min, Associate Dean for International Studies Program, Advisor for Science-Business, Science-Computing, and Science-Education majors
Science Preprofessional Studies, Room 105
- Dominic Vachon, Director of the Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.:
Open House: Museum of Biodiversity, Room 102
- Ronald Hellenthal, Professor of Biological Sciences
- Barbara Hellenthal, Curator of the Museum of Biodiversity
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.:
Broad Use of the DVT for Higher Education: New Plans for Planetariums, Room 100 (Digital Visualization Theater)
- Keith W. Davis, Director of the Digital Visualization Theater
- Note: There will be two DVT showings – 11:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
Lab: A Self-Guided Tour in Genetics and Cell Biology, Room 205
- Michelle Whaley, Teaching Professor and Coordinator of Undergraduate Research for Biological Sciences
Lab: Parasites: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Room 225
- Jennifer Robichaud, Assistant Teaching Professor of Biological Sciences
TED Talk Presentations, Room 101
- Kevin Lannon, Assistant Professor of Physics: “Searching for the Other 95% of the Universe: True Stories from the Energy Frontier”
- Norman Dovichi, Grace-Rupley Endowed Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry: “Embryonic Development: From Egg to Adult”
- Rebecca Wingert, Elizabeth and Michael Gallagher Family Professorship in Adult Stem Cell Research and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences: "Unlocking the Mysteries of Tissue Regeneration”