Winter 2005
Regular
Features
From the Editor's Desk:
See You in Virginia!
ABLE News & Notes
NSF-Sponsored DNA Microarray Workshops for Summer 2005 • Wanted:
Contributions to Labstracts • Upcoming meetings
ABLE Calendar of Events
Articles
SpongeBob? SpongeBobbi? Or Both?
Charlie Drewes
Should Intro-Level Classes Be Hard
as Ice or Soft as Feathers?
Mark E. Walvoord
The Galapagos and Beyond: Ecuador as a Destination
for Biologists and Biology Students
Alec Motten
NABT College Group: Undergrads Write
About Teaching and Learning
Ann Lumsden
Lab Techniques
Using Food to Aid Understanding of Enzyme
Properties
Marian Cothran
Putting a Grant into Practice: Molecular
Genetic Linkage Mapping Can Be Done by Undergraduates!
Ann Yezerski
Do Incentives Work? An Experimental Peer
Mentoring Program in Biology
Kathleen Nolan
ABLE Business
Expanded Review System for ABLE Major
Workshops
Anne L. Cordon
ABLE Workshop Adoption Survey: Partial
Results
Bob Hodson and Todd Nickle
Waiver of Registration
Grants
Ruth E. Beattie, Chair
Grants-in-Aid Committee
Candidates for Member-at-Large
- Duties of Members-at-Large
- Candidate Statements
Board Reports
President's Report
Carol Budd, President
Treasurer's Report
Alec Motten, Treasurer
2005 Annual Meeting Update
The 2005 annual meeting will be June 21-25 at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg.
Mini workshops: Thinking of presenting a mini workshop in 2005? Better hurry! Applications are due Monday, Feb. 28, 2005.
**One presenter per mini gets a waiver for one-half the conference registration fee!**
Posters: Would you prefer to present a poster? You can do that too! Applications are due Tuesday, March 1, 2005.
Conference registration waivers are available to qualified applicants! The deadline is Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Come to Virginia Tech for ABLE 2005 -- June 21-25!
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