October 10, 2006 |
1. Rising Junior Exam -- Oct. 8-13
2. Insect Festival of Arkansas -- Thursday
3. World Food Day focuses on grassroots efforts -- Monday
4. Food Science Club sponsors WFD food drive
5. Forensic pathologist to give illustrated lecture at Mullins Library -- Thursday
7. Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences Seminar -- Monday
8. Food Science Seminar -- Monday
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1. Rising Junior Exam Oct. 8-13. The rising junior exam testing period begins Oct. 8 and ends Oct. 13. Students who have completed 45 hours of credit are required by law to take this exam. Please stop by 714 Hotz Hall to register or call 575-2824 to find out if you should take this exam during the October administration. Students who do not take the exam will not be able to enroll or take classes until they have met this requirement.
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2. Insect Festival of Arkansas Thursday. The 9th Insect Festival of Arkansas will be all day Thursday at the Whitaker Animal Sciences Center. The festival is free to the public and everyone is invited. The one-day event typically draws 1,500 to 3,000 people.
Festival coordinator Dr. Don Steinkraus, Entomology, says the goal is to educate and entertain the people of Arkansas, particularly its children, about the beauty, value and interest of insects and other arthropods.
The Arthropod Zoo, with displays living insects, spiders, scorpions, millipedes, centipedes and other arthropods, provides an opportunity for children to see these creatures up close and talk about them with our graduate students and faculty and other entomologists. Children have the opportunity to hold live giant cockroaches and overcome insect phobias at this display.
The Arthropod Museum of Arkansas provides a comprehensive display of tropical butterflies, beetles, and other dramatic insects, as well as local butterflies and moths, and the diversity of insects.
The Cotton Patch display has an actual patch of ripe cotton where childen can learn about this important crop, its insect pests, and watch cotton actually be ginned. This is a major hit with children. Children and adults can talk with experts on cotton entomology.
The Honey Bee Exhibit has an observation bee hive with live bees making honey, caring for the larvae, and children can find the queen. People can learn about the importance of bees in pollination of our crops and wild flowers, how honey is produced, and other products of the hive such as pollen, propolis, beeswax, royal jelly, and bee venom.
Games, Crafts, and Cockroach Races are always a hit with the children, children's crafts and drawing areas. Temporary insect tatoos are provided.
Cultural Exhibits. Insects have played a major role in human history, fine arts, literature, movies, and popular culture. Examples of insects in the media, arts, and human history will be presented.
Aquatic Insects, Forest Insects, and other Exhibits. Many other displays and exhibits will educate and amaze the public about the importance of insects in our streams, lakes, ponds, forests, lawns, and other habitats.
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3. World Food Day focuses on grassroots efforts -- Monday. A World Food Day teleconference and program on the problem of hunger in Northwest Arkansas is set for Monday, Oct. 16, at the UA Center for Continuing Education at 2 East Center St.
The teleconference will be from 11 a.m. to noon, followed by discussion with representatives of the Ozark Food Bank and Heifer International from 12 p.m. to 12:45 p.m in Room 107 at the center. The teleconference will continue from 1-2 p.m. with call-in questions addressed by panel members.
The role of grassroots efforts is the theme of the international event, which is sponsored annually by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. The public is invited to the Northwest Arkansas program, sponsored by the Department of Food Science.
PBS senior correspondent Ray Suarez will host teleconference discussions on the importance of individuals and grassroots activism addressing the hunger crisis. Heather Thordsen and Cheryl Basett of the Ozark Food Bank and Michael Ward, Nestor Camargo and Laura of the local chapter of Heifer International will participate.
Hunger and food insecurity affect many in Northwest Arkansas, Thordsen said. She said more than 100 charitable feeding programs receive food through the Ozark Food Bank.
Ward said local Heifer International volunteers work to spread awareness of Heifer's programs to help people in 60 countries, and they pursue sustainable local development.
This program is approved for three CEUs and PDUs (continuing education credits) by the American Dietetic Association (ADA), American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) and School of Social Work (Marywood University).
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4. Food Science Club sponsors WFD food drive. The UA Food Science Club and Silverwings will host a food drive in honor of World Food Day, Monday, Oct. 16. Collection boxes will be in dorms, departments and at Harp's Grocery Store.
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5. Forensic pathologist to give illustrated lecture at Library Thursday. The University Libraries is hosting a lecture by Dr. Murray K. Marks, a forensic anthropologist, on Thursday, October 12, in the Walton Reading Room in Mullins Library at 4 p.m. We would love to have you attend!
Dr. Murray K. Marks, associate professor of the departments of Anthropology and Pathology at the University of Tennessee, associate director of the Forensic Anthropology Center at UT, and curator of the "Body Farm" in Knoxville, will give a lecture titled "All That Remains: Forensic Anthropology and the Medicolegal Investigation of Death." Dr. Marks will accompany his lecture with a slide presentation of actual case studies, experiments, and investigations in which he has taken part. Marks, who is an alumnus of the University of Arkansas, is an expert in the field of forensic anthropology, particularly in estimating time of death and reconstructing faces with the help of computer graphics.
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6. Sigma Xi Lecture Friday. Mac Stewart, Department of Crop, Soils and Environmental Sciences, will present a lecture at the Sigma Xi chapter meeting entitled "Collecting Cotton Germplasm from Around the World," at 12:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, in ARKU 308SW. The University community is invited. For more information, go to http://www.uark.edu/misc/exeye
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7. Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences Seminar. Monday, Oct. 16, 3:30 p.m., PTSC 009. University Professor Terry Siebenmorgen, FDSC, "Railcar Shipment of Milled Rice: Applications of Fundamental and Applied Research to Solve an Industry Problem."
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8. Food Science Seminar. Monday, Oct. 16, 3:30 p.m. FDSC Room D-1. Dr. Gurpal Toor, Research Associate in Bio. & Ag. Engineering - Linking Phosphorus Forms in Animal Diets and Manures: Nutrient Management and Water Quality Implications.