Biology club offers experience outside of the classroom
Posted by The Skyliner on April 8th, 2009Jessicah Peters
Staff Writer
On Wednesday, March 31, the Biology club held a game night. Around 13 students stopped by to have an evening away from studying. Students had an enjoyable night playing Apples to Apples, eating donuts and just enjoying the company of one another.
“Tonight is a night where we can just take the time to get away from the stresses of the tests,” Melissa Peters, junior secretary of the Biology club, said.
The biology club is an interactive way for students to get involved with Biology outside of classes.
“It’s a great club, and it helps the people [who] need an extracurricular activity. Also, certain medical schools may show up during the biology club meetings to give students insight on what is needed to attend their schools.” Andrew Maulding, interdisciplinary English, said.
The club not only holds fun nights to break away from the stresses of biology but also involves themselves with outreach projects. For the month of April, the club will be holding a teddy bear drive. Students will be able to collect teddy bears for the children at the Greenville Memorial Hospital.
“This is a great way for us to not only bring children the comfort of a teddy bear, but also the love of Christ,” Laura Brookshire, president of the biology club, said.
Laura encourages all students to get involved with the teddy bear drive because the children are suffering from many different sicknesses and just one teddy bear can be a gift of encouragement.
Recently, Dr. Jeffery French gave his testimony to the student sharing what God has done in his life through his career in biology.
“One of the biggest concerns that the faculty members have for the students is that they give careful consideration to what career they will pursue after earning their bachelor’s degree. Speaking at a biology club meeting is one way for me to connect with the students and share my own struggles as I decided what to do about graduate school and balanced that within the Lord’s will along with a paying job and a family,” French said.
Dr. Christina Eddy gave an enlightening lecture on how Biology majors can get into graduate schools. Informing the students what criteria is needed to get into a certain field is important.
Through the biology club, students can get connected to experts in the field of study.
Club members are not restricted to just biology majors. Students from all majors are welcome to join the meetings. Earlier this semester, the club had a movie showing of Flubber, and had a great number of students come out. Rebecca Hunt, vice president, captures the activities through her camera and uploads many of the pictures to the facebook group North Greenville University Science Club.
The club tries to meet the last Tuesday of every month in the science building.