资源及设施
捐赠基金
Kemlage捐赠生物旅游基金
In 2008, right after celebrating his 25th Reunion at 本笃会的大学, Dr. Thomas Kemlage ’83 created The Kemlage捐赠生物旅游基金. The biology department has used the fund annually to help 本笃会的大学 student biology majors attend the Missouri River Natural Resource Conference and BIOP Forum in 内raska City, 内., at the Lied Lodge and Conference Center to present research poster abstracts and presentations, and to assist students who wish to join research trips to Egypt, 亚马逊和非洲.
本笃会的底部 Faculty/Student 研究 Grant
The 本笃会的底部 Faculty/Student 研究 Grant is an endowed fund that supports both the Sciences and the 发现 Program. 助学金的资金允许学生, 由大学教师指导, to uncover new knowledge and insights about the world and about themselves. Assisted by their professors, students engage in research far beyond classroom learning. Since the 本笃会的底部 研究 Grant began in 2008, hundreds of students have presented papers at regional and national meetings and stipends and housing has been provided to students for summer research. Founding benefactors to the endowed fund include: Dr. 斯蒂芬妮·范·戴恩博士. 帕特里克·马林斯博士，1993年. Thomas Kemlage ' 83博士. 77岁的詹姆斯·邦格斯，85岁的汤姆·萨克，博士. Mark Boschert, 87届，博士. Terence Grewe ’80 and the late Petronella Culivan ’46.
亨利和玛丽·亨宁哈克奖学金
The 亨利和玛丽·亨宁哈克奖学金 was created in 2006 by the five Hunninghake children, Dr. Donald B. Hunninghake ' 55，博士. 勒罗伊H. Hunninghake ’59, Mary Lee Hunninghake Quinn ’64, Dr. Gary W. 68年的Hunninghake和70年的Alice Hunninghake Wurtz. Preference for the scholarship is given to students from Nemaha County studying mathematics or science as their major discipline. All of the Hunninghake children majored in math or science.
彼得·凯瑟斯奖学金
彼得·C. Cathers was the son of Clair Calvin ’61 and Virginia Weishaar Cathers ’62, who served as permanent deacons of the church doing work in Belize, 中美洲. Peter was a student at 本笃会的大学 in Atchison until 1985. Preference for the scholarship is given to students from rural or low income backgrounds studying mathematics or science as their major discipline.
埃德温和海伦麦克纳尼奖学金
埃德温·J. 堪萨斯州堪萨斯城的麦克卡纳尼.1928年毕业于莫尔希尔高中. 他在圣. Benedict’s College in 1929, where he was a member of St. 爱德华的大厅. He married Helen Marie Blue McAnany of Kansas City, MO, in 1940. She was a registered nurse, who graduated from the Providence School of Nursing. The 埃德温和海伦麦克纳尼奖学金 is awarded to students preparing for a career in law or the sciences.
资源
设备
We have an exciting range of lab and field equipment. 我们有一个完整的C. 秀丽线虫RNAi文库, MJ迷你个人热循环器, numerous monocular and dissecting light microscopes, and Vernier physiology equipment paired with MacBooks. We are also well equipped for sampling plant and animal communities in aquatic and terrestrial habitats. 现场设备包括:谢尔曼陷阱, 雾网, 鸟类绑带用品, 探测范围, 双筒望远镜, 环网, 吉尔网, 盛, 土壤和树木覆盖物, electrofishing设备, 水样仪表(如.g. 溶解氧、电导率、浊度等.)，以及GPS接收器，以获取本地数据. All of these items are used regularly by students for individual research projects and in labs associated with our courses. Our department also houses a computer lab for students. This is a place where students can work on group projects together, 运行统计分析, 使用ArcGIS软件, or, 说实话吧, do some last minute cramming for quizzes or just check their 脸谱网 accounts.
植物标本室及教学藏品
We curate an active herbarium with approximately 7,000 specimens dating back to the 19th century and focusing on local and regional flora. 我们正在进行 数字化我们的收藏, and student workers are involved in this organization and cataloging process.
除了, we curate an extensive collection of vertebrate and invertebrate specimens for study and demonstration. This collection includes over 175 bird skins representing 19 orders. A number of these date back to the late 1800s and were put up by the renowned ornithologist Joseph Grinnell.
本笃会的底部
本笃底野生动物区(更多信息请点击这里) is an approximately 2,000-acre mitigation site owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and managed by Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks & 旅游. 1993年和1994年, the site was purchased from private landowners and mitigation efforts were started to begin the conversion back from cropland into riparian wetland and bottomland. Students and faculty in our department are active in a number of research efforts on the 本笃会的底部. We are investigating the spread and ecology of the invasive plant species, 日本啤酒花, studying the response of cottonwood trees to flood events, and monitoring population demographics of songbirds. 除了, we have active projects surveying the biodiversity of the mitigated community on the Bottoms. We survey for many types of life, from invertebrates and small mammals to birds and plants. Our efforts are coordinated with objectives of KDTP&T managers and are designed to address questions about the effectiveness of management activities at the site in order to adapt or modify management decisions at this or any of a number of other nearby riparian mitigation areas.
见见我们部门的吉祥物
We have a number of furry, slimy, and scaly friends around our lab areas. Animal friends range from the spiky bearded dragon, Oscar, to the 6-foot python, Bella. 请来访，但要睁大眼睛. 你永远不知道会发生什么.