Biology Students Making News
Conservation in China: First-year student Liz Doane was selected as one of four U.S. Roots & Shoots representatives to participate in a leadership exchange with China. The four American students selected will work with Roots & Shoots students in China to design programs that will be carried out simultaneously in both countries. (Read more)
Wolf and Lynx Ecology in Northern Minnesota: This past January term, Mitch Bern and Brian Maronde studied wolf and lynx ecology in northern Minnesota. Working with scientists from The Audubon Center of The North Woods, Mitch and Brian spent three weeks tracking radio-collared wolves and lynx. (Read more)
Biology students helped Doane College earn a place on The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. Dr. Elder and Dr. Gunkel taught a 14-day service-learning course titled "A Third World Country Revealed at Home: Disaster Mitigation and Conservation Biology in the American South." The class studied and volunteered in the hurricane stricken areas of Waveland, Miss., and New Orleans. They helped rebuild homes, churches, and schools.
Kamleh Shaban received the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to study Islamic medicine in Jordan. For her research project she is studying practices of Islamic medicine, particularly in contrast to Western medicine. "I'm a Muslim. I hope to be a doctor. I wanted to see how to treat Muslim patients best." (Read more)