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The College of Sciences offers high quality undergraduate and graduate education in mathematics, the natural sciences and the social sciences. Students gain the knowledge, skills and values that enable them to become productive and responsible citizens with a capacity for reasoned judgment and effective communication.

Welcome to the College of Sciences, known for excellence in teaching and research. Through the College and Department web sites you will see that the classrooms, laboratories, field sites, and clinics are exciting places to be! Although we continue to value traditional course delivery, faculty are increasingly integrating technology into teaching and communicating electronically with students in a number of different formats ranging from posting lecture outlines and notes to chat rooms. A limited number of web-based courses are available but this number is destined to increase in the near future.

Faculty and students in the College are actively engaged in research projects. Frequently students travel with faculty mentors to present at state, regional, national, and occasionally, international meetings. Last spring, approximately 20 students traveled to Springfield to display poster sessions of their research for legislators. Sciencefest, the annual COS research showcase, features research presentations by undergraduate and graduate students.

The faculty, administrators, and staff of COS are committed to advancing this fine record of excellence in teaching and research, as well as professional and community service. Please contact us for additional information.

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2010 ScienceFest Celebration

The College of Sciences invites you to attend it’s 15th annual ScienceFest celebration which highlights the accomplishments of undergraduate and graduate research, faculty mentoring, and faculty teaching, research, and service on Friday, March 26, 2010 from 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. in the University Ballroom of the MLK Jr. Union.

This year's theme is Teaching and Learning: Integration of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

The afternoon will begin with a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Linda Ghent, chair of the department of economics on "The Art and Science of Sound” at 1:05 p.m., featuring Dr. Emily Tobey, professor and Nellie C. Johnson Chair; Callier Advanced Hearing Research Center, University of Texas at Dallas; Dr. Steve Daniels, professor and chair, Physics; Dr. John Martone, professor, English; and Mr. Mark Rubel, instructor and audio director, Music.

At 2:00 p.m., attendees can attend a browsing session of undergraduate and graduate students' research posters.

Mary Anne Hanner, dean of the EIU College of Sciences, will present the State of the College address at 3:00 p.m., followed by the College of Sciences Student Advisory Board's report on their technology recycling initiative at 3:20 p.m.

At 3:30 p.m., awards will be presented for excellence in the College of Sciences, including honors for undergraduate and graduate research; faculty mentoring; and faculty teaching, research and service.

Please join your colleagues in celebrating success in the College of Sciences at ScienceFest 2010!

Schedule of Events: http://www.eiu.edu/~colsci/documents/sciencefest/sciencefest_2010.pdf

Posted on 9 March 2010 | 11:40 am

Annual Sigma Xi Banquet Approaching

You are cordially invited to the 13th Annual Sigma Xi banquet and lecture to be held on Thursday, March 25, 2010 in the University Ballroom at the MLK, Jr. University Union. Distinguished Sigma Xi Lecturer Dr. Emily Tobey will give a free public lecture “Frankenstein: How physics, literature and theatre led to a scientific success” at 7 PM Thursday after the 5 PM banquet.

Dr. Tobey is a Nelle C. Johnston Chair in Communication Disorders in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Tobey received her undergraduate and master’s degree in speech-language pathology from New Mexico State University and Louisiana State University Medical Center. Her doctorate in speech science was obtained at the City University of New York in 1981. She has been employed as teacher of the deaf in the Orleans Parish School System in New Orleans, in addition, to her previous employment at the Louisiana State University Medical Center as an instructor, assistant professor, associate professor and professor in the Departments of Communication Disorders, Removable Prosthodontics, and Otorhinolaryngology. She has served as a researcher at Haskins Laboratories and Kresge Hearing Research Laboratory of the South. Her current interests lie in the role of auditory feedback on the development and maintenance of speech and language.

To attend the banquet, which will be a Cajun food delight including catfish, blackened chicken, and sausage jambalaya, please send $16.00 check payable to Sigma Xi to Dr. Brenda Wilson, Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences to be received by Thursday, March 22, 2010. Banquet tickets at the door will be $20.00.

For more information see the Sigma Xi page.

Posted on 15 February 2010 | 9:11 am

New Chair Appointed to Chemistry Department

On January 1, 2010, Dr. Dan Sheeran has begun his appointment as chair of the Chemistry Department after completing a research sabbatical during the Fall semester. While completing his sabbitical, Dr. Mark McGuire served as acting chair of the department. We welcome Dr. Sheeran to the administrative team of the College of Sciences.

Posted on 4 January 2010 | 4:22 pm