Most are taking this course to satisfy your natural science requirement.
Diversity of backgrounds and goals.
The more I know about you, the better I can help you to succeed.
Who am I?
You will hear lots about me during the semester just so you know who I am. But here are a few tidbits.
I've been at MCC since 1989 and this course is my primary responsibility. I am also Life Science Department Chair.
I don't know if that is good for you because I expect that sometimes I will be distracted away from full attention to this class. For instance, I might be required to miss class for some official function. I will do every thing in my power to minimize any impacts on you.
Before MCC, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow and Faculty Research Associate at ASU for 7 years. My primary research focus was air pollution effects on forest growth.
I received my M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Houston where I studied the population ecology of rodents on the Texas coastal prairie. I also studied biostatistics.
I received my B.S. in Environmental Science from Huxley College at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington.
This is one of the most beautiful areas that I know of. I am really happy to have spent some time there.
I started by college career at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Washington where I earned an A.A. in Psychology.
I am proud to have started my academic career at a community college. I hope that I can be an example of what you can achieve academically after your community college experience.
I grew up in the farming region of central Washington known as the Columbia Basin and lived on a farm for the first part of my life there followed by periods in Pasco and Moses Lake.
However, I was actually born in northeastern Missouri where my parents grew up.
How to succeed in BIO 100
Come to class...
Take good notes - leave space for added material
Ask questions for clarification
Go over notes within 24 hours
Consider recopying notes leaving space for additional information from book, etc.
