Platteville Biology Club

04/26/2023

Join us tomorrow, April 26th at 5pm for a hike at the M! We will be meeting in parking lot 13 between McGregor and Gardner hall to leave. If you need a ride, we can give you one! We'll also talk about elections then. Can't wait to see you there!

04/12/2023

Hey everyone! Since the weather is so nice, bio club is going on a walk down by Rountree creek! We'll be meeting in Boebel hall in the atrium by the front entrance at 5pm today, then we'll walk down to Memorial Park as a group. We hope to see you there!!

03/29/2023

Hello everybody!! For today's meeting, we are having a game night in Boebel room 213 at 5pm! We will also be discussing elections, so if you wanna get involved in the club, here's your chance! We hope to see you there!!

04/23/2022

03/30/2022

We loved having Animal House at our meeting!

Smaug loves UWP biology club! 🌎🔬🧪

11/08/2021

Check out what our VP, Kadee, is up to!

Kadee Lawrence, a junior studying biology with an emphasis in molecular genetics, participated in the Summer Undergraduate Scholars Program, an opportunity on campus to enable students to conduct full-time research during the summer. Lawrence’s enjoyment of biology began in her childhood, playing ...

10/12/2021

Check out this article from our September 28th meeting!

The Biology Club hosted guest speaker Jackson Richman on Sept. 28. After being introduced by the club’s president, Brooke Stover, Richman talked about cyberbiosecurity. This novel topic is relevant to vaccines, artificial limbs and personal items (i.e., medical records, prescriptions, etc.). Richm...

05/07/2021

Thank you to everyone who joined us on the M hike today! We had a blast enjoying the outdoors! Thank you to Lucas for sharing your passion for plants and restoration/conservation. Thank you to Brooke for sharing your knowledge of bird IDs and and calls. If anyone has any other pictures to share from the day, please feel free post them here.

05/04/2021

Congratulations to our new Biology Club Executive Board!

President: Brooke Stover
Vice President: Kadee Lawrence
Secretary: Lucas Turpin

Reminder: Join us Thursday, May 6th at 1pm for Biology Club's last get together at the Platte Mound M!

***A few cars will be carpooling and leaving from the Royce Parking Lot at 12:50pm if you would like to join, otherwise you can organize your own transportation. Participation still requires masks and social distancing.

Email me (lefevreja@uwplatt.edu) if you want to carpool and meet us at the Parking Lot 16 across Royce Hall at 12:50pm.

04/22/2021

Happy Earth Day!
🌏🌍🌎
Share what you are doing to stay connected and supportive to nature:

04/20/2021

Thank you to everyone who came to tonight's Biology Club meeting with guest Speaker & birder, Barbara Duerksen!

Some resources shared:
Live Bird Migration Maps, All about Birds, How to make your Yard Bird-Friendly, and eBird, a reporting & sightings site

Here’s a link to the pamphlet on bird-friendly native plants Barbara spoke of yesterday as well: https://wsobirds.org/images/pdfs/BeyondBirdFeederBookletFINAL.compressed.pdf

Our LAST meeting is Tuesday May 4th at 4pm via zoom.
https://uwplatt.zoom.us/j/92856227742?pwd=QUJaS3I4OUwrS2o4cE5vbk5uN2liZz09

We will be hosting elections for Biology Club Executive Board (president, Vice President, Secretary, & Historian) and playing games!!!

Anyone who is interested and returning next semester (Fall 2021) can run! Please email me (lefevreja@uwplatt.edu) with your name and a brief statement on why you want to run for a specific position. You are also eligible to run for a position even if you cannot make the current meeting times, so long as you will be around next semester. Let us make this final meeting a celebration!!! Invite your friends for the chance to be elected and interact online with our games and playlists!

04/07/2021

Thank you to everyone who was able to enjoy the great weather today on our Nature Walk. We found some spring flowers, cool Planaria (flatworms), and other macroinvertebrates. We also learned about some stream terminology and bird calls. We will be sure to do this again sometime. Remember to get some fresh air!

See you Tuesday, Apr. 20th at our Next Biology Club Meeting via zoom with guest speaker, Barbara Duerksen.
Invite your friends and ornithology classes to come and ask questions!

https://www.uwplatt.edu/events/2021/04/biology-club-guest-speaker-barbara-duerksen

03/10/2021

Excellent strawberry 🍓 smooshing and DNA extraction today!

We also heard from Lucas Turpin (turpinlu@uwplatt.edu) today about Zero Waste in Biology Club! I linked the petition he shared below:

Consider signing this Petition encouraging UW-Platteville to work towards a Zero Waste Initiative across campus. No Waste initiatives means the conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials without burning and with no discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=5pg-dK2F1UWnhUzduk3or_q4c2veznhPmfxgMW1dbmdUNUdQMFBRU0pGNUEyUFZIUVJQTU43RFBUOS4u

See you all next BioClub meeting Tues. Mar. 23rd at 4pm via zoom!

02/23/2021

Get your T-shirt! Get your Biology T-shirts! Right Here!
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Orders due by Mar. 24th, Payment due by Mar. 27th!

02/17/2021

Next Biology Club Meeting is Tues. Feb. 23rd via zoom. We will explore our organism interests together and discuss what they mean to us &the world!

Fill out this Google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4nFpjb1wxj06VtX-yxkYMkW5IOO5no8TIspYoaK9BgBQWCQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
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Tell us about the organisms you are interested in! ***Next meeting, Tues. Feb. 23rd via zoom*** we will explore these interests together and discuss what they mean to us and the world! Zoom Meeting Link: https://uwplatt.zoom.us/j/92856227742?pwd=QUJaS3I4OUwrS2o4cE5vbk5uN2liZz09

02/10/2021

Next BioClub meeting: Feb. 23rd !

Want to express your love for science? Consider supporting Biology Club by purchasing a Pura Vida Bracelet or T-shirt here:

BioClub Bracelets: ($6 each) 🌎
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BioClub T-shirts: ($12 short-sleeve, $15 for long-sleeve) 🏃
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01/31/2021

Wanting to connect more on campus? Looking for an outlet to enjoy your college experience? Come to our next Biology Club Meeting Feb. 9th via zoom: https://bit.ly/2Yu8zaT

Bring paper and scissors! ❄️

12/19/2020

Congratulations for finishing strong during Finals Week and to our graduates of Fall 2020! You did it! Remember to continue staying safe over winter break and/or winterim class(es)! Stay tuned for our next meeting come Spring 2021 Semester!

Friday Fun Fact: "The International Commission on Snow and Ice... defines the seven principal snow crystal types as plates, stellar crystals, columns, needles, spatial dendrites, capped columns, and irregular forms."

Curious to know more? Check it out!
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/class/class-old.htm