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The Botanical Society of America (BSA) is teaming up with QUBES to host a brand new Faculty Mentoring Network in Spring 2018! Participants will implement new materials on a range of botanical topics to enhance quantitative skills in life science classrooms. Apply now to join the Spring 2018 BSA/QUBES Faculty Mentoring Network.

Plants by the Numbers:

Growing Quantitative Literacy Using Botany


A BSA/QUBES Faculty Mentoring Network opportunity!
DEADLINE EXTENDED!!
Application deadline: December 4th, 2017


Are you interested in adopting plant-focused modules that address quantitative reasoning skills? Apply now to join us for the Spring 2018 BSA/QUBES Faculty Mentoring Network (FMN).
 
Participants in this FMN will focus on how to use data-driven modules in undergraduate biology courses. Accepted applicants will customize and implement newly designed educational modules from a wide range of botanical topics. While doing this, they will participate in biweekly virtual sessions to collaborate with and support others in the network and receive mentoring.
 
Applications are due December 4, 2017. Please visit https://qubeshub.org/groups/BSA2018 for additional information and instructions on how to apply.

About the author

Deborah Rook

Deputy Director

Dr. Deborah Rook is an evolutionary biologist and paleontologist. She has a bachelor's degree in Biology and Evolutionary biology from Case Western Reserve University and a masters in Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology from Ohio State University, having studied evolutionary and ecological dynamics of Cenozoic mammals. For her PhD, she moved into Geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, focusing on dynamic interactions of the rock and fossil records. Biology education has always been a focus for her, having taught and studied pedagogical techniques throughout her graduate studies and beyond. She joined the QUBES team in September 2017 as the FMN Project Manager, where she is working with the Faculty Mentoring Networks to enhance student experiences with quantitative biology, and the Professional Development Manager as our opportunities expanded. Since September 2021, she moved to Deputy Director, where she continues to work in the professional development space but now also manages staff and assists the Executive Director with business aspects of the organization.

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