Advising Changes

On October 8, 2013 By

In advance of advising, we have assigned a number of students new advisors.  Mostly we have switched students from Dr. Ryan to me, since Dr. Ryan is now keeping busy as chair of the biology department.  A few of you may have been assigned to Dr. Reeves in English, Dr Edwards in anthropology, or Dr. […]

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This posts introduces our new system for tracking co-curricular events.  We have enrolled all STS majors and minors in a Moodle Organization called “STS_students”.  You can access it from the “My Moodle menu” at the top left of your Moodle window.  Inside that organization you will find […]

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From Anna Vierse:

My experience working with Barbara and the Indiana CAFO Watch organization during Spring, 2013 truly enlightened me, not only to the extent of environmental and food-source degradation occurring on American farms, but also to the shocking level of politics contributing to such malpractices. Having lived in a city or suburb my entire […]

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Come meet the Director of CAFO-Watch Indiana.  Learn about internship opportunities!  Learn about what CAFO-Watch is doing to protect our air and water quality.

 

Come to JH 340 at 11:00 on Tuesday, Oct. 3 to hear Barbara Sha Cox, Director of Indiana CAFO-Watch talk about her organization.  Barbara is a lively grandmother and farmer […]

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There are some fun events coming up in the community.  Check them out!  (And remember that you need to attend community events like these!) ~ Dr. Reeves

 

1.  The Ain’t Too Late Show:   A climate change game show

The world’s first entertainment show about our profound ecological challenges combines the talents of ecotainer Jim […]

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One of the distinctive features of the STS major and minor is its co-curricular event requirement.  The co-curricular event requirement is very much like the Butler Cultural Requirement (BCR) in the core curriculum, in that it is a requirement to attend an enriching event outside of your normal course work.  In fact most events that […]

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Woods Lecture Series Presents Nina Tandon

On September 24, 2013

Tissue engineer Nina Tandon will open the 2013-2014 J. James Woods Lectures in the Sciences and Mathematics with a talk called “Body 3.0″ at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24 in the Atherton Union Reilly Room.

All lectures in the series are free and open to the […]

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1.  Learn about Environmental policy and the legislative process.  This internship is for a state-wide organization, CAFO-Watch, which is invested in ensuring that large-scale, intensive animal operations, such as hog and dairy operations, are being monitored to protect the surrounding community’s water and air quality.  For this internship, you will work with CAFO-Watch director Barbara […]

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Welcome to the STS Blog

On September 16, 2013 By

Hello students, faculty and friends of STS.  Welcome to our new Blog!  The STS program committee will be using this Blog to keep you posted on a variety of issues, for instance:

Upcoming events Advising Issues Internships STS classes for the upcoming semesters Alumni and other news

Going forward we will be using Blog posts […]

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