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"Teachers who participate in the workshop will be getting ahead of the curve by acquiring up-to-date skills needed by 21st-century science educators," says Dr. Rebecca Seipelt, specialist in molecular genetics and director of MTSU's Biotechnology Resource Group. The MTSU Biotechnology Workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. June 26-28 in the Davis Science Building. Rutherford and Williamson county teachers will gain experience in separating DNA mixtures, transforming bacteria with an animal gene, and more--all to take back to their classrooms. Seipelt and Dr. Phil Mathis, professor, genetics, biostatistics and general biology, will lead the sessions. Media welcomed. Contact Seipelt at 615-904-8393
One particular Web site--cuttingedge.org--provides a list of Bible references to show that the Harry Potter books are satanic--and also provides a list of satanic colors, notes Dr. Larry Burriss, journalism professor. The colors are yellow, red, purple, green and blue. The site, he says, also criticizes the Vatican, Focus on the Family and "Christianity Today" for their favorable reviews of the books. "Some people ... are ready to grab at any straw, no matter how thin and flimsy, to prove the books are bad and are having an evil influence." Contact Burriss at 615-898-2983. Dr. Charles Wolfe, professor of English, nationally recognized expert and author on various forms of music including country, gospel and blues, is the co-editor (with James Akenson of Tennessee Tech) of a new book titled The Women of Country Music: A Reader (The University of Kentucky Press). The book contains articles by Wolfe on Roba Stanley, the first country singer, and by Dr. Kim McCusker, MTSU assistant professor of history, on singer Rose Lee Maphis. Other essays written by leading scholars feature Faith Hill, Emmylou Harris "and the surprising secret life of 'Hee Haw' comedienne Ronnie Stoneman." Contact Wolfe at 615-898-2663. The "Gear Up Institute" at MTSU has welcomed 43 students from Pearl Cohn High School for three weeks of classes and activities in math, English, aerospace, mass communications, University 1010 and "Make a Difference"--all designed to encourage these youngsters to continue their education. They will be in classes today and tomorrow--and this Friday, the final day of the program, they will go to the Murfreesboro Airport where aerospace department staff will take them on plane rides. The "Gear Up" graduation ceremony will be held this Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Pearl- Cohn High School. Media welcomed to all events. For more information, contact Dr. Catherine Stogner at 615-898-5522 or the NPA office at 615-898-2919. |
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