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Alpha Epsilon Delta is creating a pre-professional FAQ AED has initiated a new project with the intention of providing important information to new students interested in the health professions. We are assembling a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) related to any aspect of pre-health professions programs. This FAQ will be posted on the AED web site as it evolves. If you have a question about admission to health profession schools; about program requirements; about what courses to take; or about ANY aspect of the pre-professional program experience, please submit them to AED. There is an online form on the AED site for submitting questions. | |
Renovation of Caylor-White-Walters continues Started in the Spring semester of 2010, the long-planned renovation of Caylor-White-Walters Hall continues to progress, now at a more rapid pace. Current work is focused on completing the interior of the new addition to the building. The addition will house new laboratory facilities for much of the science curriculum. After lab classes are moved into the addition, renovation of the existing Caylor Hall and White-Walters Hall will begin. When the entire project is finished, the Division of Biological and Physical Sciences and the Department of Mathematics will have brand new digs. | |
| Friday 5/3/2013 | Delta State University Astronomy Students Make Discoveries DSU advanced astronomy students were recently announced the winners of the International Asteroids Search Campaign (IASC) coordinated by NASA after discovering more celestial bodies than any other participating university or college. Led by Mariusz Kukawa, official coordinator of IASC for DSU, students Jared Martin, Corey Clark, Harold (Miles) Duke, Jeremiah Matthews, Bryce Anderson, Taylor Whyte and Nicholas Zorn discovered five new asteroids and confirmed four other previously discovered asteroids. Traditionally, newly discovered asteroids or comets are named by discoverers (in addition to the official astronomical catalogue name). Proposals for names, given by the students, for these newly discovered objects are Liberty, American Dreams, Apollo 21, Optimus Prime, and Gniezno after the first Polish capitol. Never before have this many new objects been discovered by Delta State students in such a short time. Delta State students have had success participating in the IASC over the years. There were six new asteroids discovered, and the existence of 10 previously found asteroids were confirmed between the Fall 2009 and Spring 2013 Semesters. The first two asteroids discovered by the students in 2010 were named DSU and Cleveland MS. During the Fall 2012 semester, William Farabee, Steven Simmons, Kambria Jones, Marvin Strotter, Fraser Pain, Aaron Taylor, Jack Pilley, Vlad Zinka, and Robert Robinson discovered two new asteroids and confirmed the existence of four previously known objects. These two new objects were named Okra and Mississippi. |
| Saturday 5/4/2013 10:00 am Coliseum | 36 science students complete degrees At the recent Spring commencement, Delta State awarded degrees to 36 science students. Twenty-six baccalaureate degrees were awarded in biology, six in chemistry, and two in environmental science. One student received both biology and chemistry degrees, and one student received both biology and environmental science degrees. Four masters degrees were awarded, two in natural sciences, and two in geospatial information technology. |
| Monday 6/3/2013 | Summer Session I begins Classes for first summer term begin June 3rd. The first summer session continues until June 27th. |
| Thursday 6/13/2013 | Freshman orientation 1 June 13-14 is the first of three freshman orientation sessions held on campus. Students that will be enrolling in the Fall Semester are given a preview of what their life will be like as a Delta State student. |
| Tuesday 6/18/2013 | Transfer student orientation 1 June 18th is the first of two orientation sessions for transfer students. Students that will be enrolling in the Fall Semester are given a preview of what their life will be like as a Delta State student. |
| Thursday 6/20/2013 | Freshman orientation 2 June 20-21 is the second of three freshman orientation sessions held on campus. Students that will be enrolling in the Fall Semester are given a preview of what their life will be like as a Delta State student. |
| Thursday 6/27/2013 | Summer Session I ends Last day of classes for Summer Session I. Final exams (for most courses) are scheduled today. |
| Monday 7/1/2013 | Summer Session II begins Classes for second summer term begin July 1st. The second summer session continues until July 31st. |
| Thursday 7/11/2013 | Freshman orientation 3 July 11-12 is the third of three freshman orientation sessions held on campus. Students that will be enrolling in the Fall Semester are given a preview of what their life will be like as a Delta State student. |
| Tuesday 7/16/2013 | Transfer student orientation 2 July 16th is the second of two orientation sessions for transfer students. Students that will be enrolling in the Fall Semester are given a preview of what their life will be like as a Delta State student. |
| Wednesday 7/31/2013 | Summer Session II ends Last day of classes for Summer Session II. Final exams (for most courses) are scheduled today. |
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| Wednesday 2/6/2013 | Dr. Nina Baghai-Riding receives technology grant to assist herbarium project Dr. Nina Baghai-Riding has been awarded an Instructional Technology Challenge Grant from Delta State's Electronic Learning Network within the Office of Information Technology. The grant will provide hardware to support Dr. Riding's project "Digitizing the Delta State University Herbarium Collection, Preserving and Maintaining a Record of this Unique State Resource." Her project involves creating and cataloging digital images of plant specimens housed in the DSU herbarium. |
| Wednesday 2/6/2013 | Dr. Séverine Groh receives technology grant to improve anatomy and physiology course Dr. Séverine Groh has been awarded an Instructional Technology Challenge Grant from Delta State's Electronic Learning Network within the Office of Information Technology. The grant will provide hardware to support Dr. Groh's project "Promoting Student Success in Anatomy and Physiology courses by Implementing a New Pedagogic Approach Relying on the IClicker-2 Technology." |
| Wednesday 2/6/2013 | Dr. Yongqin Zhang receives technology grant to enhance MAS-GIT program Dr. Yongqin Zhang has been awarded an Instructional Technology Challenge Grant from Delta State's Electronic Learning Network within the Office of Information Technology. The grant will provide resources to support Dr. Zhang's project "Developing a Digital Spectral Library for Land Cover Types and Vegetation Species in the Mississippi Delta to Enhance Teaching of the MAS-GIT Program." Dr. Zhang is the graduate coordinator for DSU's Master of Applied Science in Geospatial Information Technologies (MAS-GIT ) degree program. |
DSU offers Master of Applied Science in Geospatial Information Technologies The Master of Applied Science Degree in Geospatial Information Technology (MAS-GIT) is a one-year online degree program that offers advanced coursework, practicum, and independent research opportunities in the application of geospatial science and technology. The program provides education in the practice of GIS, advanced geospatial analysis, remote sensing, digital image processing and information extraction, and more. The program coordinator is Dr. Yongqin Zhang | |
Orientation slideshows available online During the freshman and transfer student orientation sessions, incoming science majors register for fall classes. During this process, students are presented a brief slide show explaining the various programs offered by the Division and to help them with the registration process. The slides form those presenations are now available online (PDF) |
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