Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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REPORTING and analyzing are an important part of any scientist's life. Students in the sciences view small organisms and other material under high-intensity microscopes and mr ke reports for their grades. MICROSCOPE! other equipment are used in the quest for understanding smaller forms . MSU's laboratories are equipped with some of the finest in- struments. Jz npson, a student at Morehead, explores the complexity of a cell. NOSdWIS MDVF EXAMIHING and dissecting animals helps students to understand the systems of wer organisms. Sharks are frequently used in dissections but they may contain a urprise inside - more baby sharks!!

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Student Centered Science Department The Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences is one of the more active departments on campus. Located in Lap- pin Hall and working just about everywhere else, the department includes programs of study in biology, environmental science, medical technology, and the pre-professional programs: medicine, pharmacy, chiropractic and physical therapy. Also offered through this department are teaching certificates in science and the medical technology's 3+1 degree. A new career that is emerging in this area of science includes the field of bio-technology, which combines physics and biology projects such as artificial limbs. The department is led by 13 faculty members, two staff members ta secretary and a water analysti, eight graduate assistants and a total of 19 workships. Two of the busiest Clubs within the department are the En- vironmental Science Club and the pre-med club, Prae-Medioorum. The Environmental Science Club, led by Dr. DeMoss, has in the past sponsored canoeing trips, planted trees, gone to the Smoky Mountains, and sponsored a Wildfire Walk among other activities. Prae-Medicorum has also been very active, and has invited promi- nent speakers to campus, besides their numerous other functions. Morehead State University's department of Biological and En- vironmental science maintains a water testing laboratory. This lab is the only University facility in the state of Kentucky that is authorized by the state to perform tests on water supplies. Directed by Mrs. Wright, the testing facility is used as a communi- ty service. Each year, the department sponsors the Northeast Kentucky Science Fair. Elementary and high school students from the region submit projects to be entered in the fair, and students from the department judge the projects. It has in the past, and un- doubtedly will be in the future, a big success. Government grants are often given to members of the depart- ment to further the advancement of research in the fields of study within the areas of science. An importnt example of this research is the department's cancer research group. Also maintained by the department is the Area Health Educa- tion System for Environmental Science and Medical Technology graduate students. Funded by the Council on Higher Education, this network provides invaluable on-the-job experience for the graduate assistants in the department. This ever-growing ever-changing ever-working department on campus does not know the meaning of iiapathy. According to Dr. Jerry Howell, department head, the department of Biological and Environmental Science is a very student-centered group. Howell said that the faculty and students have a mutual respect and ad- miration for each other. Based on past accomplishments, one can hardly wonder why. By SHIRLEY SMITH Science Department ' ' mumolm ov-ncu r JACK Sl WADING through the swampish water, two biology students are conducting an e ment. In the Environmental and Biological Sciences, many experiments are perf- and students report on their findings.

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$93 tE mm wagw a Wit mama: sSE' Communication MONITORING a television show in progress, a Rm major has to learn a lot of skills along with his degree. MOVING around the movie camera calls for a watchful eye and great precision. PAPERWORK!!! Everyone hates paperwork, but for a business such as t Morehead's television station is equipped with all the machinery that a regular television station to run efficiently, everything must be in proper order. television studio is. Communications