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Joining a Registered Student Organization (RSO) and participating in departmental events are great ways to meet students in your same major, network with professionals in your field, make contacts with employers well before you start looking for jobs, and find out more about your area of interest. Check out the Zoology-related RSOs and departmental events below to get started.

Organizations

Events

Evo-Lunch

Evolution Discussion Group

Thursdays, 12:00-1:00pm 
Life Science III Conference Room, Room 1003

The lunchtime Evolution Discussion Group, or Evo-Lunch, is a relaxed forum for the discussion of current topics in evolutionary biology.  Everyone, student or faculty, regardless of departmental affiliation, is welcome to participate (bring your own sack lunch).

We may discuss recent papers or hear (and critique) research talks from faculty and students. This could be a low-key venue to get constructive feedback on a meeting talk, or a place to bring up your latest off-the-wall ideas. It's what we make it. Please bring this group to the attention of anyone you feel might be interested.

We have a list server that you are encouraged to join to receive notices of papers to be discussed and other items of interest. To subscribe to the list, send an e-mail to listserv@listserve.siu.edu. You can leave the subject line empty.  The text of the e-mail should read: "SUB EVO-L yourfirstname yourlastname" (without the quotes!). If it worked, you should receive a confirmation note. If you do not, please contact Dr. Frank Anderson (feander@siu.edu).

Evo-Lunch may be taken for one (1) credit hour. The course number is Zoology 580 (cross-listed in Plant Biology, Microbiology, and Anthropology). Just show up and discuss interesting papers and listen to (or present, if you like) interesting talks. Below is a list of papers (with downloadable PDFs) on our current schedule:

Zoology Seminar

This annual seminar series, organized by the Zoology Graduate Students Association (ZGSA), offers one-hour presentations by researchers from various fields.

Potential speakers are nominated by faculty members in the Zoology program and selected by vote of the graduate students.

Seminars, often accompanied by refreshments, are usually scheduled on alternate Thursday at 4:00pm in the Life Science III Auditorium.

 

 

Ecology Seminar

SIU Center for Ecology organizes a seminar series each semester, featuring a theme relevant to its mission.  Presentations, by external speakers, are held in the Life Science III Auditorium  (Refreshments may be offered outside the auditorium.)

Details of current and past seminar schedules are available at the Center for Ecology Website.