USDA-FPAC Job Opportunities Pre-Announcement for Seniors and Recent Graduates/Alumni

USDA-FPAC Job Opportunities Pre-Announcement for Seniors and Recent Graduates/Alumni via Zoom Meeting – Thursday, December 10, 2020 @ 1:00 P.M. (CST). We Are Hiring!

Zoom Meeting hosted by The University of Arizona – Yuma

Link: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/84520336282

 Are you interested in learning more about how to transfer to ASU?  Here's a great resource!

Attend an ASU MyPath2ASU workshop

Join a Transfer Student Ambassador for an online workshop about MyPath2ASU™. Hosted by transfer students from ASU, in the interactive session, we’ll navigate the MyPath2ASU™ experience; you can ask questions, connect with other transfer students, and start your seamless college journey to ASU.

https://asu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NRZXYogLTy-fNQYeJcHxpw 

 ASU TRAIN Scholarship Application for Spring 2021 Open!

You asked, we listened!  Applications for ASU's TRAIN Scholarship, if you plan to transfer for Spring 2021, are open!  Applications are due November 2, 2020.

This is a needs-based scholarship. Please make sure ASU has your up to date FAFSA and you have applied to ASU as soon as you can.  It takes awhile to get accepted to ASU and to get the financial aid packages configured.  We can't award the TRAIN Scholarship without a FAFSA and your admittance to ASU.

https://scholarships.asu.edu/scholarship/91946

Why do I, as a Bio major, use calculus?

Why do I, as a Bio major, use calculus?

Derivatives can be used, for example, to:

• Find rate of muscle contraction
• Study dissolution of drugs in the bloodstream  - Noyes -Whitney equation https://www.pharmpress.com/files/docs/remington-education-physical-pharmacy-sample-chapter-3.pdf
• Analyze bacterial growth   https://www.britannica.com/science/bacteria/Growth-of-bacterial-populations
• Study population modeling - Logistical growth, Euler's method
• Study predator - prey modeling - Lotka-Voltera Equations, predator satiation, species formation   https://services.math.duke.edu/education/webfeats/Word2HTML/Predator.html
• Study infectious disease modeling - SIR model https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/loci/joma/the-sir-model-for-spread-of-disease-the-differential-equation-model

Integrals can be used, for example, to:

• Find the change of temperature over a given time interval
• Find the voltage of brain neurons
• Study the dispersal of seeds in the environment
• Find the average rate of blood flow in the body 

Chain rule can be used, for example, to:

• Find the effect of rainfall on a predator
• Growth of tumors

Two good additional references:

http://www-eve.ucdavis.edu/sschreiber/reprints/MAA.pdf

https://math.msu.edu/bio/calculus.html

 

written by Dr. Hala King, Ph.D.

ASU's TRAIN Scholar Program has Open spots for fall 202o.  Please apply by the deadline of July 1.

https://newcollege.asu.edu/train-scholarship

https://scholarships.asu.edu/scholarship/91946

For any questions, please email or call me!  Pamela.Marshall@ASU.edu or 602-543-6143

Do you wonder what ASU's West campus looks like?  Here's a virtual tour!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xegOjVX5yBk&t=52s

The West campus of ASU has a new virtual Transfer Center.  Check it out!  

https://newcollege.asu.edu/transfer

It's got resources, workshops, and more.  If you have any questions about transferring to ASU's West campus, do not hesitate to email me and I'll get you in touch with the correct information and/or people.  Pamela.Marshall@ASU.edu

The ASU Dean of Students Office is a resource for you.  Please check out these websites for more information.

Basic Needs:

https://eoss.asu.edu/resources/basic-needs

Student Advocacy and Assistance:

https://eoss.asu.edu/dos/srr/StudentAdvocacyandAssistance

Dean of Students Office Contacts:

https://eoss.asu.edu/dos

Students, we are facing unprecedented times at the moment.  I will be sharing here resources in case you might need them.  Many Arizona School Districts are serving free meals to students (and some are selling meals to adults as well).  Here is a website that lists all the School Districts that are serving free meals to children

https://www.azhealthzone.org/summerfood

and here's a list of the schools

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1whTQcN8jk2jtdHwQ3iDTSans8rbiOc1vi5esMBB6gto/edit#gid=0

Please reach out to anyone on the team if you need help.