STEM Scholars Blog: Week of 10/11/10-10/15/10

Lots of exciting news for this week's blog!:

• STEM Scholar Leslie Landa has been awarded the Alba McKee Scholarship.  Leslie stated, "I do want to recommend to people that is possible to get scholarships--[but] one has to be patient to get it."  Well said, Leslie!  And congratulations--we are very proud of you!
• Two more college tours remain for Fall 2010:  ASU Polytechnic (November 5) and ASU West (November 12).  Please RSVP ASAP if you're interested. 
• Mesa Community College is featuring several speakers from various STEM fields.  I plan to attend as many of these as possible.  If enough people express interest and give me enough notice, I may be able to reserve a van.  All talks are free and open to the public.
• Friday, October 15 at 1:30pm in LS 108:  Cathy Mancini, Biomedical Research Associate at the Translational Genomics Institute (T-Gen)
• Wednesday, October 20 at 3:30pm in LS 101: Kevin Knapp, Forensic Scientist for the Phoenix Police Crime Lab.
• Wednesday, November 3 at 4pm in LS 101: Danny Boyle, DDS.   Dr. Boyle has practiced dentistry for many years. 
• Wednesday, November 10 at 4pm in LS 101: University of Arizona College of Pharmacy student.  NOTE:  This student has served on pharmacy school admissions committee
• Wednesday, December 1 at 4pm in LS 101: Steven Johnson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Biology at Brigham Young University.  
• Wednesday, December 8 at 4pm in LS 101:  Peggy Hocutt, RN.  Ms. Hocutt works in the Telemetry Unit at Chandler Regional Hospital.