Home Faculty and Staff Degree Requirements Graduate School Professional Schools Senior Research Student Activities Missing Links Biology Club Biology Links Wildflower Pilgrimage	Student Activities The Biology Department offers several opportunities for majors to become involved in the department. These possibilities include academic, social and service activities. Each offers you the chance to get to know faculty and other majors better, to have some fun, and to enhance your experience at UNCA. We hope that you will schedule time to get assimilated into the department. Departmental Seminars The Biology Department periodically invites a professional scientist or other luminary to speak to biology faculty and students. Topics vary widely, but are of general interest to biologists. As a biology major, you are especially welcome to attend these seminars. Many of the speakers come from institutions wishing to attract graduate students, so you may be able to make some helpful contacts and become informed about regional graduate programs in this informal environment. Check the departmental bulletin board for seminar (and other) announcements. Student Presentations Every year several biology majors present their senior papers at state or national meetings focusing on undergraduate research. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity. Financial support is available for travel and accommodations at these meetings through the Office of Undergraduate Research. Funds are limited, and available on a competitive basis. If a group of students would like to make presentations at the North Carolina Academy of Sciences annual meeting, the department can get a University vehicle to provide transportation. Whatever other presentation you choose to make, you will be expected to contribute to a departmental seminar. Missing Links Most of the student activities grow out of the campus biology club, the Missing Links. As with all student organizations, the success of this club is directly dependent upon student involvement. An active club will host service and social events that build a sense of community within the department, sponsor talks and visiting lecturers, as well as serve the University. We encourage you to attend Missing Links meetings and use your creativity to build an organization that provides support for majors and attracts other students who might be thinking of majoring in biology. We look forward to your participation in this "fun" aspect of life in the Biology Department.