Dr. Christine Bozarth

Here is a short video about the Toads, Roads, and Nodes conference at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis.  The video was created by VCU student, MJ Foster.

http://youtu.be/oVEpfjCnw58

Professors and select students from eleven Colleges and Universities gathered at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) in Santa Barbara, California to analyze frog and toad calling data.  We are investigating at what scale certain habitat variables influence frog and toad diversity and abundance.

ENV 121 students enjoyed a trip to the Smithsonian National Zoo’s Amazonia exhibit to learn about biodiversity.

Enrollment for summer classes is open!  I am teaching BIO 102 in the first 5-week session (5/19 – 6/20).  Lecture (BIO 102 – 004A) Tues./Thurs. 1 – 5pm and lab (BIO 102 – 0A4A) Mon./Wed. 1 – 3:50pm.

ENV 121 students identify and measure trees at Dora Kelley Nature Park to investigate forest communities.

Students in General Environmental Science II (ENV 122) measure trees to estimate the forest’s capacity to remove carbon from the atmosphere.  This forest, located behind Bisdorf building on campus, it one of the last undeveloped remnants of Central Appalachian / Inner Piedmont Low-Elevation Chestnut Oak Forest in the area.

This spring, I am offering two sections of ENV 121 (General Environmental Science I) and one section of ENV 122 (General Environmental Science II).  Both ENV 121 and ENV 122 fulfill your science with a lab requirement for your A.S. degree and can be transferred to most 4-year Colleges/Universities.

ENV 121 Tues. and Thurs. 4:30-7:10pm

ENV 121 Wed. and Fri. 11am-1:40pm

ENV 122 Mon. and Wed. 4:45-7:05pm

Register for classes at MyNOVA.  Classes begin Jan. 13th.

Testing for fecal coliform and other water quality indicators at Ben Brenman Park

Touring  AlexRenew Wastewater Treatment

NOVA Alexandria is having a raffle for 3 hours of FREE limo service!  There is a tie in with environmental awareness too.  Students need to “like” Northern Virginia Community College-Alexandria on Facebook, then submit a picture of them with the new NOVA shuttle.  If they get 10 “likes” on their photo, they are entered.

The contest end this Friday (10/25) at 5pm.

Faculty and Green Club students cut bamboo to make a fence for our campus garden (coming spring 2014) for the U.S. Green Building Council’s Green Apple Day of Service.

Email novaalexandriagreenclub@gmail.com to join the club!