From the President
Dear Fellow Alum:
It's been another exciting year for the
Biological Sciences Alumni Society. We continue to be involved
in the life of the College. One of our main commitments is to
support its students; we sponsor an annual graduation lunch for
graduates and their parents, work with Admissions on student
recruitment, mentor current students, and set up a student
scholarship fund.
Exciting times are ahead with plans for a
golf outing, a fund-raiser that will benefit the scholarship
fund; our annual tailgate; annual meeting and social event,
"February Thaw" and a new "Island Hop" event at Stone Lab on
Lake Erie, which is a cooperative event with other OSU clubs
and societies, held for the first time in October 2002. We
also encourage you to attend the Undergraduate Research
Colloquium during Spring Quarter. It is really something
to see the work of these bright, motivated students!
We hope more of you will join us. It's a
chance to reach out, give back, have fun, make new friends,
encourage students, and do something great!
Please visit our web site for more
information on how to join, calendar of events, officers
and contact information.
Best wishes,
Amadou L. Ba, M.S. '90; Ph.D., '93,
entomology, has been named Senegal's ambassador to the
United States. Ba had helped organize political support
in the United States for Abdoulaye Wade, who won the presidency
of Senegal in 2000. As ambassador, Ba hopes to encourage student
exchanges between America and Senegal. Most recently, Ba has
served as associate professor at Bunker Hill Community College.