Welcome to the 105th Kentucky Academy of Science Annual Meeting at Berea College

Esteemed Kentucky science educators of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 
 
Welcome back to Berea College for the first time since 1957.  We are delighted to host the KAS 105^th annual meeting.  Thank you for your sustained and faithful support of scientific discovery and understanding throughout our great state.

Let me share a bit about our school.  Berea College offers a high-quality education to academically promising students with limited economic resources.  Founded in 1855, Berea was the first interracial and co-educational college in the South.  Today, Berea is consistently ranked as one of the leading private liberal arts colleges in the USA, garnering much national attention and appreciation for its service to talented students who might not otherwise be able afford to attend college.  To all 1,650 of our students we offer a 4-year no-tuition promise and a rigorous and high-quality education.  Also, we don’t just admit students, we hire them.  Every Berea student participates in our well-regarded Labor Program, which not only provides the College with a talented part-time work force, but also enables them to cover their other costs: room, books, and fees. 
 
Another hallmark of Berea College is our very inclusive community, which warmly welcomes diversity in all of its forms.  We are proud to be remaining faithful to our founder, abolitionist Rev. John Gregg Fee’s inspiring vision, expressed through the motto he chose (from the book of Acts) for our school, “God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth.”
 
We are also very proud of our programs and new facilities in the sciences.  Our new Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and Health Building, a 125,000 square foot, $72 million dollar facility, with a tissue-culture lab, vivarium, 500 MHz NMR, scanning electron microscope, high-fidelity Nursing simulation labs, optics lab, planetarium, and off-site greenhouse and observatory, houses our Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, and Physics programs. Berea also has regular KAS participation from faculty and students in our Agriculture and Natural Resources, Psychology, Education, and Health and Human Performance Programs.
 
Again, welcome to Berea College.  We trust you will enjoy the meeting and your visit.
Sincerely,
Dr. Lyle Roelofs
President, Berea College

Thank you to our Platinum Sponsors






Thank you to our Afternoon Break Sponsor

Thank you to our Business Meeting Luncheon Sponsor


Thank you to our Gold Level Sponsor



Thank you to our In-Kind partners





Thank you our Local Arrangements Team at Berea:
Dawn Anderson and Tracy Hodge

Thank you to our Program Coordinator
Melony Stambaugh

Thank you to Our 2019 Section Leaders
Agricultural Sciences
 Shreya Patel, Kentucky State University, Chair
George Antonious, Kentucky State University, Secretary
 
Anthropology and Sociology
Benjamin Freed, Eastern Kentucky University, Chair
 
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Dena Weinberger, Murray State University, Chair
 
Chemistry: Analytical & Physical,
Jay Baltisberger, Berea College, Chair
 
Chemistry: Organic / Inorganic,
Yongming Deng, Western Kentucky University, Chair
Elizabeth Thomas, University of Pikeville, Secretary
 
Computer and Information Sciences
Jerzy Jaromczyk, University of Kentucky, Chair
 
Ecology,
Richard Boyce, Northern Kentucky University, Chair
Roberta Challener, Bellarmine University, Secretary
 
Environmental Science
 Ben Brammell, Asbury University, Chair
 
Geography
Christopher Day, University of Louisville, Chair
Charlie Zhang, University of Louisville, Secretary
 
Geology
Patricia Kambesis, Western Kentucky University, Chair
Ann Harris, KCTCS, Secretary
 
Health Sciences
Avinash Tope, Kentucky State University, Chair
Lingyu Huang, Kentucky State University, Secretary
 
Mathematics
JustinTrulen, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Chair
Kyle Besing, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Secretary
 
Microbiology
 Rachel Pritchard, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Chair
 
Physics and Astronomy
Thomas Jarvis, Eastern Kentucky University, Chair
Marilyn Akins, KCTCS, Secretary
 
Physiology and Biochemistry
Michael Guy, Northern Kentucky University, Chair
Tracy Livingston, Georgetown College, Chair
 
Psychology
Richard Osbaldiston, Eastern Kentucky University, Chair
Matthew Shake, Western Kentucky University, Secretary
 
Science Education
MelodyDanley, University of Kentucky, Chair
Kathryn Broadbent, KCTCS, Secretary
 
Zoology
 Laura Sullivan Beckers, Murray State University, Chair
Roy Scudder-Davis, Berea College, Secretary
 
Thank you to Lumins Associates for Printed program design
 

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