The Department of Biology at Angelo State University will host its annual Open House for the Annual State Natural History Collections (ASNHC). The event will take place in Room 100 of the Cavness Science Building, located at 2560 Dena Drive, on Nov. 17, said a press release Tuesday.
This Open House is free to the public and will begin at 6 p.m. A tour and a reception will be included in the evening's activities. Additionally, Dr. Michael Dixon, associate professor of biology, will present "The Curious Complexity of Frogs: Thing Your Elementary Science Teacher Forgot to Tell You," at 6:30 pm.
Dixon is the curator of the ASNHC's Herpetology Collection and has been a member of the ASU faculty since 2003. He was awarded the ASU President's Award for Faculty Excellence in Teaching in 2012 and led several groups of students to Central America and Europe on study abroad trips. Additionally, Dixon earned a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Texas.
The ASNHC has a collection of more than 150,000 specimens, which are used to help students and faculty with research projects and teaching tools. Thousands of K-12 students view these collections every year through programs like ASU Science Days.
The National Science Foundation awarded ASU a grant in the amount of $480,865 in 2012.This grant was used to make all the specimens available to researchers and educators around the world on online databases. Faculty and students in the biology department of ASU are nearing the completion of a three year project.
The ASU Biology Department can be contacted at 325-942-2189 for more information.
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