Genetic Engineering

The GE Club

The GE Club has sponsored many "de-stressing" activities for Cedar Crest students.  It's also a great place for students to get together outside of the classroom and talk about issues that concern them as women scientists..  Below are just a few of the things the Club did this past year.  If you click on the links, you can see pictures from the various events.  Be warned, however, I take lots of pictures, so some of these pages might take a minute or so to load...

Internship Day:  This provided a chance for students to get together and discuss opportunities available to them.  Students who recently returned from summer internships in both industry and academia were able to answer questions from students who were looking to apply for internships next year.

Bake Sales:  Not only does this activity provide great nourishment for the faculty, staff, and students, but it also helps the club raise money for its activities, such as publication of the club's newsletter, The Gene Scene.

Dink Day:  A Cedar Crest tradition that the GE Club has broadened to include the faculty.  Ever year, upperclassmen make dinks (decorative hats) for the freshmen to wear on Dink Day.  This year, the GE Club allowed the students to "vote" for which science faculty member they would like to see wear a student-designed dink.  Students (and faculty) placed money in faculty boxes, and the "winner" was the faculty member who raised the most money.  This year's winner...Dr. Kliman!

Holiday Party:  The GE Club decorated the science lounge in preparation for the Science Holiday Party.  The party was a roaring success with caroling (with modified songs), contests (how well do you know your faculty and staff?), and, of course, lots and lots of delicious food!

The Annual Science Picnic:  After classes ended, both students and faculty needed a way to relax.  The picnic brought everyone together for one last time.  Eight science clubs coordinated the picnic.  There was great food, lively music, and messy field events.  The water-balloon fights gave way to shaving cream battles.  What a delightful mess.

Pie-in-the-Face Contest:  An old favorite, back by popular demand.  Similar to the dink contest, faculty, students, and staff were able to vote for their "favorite" faculty member and senior science major.  At the picnic, a raffle was held to select the pie-thrower.  The money raised in this contest was used to by the hot dogs and hamburgers for The Annual Science Picnic.  This year's "winners" were senior GE major Elisia Tichy and Dr. Fitzgerald.  Yum!  Chocolate pudding pie!