SWU School of Science, Technology, & Mathematics - STeM

Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Sparks on the completion of her DVM from Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine.

Congratulations to Dr. Davis Hendricks who graduated with highest honors and at the top of her class as Doctor of Podiatric Medicine from Rosalind Franklin University.

We are so proud of you both!

We had a great time at the Carolinas Regional Node Meeting of the Genomics Education Partnership on Saturday, April 13th! Dr. Michele Eller and 8 SWU School of STeM students attended this research symposium, which was held at Clemson University. Congratulations to Abby Brahm and Andrew Davis for presenting their original research on conservation of insulin signaling pathway genes in Drosophila at the symposium.

We were so proud of Kylie, Anne, Riley, and JT for their research and presentations at the SC Upstate Research Symposium today. Riley won Best Student Presentation in her division, too! Congrats to all!

It wasn't totality, but our students are always ready to enjoy God's creation - Organic Chemistry lab spent time observing today's eclipse! Photo credit to Amanda Magnin.

Southern Wesleyan University Dr. Mohr ( Professor Mohr ) took his **petology class out for lab to examine some artificial wetlands and look for h**ps. They caught worm snakes, red spotted newts, a spring salamander, a green frog, and some dusky salamanders.
**petology **p **ping

Science interns needed! What a great place!

Roper Mountain is currently seeking science loving, positive, and hard working college students for two different summer internships! Please see the link below to find out more information!

https://ropermountain.org/pages.asp?titleid=careers

We recently served as a host for the South Carolina Anato-Bee competition in cooperation with the American Association for Anatomy. Congratulations to Imisi Banigbe, Rhodes Johnson, Brianna Margioni, and Zhizi (Sharon) Zhang who have qualified to compete in the Southern Region competition in early April! We wish them good luck as they continue in the competition.

The Anato-Bee is a High School competition For the Anatomical Sciences. Follow our page for information about how to compete next year!

Congratulations to Kylie Morrison!!! Another one of our impressive seniors!
Interested in field research like Kylie? Contact her mentor, our very own Dr. Jeffrey Mohr (Professor Mohr).

We are still 100%!! Congratulations to Riley Young on her acceptance to Mississippi State University's College of Veterinary Medicine with a South Carolina contract seat! Riley is our 5th veterinary school acceptance (out of 5 veterinary school applicants) in the past 10 years. We are so proud of her and know she will be an amazing veterinarian!

Thanks to Dr. Jonathan Rittichier (from EnPlusOne Biosciences) for speaking at today’s Natural Science Seminar. We all learned new things about the use of RNA in therapeutic applications.

Helpful advice for any high-stakes test!

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Bad at Standardized Tests? Strategies for High Stakes Assessments like MCAT, 12:00 -1:15PM ET Are you a great student but you struggle with anxiety, overthinking or low confidence before high stakes exams? Do you believe you’re simply ‘bad at taking s...

Helpful advice and tips for any high-stakes test!

Bad at Standardized Tests? Strategies for High Stakes Assessments like MCAT, 12:00 -1:15PM ET Are you a great student but you struggle with anxiety, overthinking or low confidence before high stakes exams? Do you believe you’re simply ‘bad at taking s...

We are exceptionally proud of one of our very own STeM students! Congratulations Addi!!!

🚨‼️SCHOOL RECORD‼️🚨

With her steals in the games on Wednesday, senior Addi Johnson of Softball has broken the school record in stolen bases in a career!

Congratulations Addi!

Dr. Mohr (Professor Mohr) recently took students in his Herpetology class out to a wetland ecosystem in an attempt to find the elusive spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum). No salamanders were found this time but they did see evidence of male salamanders leaving spermatophores out for the females they courted the night before. To read more about breeding behavior, see https://www.virginiah**petologicalsociety.com/amphibians/salamanders/spotted-salamander/index.php

Dr. Mohr (Professor Mohr) recently took students in his Herpetology class out to witness the explosive breeding behavior of wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus). These frogs will gather in the hundreds for a very short time period to court and breed and then go back into the surrounding habitat.

We are so proud of Steven - He is a current Exercise Science major.

We’re so thankful Gavin is part of our School. You can see him in Singing’ in the Rain, this spring, too!

Last week was the last week of regular classes. Finals start today. This time of year is always bittersweet for the professors as we have to say goodbye to a few of our seniors who will be graduating at the end of this week. Every term we hold a special science chapel where different professors pick verses and pass them on to our graduating seniors. We’re going to miss you!

Dr. Johnson got to participate on the Hill Electric team at today’s SWU Southern Sporting Clays event. Several of our Forensic Science students volunteered running the s***t throwers. Thanks to Anthony, Ashley, Alexa, olivia, and Skyelar.

Congratulations to Aradaryn Marsh (class of 2021)!! This is at least her second Best Poster award- her first came as a senior at SWU. W Ed are so proud of you! https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy6mjBDAsK8/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Over Fall break, Aradaryn Marsh won first place in the masters posters presentation at the CAFLS Graduate Research Symposium held at Clemson’s Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science. Congratulations, Ara! We’re so proud of you!

Congratulations to our Alumni Award recipient- Dr. Michele Eller!

The Science Club/ Tri Beta Honor Society undertook a service project to donate canned goods 5 Point Church’s food pantry. Thanks to President Addi Johnson for organizing this work!

Recently Dr. Jeffrey Mohr (Professor Mohr) took his botany class to Hunting Island State Park and Congaree National Park. The goal was to see different plant communities at these magnificent places. They accomplished that goal and much more.

Congratulations to Marco, one of our Biology majors! So proud of all of our student athletes!

Congratulations to Marco Iniguez of Men’s Soccer on being named the Conference Carolinas Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week!

Iniguez led Conference Carolinas through the first weekend of play with 12 saves. He also had one shutout

We had a great time last night at our Welcome Back Cookout for all of our new and returning School of STeM students! Special thanks to Dr. Cliff Pawley for barbequing some amazing chicken for us!!!

The fall semester is underway and fun learning activities are happening in our classes. Here are images from a recent anatomy lab where students are learning various directional terms and putting their use into practice.

Ainsley and Gavin are Life Science majors in our School. They represent our School well as part of the University Singers!