2006 Assembly of Delegates:
Baccalaureate Colleges Constituency Group Associate Director

November 2-5, 2006
Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center
Detroit, Michigan

Name: Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert

Present Position: Associate Professor of Biology
Organization: W.M. Keck Science Center of The Claremont Colleges

Address: 925 N. Mills Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711
USA

Telephone: 909-607-7068
E-mail: gedwalds@jsd.claremont.edu

Chapter Affiliation: Claremont Colleges

Candidate's Statement: My experience as a delegate to the national meetings as well as my leadership of The Claremont Colleges Chapter of Sigma Xi have prepared me to increase my involvement in Sigma Xi as Associate Director of the Baccalaureate Colleges Constituency Group. Our constituency serves a small but active group within Sigma Xi that initiates the most new members to the organization. As the Associate Director of the Baccalaureate Colleges Constituency Group, I would help the Director in whatever way I can. In addition to making the organization aware of the contributions from our group, I hope to facilitate interactions between our constituency and others who can help us and the undergraduate students we mentor. I have participated in Sigma Xi at both the local and national levels, serving on committees and as a judge at the annual student research conference, and am confident that I will be able to serve effectively as Associate Director. If elected, I will commit myself to doing the best job possible to represent the Baccalaureate Constituency Group while keeping in mind the interests of the entire organization.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: I am serving on the Committee on Nominations as the Baccalaureate Constituency Group representative (2005-2008) and have served on nominating committees in both the Baccalaureate Constituency Group and in the Southwest Region. Additional service: Past President of The Claremont Colleges Chapter (2002); Vice-President (2001). Delegate to Sigma Xi Annual Meeting, 2002-2004. Member, Committee on Meetings, 2004-2005. Recording secretary in Southwest regional Group 2003, 2004. NIH Reviewer for R15 grants; Women in Science Advisor at Scripps College; Irvine Diversity Fellow, 2004-2005, Pitzer College; Chair, Institutional Review Board, Scripps College.; Community outreach includes bringing grade school students to my lab to isolate DNA, speaking to community groups on molecular biology and the human genome project. Participant in "Germany Today, 2002: The New Politics of Life Sciences in Germany and in Europe" Reviewer, Bios, 1999-present. Review article submissions for the undergraduate scientific research journal.

Biographical Information: Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert: Education: Ph.D. Weill Medical College of Cornell University/Sloan Kettering Institute, 1993; B.A. Biology, Swarthmore College, 1982. Employment: Assistant Professor, The Claremont Colleges, 2000-2005; Associate Professor, The Claremont Colleges, 2005-present. Post-doctoral research at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School (1993-1997) and at The City of Hope (1998-2000); Assistant Professor, North Central College (1997-1998). Grants and Awards: NIH AREA Grant, 2005-2008; NSF co-PI, 2005-2009; W.M. Keck Foundation; Mellon Foundation; Claremont McKenna College Faculty Research Grant; Scripps College Faculty Research Grant; Research: Active undergraduate research program focusing on regulation of spliceosomal ATPase activity using yeast as a model system.

Name: Charles E. Kriley

Present Position: Professor of Chemistry
Organization: Grove City College

Address: 100 Campus Drive
Grove City, PA 16127
USA

Telephone: 724-967-3066
FAX: 724-458-3855
E-mail: cekriley@gcc.edu

Chapter Affiliation: Grove City College

Candidate's Statement: I have been an active member of Sigma Xi since 1995 and have learned the importance of being a member of Sigma Xi. This will be my seventh annual Sigma Xi meeting. Sigma Xi has been an extremely positive influence on the faculty and students of Grove City College and has provided a means for the various departments to interact on a scientific level. I have found that my membership in Sigma Xi has provided me with a unique opportunity to engage in conversations with faculty outside my particular area. This interaction has not only helped my professional career but it has also provided opportunities for the students at Grove City College.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Associate Director Sigma Xi Mid-Atlantic region 2003-present. Sigma Xi: member Northwest Indiana, 1995-98; Founding member, Grove City College Chapter, 1998. Treasurer, Grove City College Chapter 1998-present; Delegate to annual meeting for 7 years; Chemistry Disciplinary Editor for American Journal of Undergraduate Research 2002-present; Baccalaureate Nominating Committee 1999-01, Committee Chairman 2001; Sigma Xi Undergraduate research grant Fall 2000; Sigma Xi Science, Math and Engineering Education Grant 2003 and 2004 for "Grove City College Summer Science Camp". The Summer Science and Engineering camp has just completed it's fourth year of successful operation this past summer. Member of Phi Lambda Upsilon. SACP Advisor 2000-present (Student Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh). Co-advisor Student Chapter of American Chemical Society 1996-present.

Biographical Information: Charles E. Kriley. Education: Ph.D., Purdue University, 1993; B.S., Chemistry, Grove City College, 1988. Employment: Professor, Grove City College 1996-present; Research Consultant, Purdue University, summer 1999; Visiting Scientist, B.F. Goodrich, summer 1997/98; Assistant Professor, Purdue University Calumet 1993-96. NSF Grant, "Incorporating FT-IR into the Laboratory Curriculum", 1995; Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh College Grant, "Fiber Optic CCD 440 Array UV-Vis Spectrophotometer," 2000; Sigma Xi research Grant, "Polymerization of Cyclic Olefins using Nickel Catalysts," 2001. Chemistry Outreach: Chemistry Show Coordinator for seven years for preschool children to 3rd grade with an emphasis on minority and home schooled children. Chair of the Grove City College Sigma Xi Chapter Committee for the selection of the Sigma Xi Outstanding High-school Science and Math Teacher, 1998-2002. Programs Administered: Northwest Indiana Regional Science Olympiad Purdue University Calumet, Event Coordinator, 1994-96; Expanding your Horizons in Mathematics and Science Conference, Purdue University, volunteer. Research Interests: Active undergraduate inorganic/organometallic research program. Research involves the preparation, characterization and reactivity of metal-phosphines and their use as catalysts for polymerization reactions.

Name: Joanne Kivela Tillotson

Present Position: Associate Professor of Biology
Organization: Purchase College, State University of New York

Address: 735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase NY 10577
USA

Telephone: 914 251-6677
FAX: 914 251-6635
E-mail: joanne.tillotson@purchase.edu

Chapter Affiliation: SUNY at Purchase

Candidate's Statement: Undergraduate research can be a valuable part of science education. I have been mentor to numerous undergraduates since coming to Purchase, since a two-semester project is required of all seniors. I have seen how the research experience pulls together their undergraduate education, contributes to their maturity and their decision-making about their future, and helps to persuade employers or graduate admissions committees to accept them. Sigma Xi is strongly supportive of such educational opportunities, and for that, I have been pleased to be an active member. Meetings of the Sigma Xi Baccalauareate Constituency Group at the annual meeting have been invaluable to me, providing a forum for exchange of ideas and allowing me to meet others from a similar educational environment. I would like the opportunity to serve this group as director, to represent the baccalaureate colleges' point of view in directors' meetings and to work with even more of you while in that role.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi member (1996- ), SUNY at Purchase Sigma Xi Chapter, treasurer (2002- ), Delegate to Annual Meeting (1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006), Sigma Xi Credentials Committee (2003). Premedical Advisory Committee Chair, Purchase College (1997- ). Instructional Technology Advisory Committee, Purchase College (2003- ). Natural Science Student Awards Committee, Purchase College (1996- ). Student Science Symposium Committee (1996-2001, 2003- ). Merck/AAAS Research Grant Faculty Committee Chair, Purchase College (2000-2003). NIH Bridges to the Baccalaureate Research Mentor, Purchase College (2001- ). American Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, attendance and poster review (2000), abstract review (2001-2003), sponsor of student participants (2000-2004). NSF Research & Science Visions Preparation Program Grant co-PI and mentor, Purchase College (2005-2010)

Biographical Information: B.S.: B.S.: University of Dubuque (1968). Ph.D., Biochemistry: Michigan State University (1987). Postdoc.: New York Medical College, American Health Foundation. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Manhattanville College, Mercy College, College of New Rochelle. Associate Professor of Biology, Purchase College SUNY (1996-present).

Name: Kathleen L. Triman

Present Position: Professor of Biology
Organization: Franklin and Marshall College

Address: Franklin and Marshall College
Biology
501 Harrisburg Avenue
Lancaster, PA 17604
USA

Telephone: 717-291-4118
FAX: 717-358-4642
E-mail: ktriman@fandm.edu

Chapter Affiliation: Franklin and Marshall College

Candidate's Statement: I have been a member of Sigma Xi since my induction at the University of Oregon in Eugene in 1981. I have been an active member of the Franklin and Marshall Chapter of Sigma Xi since 1990, when I joined the faculty at Franklin and Marshall College. y current service as President of the Franklin and Marshall Chapter of Sigma Xi began in 1995. I have attended two annual Sigma Xi meetings as a delegate and found the Baccalaureate Colleges Constituency Group Programs very worthwhile. My choice to teach at a research college was based on my very positive research experience with undergraduates during my postdoctoral position at the University of California in Santa Cruz. I have had the privilege to collaborate with more than 50 talented undergraduate researchers since 1982. I am eager to promote research opportunities for undergraduates as part of the important work of the Sigma Xi Baccalaureate Colleges Constituency Group.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: President, Franklin and Marshall College Chapter 1995-present. Resolutions Committee member and presenter, 2004 Annual Sigma Xi Meeting in Montreal.

Biographical Information: Education: Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, University of Oregon at Eugene, 1982; B.A. in Zoology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1970. Employment: Professor, Franklin and Marshall College, 1990-present; Biology Department Chair, 2000-2003; Summer Visiting Investigator at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, 1995-present; Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of California, Santa Cruz, 1982-1990; Research Assistant at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, 1973-1977. Grants and Awards: National Science Foundation Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) Awards 1994-2001, National Science Research Opportunity Awards (ROA) in 1993 and 2004, National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Award 1982-1985, National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Training Grant Award 1978-1982. Research: mutational analysis of ribosomal RNA in bacteria.