Enjoy these messages from Biocore alumni, faculty & friends.
Send your own shout out! Share a memory, let us know what you are doing, and how Biocore influenced your journey, and we will post it here!
Your Anniversary Message 05/18/2018 — 1:05 pm Christine A. Klemens
Hey Biocore, Happy (Belated) Birthday! To this day, Biocore remains one of the best educational experiences I’ve had. I learned so much and it definitely influenced my decision to pursue a biomedical degree (currently a …
Your Anniversary Message 05/14/2018 — 10:05 am Tawnya Cary
This is a shout-out to Michelle Harris for being an incredible mentor to me (and many others)! Her work with students is inspiring — if you’ve never seen her in action, she is thoughtful, encouraging, …
Your Anniversary Message 05/14/2018 — 10:05 am Matt and Caitlin Regner
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BIOCORE! From time in the lab for class to summers working on the prairie, from volunteering with MOO for science education to exams in Noland Hall, Biocore has been incredibly influential in our …
Your Anniversary Message 05/14/2018 — 7:05 am Brack Hale
Happy birthday Biocore! Some of my fondest memories of graduate school are from the days of being a TA in 323 and 324. More importantly, I am a much better professor because of the amazing …
Your Anniversary Message 05/13/2018 — 9:05 pm Millard Susman
It must have been 1967 when Kelly Clifton came to my office to invite me to participate in a new educational experience — the Biology Core Curriculum. It sounded like just the sort of thing …
Your Anniversary Message 05/12/2018 — 1:05 pm Bob Steiner
Participating in Biocore was a very memorable and enjoyable experience for me. The courses solidified my love for Biology. I went on to medical school and become a clinical and biochemical geneticist. I particularly remember …
Your Anniversary Message 05/11/2018 — 3:05 pm Laura Burns & Michael Harte
Happy birthday, Biocore! We have so many fond memories of working hard (and goofing off) with our friends at Noland and in BOA. We owe so much to the Biocore program, and consistently appreciate the …
Your Anniversary Message 05/11/2018 — 4:05 pm Becky Reese
Can’t forget the waders and Willow Creek! Biocore was full of so many memories!
Your Anniversary Message 05/11/2018 — 4:05 pm Becky Reese
This photo is from Biocore graduation in 2014! Olivia and I met through Biocore and we went on to be what I hope will be life-long friends. We played frisbee together, supported each other through …
Your Anniversary Message 05/8/2018 — 7:05 pm Katie Ness
Happy 50th Birthday, Biocore! I could not be more grateful for the amazing instructional team and for the lifelong skills that I built in scientific reasoning through my completion of the program. Biocore, above all …
Your Anniversary Message 05/8/2018 — 2:05 pm Anna and Emilie, peer mentors
Emilie and I are a part of the 2018 graduating class and mentored a group of first year students this year! Peer mentoring was so fun, here is a picture of the first year students …
Your Anniversary Message 05/7/2018 — 9:05 pm Lisa Young DDS
Happy 50th Biocore! I have fond memories of being a part of my Biocore Class and the topics we learned about. I am currently a member of Pope Farm Park Conservancy, volunteered at seed collection …
Your Anniversary Message 05/7/2018 — 4:05 pm Jim Maher
Congratulations BIOCORE!! My dad was a geology professor at Madison so my family knew Marion Myer, who insisted that if I was going to be a Molecular Biology major, I must take the BIOCORE series. …
Your Anniversary Message 05/7/2018 — 8:05 am Jackie Bastyr Cooper
Happy 50th Anniversary Biocore! Thanks to my chemistry advisor I ended up in the Biocore program – great experiences, but so many pre-med students (lol). I happily graduated with a triple major (Chemistry, Biochemistry & …
Your Anniversary Message 05/6/2018 — 11:05 pm Jeff Henderson, MD,PhD
Wishing a very happy 50th to Biocore! So many great memories of teachers and classmates. Anne Burgess, Wayne Becker, Bill Sugden, Jerry Dempsey and others. I now direct a research lab and co-direct a graduate …
Your Anniversary Message 05/6/2018 — 12:05 pm Tom Huggett
Happy Birthday, Biocore! The whole series of classes informed so many of us in our future paths. A very special shout out to Prof. Tim Allen – can’t forget some of us having tea in …
Your Anniversary Message 05/5/2018 — 9:05 pm Mia DeFino, MS
Happy Birthday Biocore! I won’t be able to make the celebration, but have many memories of the labs and great people I met during my time in Biocore. Best wishes for many more years to …
Your Anniversary Message 05/5/2018 — 10:05 am Craig Karlen
Happy Birthday, Biocore! I signed up for Biocore on kind of on a whim, I guess, as teenagers sometimes do. I always planned to be a high school science teacher (I am!), so I constantly …
Your Anniversary Message 05/5/2018 — 8:05 am Siggi Holmgren
Yay Biocore! Everyone was always so friendly in Biocore. I’ve kept in contact with Alex (now a doctor) and James (in politics), who were in my section back in Biocore. It’s so nice to know …
Your Anniversary Message 05/5/2018 — 8:05 am Jeff Britton
Happy Birthday Biocore! About half of the UW Med School class of 1987 was in Biocore together, so you were the start of something great.
Your Anniversary Message 05/5/2018 — 8:05 am Patrick Martin
I loved the Prairie Life so much, I ended up moving to a house with my very own prairie!
Your Anniversary Message 05/5/2018 — 8:05 am Greg Anderson, DVM
Time has faded many of my undergrad memories, but I will always remember making the Pickle Jar Pond, creating a phylogenetic tree with dried pasta, visiting Curtis Prairie, and sweating through some extremely challenging exams. …
Your Anniversary Message 05/4/2018 — 7:05 pm Holly Wolcott Fortier
I was in the very first class of Biocore, and I have often thought how my decision to sign up has affected my life. It was a heady experience, being one of 20 or so …
Your Anniversary Message 04/29/2018 — 10:04 pm Bill Sugden and Donata Oertel
It is fun to realize that we have introduced between 4000 and 5000 Biocore students over the years to subjects we love and pursue to this day. Happy 50th to Biocore.
Your Anniversary Message 04/23/2018 — 10:04 am Steve Robertsen
After grad school at U of M, I found a home in education and interpretation with the US Forest Service, Superior National Forest. Biocore gave me a great background for teaching people about nature. And, …
Your Anniversary Message 04/18/2018 — 1:04 pm Jerry Dempsey
I was recruited to teach Biocore ( Org Biol) by wonderful Marion Myer. Most enjoyable, rewarding course I taught at UW. In addition to the classroom and lab demos,we had many Biocore students spend several …
Your Anniversary Message 04/13/2018 — 4:04 pm RJ Majeska, PhD
Happy 50th to the Biocore community from New York and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at CCNY. I’m thrilled but totally unsurprised that the program has grown and thrived so. It has been such a …
Your Anniversary Message 04/13/2018 — 9:04 am Bill Feeny
A shoutout to my old neighbor Paul Williams and to Mr. Clifton (son Kelly was a friend in high school). And the rest of you. You know who you are.
Your Anniversary Message 04/11/2018 — 9:04 am David Rosen
Biocore was truly, the best, most memorable, most awesome class i ever took. It has left a lasting impression on me to this day. Ann and Wayne, thank you so very much. You inspired and …
Your Anniversary Message 04/10/2018 — 12:04 pm Dan Beardmore
Hey to all Biocore Kids, new and old! I wanted to especially say hi to my personal friends from the program: Alex Ringeisen, Chris Lindholm, Andy Gerstner, Kaleigh Suhs, Matt Vogt (I’m sure I missed …
Your Anniversary Message 04/9/2018 — 7:04 pm Croix Fossum, MD
Happy 50th birthday Biocore! You were truly instrumental in my development through college, medical school, and beyond. You sharpened the critical thinking skills that I will use for the rest of my life. Your strength …
Your Anniversary Message 04/9/2018 — 6:04 pm Amy Lillich Prunuske
Looking forward to the event! I can connect my first lab job, my husband, my first teaching publication, and many of my favorite colleagues back to Biocore.
Your Anniversary Message 04/9/2018 — 3:04 pm Michelle Harris
Warm greetings to our wonderful Biocore alumni and instructors! I am looking forward to seeing all of you in May; go Biocore! all the best, Michelle
Your Anniversary Message 04/9/2018 — 3:04 pm Michael Merline
Thanks folks! Biocore fundamentally shaped the way I teach my own students to think!
Your Anniversary Message 04/9/2018 — 3:04 pm Mike Hodulik
It was one of the best parts of undergrad studies. I met some of the best people and wish I would have kept in touch with them. Maybe this message board will help.
Your Anniversary Message 04/6/2018 — 4:04 pm Christopher Highley
Will never forget the challenges of Biocore and how well the curriculum prepared me for the trials and tribulations of life down the road –both academic and “real world”.
Your Anniversary Message 04/6/2018 — 4:04 pm Paul Sondel MD PhD
Happy 50th Biocore. My biocore experience was the best part of my UW undergrad years, and got me directed into a career in biology research, based on ideas and concepts I recall being introduced to …
Your Anniversary Message 04/6/2018 — 4:04 pm Nicole (Zimmer) Van Helden
Happy Birthday, Biocore! This was the perfect and rigorous curriculum that prepared me well for my conservation career. I’ll be celebrating 20 years working for The Nature Conservancy this year. It seems like yesterday I …
Your Anniversary Message 04/6/2018 — 4:04 pm Russ Hermus
What a great program – loved the courses and the instructors. what a great group of fellow students. I learned so much and truly experienced being an adult learner in Biocore. Will never forget Professor …
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