CAI | Student Engagement

Sherry Bowen

A former student of IRSC, Sherry went ahead to University of South Florida to receive her Bachelor's degree in Zoology. She continued to get her Clinical Laboratory Master's from University of North Dakota.

Sherry has been a Full-time Biology faculty member since 2005. Classes taught include lecture and laboratory courses in Anatomy and Physiology, General Biology I, Life Science, and Microbiology Biography continued...

Sherry has also been active in sharing her Student Engagement activities by presenting at the 2007 Professional Enhancement Day Seminar along with her colleague Dr. Judith Megaw.

You can have a look at her presentation by clicking on the picture below:

One of Sherry's student engagement activities include planning a debate for her students to learn more about certain topics. In 2007 the case study she used was The Benign Hamburger.

You can read the case study situation and directions for the students by clicking on the links below.

The Benign Hamburger Directions to the Students

According to feedback Sherry gets, the students enjoy preparing for and doing the debate The most common comment is that it forces them to research the subject much deeper than they normally would have. Sherry also encourages them to dress the part (company execs to come in business attire, etc.) The students get really involved in the debate. In 2007, the protestors make t-shirts, signs and pamphlets and had a great discussion in WEBCT going.

Pictures from the debate in 2007: