{"id":414,"date":"2008-01-30T08:30:48","date_gmt":"2008-01-30T13:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=414"},"modified":"2008-08-05T20:44:11","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T00:44:11","slug":"darwin-day-fcs-annual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=414","title":{"rendered":"Darwin Day & FCS Annual Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Darwin Day is coming up! See the main Darwin Day website<\/a> for background on this annual event.<\/p>\n

Here in Florida there is a full day of Darwin<\/a> in store for folks around Tallahassee Feb. 9 at FSU. There will be guest lectures and panel discussions by:<\/p>\n

Sir Harry Kroto, Nobel Leaureate and Professor of Chemistry at FSU
\nEugenia Scott, Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education
\nMichael Ruse, Professor of Philosophy at FSU
\nFrederick Davis, Associate Professor of History at FSU
\nLeo Sandon, Prefessor Emeritus of Religion, FSU
\nA Bucky Ball Workshop for children led by Sir Harry Kroto<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Florida Citizens for Science will be holding our annual membership meeting during the Darwin Day events there at FSU. Our meeting will be held at 1 p.m. in a classroom near the celebration events.\u00c2\u00a0 FCS will have a table in the atrium where we can meet and talk to people.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The classroom number where the annual meeting will be held will be at this table in the morning.\u00c2\u00a0 We will have a petition there you can sign and hopefully a couple copies of the final new science standards.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the meeting is to elect a board of directors and review the past year.\u00c2\u00a0 We will also discuss any continuing efforts needed to ensure acceptance by the State Board of Education of the new science standards and what direction FCS should go after that decision.<\/p>\n

Another Darwin Day event<\/a> is being held Feb. 9 at at Fern Forest Nature Center 201 S Lyons Rd., Coconut Creek Florida. There will be lectures, films, music, displays and of course BIRTHDAY CAKE.<\/p>\n

There will be a Darwin Day lecture<\/a> at Florida Community College, Jacksonville Feb. 6: Tracing Our Prehistoric Ancestors the DNA Way: An Anthropological Adventure by University of Florida\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dr. Connie Mulligan.<\/p>\n

Oh, and back at FSU on Feb. 8, members of FSU’s Union of Freethinking Students will be reading from Darwin’s works<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Did I miss any Florida events? If so, let me know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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