Resources
Resources
Mizzou and DBS offer a variety of resources to aid with graduate student success. Below are resources commonly used by DBS graduate students. It is not an exhaustive list, but great places to start.
Division of Biological Sciences Resources
- Dr. Manuel Leal, Director of Graduate Studies
- Dr. Caroline Grunenwald, Assistant Professor
- Dr. Kevin Middleton, Associate Professor
- Dr. Joe Santin, Assistant Professor
- Clement Bagaza, Graduate Student Representative
- Melody Kroll (Staff support)
- DBS Key Request Form
- DBS Room Request Form
- Annual Committee Meeting form for Graduate Students (sign-in required; to be completed by annually by student's primary advisor)
Dr. Manuel Leal, Director of Graduate Studies
Office: 209 Tucker Hall
DBS Graduate Education Office
Tucker Hall, Room 218
DBS Graduate Student Lounge
Tucker Hall, Room 217 (Email BallewR@missouri.edu for code)
DBS Family Room/Lactation Room
Tucker Hall, Room 110A
DBS Reading Library
Tucker Hall, Room 110B
DBS Breakroom
Tucker Hall, Room 8A
DBS Mailroom
Every DBS graduate student has a mailbox in Tucker Hall Room 116. Students who are in labs in other buildings (e.g., Lefevre Hall or Bond LSC) may or may not have a secondary mailbox in that building. Packages delivered to Tucker Hall are placed in Room 116.
DBS Copy Rooms
Tucker Hall Room 116 and Third Floor and Lefevre Hall Room 114. These copy machines cannot be used with Print Smart. Teaching Assistants, however, can use these machines to make copies for classes. The instructor should know the copy code to use for the class.
DBS-controlled Conference Rooms that can be reserved for office hours, lab meetings, dissertation defenses, etc.:
- Tucker Hall Room 111
- Tucker Hall Room 218A
- Tucker Hall Room 322
- Tucker Hall Room 421
- Lefevre Hall Room 200
DBS Conference Room Online Calendar (login required)
DBS Conference Room Request Form (login required)
Accessible Bathrooms
Tucker Hall, 1st Floor
Lefevre Hall, 1st and 2nd Floors
All Gender Bathrooms
Tucker Hall, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Floors
Campus Resources
Distinguished Thesis and Dissertation Award
Donald K. Anderson Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Donald K. Anderson Graduate Research Assistant Award Sandra K. Abell Science Education Award
Mary Elizabeth Gutermuth Award for Community Engagement
J. Perry Gustafson Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in the Life Sciences
Student Recreation Center | 1000 Rollins Street
Wellness Center | G202 Student Center
Counseling Center | 119 Parker Hall
Student Health Center | 1020 Hitt St, 4th Floor
Mizzou Urgent Care | 3916 S. Providence Road
Mizzou Quick Care Clinics | located inside Hy-Vee Stores
Allergy Shots | By appointment only
Immunizations – Req’d for registration
Tax information for graduate students
Cashiers Office | 325 Jesse Hall
Student Financial Aid | 11 Jesse Hall
Office for Financial Success | 162 Stanley Hall
International Center | N52 Memorial Union
Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center | 813 Virginia Ave
LGBTQ Resource Center | G225 Student Center
Multicultural Center |G107 Student Center
Women’s Center | G108 Student Center
University Libraries - Graduate Student Resources
Disability Center | S5 Memorial Union
MU Writing Center | 100 Student Success Center
MU Grads Write – writing support program
Women's Center Family Room | G108 Student Center
Lactation Rooms -- 110 Tucker Hall and 1st Floor Bond LSC; other locations
ParentLink | FB @parentlink
Family Fun Fests, sponsored by MU ParentLink
third Wednesday of the month in the summer, May- Sep
Family Impact Center | @MUfamilyimpact
105 E Ash Street, Suite 200
Advanced Light Microscopy Core
DNA Core (@MUGenomicsCore)
Electron Microscopy Core (@MizzouEMC)
Charles Gehrke Proteomics Center
Chem Stores 882-6039 | muaschemstores@missouri.edu
Annual Interdisciplinary Plant Group Symposium
Plant Talks - informal seminar series hosted by graduate students and postdocs in the IPG (contact braundm@missouri.edu or ingramrm@missouri.edu for more info)
Ongoing, submit no later than 1 month prior to travel
Dr. Philip and Betty Jen Neuroscience Student Travel Award Fund
Ongoing, submit no later than 1 month prior to travel
Carl Gerhardt and Dayna Glanz Travel Fund in Biology – Ongoing, submit no later than 1 month prior to travel
MU Professional Presentation Travel Scholarship
Deadlines: 2nd Monday in September and March
Dissertation Research Travel Scholarship
Deadlines: 2nd Monday in September and March
John D. Bies International Travel Scholarships
Deadlines: 2nd Monday in September and March
Graduate Professional Council – Conference Presentation and Professional Development Travel Awards
Three application deadlines per year
Douglas D. Randall Young Scientists Development Fund
Deadlines: 2nd Monday in September and 2nd Monday in April
Trans World Airlines Scholarship
Deadline: April (for exact date, see website)
Abell Conversations about College Science Teaching
Mondays, 11:30 AM | Location (Pizza provided)
THRIVE @MUThrive | Co-sponsored by DBS
Teaching for Learning Center | @T4LCMizzou
The Connector | @UMConnector
Science on Wheels | @SoWMissouri (current DBS graduate students who are on the leadership team)
- Zachary Miller (Sullivan lab)
- Victoria Hamlin (King lab)
- Zach Traylor
- Victor Sy (Shiu lab)
Manuel Leal
Professor of Biological Sciences
Director of Graduate Studies
LealM@missouri.edu
(573) 882-1360