Aquaria, Biology, and Zoology Society (ABZS)

Quad Cities Campus

Student Life at Western Illinois University-Quad Cities

The WIU-QC Aquaria, Biology and Zoology society (ABZS) seeks to enrich the education of its members with hands-on experiences related to biology, zoos, and aquaria. Anyone interested in these areas are welcome to join. As a group we try to base our activities on what our members want to do and learn. Some of the activities of the past include a trip to the Peoria zoo, attending conferences, hiking, and a haunted hay rack ride for fundraising. Our meetings are normally on the first and third Wednesdays of the month at the 60th street campus.

Anyone interested can come to the meetings, email us at abzswiu@gmail.com , or even join our group on Facebook. We have big plans for this semester and hope to see some new faces joining us soon.

ABZS Advisor is Dr. Jeanette Thomas.
Email: J-Thomas@wiu.edu

Officers:
Carly O'Malley - President
Erin Arnold - Vice President
Kristin Sparbel - Treasurer
Alissa Shaner - Secretary

Meetings: 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 3/27, 4/10, 4/24 at 5pm

Some of the events that we are planning for this semester include:

Feb. 9 - Lunch then a movie at the Putnam IMAX
Feb. 19 - Attending a Darwin Day event at the Riverfront Campus
March 14-17 - A trip to St. Louis to visit the zoo, possibly a museum, etc.
April 22- Wishing Tree Project

We are also planning to go hiking a few times throughout the semester at various locations, such as, Wild Cat Den, and Starved Rock, which will be weather dependent, but possibly March 2nd, April 6th, and May 4th.