Final thoughts from Dr. Gustafson

In last year’s BMB newsletter I described the faculty mentors and scientists that had the greatest influence on my training when I was an aspiring young scientist. I did this to awaken memories you might have of your time in our own department.

As department head, I have a bird’s eye view of everything that goes on in our department, am amazed by the success it produces and so thankful that I get to work with so many great students, staff, administrators, and faculty. I am privileged to witness the mentoring and kindness taking place in our department, and I give thanks to all the OSU folks who make a difference in the lives of others every day.

I have seen OSU administrators helping students in need, faculty mentoring students to success and providing support when they needed help, staff bending over backwards to make sure members of our department are taken care of and students taking time out of their busy schedules to give back to the community. I have the opportunity to meet with student family members and loved ones during commencement ceremonies which are awesome events because they celebrate a major life transition for our graduates. I meet with new undergraduates and their family members during initial campus visits, and I get to see then how much these students change as they complete their major and then watch them become successful. I also get to know our graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and then watch as they go off to take stellar positions in academe, industry, and the government. I am also grateful that I get to meet with donors who have a direct impact on our students and faculty by providing financial resources to help these BMB citizens reach for their own stars. On top of these aspects of my

Final thoughts from Dr. Gustafson job, I also enjoy the research impact of our department and am very proud of the faculties ongoing research programs. I encourage all BMB alumni out there to take some time and view our individual faculty and research publication citation impacts on Google Scholar or on our website.

I am grateful for my position, and I am as grateful to the people I work with today as I am to the faculty and scientists that nurtured me early in my career. I suspect that many of you have memories of your time in our department when you witnessed how citizen interactions supported positive outcomes.

We are forever in the process of making sure that our department’s teaching, research, and service continues to support our mission to Oklahoma and the world. Recently we began looking for funding to support renovations of our undergraduate laboratory classroom and specific research space in our D-wing of the Noble Research Center. This began with drawing up plans for what the renovations are intended to accomplish, and if any of you are interested in helping, let me know.

I hope that some of you come by and visit soon, and if you do, let’s go out for a coffee or lunch and have a conversation about how much our department accomplishes and how many lives it positively impacts. Until I see or hear from you, please take care of you and yours, and our department will continue to nurture the “Cowboy Family” ethos every chance we get.

-Dr. G.

job, I also enjoy the research impact of our department and am very proud of the faculties ongoing research programs. I encourage all BMB alumni out there to take some time and view our individual faculty and research publication citation impacts on Google Scholar or on our website.

job, I also enjoy is the research impact of our department and am very proud of the faculties ongoing research programs. I encourage all BMB alumni out there to take some time and view our individual faculty and research publication citation impacts on Google Scholar or on our website.

job, I also enjoy is the research impact of our department and am very proud of the faculties ongoing research programs. I encourage all BMB alumni out there to take some time and view our individual faculty and research publication citation impacts on Google Scholar or on our website.

job, I also enjoy is the research impact of our department and am very proud of the faculties ongoing research programs. I encourage all BMB alumni out there to take some time and view our individual faculty and research publication citation impacts on Google Scholar or on our website.