Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences

Bridges Program Staff

The Michigan Bridges Program Staff coordinates all the activities of the Bridges Program that have not been assigned to individual Community Colleges.  After each name below, the major responsibilities of that individual are stated.

Sherine Obare Ph.D.

Program Director and Associate Professor of Chemistry

Whose responsibilities include:

  • Establish a calendar for the program and ensures that all program events indicated are prepared for and are performed in a creative and professional manner
  • Identify and engage research mentors at WMU for Research Assistants from KCC, KVCC and LMC
  • At GRCC and HFCC assists Program Coordinators to identify and engage research mentors at Van Andel Research Institute  (VARI) and WSU, respectively
  • Available to counsel Bridges Research Assistants (RAs)
  • Approves invoices from Community Colleges
  • Prepares Annual and final Progress Reports to NIGMS

Dr. Obare's contact information

Office: 3150 Wood Hall, Office Phone: 387-2923
Email: sherine.obare@wmich.edu

Leonard Ginsberg, Ph.D.

4Co-Program Director
and Professor of Biological Sciences

Whose responsibilities include:

  • Available to mentor  RAs, especially with problems that are administrative in nature
  • Help with transfer issues to a four year college or university
  • Help with making and producing effective posters

Dr. Ginsberg's contact information

Please make an appointment by calling (269) 387-5869

Olivia Smith

8Associate of Science, former Bridges RA and Assistant Program Director

Whose responsibilities include:

  • As a biochemistry major at WMU she can provide student to student counseling
  • Helps with filling out appointment forms for RAs at WMU
  • Handles time report cards (the basis of the RAs biweekly pay)
  • Handles all travel reimbursements (travel is reimbursed for all program participants from the Kalamazoo Office)
  • Handles ordering of research supplies for all research labs involved

 

 

Bridges Program
3119 Wood Hall
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5410 USA
(269) 387-5633 | (269) 387-5609 Fax
gyula.ficsor@wmich.edu