College of Arts and Sciences

Biology, Health Science, and Environmental Science Alumni

Tiffany Disher, AU Spartan Fellow and biology graduate from the Class of 2003, and Dr. David Horn, AU biology professor, constructed model aquatic insects at World Water Monitoring Day at Glenwood Forest Preserve in Batavia.

Recent alumni have entered professional and graduate schools, and are employed in a wide variety of positions in the biological sciences. For example, our alumni are currently attending such professional and graduate schools as National University of Health Sciences Chiropractic School and Northern Illinois University. They are also employed at locations such as the Brookfield Zoo, Fehr-Graham & Associates, Micro tox. Inc, and the Endangered Macaws Center.

Alumni News and Notes:

Biology graduate receives Distinguished Alumni Award
Homecoming weekend 2004 provided an opportunity to celebrate Aurora University, Aurora College, and George Williams College for current and former students, staff, alumni, and friends of AU. The weekend was especially memorable for one graduate of the Aurora University biology program who was presented with the Distinguished Alumni Award on Saturday, October 9, at the Aurora Country Club.

Stephen Gephard graduated from Aurora College in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in biology with an emphasis in environmental science. After earning a master's degree in fisheries biology, he went to work with the State of Connecticut's Department of Environmental Protection where he has worked since 1978. Over the years, he has garnered international recognition for his work with Atlantic salmon and fish passage issues in the four northeastern basin states. In 2002, President George W. Bush appointed Gephard as a U.S. commissioner to the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization, an international treaty commission charged with managing Atlantic salmon in the north Atlantic Ocean.

Gephard's award was presented by David Horn, assistant professor of biology.