Join us for the Second Annual ACC Pie Contest on Monday afternoon, Nov. 19, beginning at 1:00 p.m. in the Dining Hall.

Enter a pie, cheer on the competition or make a cash donation and enjoy a slice of pie.  Proceeds will benefit the ACC Student Emergency Fund.  Deadline to enter the contest is Friday, Nov. 16.

For more information, or to enter the contest, please contact Jennifer Husum at jennifer.husum@arapahoe.edu or call 303.797.5668.

Science Café presents "Taking the Creepy out of Creepy-Crawly; Explaining Misperceptions and Debunking Common Myths about Spiders" with guest speaker Jenai Rutledge, Ph.D., on Thursday, Nov. 15, from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. in Room M3130.

Despite their beneficial functions as natural predators of many of the invertebrate pests that annoy humans, spiders have historically gained a seriously bad rap.  In fact, by some estimates, arachnophobia (the fear of spiders) ranks as the third most common fear below the fear of public speaking and the fear of dying.  Dr. Rutledge will discuss some of the amazing aspects of basic spider biology, provide handy tips about how to identify some common species of spiders, and debunk and debunking explain some of the most common misperceptions and/or myths about spiders.

Dr. Rutledge earned her bachelor's degree in Animal Behavior from Bucknell University and her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of Cincinnati, and she has taught general biology courses for both biology and non-biology majors at the University of Cincinnati and the University of Colorado.  Since fall of 2011, Dr. Rutledge has taught general college biology at ACC.

For more information, please contact Celia Norman, Biology Faculty and Department Chair, at celia.norman@arapahoe.edu or 303.797.5851.