Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Biology at Fresno State is multifaceted, though a majority of students are interested in health careers. This was true for recent graduate Giovanna Munoz-Gonzalez, who wanted to become a dentist, until she discovered a love for plants after taking numerous biology courses.
One of her most influential courses, and one that solidified her confidence as a biologist, was Dr. Katherine Waselkov’s plant taxonomy class. In this course, also known as Biology 125, students conduct fieldwork and collect flowering plants to bring back to the lab for dissection and identification before they press, categorize and digitize them for inclusion in the Fresno State Herbarium.
To learn more about Giovanna’s experience in this course and work in the herbarium, visit https://stories.fresnostate.edu. To explore more unique courses and research opportunities that range from molecular mechanisms to ecosystem preservation, visit the Biology Department’s homepage at https://csm.fresnostate.edu/biology.
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Biology at Fresno State is multifaceted, though a majority of students are interested in health careers. This was true for recent graduate Giovanna Munoz-Gonzalez, who wanted to become a dentist, until she discovered a love for plants after taking numerous biology courses.
One of her most influential courses, and one that solidified her confidence as a biologist, was Dr. Katherine Waselkov’s plant taxonomy class. In this course, also known as Biology 125, students conduct fieldwork and collect flowering plants to bring back to the lab for dissection and identification before they press, categorize and digitize them for inclusion in the Fresno State Herbarium.
To learn more about Giovanna’s experience in this course and work in the herbarium, visit https://stories.fresnostate.edu. To explore more unique courses and research opportunities that range from molecular mechanisms to ecosystem preservation, visit the Biology Department’s homepage at https://csm.fresnostate.edu/biology.
#FresnoState #DiscoverFresnoState #CentralValley #FresnoBulldogs
