LOCATION

Vennum-Binkley Hall

DIVISION CHAIR

Dr. Mike Toliver

(309) 467-6446
scimath@eureka.edu

Eureka's Science and Mathematics Division offers students an abundance of possibilities: eight majors, six minors, five secondary certification programs, plus a pre-professional programs for students interested in the health sciences. Whichever path you choose, you'll acquire the knowledge, the analytical thinking and observation skills, and the hands-on experience you'll need to either attend a quality graduate school or land a great first job. In the Science and Mathematics Division, you'll find all the elements of a solid education.

Dr. Mike Toliver- Division Chair

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EUREKA'S SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS DIVISION CHAIR

Professor Mike Toliver, Professor of Biology, is an entomologist and evolutionary biologist interested in the ecology and evolution of butterflies. His current research involves sexual selection in Hackberry Butterflies, and variations of individual behavior in the Olympia Marble butterfly. He contributed most of the butterfly chapters to Fred Stehr's Immature Insects and is the primary author of a book on the butterflies of New Mexico. He is past editor of the Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society and is currently one of the Lepidoptera editors for Zootaxa. He is the Secretary of the Lepidopterists' Society, an international science society dedicated to the study and conservation of butterflies and moths. In addition to his work on butterflies, he often writes and speaks about his experience as a marine in an infantry battalion during the Viet Nam War. B.S., biology, University of New Mexico, M.S. and Ph.D. in entomology, University of Illinois.