About the Authors
Hi, my name is McKenna Jacobs and I have
helped co-create this website for my Organismal Biology Course
here at the
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. As of now, my plan is
to major in General Biology with a minor in Psychology in hopes
to one day pursue a career as a Genetic Counselor.
I come from a hometown with a population of just over five
hundred people, so moving to La Crosse has been mind blowing. I
love everything about the city here, from the bluffs to the
school to the river and couldn't be more happy to have decided
to come here for a great education.
My biggest interests involve spending time with my family and
friends, singing, soccer, painting, traveling, and playing
guitar. While I do not consider earthworms to be anywhere near
my top interests, I did enjoy learning things that I had never
known before...and I am a big fan of their relatives, the gummy
worms!
Out of the webpages you can find on our site, I was in charge of
the
Classification,
Nutrition,
Interactions, and
Facts pages. If you have any further questions on any of
these topics, it may be in your best interest to primarily
contact me, but please feel free to contact either one of us.
Our contact information, as well as our professors' information,
can be found at the bottom of the screen.
Hello
my name is Nicole Lang, and I am one of the two publishers for
this website and was in charge of the
Habitat,
Soil Structure, and
Reproduction pages. I am currently a sophomore at UW - La Crosse and am
studying Bio-Med in hopes of someday being a Pediatrician. I am also
studying to receive a minor in Spanish. I am strongly involved with
the Screaming Eagles Marching Band here at school and love it. It
has made such an impact on my life here at school, and has been a
blast.
I was born in Downers Grove, Illinois, and lived in different
suburbs around Chicago, before finally moving to Cedarburg, Wisconsin
in fifth grade. It was at one of my high school marching band shows,
where I saw The Screaming Eagle Marching Band preform, which
immediately piqued my interest in this school. I soon found out that
the school offered a great science program which seemed to meet what
I wanted to study. I also came here because of the number of
students and the ability to interact directly with my professors.
When I am not involved in marching band or studying for my major, I
enjoy being outdoors. Whether it be hiking, fishing, camping, rock
climbing or even exploring, I am almost always outside, and enjoy
having the bluffs here to do what I love. I also am big on
videogames, or movies, especially when I am with great friends here
on campus. Some of my favorite games are anything Zelda related,
Star wars Battle Front, Metriod, or Super Smash Brothers. Some of my
Favorite movies, include Pan’s Labyrinth, the Lord of the Rings
trilogy and Harry Potter.
We hope you have enjoyed learning about
Lumbricus terrestris as much as we have. We highly encourage
you to check out more information on the
Multiple
Organsims website where you can find other interesting organisms ranging from the
watermelon to the
hairy lobster.
If you have any further questions, please
feel free to contact us at:
McKenna Jacobs -
jacobs.mcke@uwlax.edu
Nicole Lang -
lang.nico@uwlax.edu
You may also contact either of our professors from this class at:
Dr. Anita Baines -
abaines@uwlax.edu
Dr. Barret Klein -
bklein@uwlax.edu
This site was last updated in December of 2013.