Science Building

The newest building on the campus is the Science Building where Phil is teaching his two classes. It was completed in 2006. Phil is teaching a sophomore-level physics course in Electricity & Magnetism with a 3-hour lecture on Tuesday mornings and a 2-hour lab on Tuesday afternoons. His other course is a general education course in Physical Science that meets for 2 hours on Wednesday mornings. This course is required of all Daystar undergraduate degree students and Phil is teaching one of 5 sections of the course. Phil is also helping with the planning and development of the newly-approved physics major that will be introduced in the fall of 2009.

When we mention seasons, we are thinking of the North American calendar. Here we are so close to the equator that the idea of summer, winter, etc. doesn’t make much sense. Here they have dry seasons and wet seasons, and right now we are in a dry season that will probably last until the end of February. Also, because we are so close to the equator, the sun rises at about 6:30 AM and sets at about 6:30 PM all year. It is not 6 to 6 because we are in the western part of the time zone. The time zone here is 8 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time.