[STEM Equity Pipeline MN] Upcoming STEM Events and Announcements
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Brenda Lyseng
Apr 26, 2010, 2:28:17 PM4/26/10
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To: MnSCU STEM group, STEM Equity Pipeline Minnesota group, and STEM faculty
There are a number of upcoming events and announcements to pass along. You will find more information below on each one.
To our mathematics colleagues attending the "Pursuing Equity: Making Mathematical Connections" conference in Duluth this weekend, we wish you a productive and enjoyable conference!
* Using Inquiry Approaches to Improve Student Learning in Science and Math (5/17 - 5/18)
* Statewide Biology Educators' Conference (5/21)
* PKAL Upper Midwest Regional Leadership Institute for Early Career Faculty (6/11-6/13, application due 5/7)
* Seeking nominations for Minnesota Science & Technology Hall of Fame (due 5/31)
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Using Inquiry Approaches to Improve Student Learning in Science and Math
Monday, May 17 - Tuesday, May 18
Winona State University
A Center for Teaching and Learning Discipline Workshop
Participants will hear about how inquiry can be used to improve teaching in their science/math classes and then have time at the workshop to revise their materials. Specific goals include:
(1) Modeling a data-to-concepts inquiry approach.
(2) Providing evidence that inquiry strategies are better than traditional instructional approaches.
(3) Conveying an inquiry model that can be adopted and utilized in post-secondary educational settings.
(4) Improving teacher pedagogical knowledge regarding inquiry. Rationale and results from research are available at http://sites.google.com/site/wsuinquiryinstruction/home
Thank you to the workshop planners Nathan Moore and John Deming!
Registration information: http://tinyurl.com/CTL-inquiry-workshop-may2010
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State Biology Educator's Conference
Friday, May 21, 9 - 3, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus
The purpose is to begin relationships that will foster collaboration between the schools that will enable students to fluidly transfer credits within our state. Register by 5/17 at www.ohe.state.mn.us/BiologyConference. See the attachment for more information about this exciting opportunity!
Mileage will be reimbursed for those who must drive from more than 50 miles away. Hotel cost will be reimbursed up to $100 for those who must travel from more than 150 miles away. Reimbursement for hotel cost must be approved prior to the conference.
Thank you to the planners from our system: Craig Longtine and Jonathon Shaver (North Hennepin), Andrea Wallace, Mark Wallert, and Brian Wisenden (Minnesota State University Moorhead)!
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Project Kaleidoscope Upper Midwest Regional Leadership Institute for Early Career Faculty
June 11 - 13, St. John's University, Collegeville
Application Deadline: May 7
Cost: $350
This weekend retreat is designed to enhance the leadership capacity in our region's colleges and universities and to provide support for early career faculty acting as change agents on their campus or in their profession. Only 20 participants are accepted. This retreat is similar to earlier Faculty Leadership Institutes in which some of our faculty participated.
Individual faculty are welcome to apply. Administrators, I encourage you to nominate early-career STEM faculty, especially those that involved in STEM initiatives on your campus. A letter of support is required from the campus administration.
Participants will:
* engage in discussions of the challenges and opportunities for STEM faculty in leading educational initiatives
* learn from experienced leaders about the political dimensions of change
* practice the art of successful negotiation and communication
* share their career and educational project plans with peers and experienced mentors
* network with others in nearby campus communities
Most importantly, the workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to reflect privately and with mentors and peers on finding balance in their personal and professional lives, on being an agent of change, and on leadership that makes a lasting difference. The registration fee will cover room and board for the weekend; participants will be required to pay for their own travel expenses.
Workshop Mentors/Facilitators:
* Susan B. Chaplin, Professor of Biology - University of St. Thomas
* Susan Elrod, Director of Project Kaleidoscope- Association of American Colleges and Universities
* Alison I. Morrison-Shetlar, Dean of Elon College - Elon University
* Mary M. Walczak, Professor of Chemistry - St. Olaf College
* Marcus D. Webster, Professor of Biology - College of St. Benedict and St. John's University
For more information and to apply, go to: http://www.pkal.org/activities/UpperMidwestRegionalPKALLeadershipWorkshop.cfm
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Nominations Open for 2010 Minnesota Science and Technology Hall of Fame
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010 class of inductees to
the Minnesota Science and Technology Hall of Fame. The nomination
criteria, on-line form, and information on the selection process are
posted at http://msthalloffame.org/form.htm.
The MST Hall of Fame is a program of the Science Museum of Minnesota, in partnership with the Minnesota High Tech Association and founding sponsors Ecolab and Thomson Reuters. Eighteen outstanding leaders in science and technology have been honored for their contributions by induction into the Hall of Fame since its establishment in 2008.
Note that the criteria include: Nominees must possess leadership qualities and/or a spirit of innovation that can serve as an inspiration to young Minnesotans to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, or math. Nominees may be practitioners (research scientists, professors, engineers) or business leaders who foster advancements/discoveries and their commercialization.
If you have questions on any of these events, please let me know.
Brenda
Brenda Lyseng
STEM Project Specialist
Office of the Chancellor
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
brenda...@so.mnscu.edu
www.stem.project.mnscu.edu
phone 651-201-1869 (NEW)
fax 651-649-5749
Wells Fargo Place
30 7th St. E., Suite 350
St. Paul, MN 55101-7804
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There are a number of upcoming events and announcements to pass along. You will find more information below on each one.
To our mathematics colleagues attending the "Pursuing Equity: Making Mathematical Connections" conference in Duluth this weekend, we wish you a productive and enjoyable conference!
* Using Inquiry Approaches to Improve Student Learning in Science and Math (5/17 - 5/18)
* Statewide Biology Educators' Conference (5/21)
* PKAL Upper Midwest Regional Leadership Institute for Early Career Faculty (6/11-6/13, application due 5/7)
* Seeking nominations for Minnesota Science & Technology Hall of Fame (due 5/31)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Using Inquiry Approaches to Improve Student Learning in Science and Math
Monday, May 17 - Tuesday, May 18
Winona State University
A Center for Teaching and Learning Discipline Workshop
Participants will hear about how inquiry can be used to improve teaching in their science/math classes and then have time at the workshop to revise their materials. Specific goals include:
(1) Modeling a data-to-concepts inquiry approach.
(2) Providing evidence that inquiry strategies are better than traditional instructional approaches.
(3) Conveying an inquiry model that can be adopted and utilized in post-secondary educational settings.
(4) Improving teacher pedagogical knowledge regarding inquiry. Rationale and results from research are available at http://sites.google.com/site/wsuinquiryinstruction/home
Thank you to the workshop planners Nathan Moore and John Deming!
Registration information: http://tinyurl.com/CTL-inquiry-workshop-may2010
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State Biology Educator's Conference
Friday, May 21, 9 - 3, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus
The purpose is to begin relationships that will foster collaboration between the schools that will enable students to fluidly transfer credits within our state. Register by 5/17 at www.ohe.state.mn.us/BiologyConference. See the attachment for more information about this exciting opportunity!
Mileage will be reimbursed for those who must drive from more than 50 miles away. Hotel cost will be reimbursed up to $100 for those who must travel from more than 150 miles away. Reimbursement for hotel cost must be approved prior to the conference.
Thank you to the planners from our system: Craig Longtine and Jonathon Shaver (North Hennepin), Andrea Wallace, Mark Wallert, and Brian Wisenden (Minnesota State University Moorhead)!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Project Kaleidoscope Upper Midwest Regional Leadership Institute for Early Career Faculty
June 11 - 13, St. John's University, Collegeville
Application Deadline: May 7
Cost: $350
This weekend retreat is designed to enhance the leadership capacity in our region's colleges and universities and to provide support for early career faculty acting as change agents on their campus or in their profession. Only 20 participants are accepted. This retreat is similar to earlier Faculty Leadership Institutes in which some of our faculty participated.
Individual faculty are welcome to apply. Administrators, I encourage you to nominate early-career STEM faculty, especially those that involved in STEM initiatives on your campus. A letter of support is required from the campus administration.
Participants will:
* engage in discussions of the challenges and opportunities for STEM faculty in leading educational initiatives
* learn from experienced leaders about the political dimensions of change
* practice the art of successful negotiation and communication
* share their career and educational project plans with peers and experienced mentors
* network with others in nearby campus communities
Most importantly, the workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to reflect privately and with mentors and peers on finding balance in their personal and professional lives, on being an agent of change, and on leadership that makes a lasting difference. The registration fee will cover room and board for the weekend; participants will be required to pay for their own travel expenses.
Workshop Mentors/Facilitators:
* Susan B. Chaplin, Professor of Biology - University of St. Thomas
* Susan Elrod, Director of Project Kaleidoscope- Association of American Colleges and Universities
* Alison I. Morrison-Shetlar, Dean of Elon College - Elon University
* Mary M. Walczak, Professor of Chemistry - St. Olaf College
* Marcus D. Webster, Professor of Biology - College of St. Benedict and St. John's University
For more information and to apply, go to: http://www.pkal.org/activities/UpperMidwestRegionalPKALLeadershipWorkshop.cfm
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Nominations Open for 2010 Minnesota Science and Technology Hall of Fame
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010 class of inductees to
the Minnesota Science and Technology Hall of Fame. The nomination
criteria, on-line form, and information on the selection process are
posted at http://msthalloffame.org/form.htm.
The MST Hall of Fame is a program of the Science Museum of Minnesota, in partnership with the Minnesota High Tech Association and founding sponsors Ecolab and Thomson Reuters. Eighteen outstanding leaders in science and technology have been honored for their contributions by induction into the Hall of Fame since its establishment in 2008.
Note that the criteria include: Nominees must possess leadership qualities and/or a spirit of innovation that can serve as an inspiration to young Minnesotans to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, or math. Nominees may be practitioners (research scientists, professors, engineers) or business leaders who foster advancements/discoveries and their commercialization.
If you have questions on any of these events, please let me know.
Brenda
Brenda Lyseng
STEM Project Specialist
Office of the Chancellor
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
brenda...@so.mnscu.edu
www.stem.project.mnscu.edu
phone 651-201-1869 (NEW)
fax 651-649-5749
Wells Fargo Place
30 7th St. E., Suite 350
St. Paul, MN 55101-7804
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Brenda Lyseng
Apr 27, 2010, 10:03:11 AM4/27/10
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To: MnSCU STEM group, STEM Equity Pipeline Minnesota group, and STEM faculty
*Resent with additional link for Science & Math Discipline Workshop 5/17*
There are a number of upcoming events and announcements to pass along. You will find more information below on each one.
To our mathematics colleagues attending the "Pursuing Equity: Making Mathematical Connections" conference in Duluth this weekend, we wish you a productive and enjoyable conference!
* Using Inquiry Approaches to Improve Student Learning in Science and Math (5/17 - 5/18)
* Statewide Biology Educators' Conference (5/21)
* PKAL Upper Midwest Regional Leadership Institute for Early Career Faculty (6/11-6/13, application due 5/7)
* Seeking nominations for Minnesota Science & Technology Hall of Fame (due 5/31)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Using Inquiry Approaches to Improve Student Learning in Science and Math
Monday, May 17 - Tuesday, May 18
Winona State University
A Center for Teaching and Learning Discipline Workshop
Participants will hear about how inquiry can be used to improve teaching in their science/math classes and then have time at the workshop to revise their materials. Specific goals include:
(1) Modeling a data-to-concepts inquiry approach.
(2) Providing evidence that inquiry strategies are better than traditional instructional approaches.
(3) Conveying an inquiry model that can be adopted and utilized in post-secondary educational settings.
(4) Improving teacher pedagogical knowledge regarding inquiry. Rationale and results from research are available at http://sites.google.com/site/wsuinquiryinstruction/home
Thank you to the workshop planners Nathan Moore and John Deming!
Registration: http://tinyurl.com/CTL-inquiry-workshop-may2010
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