QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES (QEM) NETWORK
WORKSHOP FOR BIOLOGY AND MATHEMATICS FACULTY
AT GRANTEE INSTITUTIONS IN THE
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF)ÕS
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM
Four Points by Sheraton BWI Airport
Hotel
7032 Elm
Road ¥ Baltimore, MD 21240 ¥ Tel. 410/859-3300
Friday, April 21 –
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Workshop Purposes:
To (1) bring together faculty who teach biology or mathematics at Historically
Black Colleges and Universities in the Washington Metro Area to identify and
align core concepts in freshman-level courses in each of the two disciplines;
and (2) identify a minimal set of competencies students need in biology and in
mathematics to pursue study in emerging fields such as bioinformatics and
computational biology.
FRIDAY, APRIL 21
AM
8:00 Registration
and Continental Breakfast Scott Room
8:30 Opening
Session
Welcome,
Introductions, and Review of Purpose and Agenda
Shirley
M. McBay, President, QEM Network
8:45
ÒApplications of Mathematics to BiologyÓ
Roosevelt
Gentry, Professor of Mathematics
Jackson
State University
9:30 Mathematics/Biology
Funding Opportunities
Mary
Ann Horn, Program Director, Division of Mathematical Sciences
National Science Foundation
Shawn
Drew, Director, Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program
National Institutes of
General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health
10:15 Coffee
Break
10:30 Discussion
of Mathematics Requirements of Biology Majors at
Participating Institutions
Shirley
McBay, QEM Network
10:45 Discussion
of Core Concepts in General Biology and of Core Concepts
in Introductory Mathematics
Ali
Mohamed, Professor, Department of Biology, Virginia State University
J.
Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network
11:15 Presentation of Virginia State University's Course (under development)
Introduction to Mathematical Biology
Krishan Agrawal, Professor of Mathematics
Ali Mohamed, Professor of Biology
11:30 Four
Concurrent Breakout Sessions (Breakout Session I):
Topic: Aligning Core Concepts in
Introductory-Level Biology and
Mathematics
(See Breakout Group Assignment Sheet)
Group
I: Scott Room Group
III: Chesapeake
I
Group
II: Room 2101 Group
IV: Severn Room
PM
12:30 Working Lunch Scott Room
ÒContributions
of African Americans to ScienceÓ
Kenneth
Manning, Professor of Rhetoric and History of Science
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
2:00 Brief
Reports from Breakout Session I
2:30 ÒUse
of Computational Theories in BiologyÓ
Duane
Bailey, Professor and Chair
Department
of Computer Science, Williams College
3:15 Break
3:30 Four
Concurrent Breakout Sessions (Breakout Session II) - in same room locations:
Topic:
Integrating Mathematical Applications & Computational Theories into Biology
4:30 Brief
Reports from Breakout Session II Scott
Room
5:30 Break
6:00 Dinner Crane
B
SATURDAY, APRIL 22
AM
8:30 Full
Breakfast Scott
Room
9:00 Panel Discussion: Emerging
Disciplines Linking Biology and Mathematics
Panelists: Duane Bailey, Williams College
Roosevelt Gentry, Jackson State
University
9:30 Four
Concurrent Breakout Sessions (Breakout Session III):
Topics:
ÒPreparing Students to Pursue Emerging Science DisciplinesÓ
ÒPotential Areas of Collaboration Between and Among HBCU-UP GranteesÓ
Group
I: Scott Room Group
III: Potomac
Room
Group
II: Room 2101 Group
IV: Severn Room
10:30 Break
10:45 Brief
Reports on Breakout Session III
11:15 ÒUndergraduate
Research: Preparation and PathwaysÓ
Teresa
Edwards, Associate, QEM Network
11:45 Group
Discussion: Strategies to Enhance Student Learning and Increase Student
Retention in Addition to Undergraduate Research Opportunities
PM
12:30 Lunch
and Discussion of Next Steps for Institutional Teams Scott Room
1:30 Adjournment