Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
An Outreach Forum on Building STEM Research and
Education Capacity at Hispanic-serving Institutions
September 25-26, 2009
Albuquerque Marriott ¥ 2101 Louisiana Boulevard, NE ¥ Albuquerque, NM
AGENDA
PM
AM
7:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast Sandia Ballroom Foyer
8:45 Welcome, Introductions, and Review of Purpose Sandia Ballroom
Shirley McBay, President
Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
James Wyche, Director
Division for Human Resource Development (HRD)
Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), NSF
9:15 Overview of the FoundationÕs Broadening Participation Portfolio
Fae Korsmo, Senior Advisor, Office of the Director, NSF
9:45 Plenary Panel: Essential Elements of a Productive STEM Infrastructure
Moderator: Arturo Bronson, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at El Paso, and QEM Consultant
Panelists:
Maria Alvarez, Professor, Biology, El Paso Community College
Helen Boussalis, Professor, Electrical Engineering
California State University, Los Angeles
Lymari Fuentes Claudio, Associate Professor, Science and Technology
Universidad Metropolitana
Kate Krause, Associate Professor, Economics
University of New Mexico
10:30 Coffee Break
10:45 Concurrent Sessions: Critical Focus Areas for STEM Infrastructure Development
(See Assignment Sheet by Type of Institution with Room Location)
Moderator: J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network
PM
12:30 Working Lunch Salon F
Topic: Developing a Supportive Campus Climate for STEM Research
Speaker: Diana Marinez, Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry,
Former Dean of the College of Science and Technology
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and
Member, QEM Board of Directors
1:30 Plenary Panel: Climate on Campus for STEM Women Faculty and Sandia Ballroom
Students and for STEM Faculty and Students with Disabilities
Moderator: Althea Burns, Associate, QEM Network
Panelists:
Richard Alo, Professor, Computer and Mathematical Sciences
University of Houston-Downtown
Sarah Cotton, Assistant Professor, Biology, Chaffey College
Peter Malo, Instructor and Chair, Biology, Richard J. Daley College
Michelle Steiger, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, University of St. Thomas
2:15 Concurrent Sessions: Critical Focus Areas for STEM Infrastructure Development
(See Assignment Sheet by Discipline with Room Location)
3:15 Break
Moderator: Costello Brown, Senior Associate, QEM Network
4:15 NSFÕs Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate
Program (TCUP): Major Program Components and Lessons Learned
Marilyn Suiter, Program Director, HBCU-UP, HRD
Lura (Jody) Chase, Program Director, TCUP, HRD
5:15 Plenary Panel: Partnerships for STEM Infrastructure Enhancement
Moderator: Carlos Rodriguez, Principal Research Scientist
American Institutes for Research, and QEM Consultant
Panelists:
Deborah Freile, Associate Professor, Geosciences, New Jersey City University
Phyllis Nelson, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Andrea Schwarzbach, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
University of Texas at Brownsville
Berrin Tansel, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Florida International University
6:00 Dinner (On Your Own)
Overnight Assignment: Institutional teams are to identify and prioritize five
AM
8:30 Institutional Teams turn in Lists of Five Critical STEM Components Salons F-J
(In preparation for discussion at 2:15 pm Plenary Session)
Plenary Session: Leaders, Heroes, Coordinators, Agents: Building Salons F-J
Institutional STEM Capacity in HSIs through Networks
Alicia Dowd, Associate Professor of Education and
Co-Director, Center for Urban Education
Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California
9:00 Plenary Panel: Integrating STEM Activities on Campus to Enhance STEM Programs
Moderator: Costello Brown, Senior Associate, QEM Network
Panelists:
Rafael Adrian, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, University of the Incarnate Word
Susan Loveland, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Mathematics
Adams State College
Estela Rojas, Professor, Mathematics
New York City College of Technology, CUNY
Nada Washington, Professor, Biology, Arizona Western College
9:45 Developing an Institutional Plan for STEM Capacity-Building
10:15 Coffee Break
10:30 Concurrent Sessions:
STEM Infrastructure Capacity-building Program Requirements
(Institutional Eligibility, Requirements for Principal Investigator, Program
strands offered, Duration of Awards, Planning Grants, Pilot Initiatives)
(See Assignment Sheet by Type of Institution with Room Location)
11:30 Plenary Session: Reports from Concurrent Sessions Salons F-J
Moderator: J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network
12:30 Working Lunch: Table Discussion of Concurrent Session Reports Salons F-J
1:30 Developing Evaluation Approaches for STEM Capacity Building Institutional Plans
Carlos Rodriguez, American Institutes for Research, and QEM Consultant
2:15 Plenary Session: Critical Components Lists Identified by Institutional Teams
Moderator: Shirley McBay, QEM Network
Laura-Lee Davidson, Associate, QEM Network
Monica Mitchell, Associate, QEM Network
3:15 Closing Comments and Next Steps from NSF Staff, QEM Consultants, and QEM Staff
3:30 Adjournment