QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES (QEM) NETWORK

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF)ÕS

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM (HBCU-UP)

FOLLOW-UP PROPOSAL WORKSHOP

 

The Embassy Suites Hotel New Orleans Convention Center

315 Julia Street á New Orleans, LA 70130 á 504/525-1993

Saturday, October 7, 2006

 

 

Note: Participants are expected to take advantage of the free breakfast at this Hotel.

 

AGENDA

 

AM

 

  8:30         Registration

 

  9:00         Opening Session                                                                                                      Diamond B (First Floor)

                        Welcome, Introductions, and Review of Purpose and Agenda

                              Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

                 

  9:15         Discussion by Participants of the Intellectual Merit of their Proposals

                              Moderator: William Sibley, QEM Consultant

 

10:00         Discussion by Participants of the Broader Impacts of their Proposals

                              Moderator: Fitzgerald Bramwell, Professor of Chemistry

                                                 University of Kentucky and QEM Consultant

 

10:45         Coffee Break

 

11:00         Three Concurrent Sessions on Key Proposal Components

                              Led by QEM Consultants and Staff

                  Topic:  Rationale/Need for Project, Goals, Objectives, and Strategies

 

                  Session I: For Institutions Receiving FY 2006 HBCU-UP Multi-year Awards

                                                                                                                                                    Suite # To be Announced

                              Discussion Leaders:

                              William Sibley, QEM Consultant

                              Shirley McBay, QEM Network

 

                  Session II: For Institutions with Unsuccessful FY 2006 Multi-year Proposals 

                                                                                                                                                                        Diamond B

                              Discussion Leaders:

                              Fitzgerald Bramwell, QEM Consultant

                              J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network

 

                  Session III: For Institutions with Unsuccessful FY 2006 Planning Proposals          

                                                                                                                                                    Suite # To be Announced

                              Discussion Leaders:

                              Arturo Bronson, QEM Consultant

                              Althea Burns, QEM Network

 

 

PM

 

12:30         Lunch                                                                                                                                                  Atrium

 

  1:30         Three Concurrent Sessions  (Continued in Same Locations)

                  Topic:  Management Plans and Timetables

 

  2:30         Coffee Break

 

  2:45         Plenary Session : Annual Progress Reports and the

                        Self-Evaluation Information System (SEIS)                                                                          Diamond B

                              J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network

 

  3:15         Three Concurrent Sessions  (Continued in Same Locations)

                  Topics: Monitoring and Evaluation Plans

                               Dissemination and Continuation Plans

 

  4:30         Closing Plenary Session: Summary Observations and Recommendations

                                                                                                                                                                        Diamond B

                              NSF Staff, Consultants, and QEM Staff

 

  5:00         Adjournment