Welcome, Review of Purpose, and Agenda

           Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

  Research Project Development

                         -Preparing Preliminary Data Collection and Data Management Plans

                              Casonya Johnson, Associate Professor, Department of Biology

                                    Georgia State University, and QEM Consultant

                        -Refining Research Focus and Setting a Timeline to Meet Research Goals

                              Fitzgerald Bramwell, Associate Provost and Professor of Chemistry

                              Howard University, and QEM Consultant

                        -Managing and Implementing a Research Project and Gauging its Effectiveness

                               Michael Spencer, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

                                    Cornell University, and QEM Consultant

PDM and LDI Participants Discuss Proposed Summer 2011 Research Plans
(Note: Individual Presentations are to focus on: (1) the proposed research to be conducted/research questions to be pursued; and (2) the preliminary data to be collected)

Four Concurrent Sessions facilitated by QEM Consultants/Staff           

                        Biology – Facilitator: Casonya Johnson, QEM Consultant                              

                        Chemistry – Facilitator: Fitzgerald Bramwell, QEM Consultant                       

                        Engineering and Computer Science - Facilitator: Michael Spencer, QEM Consultant

                        Mathematics – Facilitator: Shirley McBay, QEM Network

  “How to Get Around Your Research Host Site and Stay Connected to the Host Site”

                        Presenters:

                        Alexandra Peister, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Morehouse College

                        Max Fontus, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Prairie View A&M University

                              PDM Participants and Members, HBCU-UP LDI, Cohort I

Working Dinner                                                                                                           

Welcome to the Project’s External Evaluator and External Advisory Committee

Shirley McBay, QEM Network

8:00 AM – 1:00 PM IS A JOINT SESSION WITH THE EXTERNAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE EXTERNAL EVALUATOR FOR THE QEM/HBCU-UP EDUCATION RESEARCH PROJECT

Breakfast Buffet

Welcome and Introductions  

Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

Discussion Topics:

-The Role of HBCUs in Furthering the Nation’s Research Agenda

Presenter: Earl Richardson, Former President, Morgan State University

-The NSF HBCU-UP Program: Impacts, Successes, and Lessons Learned

Presenter: Beatriz Clewell, Principal Research Associate, The Urban Institute

Discussion Facilitator: Shirley McBay, QEM Network

Creating a Campus Climate Conducive to Faculty Scholarly Productivity

Presenters: Juliette Bell, Provost, Central State University

                Josephine Davis, Professor of Mathematics, Fort Valley State University

Discussion Facilitator: Althea Burns, Associate, QEM Network

Building Effective Research Mentoring Relationships with Research Mentors and with Undergraduate Students

Presenter: Percy Pierre, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Michigan State University

Discussion Facilitator: Laura-Lee Davidson, Associate, QEM Network

Program Evaluation

Presenter: Henry Frierson, Associate Vice President, Dean of the Graduate School, and

                Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Florida

Discussion Facilitator: Althea Burns, QEM Network