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QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES (QEM) NETWORK

A Workshop for STEM Faculty at Hispanic-serving Institutions on

The Integration of Mathematics into Lower Division Science Courses

December 3-4, 2010

The Four Points by Sheraton BWI Airport  ¥  7032 Elm Road  ¥  Baltimore, MD  ¥  Tel: 410/859-3300

 

AGENDA

 

FRIDAY, December 3

 

AM

  8:00            Registration and Continental Breakfast                                                                 Chesapeake Foyer

 

  9:00            Opening Plenary Session:                                                                                      Chesapeake Ballroom

                      Introductions and Review of Workshop Purpose, Packet, and Agenda

                             Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

 

  9:15            Plenary Session:

                      Critical Interfaces of Mathematics and Science in Research and Education

                      Keynote Speaker: Fadil Santosa, Director

                                                       Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA) and

                                                       Professor of Mathematics, University of Minnesota

                      Introduction of Speaker: J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network

 

10:00           Panel:   Potential of the Integration of Mathematics into Lower Level

                                     Science Courses to Retain Students on the STEM Pathway/Inspire

                                     Students to Pursue a STEM Major and/or Career

                     

                      Camille McKayle, Dean and Professor of Mathematics

                             College of Science and Mathematics, University of the Virgin Islands

                      Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Regents Professor and Joaquin Bustoz, Jr. Professor of

                             Mathematical Biology, Arizona State University

                      Richard Al—, Program Officer, Robert S. Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

                             Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)

                             Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR)

                             National Science Foundation (NSF)

                      Panel Moderator: Laura-Lee Davidson, Associate, QEM Network

 

10:45           Break

 

11:00           Five Concurrent Sessions: 

                      Focus – Integrating Mathematics in Undergraduate Science Courses

 

                      Concurrent Session – Biology – Group I                                                            Chesapeake Ballroom

                      Presenter:    William Boecklen, Professor, Department of Biology

                                            New Mexico State University

                      Facilitator:  Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Arizona State University

                      Recorder/Reporter: David Bourgaize, Professor, Department of Biology

                                                          Whittier College

                      Concurrent Session II – Biology – Group II                                                       Chesapeake Ballroom

                      Presenter:    Casonya Johnson, Associate Professor 

                                            Department of Biology, Georgia State University

                      Facilitator:  Travis Bolden, Research Assistant, QEM Network                                          

                      Recorder/Reporter: Cindy Arrigo, Assistant Professor

                                                          Department of Biology, New Jersey City University

 

                      Concurrent Session III – Chemistry – Group I                                                                            Scott

                      Presenter:    Alvin Kennedy, Professor and Chair

                                            Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University

                      Facilitator:  Camille McKayle, University of the Virgin Islands

                      Recorder/Reporter: Sonia Ramirez, Assistant Professor

                                                          Department of Mathematics, Richard J. Daley College

 

                      Concurrent Session IV – Chemistry – Group II                                                                           Scott

                      Presenter:    Alvin Kennedy, Professor and Chair

                                            Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University

                      Note: Following Presentation, Room Location Change for Group II                          Room 2101

                      Facilitator:  Fitzgerald Bramwell, Associate Provost, Howard University

                      Recorder/Reporter: Debasish Roy, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry

                                                          Hostos Community College

 

                      Concurrent Session V – Physics, Geosciences, and Earth Science                                        Carlton

                      Presenter:    Edward Thomas, Jr., Professor

                                            Department of Physics, Auburn University

                      Facilitator:  William Velez, Professor, Department of Mathematics

                                            University of Arizona

                      Recorder/Reporter: Maritza Jimenez-Zeljak, Assistant Professor

                                                          Department of Mathematics, Los Angeles Harbor College

 

PM

12:30           Working Lunch                                                                                            Chesapeake Foyer/Ballroom

                      - Table Discussions of Areas for Mathematics Integration

                      - Plenary Reporting-out by Reporters from Concurrent Sessions

                      Facilitator: Shirley McBay, QEM Network

 

  2:00            Plenary Session:                                                                                                    Chesapeake Ballroom

                      Discussion of Relevant and Recent National Science Foundation

                      (NSF)-funded Projects: Insights, Experiences, and Lessons Learned

                      Presenters:

                      - Integrative Research-focused Experiences and Curriculum in Mathematical Biology

                             Pamela Ryan, Associate Professor of Mathematics

                                     Truman State University

                      - UBM-Group: Undergraduate Biology and Mathematics Training Program at NJIT

                             Amitabha Bose, Professor of Mathematics

                                     New Jersey Institute of Technology

                      Discussion Facilitator: J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network

 

  2:30            Break

 

  2:45            Concurrent Sessions:  (Same Breakout Groups and locations as in AM)

                      Focus – Participants identify specific mathematical concepts to be integrated

                                      into the science courses identified during the AM breakout session

                                      and discuss how the integration is to be achieved/how the concepts

                                      are to be introduced

 

  4:00            Plenary Panel: Research as a Catalyst for Mathematics Integration                   Chesapeake Ballroom

 

                      Presenters:

                      - The Interdisciplinary Nature of Research

                             Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Arizona State University

                      - Research Mentoring in Mathematical Biology at New Mexico State University

                             Avis James, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biology

                                     New Mexico State University

                      Panel Moderator: Laura-Lee Davidson, QEM Network

 

  5:00            Break

 

  6:00            Working Dinner                                                                                                                         Crane B

                      Potential Pedagogical Strategies for Use in Revised Courses

                      Discussion Facilitator:  Estela Rojas, Professor, Department of Mathematics

                                                              New York City College of Technology

 

Overnight Assignment:

Institutional Teams are to prepare and turn in the next morning a brief description of the

content of the Science Course(s) to be changed/added at their respective institutions.

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY, December 4

 

AM

  8:00            Breakfast Buffet and Submission of Overnight Assignment                                     Chesapeake Foyer

 

  9:00            Plenary Session: Applied Mathematics                                                               Chesapeake Ballroom

                      Speaker: William Velez, University of Arizona

                      Introduction of Speaker:  Althea Burns, Associate and Conference Coordinator

                                                                    QEM Network

 

  9:45            Plenary Session: Inquiry-based Learning and Student Assessment in STEM

                                                    Interdisciplinary Settings

                      Speaker:  Camille McKayle, University of the Virgin Islands

                      Introduction of Speaker: Laura-Lee Davidson, QEM Network

 

10:15           Break

 

10:30           Plenary Session: The STEM Faculty Pipeline – Increasing the Number of

                                                     Hispanic Americans in the HSI STEM Professoriate

                      Speaker:   Diana Marinez, Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry, and

                                        Dean of the College of Science and Technology (retired)

                                        Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, and QEM Board Member

                      Introduction of Speaker: J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network

 

11:00           Concurrent Sessions:  (Continue in Assigned Groups from Previous Day)

                      Focus – Teams discuss whether the workshop has reinforced/changed their

                                      thinking with respect to the Science Courses to be added/modified

 

PM

12:15           Working Lunch                                                                                             Chesapeake Foyer/Ballroom

 

                      Group Discussion: Getting Buy-In on Mathematics-based Curriculum

                                                      Change from other STEM Faculty and from Administrators

                      Discussion Facilitator:  Althea Burns, QEM Network

 

  1:30            Plenary Session:                                                                                                      Chesapeake Ballroom

                      Preparing Students for Graduate Study in Emerging Areas of Science

                      Growing out of the Integration of Mathematics/Computer Science into

                      other Science Disciplines

                      Presenters: 

                      Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Arizona State University

                      William Velez, University of Arizona

                      Discussion Facilitator: Laura-Lee Davidson, QEM Network

 

  2:15            Plenary Session:  Potential Funding Opportunities

 

                      - Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biological and

                         Mathematical Sciences (UBM)

                      - Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

                                     J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network      Jones2 (UBM)

                      - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent

                         Expansion Program (STEP)

                                     Shirley McBay, QEM Network

                      - Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology,

                         Engineering, and Mathematics (TUES) and

                      - Robert S. Noyce Teacher Scholarship Programs

                                     Richard Al—, Program Officer, DUE/EHR, NSF     Aló2 (TUES)

 

  3:00            Closing Plenary:  Participant Reflections and Next Steps

                      Facilitator: Shirley McBay, QEM Network

 

  3:30            Adjournment