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QEM/TCUP STEM LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (LDI)
COHORT I -- FELLOWS IN THE NEWS
ABOUT THE QEM/TCUP STEM LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
INSTITUTE (LDI)
The
Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network received support from
the National Science FoundationÕs Tribal Colleges and Universities Program
(TCUP) for a workshop series focused on STEM leadership development.
The QEM/TCUP STEM
Leadership Development Institute (LDI) supplements
QEMÕs activities under its TCUP leadership development initiative.
The Institute
/ LDI is designed
to support and encourage broader participation by Native American,
Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian faculty and staff in efforts
to enhance STEM education at their home institutions. The schedule
for LDI Cohort I consisted of three sessions: Session I - a five-day
Institute held on August 21-25, 2006; Session II - a two-day follow-up
workshop held on February 2-3, 2007; and Session III - a five-day
Institute held on August 6-10, 2007. An on-going Institute
support system includes mentoring, videoconferencing,
a Listserv, and a Web-based information exchange site.
QEM/TCUP
STEM Leadership Institute Ð Cohort I Participants and QEM
Staff, August
2006
Graduates
of the Leadership Development Institute (Fellows)
are assuming leadership roles in the management
of new STEM Projects for their campuses; providing
enhanced support to the principal investigators and project directors
of current TCUP projects at their institutions; making presentations
at STEM-focused meetings across the country; continuing their
graduate degree pursuits; and assuming new leadership roles.
Highlights of some of the accomplishments of the
LDI Cohort I Fellows are provided below.
Michael
Ceballos,
formerly Director
of the
Molecular Biology
and Biochemistry
Research Lab
at Salish
Kootenai College
(SKC) has opened the Native
American Research Laboratories
(NARL) at the University
of Montana to offer students
and faculty from indigenous
backgrounds exposure to
modern instrumentation
and state-of-the-art techniques
in biological and chemical
sciences. See
Native American Research Lab (NARL) Website
-
Jason
Tinant has assumed a leadership role
as Co-PI for Oglala Lakota College (OLC)'s TCUP Phase II Project, designed
to develop new research projects based on the Pine Ridge reservation
that incorporate undergraduate teams and OLC faculty. The projects
collaborate with local OST agencies and are designed to meet the
needs of the Pine Ridge community. Mr. Tinant also heads OLC's Great
Plains Riparian Protection Project (GRIPP), which prepares students
for a career in environmental sciences and the use of GIS remote
sensing as well as collects data to provide solutions for the future
use of the land. GRIPP, funded by the National Geospatial Intelligence
Agency, is the agency's first grant to be awarded to a tribal college. See
Story on GRIPP Here
-
Michael
Price, TCUP Project Director at Leech Lake Tribal College, faciliated
a session at the TCUP Leaders' Forum on April 22-23, 2008 Albuquerque,
NM and has made presentations related to Culture and Science at several national
meetings/workshops.
-
Harold Kihega, formerly Biology Instructor at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) and Meredith Berthelson, Mathrmatics Department Chair at BlackfeetÊCommunity College are pursuing graduate degrees in their respective fields.Ê
- Fellows Collaborating for Success
- LDI Fellow Michael Ceballos (The
University of Montana) in collaboration
with LDI Fellow Michael
Price (Leech Lake Tribal College) co-hosted
a workshop entitled Native
Science for Native Needs: Strengthening Indigenous Voice in the Sciences,
April 18 Ð 20, 2008 inÊ Cass Lake, MN. See
Workshop Agenda
- LDI Fellow Michael Ceballos (The
University of Montana) in collaboration
with LDI Fellow Michael
Price (Leech Lake Tribal College) co-hosted
a workshop entitled Native
Science for Native Needs: Strengthening Indigenous Voice in the Sciences,
April 18 Ð 20, 2008 inÊ Cass Lake, MN. See
Workshop Agenda
- Six LDI Leaders shared their Institute experiences as
part of a panel at the April 2007 NSF/TCUP PI and PD Forum in Albuquerque,
NM.
- Alphia Creapeau, Dev/Preparatory Program Director, College of Menominee Nation
- Wannetta Bennett, Sponsored Programs Officer, Turtle Mountain Community College
- Michael Price, TCUP Project Director and EthnoBiology Instructor, Leech Lake Tribal College
- Angeline Sells, Instructor and Coordinator of the Agricultural Program, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
University
of Alaska Fairbanks Bristol Bay and Interior Aleutians Campuses |
QEM/TCUP STEM LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (LDI) Ð Cohort II
The Quality Education for Minorities (QEM)
Network has received support from the National Science Foundation (NSF)Õs
Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) to offer a second Leadership
Development Institute (LDI). The Institute will take place in
three sessions between August 2008
and August 2009: a five-day workshop (Monday-Friday, August 4-8, 2008);
a two-day workshop (Friday-Saturday, February 6-7, 2009); and a five-day
workshop (Monday-Friday, August 3-7, 2009). Applicants must be fully committed
to completing the three-part Institute and its associated requirements.
During the InstituteÕs one-year timeframe,
an on-going support system will exist for Cohort II members that will include
mentoring, a Listserv, videoconferencing, and a Web-based information exchange
site describing professional development opportunities. LDI graduates will
be prepared and expected to take a leadership role in the design, promotion,
and management of new STEM Projects for their campuses and to provide enhanced
support to the principal investigators and project directors of the TCUP
projects at their institutions.
For more information, please contact Shirley McBay,
Project Director, via email (smmcbay1 @ qem.org) or telephone (202-659-1818).
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