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QEM/TCUP STEM LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (LDI)
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II (2008-2009) Invitation Letter Institute Application (.doc) (.pdf) Deadline: April 11, 2008 |
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INSTITUTE
COHORT I ÐÐ FELLOWS IN THE NEWS
QEM/TCUP
STEM Leadership Institute Ð Cohort I Participants, August 2006
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LDI Fellow Michael Ceballos opens research labs for American Indians at the University of Montana. |
Six LDI Leaders shared their
Institute experiences as part of a panel at the NSF/TCUP
PI and PD Forum that took place in Albuquerque,
NM on April 25-26, 2007.
- Charles Jason Tinant, Oglala Lakota College - Alphia Creapeau, College of Menominee Nation - Wannetta Bennett, Turtle Mountain Community College - Michael Price, Leech Lake Tribal College - Michael Ceballos, Salish Kootenai College- - Angeline Sells, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute |
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EXTERNAL
OPPORTUNITY ALERT: 2008
NSF-EPS Workshop:
Native Science for Native Needs–Strengthening Indigenous Voice in the Sciences
(April 18-20, 2008 at Leech Lake Tribal College)
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 LDI is designed to support and encourage broader participation by Native
American and Alaska Native faculty and staff in leadership roles of STEM
projects at their home institutions. Participants in the three-part Leadership
Institute will come from Native American and Alaska Native-serving institutions
that have multi-year projects supported through NSF/TCUP. Two-person teams
from 12 TCUP institutions will be identified as Cohort II participants in
the Institute.
SCHEDULE: 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. Click
here to view a topical outline for Session One.
ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible for participation in the Institute, applicants
must currently be employed at a Tribal College or University (TCU) or an
Alaska Native-serving institution (ANSI) that has a multi-year NSF/TCUP award.
He/she must be an enrolled or affiliated member of a federally recognized
tribe/entity or have a demonstrated long-term commitment to and involvement
in STEM education at TCUs or ANSIs.
BENEFITS: QEM will cover travel, lodging, and meals for participants during
each Institute workshop; provide a laptop computer to each participant for
use during the Institute year; and offer a $2,400 fellowship, payable in
three installments ($1,000; $400; and $1,000), upon successful completion
of each session of the three-part Institute. Receipt of the final fellowship
installment is contingent upon having completed or developed a viable proposal
seeking funding for an on-campus STEM project that the participant will lead.
Participants successfully completing the Institute will be able to keep the
computers issued to them.
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.
Eligible
individuals interested in being a member of the two-person team from their
institution at the Leadership Development Institute (LDI) should complete
the forms in the Application
Packet (.doc) and submit it electronically
to Shirley McBay at smmcbay1@qem.org or
fax it to her at 202/659-5408 by the Application Deadline: Friday,
April 11, 2008. The required letter of recommendation and recommendation
form can be sent electronically or via fax using the information above. QEM
will notify all applicants about decisions on their applications no later
than Friday, May 2, 2008.
For more information, please contact Shirley McBay,
Project Director, via email (smmcbay1 @ qem.org) or telephone (202-659-1818).
Click here for more information on the QEM/TCUP PROJECT Go
to QEM's HOME PAGE
QEM/TCUP STEM LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (LDI) Ð Cohort I
Blackfeet Community College |
Leech Lake Tribal College |
Salish Kootenai College |
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College of Menominee Nation |
Little Big Horn College |
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute |
DinŽ College |
Navajo Technical College |
Turtle Mountain Community College |
Fort Berthold Community College |
Oglala Lakota College |
University of Alaska Fairbanks Bristol Bay and Interior Aleutians Campuses |