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Appendix F Committee and Staff Biographies
Appendix F Committee and Staff Biographies
Pages 183-194
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capital campaign; created international partnerships with a number of educational and exchange opportunities for faculty, students, and business executives; spearheaded innovations in teaching and using new technology to improve learning; supported multidisciplinary programs that meet evolving needs of the 21st century, such as the Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center, which provides trained workers for the state's growing biotechnology industry; and advocated for students and their needs, co-editing an e-book, Educating the Net Generation. Under his leadership, NC State's Centennial Campus was recognized as the 2007 Top Research Science Park by the Association of University Research Parks and continues to be a model for innovative partnerships between government, business, industry, and higher education.
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He also is a member of Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Epsilon Phi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Tau Sigma, and Sigma Xi. Chancellor Oblinger received his B.A.
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Dr. Bruns has earned a national reputation for his efforts to improve science education for students at all levels and oversees a national portfolio in undergraduate science education at HHMI.
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Coulter's collaborative efforts with key leaders at colleges of agriculture was instrumental in advancing faculty competencies, strengthening curricula and experiential learning, and attracting academically talented and multiculturally diverse students into food and agricultural sciences undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Nationally, her responsibilities included designing and launching innovative programs that resulted in increased support for state and local agricultural education programs.
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and she has consulted for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Nutrition and Division of Adolescent and School Health. Crockett is president-elect of the Board of Directors of the International Food Information Council, a member of the Food Forum that advises the Food and Drug Administration, is active in the International Life Science Institute, helps lead the Minneapolis United Way's Early Learning Initiative, and is a Trustee of the United Theological Seminary in New Brighton, Minnesota.
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His research interest focuses on the career development of students enrolled in secondary and postsecondary programs of agriculture. In particular, he specializes in the application of social cognitive career theory to diverse youth in urban life science educational contexts.
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Prior to this appointment, Dr. Guyden was the interim dean for the College of Education and a Professor of Educational Leadership at Florida A&M University where she served as coordinator of the educational leadership doctoral program, interim department chair, and the associate chair of the department.
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Leadership Initiative national steering committee and has organized PKAL summer institutes and workshops. At the National Research Council, she was a member of the Committee on Undergraduate Science Education and the Steering Committee on Criteria and Benchmarks for Increased Learning from Undergraduate STEM Instruction and chaired the Committee on High School Science Laboratories: Role and Vision; currently she serves on the
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Chancellor Vanderhoef has served on various national commissions addressing graduate and international education, the role of a modern landgrant university, and accrediting issues. Chancellor Vanderhoef has been awarded two honorary doctoral degrees, by Purdue University in May 2000, and by Inje University, Korea, in April 2002.
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in molecular biology and education from Harvard, working with physicist Eric Mazur on issues related to undergraduate science courses; his research focused on mechanisms for assessing and enhancing introductory science courses in biology and physics to encourage student learning and conceptual understanding, including studies of active learning, classroom demonstrations, and student understanding of genetics vocabulary. Fagen also received an A.M.
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Prior to joining BANR, she was Senior Program Officer for the Academies' Board on Life Sciences (BLS) , where she directed several studies, including Discovery of Antivirals Against Smallpox; Stem Cells and the Promise of Regenerative Medicine; The National Plant Genome Initiative: Objectives for 2003-2005; Sharing Publication-Related Data and Materials: Responsibilities of Authorship in the Life Sciences; and a BANR study on Predicting Invasions of Nonindigenous Plants and Plant Pests.
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Peggy Tsai is a Program Officer with the National Academies' Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, which she joined in November 2004. She has worked on various studies ranging from agricultural biotechnology to animal health to international agriculture, and served most recently as the study director for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Research at NIOSH (2008)
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