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Appendix A: Convocation Agenda
Pages 95-100

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From page 95...
... Jo Handelsman (Office of Science and Technology Policy) James Gentile, Chair of the BOSE Consensus Study Committee 7:30 Keynote Address and Discussion: Think Different: Allowing STEM Precociousness To Bloom James Gates (University of Maryland, College Park; Member, NAS; President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; Co-Chair of Authoring Committee for PCAST report, Engage to Excel)
From page 96...
... Initiatives focusing on challenges and opportunities for underrepresented students Preserving the Past and Promoting the Future: Niccole Cerveny, Mesa Community College CUREs for Introductory Biology: A Scaffolding Approach with Yeast: Gail Hollowell, North Carolina Central University 3. Challenges and opportunities in engineering VIP, EPICS: Edward Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology Bioengineering: Robert Full, University of California, Berkeley
From page 97...
... Infrastructural Opportunities and Challenges to Making Discovery-Based Research Available to Larger Numbers of Students Sean Decatur, Presiding (Kenyon College, Committee Member) Presenters/Panelists: - Margot McDonald, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo: The Campus as a Living Laboratory - Jeff Ryan, University of South Florida: Remote instrumentation - David Micklos, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: DNA Learning Center - David Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Virtual Internships
From page 98...
... 6:00 3-2-1 Exercise Jay Labov, Presiding (National Research Council, PI) List 3 "aha" moments from the convocation thus far List 2 questions that you feel still need to be addressed List 1 action that you will take when you return home as a result of what has been discussed thus far.
From page 99...
... - Goldie Byrd, North Carolina A&T State University - Arthur Ellis, City University of Hong Kong - John Jungck, University of Delaware - Elizabeth Beise, University of Maryland 11:30 The SLAM: All participants who wish to do so may make up to a 2 minute statement about what they have observed and learned. This session will serve to stimulate commentary after lunch from a panel of invited undergraduate students, members of the organizing committee, and participants.
From page 100...
... 100 APPENDIX A 1:45 Lessons Learned, Gaps Remaining James Gentile, Presiding - Brief reports from morning working groups - Comments from invited local undergraduate students - Comments from organizing committee members - Comments from sponsors - Comments from convocation participants (open microphone) 2:45 Next Steps Sarah Elgin, Presiding - Timeline for production of report - Plans for year of communication activities -- suggestions for venues solicited - Issues that the consensus study might consider, urgent questions 3:00 Convocation Adjourns


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