February 2011
STEM EQUITY PIPELINE NEWS
NAPE 2011 Professional Development Institute "Equity Matters in College and Careers"
April 11-14, 2011
Doubletree Crystal City, Arlington, VA
NAPE recognizes that everyone is experiencing budget constraints. Therefore, we
are eliminating advanced registration. The registration fees for members and nonmembers
will remain at $425 and $525, respectively, until 5:00 pm EST, April 8, 2011. An
additional fee of $50 will be applied to on-site registrations.
STEM-related Highlights
- Preconference Workshop: "Pink Brain, Blue Brain? Females and Males in Math and Science"
with Lise Eliot, Ph.D.
- Tuesday Luncheon Speaker: Patricia Elizondo, Senior Vice President, Global Sales Integration,
Affiliated Computer Services/Acquisitions Operations Office, Xerox Corporation
- Tuesday and Thursday Workshops:
- Increasing the Number of Persons with Disabilities in STEM Fields
- The NAF Career Academy as an Effective STEM Strategy
- The Importance of Partnerships in Regional STEM Education Initiatives
- GUESS What? This Experiment is Sick
- The National Girls Collaborative Project: Using Collaborative Tools to Increase
Gender Equity in STEM
- Two State Models for Supporting NTO Careers Choices in STEM
- High-Tech High Heels
- Inspiring Students to Explore STEM Education and Careers
Learn more about the
PDI at the NAPE website.
March Webinar
Subject: Cognitive Beliefs and Cultural Variables Matter in STEM Career Development
Date: March 22, 2011
Presenter: Angela M. Byars-Winston
This webinar focuses on the relevance of cognitive beliefs and cultural variables
on academic and career commitment in science and engineering. Data from studies
of underrepresented STEM populations at the undergraduate level will be presented.
Examples of strategies for increasing STEM career interests, commitment to research,
reinforcing STEM students' academic self-efficacy beliefs, and reducing perceived
academic barriers at the individual, department, and institutional levels will be
discussed.
Register
Please note that you can access all past STEM Equity Pipeline webinars on our
Archived Webinars
webpage.
Iowa
The Iowa Department of Education in partnership with the Community Colleges of Iowa
and Iowa Regent Universities will host the first Diversity in STEM conference addressing
barriers to success in STEM career pathways for underrepresented students. The goal
of the conference is to create a forum for an exchange of ideas, promising practices,
and proven strategies to address the low representation of diverse students in STEM
fields in Iowa's secondary and postsecondary programs.
Learn More
New Hampshire
Middle and high school students are invited to attend the UNH Tech Camp to learn
from professionals in the STEM fields. At Tech Camp participants can choose to spend
one, two, or even three weeks working with people from industry, NH schools and
the university in each of the STEM areas.
Learn More
ARTICLES
Engineering Prizes Awarded at D.C. Gala
(Dan Vergano, USA TODAY)
Engineering's top prizes were recently awarded for advances in chemistry, DNA sequencing,
and education to Frances Arnold, Willem Stemmer, Leroy Hood and Edward Crawley.
Read More
Nissan Names Woman Exec to Lead R&D
(Joseph Szczesny, Journal Register Newspapers)
For the first time, Nissan has appointed a woman to head its product development
and engineering organization in North America. Carla Bailo will move from Japan
to Farmingon Hills as senior vice president, Research & Development-Nissan Americas.
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Visions of Science Go Viral
(Alan Boyle, Cosmic Log on msnbc)
The honorees in one of the world's most respected competitions for scientific visualization
include views of some nasty-looking viruses, plus a host of videos that deserve
to get some viral distribution. Take a look at the top of the crop in the 2010 International
Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, jointly sponsored by the journal
Science and the National Science Foundation.
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Schools Should Teach Kids More About How Science Is Done
(Anna Kuchment, Scientific American)
At an AAAS symposium experts agreed that teachers at the high school and undergraduate
university level aren't giving students a broad enough understanding of how scientists
go about their research.
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Program Prepares Women Faculty in STEM
(STEM Laurie D. Willis, The Charlotte Post)
Livingstone College, Salisbury, NC, is participating in a national initiative to
support minority women faculty in science, technology, engineering and math. Preparing
Critical Faculty for the Future is sponsored by the Association of American Colleges
and Universities and is funded by the National Science Foundation's Historically
Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program.
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It May Be a Sputnik Moment, But Science Fairs Are Lagging
(Amy Harmon, New York Times)
President Barack Obama recently said science-fair winners should be celebrated like
Super Bowl champions, but participation in science fairs among high-school students
is declining. Science teachers say policies that hold schools accountable for student
test scores in math and reading are to blame for the lack of interest. "To say that
we need engineers and 'this is our Sputnik moment' is meaningless if we have no
time to teach students how to do science," the president of the Los Angeles County
Science Fair said.
Read More
Encouraging the Hand-Mind Connection in the Classroom
(Margaret Honey and Eric Siegel, Education Week)
These authors argue that the best way for students to get excited about math and
science is by encouraging them to create, build, and invent.
Read More
UN's Commission on the Status of Women
The priority theme of this year's Commission on the Status of Women is "Access and
participation of women and girls in education, training, science and technology,
including for the promotion of women's equal access to full employment and decent
work."
Background Paper
Basics About Disabilities and Science and Engineering Education
(Ruta Sevo)
Einstein, Darwin, da Vinci, and Edison allegedly had disabilities. Would they survive
in today's school systems? This book provides an introduction to disability issues,
history, laws, and research for educators who have little or no experience with
students or colleagues with disabilities. A section looks at the need for inclusion
and recruitment of students with disabilities to science and engineering fields,
and gives examples of resources for faculty to improve instruction.
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RESOURCES
Time Warner Cable's
Connect a Million Minds encourages students to take an interest in STEM
learning opportunities and career ventures.
Astellas Pharma' Science Worx
website instills an understanding of science's role in human health and medicine
and supports science teachers' needs both in and outside the classroom.
The International Year of Chemistry
2011 celebrates the achievements of chemistry and its contributions to the
well-being of humankind.
Get the Math
inspires middle and high school students to solve real-world problems with Algebra.
Google launched a global
Online Science Fair.
Changing the Conversation
is intended to improve the effectiveness and impact of the engineering community's
efforts to communicate to the public about engineering.
The Lemelson-MIT
Program honors the acclaimed and unsung heroes who have helped improve our
lives through invention.
The Christopher
Columbus Fellowship Foundation will award approximately $95,000 to one prominent
American scientist, three high school educators, and 3 high school students who
exemplify excellence in life sciences.
The NSF REU Program at Clemson University, Interfaces and Surfaces: Exploring and Experiencing Science,
helps participants have a positive research and social experience and encourages
them to pursue graduate studies and research careers.
Super Hero Movies: Do They Get Science Right? talks about
what makes recent movies like Iron Man so scientifically "right on" and appealing.
Pulse of the Planet:
Kid's Science Challenge is a chance for students to submit an idea, question,
or problem for a participating scientist to solve.
SAVE THE DATE
Cyberlearning Tools for STEM
Education: Berkeley, CA, March 8-9, 2011
National Science
Teachers Association National Conference: "Celebrating the Joy of Science:
Imagine and Create", San Francisco, CA, March 10-13, 2011
International
Technology & Engineering Educators Association (ITEA) Annual Conference:
"Preparing the STEM Workforce: The Next Generation" Minneapolis, MN, March 24-26,
2011
U.S. Chamber of Commerce: The Case for Being Bold: A New Agenda for Business in Improving
STEM Education, Washington, DC, April 13, 2011, 12:00-5:00 pm ET
AAUW National Convention:
Breaking through Barriers--Advocating for Change, Washington, DC, June 16-19, 2011
ASEE 8th Annual K-12 Workshop on Engineering Education:
Collaboration Can Improve Engineering Education, British Columbia, Canada, June
25, 2011
CTEEC National Conference: Equity
Works, Tulsa, OK, November 16-17, 2011
League for Innovation in the
Community College: Second Annual STEMtech Conference, Indianapolis, IN,
October 2-5, 2011
Call for Proposals deadline is April 15.
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