Transcript April-October 2006 - Michigan Technological University

April - October 2006
Educational Opportunity
Highlights
Welcome Corporate Diversity Advisory Board
Personnel Changes
Kerri Sleeman – ExSEL Programs Director
Susan Liebau – ExSEL Program Coordinator
Tori Connors – ExSEL Program / EdOpp Secretary (new)
Heather Suokas – SAP Office Assistant
Rose Martell – K-12 Outreach Administrative Assistant
TBA – Youth Programs Coordinator
TBA – K-12 Outreach Office Assistant
Funding
5 year King·Chávez·Parks Select Student Support Service
ExSEL Program
5 year King·Chávez·Parks Michigan College/University
Partnership (MICUP) Program
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Partner Community Colleges –
Wayne Community College, Grand Rapids
Community College, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa
Community College, and Delta College
Michigan Department of Education – EPDIS Developing Algebra
Thinking; August 2006-June 2008
Funding
Michigan Department of Education – EPDIS Statistics and
Probability (August 2006-June 2008)
National Science Foundation – Earth System Science (August 2006
- May 2007)
Year 2 – NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
GEAR UP – Outreach to target rural schools
Year 2 – Ford Partnerships for Advanced Studies (PAS)
Michigan Space Grant Consortium
 TiViTz Teacher Workshop & Tournament
 Space Science Exploration (July 2006)
 WIE/EIE Hands on Projects (July 2006)
Funding
Corporate Funding
 Critical Need
Submitted but not funded
 Posse Foundation
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NSF ITEST
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NSF STEP
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HHMI – Broadening Student Access to Research &
Science (encouraged to resubmit)
Submitted – waiting for response
 Carl’s Foundation – Summer Youth Programs scholarships
for Detroit area students
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NSF Informal Science
Summer
1,195 Youth Programs participant weeks
47% Female
42% Minority
Special Youth Programs
 Earth and Hydro-Science Outreach (EH-SO) – Dr. John
Gierke
 Plant Genome Research – Dr. Chung Jui-Tsai
- Test Tube Gardening
- BioInformatics
 Women in Computer Science (WICS) funded by IBM –
Linda Ott
AP Biology Project with Cass Tech
Technology Institute with DAPCEP Teachers
Partnerships
Make a Difference Youth Foundation – Chicago Area Outreach
 Students – High Performing
 E-tutoring
Ford PAS Activity
 Utica Schools – Michigan
 Ace Technical High School – Chicago, IL
 Sally Ride Science Festival
- Parent Workshop
- Teacher Workshop
- 2 Student Workshops
TiVitz – Dr. Kathryn Clark, Board of Control Chair
(co-inventor of the game)
 Tournament in 2005, teacher workshop fall 2006, tournament
in spring 2007
Partnerships
Precollege Research Experience Program (PREP) –
Southern University - Baton Rouge, Timbuktu
Academy, Dr. Diola Bagayoko
 2 students participated
 Earned college credit
 Research with Dr. Tammy Haut-Donahue
 Potential future proposals
Current Status
Diversity External Review
Review Climate Survey/Study
 Workshops/ speakers
 Website
 Full Report
Planning for Summer 2007
YES! Expo assistance
Work with Enrollment Management/Admissions
 Communication plan for Youth Programs participants after
they have attended a program
K-12 Outreach Center
 Clearinghouse for all K-12 outreach activities on campus
Questions ?