Holiday Inn Rosslyn
Arlington, Virginia
April 12 – 14, 2012
PDF VersionThursday, April 12
| 1:00PM – 5:00PM | REGISTRATION AND BADGE PICKUP (Promenade) |
| 4:30PM – 5:00PM | POSTER SET UP (Shenandoah) |
| 5:00PM – 6:00PM | POSTER SESSION |
| 7:00PM – 8:45PM | DINNER (Vantage Point Rooftop Restaurant) |
| Working Dinner | |
| “Best practices in recruiting, training, supporting and rewarding mentors” |
Friday, April 13
| 7:30AM – 8:30AM | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Rosslyn Ballroom) |
| 8:30AM – 9:00AM | WELCOME AND MEETING GOALS |
| Janet Branchaw (Leadership Committee Chair-Elect) | |
| Sally O’Connor, NSF BIO/DBI Program Director | |
| Judy Verbeke, NSF BIO/DBI Division Director | |
| 9:00AM – 9:15AM | SUMMARY OF PRE-MEETING SURVEY |
| 9:15AM – 10:45AM | PLENARY SESSION 1 |
| NSF BIO REU Assessment – Sally O’Connor (NSF) | |
| BIO REU Common Assessment Tool – Janet Branchaw (U Wisc.), Julio Soto (San Jose State U.) | |
| and Tim Weston (URSSA) | |
| Complimentary Assessment Tools – Alan Berkowitz (Cary Inst.) | |
| 10:45AM – 11:00AM | INSTRUCTIONS ON BREAKOUT SESSIONS & AM BREAK (Beverages and Light Snacks) |
| 11:00AM – 12:00PM | BREAKOUT SESSION 1: Assessment, tracking and reporting |
| Assessment 101 for new PIs | |
| Using the common assessment tool | |
| Modifying the common assessment tool | |
| Tracking participants | |
| Documenting REU success and impacts | |
| 12:00PM – 12:45PM | BREAKOUT 1 REPORTING and NETWORKING LUNCH (Box Lunch Provided) |
| 12:45PM – 2:30PM | PLENARY SESSION 2: Enhancing the Undegraduate Research Experience |
| Opportunities for Broadening Participation – Camellia Okpodu (Norfolk State U.) | |
| International Experiences – Bob Powell(Avila U.) | |
| Cross-disciplinary REU Experiences – Robyn Hannigan (UMass Boston) | |
| 2:30PM – 2:45PM | PM BREAK (Beverages and Light Snack) |
| 2:45PM – 4:15PM | BREAKOUT SESSION 2: “Enhancing and Sustaining an REU Program” |
| Enhancing and Supplements (International, Repeat Students, Teachers, H.S. Students) | |
| Institutional Support | |
| Opportunities for Broadening Participation | |
| Recruiting and Rewarding Mentors | |
| 4:15PM – 4:30PM | RETURN TO LARGE GROUP |
| 4:30PM – 5:45PM | BREAKOUT 2 REPORTING AND DISCUSSION |
| 5:45PM – 6:00PM | ANNOUNCEMENTS |
| 6:00PM | ADJOURN FOR DAY (Dinner on your own) |
Saturday, April 14
| 7:30AM – 8:30AM | HOT BREAKFAST (Vantage Point Rooftop Restaurant) |
| 8:30AM – 9:15AM | PLENARY SESSION 3: Responsible Conduct of Research |
| Inventory of Science Ethics Training Tools – Marty Matlock (U Ark) | |
| Teaching Ethics – John Pijanowski (U Ark) | |
| 9:15AM – 9:30AM | AM BREAK (Beverages and Light Snacks) |
| 9:30AM – 11:00AM | BREAKOUT SESSION 3: Science Ethics, Recruiting Students and Mentors |
| Common Application Tool | |
| Responsible Conduct in Research | |
| Training Younger (freshman/sophomore) Students | |
| REU Student Training/Involvement in Communicating Science to the Public | |
| Avoiding “Burnout” in a Long-term REU Site | |
| 11:00AM – 11:15AM | RETURN TO LARGE GROUP |
| 11:15AM – 12:15PM | BREAKOUT SESSION 3 REPORTING and DISCUSSION |
| 12:15PM – 12:30PM | FINAL REMARKS |
| 12:30PM | MEETING ADJOURNED |
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