QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES (QEM) NETWORK

STUDENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP FOR STEM FACULTY AND STAFF AT GRANTEE INSTITUTIONS IN THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION’S TRIBAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM (TCUP)

Sofitel Minneapolis • 5601 West 78th Street • Bloomington, MN

December 5-6, 2008

Purpose: This workshop will focus on information, resources, and strategies to assist faculty and staff in supporting the professional development of students majoring in STEM disciplines at NSF TCUP grantee institutions.

AGENDA

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5

AM

7:30 Registration Fontainebleau

8:00 Continental Breakfast Garden Court

9:00 Opening Prayer Fontainebleau

Gerald Monette, Senior Advisor, QEM Network

Former President, Turtle Mountain College, and

Former TCUP Program Director

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Welcome, Purpose, and Introductions

Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

Greetings and Remarks

James Deshler, Program Director

Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS)

Directorate for the Biological Sciences (BIO), NSF

10:00 Nurturing American Tribal Undergraduate Research and Education (NATURE)

Presenter: Carol Davis, Tribal College Liaison, North Dakota Experimental

Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (ND EPSCoR)

10:45 Break

11:00 Panel Discussion-Involvement of Students in Research

Panelists: Robert Madsen, Science Instructor, Chief Dull Knife College

Jeremy Guinn, Science Instructor, Sitting Bull College

Moderator: J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network

NOON Lunch Garden Court

PM

1:00 Greetings and Remarks Fontainebleau

Jody Chase, Program Director, TCUP

Division of Human Resource Development

Directorate for Education and Human Resources, NSF

Group Discussion: Strategies for Preparing Students to Transfer

Successfully to a Four-Year Institution as a STEM Major

Discussion Leader: Patrick Weasel Head, Graduate School Sloan Grant

Cultural Liaison Former Director, and School of

Education LETTERS Advisor, The University of Montana-Missoula

Moderator: Carty Monette, QEM Network

2:15 Group Discussion: Campus Challenges and Opportunities for Student Development

Discussion Leader: Carol Davis, ND EPSCoR

Moderator: Shirley McBay, QEM Network

3:15 Break

3:30 Effective Mentoring Strategies

Presenter: Patrick Weasel Head, University of Montana

4:00 Institutional Team Discussions

Focus: Initial Planning of a Campus-based Student Professional

Development Activity for STEM Faculty and Staff

5:00 Teams Present Initial Ideas to the Group

Moderator: Althea Burns, Associate, QEM Network

6:00 Group Dinner Chambord

Overnight Assignment – Teams Refine Plans for Campus-based Activity

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6

AM

8:30 Continental Breakfast Garden Court

9:00 Professional Careers and Potential Challenges Fontainebleau

Roundtable Discussion: Members of QEM’s TCUP Advisory Committee

- Julie Kitka, President, Alaska Federation of Natives

- Willie Pearson, Jr. Professor, School of History, Technology, and Society

Georgia Institute of Technology

- Laurel Vermillion, President, Sitting Bull College

- Patrick Weasel Head (retired), Former Director

American Indian Student Services, University of Montana

- Elizabeth Yellowbird, Doctoral Candidate, University of North Dakota

Moderator: Carty Monette, QEM Network

9:30 Panel Discussion: Student Internships/Research Opportunities –
Domestic and International

Panelists: Thomas Abe, Science Instructor, Fort Berthold Community College

Robert Madsen, Chief Dull Knife College

Moderator: Althea Burns, QEM Network

10:30 Break

10:45 - Funding Sources to Support Student Development

- On-Campus and Off-Campus Internship/Research Opportunities

Presenter: Carol Davis, ND EPSCoR

Moderator: J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network

11:15 Group Discussion: Revised Plans for a Campus-based Student Professional

Development Activity Involving STEM Faculty and Staff
and Next Steps

Moderator: Shirley McBay, QEM Network

NOON Lunch and Adjournment Garden Court