QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES (QEM) NETWORK

ÒDay at NSFÓ for Presidents/Chief Academic Officers

of Small Minority-serving Institutions (MSIs)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230

Stafford Place I – Room 375

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

 

AGENDA

 

Meeting Purpose: To provide an opportunity for participants to learn more about NSF and how it functions as well as for NSF program officers to learn about STEM programs at the participating MSIs.

 

Please Note: Except for Concurrent Sessions at 11:00 am, all sessions are in Room 375

 

AM

  8:00      Registration and Continental Breakfast                                                                  Room 375

 

  8:15      Welcome, Introductions, and Review of Purpose

                     Shirley McBay, President

                           Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network

                     James Wyche, Director

                           Division for Human Resource Development (HRD)

                           Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), NSF

 

  8:30      Overview of the National Science Foundation

                     Joanne Tornow, Acting Division Director

                           Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB)

                           Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)

 

  9:00      Overview of NSFÕs Broadening Participation Portfolio

                     Fae Korsmo, Senior Advisor, Office of the Director, NSF

 

  9:30      History/Overview of Minority-serving Institutions (MSIs)

                     Moderator:  Thomas Cole, President Emeritus, Clark Atlanta University

                                        and Chair, QEM Network Board of Directors

                     Panel:

                     Earl Richardson, President, Morgan State University

                     John Moder, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

                           Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)

                     Gerald (ÒCartyÓ) Monette, Former President

                           Turtle Mountain Community College, and Senior Advisor, QEM Network

 

10:15      Break

 

10:30      STEM Projects on Campus: Leadership Roles that Presidents/

               Chief Academic Officers Must Play

                     Freeman Hrabowski, President, University of Maryland Baltimore County

 

 

11:00      Concurrent Sessions for HBCUs, HSIs, and TCUs

               Focus of Discussion: Strengths and Weaknesses in STEM Teaching

                                                  and Research at the Participating Institutions

               - HBCUs                                                                                                             (Room 365)

                       Co-Session Leaders:

                       Claudia Rankins, Program Director, HRD, and

                       J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network

 

                       Panel:

                       George Bradley, President, Paine College

                       Perry Ward, President, Lawson State Community College

                       Trudie Kibbe Reed, President, Bethune-Cookman University

 

               - HSIs                                                                                                                 (Room 375)

                       Co-Session Leaders:

                       Victor Santiago, Program Director, HRD, and

                       Costello Brown, Senior Associate, QEM Network

 

                       Panel:

                       David Svaldi, President, Adams State College

                       Steven Rose, President, Passaic County Community College

                       Hilda Colon-Plumey, Chancellor, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao

 

               - TCUs                                                                                                                (Room 380)

                       Co-Session Leaders:

                       Lura (Jody) Chase, Program Director, HRD, and

                       Gerald (ÒCartyÓ) Monette, Senior Advisor, QEM Network

 

                       Panel:

                       Richard Littlebear, President, Chief Dull Knife College

                       Laurel Vermillion, President, Sitting Bull College

                       Virginia Carney, President, Leech Lake Tribal College

 

Note: Several NSF Program Officers have been invited to join specific

         concurrent sessions/to rotate between concurrent sessions

 

NOON/PM

12:00      Post-Award Conditions and Requirements, Project Monitoring,                                Room 375

               and Oversight

                     Moderator: Costello Brown, Senior Associate, QEM Network

 

                     Panel: NSF Office of Budget, Finance, and Award Management (BFA)

                     Pamela Hawkins, EHR Team Leader, Division of Grants & Agreements (DGA)

                     L. Rashawn Farrior, Grant and Agreement Specialist, DGA

                     Carol Orlando, Team Leader, Cost Analysis and Audit Resolution (CARR)

                           Division of Institution and Award Support (DIAS)

 

12:30      Lunch (box lunches provided)

               NSFÕs Interactions with the Congress

                     Teresa Davies, Director, Legislative Affairs

                           Office of Legislative and Public Affairs, NSF

 

  1:15      Critical Issues in STEM Higher Education: Implications for MSIs    

                     Wanda Ward, Acting Assistant Director, EHR, NSF

 

  1:45      Funding Opportunities within Various NSF Directorates

                     Moderator: Monica Mitchell, Associate, QEM Network

 

                     Panel:

                     Omnia El-Hakim, Program Director of Diversity and Outreach

                           Directorate for Engineering (ENG)

                     Julia Clark, Program Director, Division of Research on Learning in

                           Formal and Informal Settings (DRL), EHR 

                     Patricia White, Program Director, Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES)

                           Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE)

 

  2:15      Break

 

  2:30      Funding Opportunities within Various NSF Directorates, continued

                     Moderator: Monica Mitchell, Associate, QEM Network

 

                     Panel:

                     Sally OÕConnor, Program Director, Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI)

                           Directorate for Biological Sciences 

                     Jill Karsten, Program Director for Education and Diversity

                           Office of the Assistant Director, Directorate for Geosciences

                     Tyrone Mitchell, Program Director, Division of Chemistry (CHE)

                           Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)

 

  3:00      Strategies for Integrating/Sustaining Successful STEM Projects/

               Project Components into on-going Campus Programs and Activities

                     Moderator: Althea Burns, Associate, QEM Network

 

                     Panel:

                     Clarice Baker-Big Back, Vice President for Academic Affairs

                           Fort Berthold Community College

                     Johnnye Jones, Chief Academic Officer, Texas College

                     Michael Sperling, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

                           Mercy College

 

  3:30      Break

 

  3:45      The Science Policy Context

                     Cora Marrett, Acting Deputy Director, Office of the Director, NSF

 

  4:15      Comments, Questions, and Closing Remarks

 

  4:30      Adjournment