Track - Manufacturing, Industry, Agriculture, and Aerospace

Ann Beheler   Executive Director Collin College

Helen Sullivan   Director Collin College

Gordon Snyder   Director Springfield Technical Community College

Deborah Boisvert   Executive Director University of Massachusetts - Boston

Representatives from the Convergence Technology Center at Collin College share methods for integrating business leadership into your program decisions to make students right-skilled and readily employable.

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Track - Health and Science

Larry Swafford   Dean Ivy Tech Community College

The presenters highlight the collaborative efforts between Ivy Tech Community College, I.U. Health Proton Therapy Center, and ProCure to develop a program that meets the workforce needs of this rapidly expanding form of cancer treatment.

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Track - Energy, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sustainability

Debbie Dalrymple   Professor Montgomery County Community College

Jerry Coleman   Assistant Professor Montgomery County Community College

Samuel Wallace   Assistant Professor Montgomery County Community College

Join us for discussion of one college's experience deciding what sustainability was, how it fit into the core general education requirements, and what happened as a result of those discussions.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Calvin Mackie   Owner Channel Zero Group

Participants discuss the key components of improving students' grades, as well as ways to make significant changes and to have influence over the projected engineering and mathematics workforce.

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Track - Technology, Multimedia, and Telecommunication

Scott Keltner   Adjunct Instructor Johnson County Community College

Participants experiment with the TI-Nspire CX and are introduced to some of its capabilities, features, and available resources. A majority of the resources demonstrated are available to use without purchasing a handheld by using only the TI-Nspire Document Player available online.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

April Obryan   Specialist Florida Virtual School

Researching best practices, collecting data, interviewing stakeholders, networking, and collaborating are just a few of the tools that are needed to strategize your way into defining STEM for you and creating your own strategic vision. Join Florida Virtual School as it shares its virtual journey into the STEM world.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Susan Lustick   Professor San Jacinto College - North Campus

Karen Hattaway   Professor San Jacinto College - North Campus

Come engage in classroom activities that integrate liberal arts skills into science. Using hands-on experiences from actual class projects, participants broaden their views of texts in science; practice thinking about data, tables, graphs, and lab specimens as texts to be read and interpreted by students; and experience representing evidence in multiple formats that reflect liberal arts thinking that leads to scientific conclusions.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Sharyn Root   Teacher and Chair Ithaca Public Schools

Shelby Shankel   Teacher Ithaca Public Schools

Motivating students with disabilities and reluctant learners can be a challenge, and at times seems impossible. This session explores various iPad and iPod apps that increase student engagement, while providing them with the tools necessary for academic achievement.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Sonia Wallman   Executive Director Montgomery County Community College

Yakov Cherner   Partner NBC2

NBC2 is working to bridge the gap between student understanding of lab-scale and industrial-scale biomanufacturing production. A virtual module to practice and assess operating and troubleshooting an industrial-scale bioreactor is demonstrated.

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

Celeste Carter   Program Director National Science Foundation

This workshop provides an overview of the National Science Foundation (NSF), its mission, funding opportunities, the proposal process, and other topics of particular interest to community colleges. In addition, a panel of funded Principal Investigators discusses the process of submitting proposals to and being funded by NSF. An overview of the proposal review process followed by a mock proposal panel review are also provided. This workshop is primarily designed for educators less experienced in submitting proposals to NSF. However, more experienced proposers and NSF grantees may also find the workshop useful and informative. Anyone at your institution who would like to learn more about NSF and its programs is invited to participate in this workshop. Registration is limited, so please register early.

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Track - Health and Science

Bal Barot   Professor Lake Michigan College

Participants consider how teaching chemistry and biology to college and high school students has evolved from chalkboard to white board over the last few years, primarily due to the use of technology.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Claire Phillips   Dean Lone Star College System

Navigating STEM academic pathways is especially tricky for first-generation minority students in community colleges. Using engineering transfer processes as the model, this session assists STEM faculty members and administrators to pinpoint barriers and strategize breakthroughs.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Philip Rous   Provost and Senior Vice President University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Richard Cerkovnik   Director Anne Arundel Community College

Patricia Turner   Chair Howard Community College

Muhammad Kehnemouyi   Professor and Chair Montgomery College

Sarah Jewett   Program Director University of Maryland - Baltimore County

William LaCourse   Dean University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Kathy Lee Sutphin   Assistant Dean and Special Assistant to the Provos University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Nancy Young   Vice President University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Patrice McDermott   Vice Provost University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Jarrett Kealey   Program Coordinator University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Transfer students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) are enrolling in our institutions in rising numbers. They represent a valuable resource for academic, technical and scientific communities. However, as a result of multiple factors, they may struggle academically and feel socially disconnected from their campus communities. As part of this session, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and four community college partners--Anne Arundel Community College (AACC), the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), Howard Community College (HCC) and Montgomery College (MC)--will share the development of an inter-institutional STEM transfer student initiative, funded by a planning grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Based on our work together, we are designing a “t-STEM” (transfer STEM) model as a way to address the academic and social dimensions of campus life, blend virtual and face-to-face platforms, and strengthen the collaboration of two and four year institutions. By the end of this session, participants will have a better understanding of the complexity of STEM transfer issues, as well as an inter-institutional model through which to facilitate STEM transfer student success.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Jennifer Moore   Adjunct Faculty Mesa Community College

Janet Felton   Executive Assistant to the President Mesa Community College

Come learn about Mesa Community College’s impressive results achieved in retention, completion, and progression for developmental math students by implementing an effective institutionalized mentoring program called Connect 4 Success.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Amy Wood   Director Iridescent

Learn how a STEM-focused nonprofit organization successfully brings together multiple stakeholders, including schools, professional engineers, scientists, and colleges, to create a unique, hands-on engineering program for elementary school students and their families that will also be available online to everyone.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Laura Jackson   Teacher Lee’s Summit School District

Introducing young minds to STEM activities can open doors to expanding career choices. Learn how hosting such an event recruits future scientists, mathematicians, and engineers.

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

Russ Little   Director Sinclair Community College

Archna Jindal   Developer Sinclair Community College

Sinclair Community College has developed an online syllabus tool that provides faculty members with options for teaching approaches and content while ensuring compliance with college guidelines, accuracy of course information, adherence to the defined learning outcomes, and appropriateness for guiding student learning.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Cynthia Wilson   Vice President League for Innovation in the Community College

Alicia Morse   Chair Anne Arundel Community College

Valerie Cope   Coordinator Sinclair Community College

Come learn how community college faculty are holding Significant Discussions with their secondary school counterparts to develop strategies for ensuring that high school completion equals readiness for college-level math.

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Track - Energy, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sustainability

Jay Antle   Professor Johnson County Community College

How does one infuse sustainability into curriculum, college infrastructure, and campus life? Why should one try? Why is there no easy button? Participants discuss Johnson County Community College's answers to these questions, as well as their own best practices for infusing sustainability into the campus community.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Michael Bartlett   Associate Professor University of Wisconsin Colleges

Technology allows on-campus and virtual classroom instructional methodologies to be narrowed significantly. Students view video lectures before class, which leaves class time for problem solving. Benefits include greater accessibility, problem-solving activities, and multiple applications between modalities. Participants discuss creating the digital lectures and capturing in-class lectures.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Laura Jackson   Teacher Lee’s Summit School District

See how constructing and programming a robot to complete tasks on a thematic playing surface can build teamwork skills to solve rigorous challenges.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Michele Bach   Professor Kansas City Kansas Community College

Charyl Link   Professor Kansas City Kansas Community College

Debbie Detrick   Instructor Kansas City Kansas Community College

Edward Kremer   Dean Kansas City Kansas Community College

Last year the mathematics department at Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) began the task of redesigning the college’s developmental math program. In preparation for this change mathematics faculty reviewed data on developmental education and developmental mathematics at KCKCC; attended conferences on curricular redesign; reviewed publisher curriculum delivery packages; wrote an internal grant for curriculum change; convinced stakeholders of the need for redesign; trained all developmental math faculty on new teaching strategies; and began training of faculty to teach with the selected delivery package, MyLabsPlus. This presentation will focus on the process, planning, and pitfalls of the redesign project. And, we will provide data on how this falls’ students are proceeding in the newly redesigned mathematics program.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Roslyn Bogle   Equity Coordinator Georgia Piedmont Technical College

Learn how to develop and cultivate a partnership with your local school district designed to increase the number and success of students entering into STEM careers. Discussed are strategies designed to cultivate the partnership, recruiting and motivating students in STEM careers, and transitioning them from secondary to postsecondary institutions.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Dennis Brode   Associate Professor and Chair Sinclair Community College

April Carpenter   Assistant Professor Sinclair Community College

Sinclair Community College, Norco College, and other partners are working to create a much needed pipeline of supply chain technologists. Participants learn how they can partner with the center to create workforce development pipelines for their communities.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Gary Behm   Assistant Professor Rochester Institute of Technology

Diane Heyden   Assistant Professor Rochester Institute of Technology

Dino Laury   Interim Chair National Technical Institute for the Deaf

This session is designed for teachers interested in assisting underprepared students to achieve their goals of entering technical degree programs. The presenters share their school-within-a-school educational concept designed to help students be successful in college. Additional support is provided as students focus on strengthening their English and math skills.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Diane McElwain   Education Specialist NASA Glenn Research Center

The Welborn STEM Project is a collaboration between The Church of the Resurrection, the NASA Glenn Research Center, and Welborn Elementary School to meet the STEM needs of elementary students. The collaboration model is discussed and participants have an opportunity to engage in the student engineering challenges and the STEM instructional activities.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Mekelle Douglas   Regional Vice President ConnectEDU

This session examines how The University of Incarnate Word (UIW) uses the Epsilen Social Learning Environment to focus on student engagement and impact learning outcomes, persistence, and completion rates.

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Track - Health and Science

Ellyn Mulcahy   Associate Professor Johnson County Community College

This project examined learning in classrooms seating 16 and 24 students. Retrospective questionnaires gathered data regarding students' beliefs about classroom size. Discuss why grade data indicate that students in smaller classrooms perform better than students in larger classrooms.

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Track - Energy, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sustainability

Peter Combs   Faculty Central Arizona College

Traditional math class sequencing can leave students discouraged from pursuing high goals. Displayed is why program developers ought to consider putting math in context.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Nathalie Darden   Assistant Brookdale Community College

Rebecca Rozario   Assistant Brookdale Community College

This poster session conveys club activities to attract and support STEM major students, data, and future plans for a STEM Institute to promote successful transfer to four-year colleges.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Ann Mailloux   Teacher Bethune Academy

Jessica Fredricks   Teacher Bethune Academy

Amanda Bataille   Faculty Bethune Academy

Trade books are used as springboards to launch multiple journeys of STEM discovery with arts influences. These dynamic integrated literature units help students understand their personal connection to the world around them.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Ed Lovitt   Director Johnson County Community College

JCCC faculty members ask students in online courses to come prepared for class. Do students understand the time and study commitments needed to be successful? This session demonstrates an online orientation that provides an overview of institutional resources, tutorials for the LMS, and tips for success.

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Track - Health and Science

Rosa Rivera-Hainaj   Dean Lorain County Community College

Participants learn how to integrate lecture and laboratory activities for chemistry courses. Participants also experience the integration approach of this course in the form of hands-on activities.

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Track - Energy, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sustainability

Larry Frolich   Faculty Miami Dade College - Wolfson Campus

As population growth slows, energy use, following biology principles, increases. Come explore how science educators can anticipate a world where a declining human population demands more energy from decreasing fossil fuel resources.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Jim Trepka   Assistant Professor Kirkwood Community College

Anne Bunnell   Instructor East Carolina University

Second Life, a virtual world, offers opportunities for face-to-face and distance education courses. Sites, activities, and the advantages and disadvantages of using this medium are shared by experienced instructors.

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Track - Technology, Multimedia, and Telecommunication

D. Michael Ploor   STEM Curriculum Integration Specialist Middleton STEM High School

Participants consider a complete middle and high school video game design curriculum that can be added to individual courses or to a complete four-year plan.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Trevor Greene   Principal Toppenish High School

The presenters share the journey of going from not offering any STEM classes to offering 27 biomedical and engineering classes in a school with over 99 percent of its students on free or reduced lunch and a minority population that is over 95 percent Hispanic and Native American.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Lynne Kowski   Professor Raritan Valley Community College

The scores received on college placement tests often result in students needing to take remedial math. Come explore how junior year high school assessments provide students with an early warning, which can cause them to take an additional year of college preparation mathematics to improve their college placement scores.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Dianne Phillips   Coordinator Northwest Arkansas Community College

Marvin Galloway   Dean Northwest Arkansas Community College

Detta Stephens-Mason   Student Northwest Arkansas Community College

Student and faculty presenters from NorthWest Arkansas Community College share a successful example of how a large community-based project was used to create an interdisciplinary learning community.

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

April Carpenter   Assistant Professor Sinclair Community College

Dennis Brode   Associate Professor and Chair Sinclair Community College

The Dayton area is emerging as the hub of RFID technology in Ohio. Come learn how Sinclair Community College faculty members collaborate with industry leaders to provide students with hands-on learning opportunities in an effort to meet the growth in RFID technology with qualified RFID specialists.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Leigh Estabrooks   Invention Education Officer Lemelson-MIT Program

Educators are introduced to the motivational power of self-selected problems to solve with technology through invention for teams of secondary school students, teachers, and mentors.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Herminio Hernando   Counselor And Instructor De Anza College

Mathematics remains a daunting challenge for many community college students. The Math Performance Success Program embraces a collaborative approach to helping students complete their math requirements from pre-algebra through university level statistics. Learn how the MPS Program helps students achieve their goals in math.

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Track - Technology, Multimedia, and Telecommunication

Heith Hennel   Professor Valencia College

Learn how to develop and use technology that helps to plan a short-term study abroad trip. Learn also to develop lessons that integrate the latest technology in the host country.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Rebecca Schini   Chair Igem High School

Discussion on how to use synthetic biology in the classroom and as an extracurricular activity to excite high school students to pursue a STEM career.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Ken Scott   Senior Instructor H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College

Participants will learn how the e-portfolio is used to validate and promote workforce readiness in the STEM areas of concentration. This session is particularly valuable to community college faculty members.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Kinga Oliver   Assistant Professor Sinclair Community College

Jim Willis   Associate Professor Sinclair Community College

Ed Gallo   Professor Sinclair Community College

Duane Benson   Associate Professor South Georgia College

Karon Klipple   Director The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Jane Muhich   Director The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has created innovative developmental mathematics pathways through college-level mathematics: Statway, a statistics pathway, and Quantway, a quantitative reasoning pathway. Both pathways incorporate relevant math students need in everyday life, ambitious learning goals, and productive persistence strategies, while reducing the number of exit points where can students stop out. Come experience some of the Quantway materials and hear from Quantway faculty about their experiences in the initiative.

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Track - Health and Science

Terri Schulz   National Director Project Lead the Way, Inc.

Getting students and teachers excited about the biomedical sciences is critical to filling the pipeline needed to grow the health sciences sector. This interactive session demonstrates how partnerships between Project Lead the Way and a school district effectively transitions students into the health sciences and biomedical fields.

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Track - Energy, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sustainability

Gloria Mwase   Program Director Jobs for the Future

Stephen Lynch   Senior Project Manager Jobs for the Future

Andrew Jorgensen   Director The University of Toledo

Participants discuss how the Greenforce Initiative is incorporating climate change science and NASA tools and resources to enhance STEM skills and career pathways for lower-skilled adults.

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Track - Technology, Multimedia, and Telecommunication

Rick Watson   Instructor Support Facilitator Vmware Inc.

This session explores the impact of tablets, smart phones, and other non-PC devices and the various technologies available to optimize end-user computing as we enter the post Windows PC era.

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Track - Technology, Multimedia, and Telecommunication

Mike Schwieters   8th Grade Science Teacher University School of Milwaukee

Tom Mussoline   Coordinator University School of Milwaukee

Science teachers in grades 5 to 12 learn how to use iPhones, iTouches, and remote controlled rovers to guide students in the research, design, engineering, and implementation of a rover mission to Mars.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Stephen Dunn   Coordinator And Professor Kishwaukee College

EMSA allows high school seniors to take accredited college level STEM courses in their senior year of high school, earning up to 26 college-level credits. Feedback from previous students, the program’s growth and community acceptance, and an administrative critique are discussed.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Denise Meeks   Instructional Faculty Pima County Community College District

Alex Kajstura   Campus President Pima County Community College District

Considered are incorporating new technologies, innovative facility design, hands-on curricula, and collaboration with a school district to increase STEM student enrollments and success in a Hispanic serving community college and a major research university.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Jessica Antonellis   Instructor Little Priest Tribal College

Janyce Woodard   Instructor Little Priest Tribal College

Stu Hellman   Instructor Little Priest Tribal College

This session highlights the presenters' experiences with interdisciplinary learning communities at Little Priest Tribal College. Participants discuss the role and value of learning community courses in higher education.

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

David Shupe   Chief Innovation Officer eLumen

Come learn how STEM programs can now have the capability to know, in real time, where any student or any defined set of students stands relative to any set of student learning outcomes.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Cindy Rubin   Director My Science Classroom, Inc.

This wizard of a meeting unleashes the ease of using Twitter, Skype, and Google effectively with intended purpose and collaborative goals. Participating in this session is easier than going to the Emerald City alone! Participants are encouraged to bring laptops or smartphones to this session.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

D.I. von Briesen   Instructor Central Piedmont Community College

In this fifth annual presentation of the latest roundup of cool web tool for educators, you'll get to see examples of some amazing online and downloadable tools that should be part of every educator's toolkit. From keyboard shortcuts to must-have resources and amazing things you've never seen, we guarantee you'll leave with something cool and useful. Questioners will get candy bars. Yeah, you read that right.

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Track - Health and Science

Laura Jackson   Teacher Lee’s Summit School District

Science Education Standards suggest students need opportunities to collect data to improve their understanding of science concepts. Displayed are probes and sensors that enable students to complete labs like real-world scientists.

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Track - Energy, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sustainability

Scott Keltner   Adjunct Instructor Johnson County Community College

Start to finish, a depiction of the process of getting a wind turbine installed on our high school campus. The focus is on STEM-related lessons, student involvement throughout the process, and future lesson plans after installation.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Sumaiya Talukdar   Director Level Playing Field Institute

Jarvis Sulcer   Director Level Playing Field Institute

This session explores eliminating barriers to STEM education for underrepresented students of color. Displayed are promising strategies, including enrichment courses, culturally relevant mentorships and instruction, partnerships, and rigorous evaluation.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Kenwyn Cradock   Faculty Eastern New Mexico University - Portales

Displayed is information about an investigation into how students perceive and understand what STEM is and how this can inform how we engage them. The poster session facilitators are available to discuss developing support structures that encourage success and engagement in STEM degrees.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Louise Yarnall   Scientist SRI International

This poster session displays early findings from an NSF-funded targeted research study that identifies the key mechanisms that deepen industry input into community college programs for STEM workforce training.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Nathanial Wiggins   Professor San Jacinto College - North Campus

Interdisciplinary projects for STEM majors are displayed, including integrating liberal arts and technical majors. Inter-institutional system-based student learning outcomes are presented as a powerhouse for emerging projects.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Elizabeth Del Campo Hartman   Instructional Coach Princeton City Schools

Melissa Sands   Teacher Princeton City Schools

Christ Anderson   Teacher Princeton City Schools

Steve Duke   Instructional Coach Princeton City Schools

Participants discuss the journey of one school district’s integration of Common Core, 21st century skills, and a 6-12th grade interdisciplinary curriculum seen throughout the pedagogical shift into a new student-centered school.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Mirah Dow   Associate Professor Emporia State University

Science fair competitions for grades 4-12 students emphasize individual scientific research that demonstrates students' mastery of STEM subjects. Discover school librarians' roles with kids as they explore, test, and create with STEM educators teaching the scientific method, guided inquiry, report writing, and presentation skills.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Vince Bertram   President and Chief Executive Officer Project Lead the Way, Inc.

Educational, community, and business leaders agree that the United States inadequately prepares students for success in STEM related disciplines. As a result, workforce needs remain unmet, and thousands of American students stand unprepared for the changing world around them. During this session, the presenter shares his experiences as a parent, principal, superintendent, and nonprofit CEO, and the lessons he has learned preparing our children for the global economy.

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Track - Health and Science

Richard Woodfield   Associate Vice President Rhodes State College

Debra McCurdy   President Rhodes State College

Thomas Stuckey   President Northwest State Community College

Roberto Gutierrez   President Klamath Community College

Representatives from a consortium of three public two-year colleges and one public university share allied health programs that use distance technology to provide rural communities cost-effective access to in-demand healthcare career education.

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Track - Manufacturing, Industry, Agriculture, and Aerospace

Jesse Roitenberg   Educational Manager Stratasys 3D Printers & Production Systems

Learn how 3D printers can enhance curriculum and increase student engagement by providing them with hands-on opportunities. Participants discuss 3D printing and explore how this technology is being used in high school, community college, and university classrooms and labs.

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Track - Technology, Multimedia, and Telecommunication

Lorilyn Owens   Regional Director Oracle Academy

Conceived to help educators awaken and deepen students' interest in Java, computer science, and engineering, the curriculum is free and complete with lecture materials, labs, assessments, and projects. It's fun, engaging, easy to use, and aligns with the Oracle Certified Associate Java Programmer certification.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Jan Campain   Associate and Trainer Center for Teacher Effectiveness

Discover the tools necessary for building a classroom that floats with clearly defined limits, mutual respect, and warm emotional support. Come discuss why teaching discipline is just as important as teaching the curriculum.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Jennifer Musick   Assistant Director Ivy Tech Community College

Rozlyn Hernandez   Academic Advisor Ivy Tech Community College

The presentation illustrates techniques used to engage and retain female students in STEM programs by using student leaders and organizations involved within these fields.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Jim Brazell   Technology Forecaster and Strategist Thornburg Center

Provided are case analyses of next generation TE(a)MS schools and communities. Participants learn about what South Korea and Finland have in common with Central Florida, San Diego, and the DC Metro area. Come discover emerging practice in schools and communities rooted in connecting technology, creativity, and local culture. Discover free open-source TE(a)MS tools you can use in your community.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Frankie Laanan   Interim Director Iowa State University

Darin Moeller   Doctoral Research Associate Iowa State University

This session focuses on sharing the challenges, successes, and best practices experienced when developing partnerships with school districts, community colleges, and four-year institutions to encourage specific educational and career pathways in STEM. Current research on these partnerships is also shared.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Suzanne Halverson   Faculty Polk State College

Richard Jeffries   Assistant Director Polk State College

Participants consider how the faculty and staff of the Polk State College Collegiate High School implemented a comprehensive STEM program of study that includes structured curriculum and a research component. This session will benefit any educator seeking to implement a STEM initiative.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Kurt Messick   Professor Ivy Tech Community College

Science and technology have always had an impact on and been influenced by the greater culture around them. Participants discuss how getting students to see the connection between history and the current age increases their interest in and application of what they learn in our classes.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Dianne Phillips   Coordinator Northwest Arkansas Community College

Tammy Huffman   Student Northwest Arkansas Community College

Learn how pre-service teachers are given the opportunity to adapt college-level physical science content to the K-5 learning environment as they work in teams to collaborate with faculty mentors in public schools.

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

John Sands   Professor Moraine Valley Community College

Pamela Haney   Vice President Moraine Valley Community College

Erich Spengler   Professor Moraine Valley Community College

Do your information technology and cybersecurity instructors struggle with providing relevant hands-on, skills-based activities? The presenters share new resources available to build and implement a robust virtual environment and demonstrate using this environment in student skills competition.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Anthony Marcasciano   Instructional Technologist Moraine Valley Community College

John Neff   Staff Development Specialist Moraine Valley Community College

During this presentation, participants discuss the perception that mobile devices are used solely for content consumption. This presentation will amaze its participants with device-driven content creation activities.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Ruth Rominger   Director National Repository of Online Courses

Terri Rowenhorst   Director National Repository of Online Courses

Explore best practices for social media and learning from NROC's community-sourced Connected Professional Development project. Discuss how social media can engage full-time faculty members and adjuncts in professional development, especially participatory course design, and in facilitating instruction.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Jennifer Rutt   Senior Director AfterCollege

A brief but comprehensive overview is provided about how healthcare and STEM students view social media when it comes to finding their first job or internship. Tips and online practices are provided that administrators and faculty can use to help their students connect with people in industry who can help achieve systemic and individual goals.

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Track - Technology, Multimedia, and Telecommunication

Michael Ryan   Professor Anne Arundel Community College

Robert Lowe   Professor Anne Arundel Community College

Programs today are challenged with having the latest hardware and software to answer the needs of students, transfer schools, and business and industry. Come discuss ways to best overcome technology challenges and frustrations.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Amy Wood   Director Iridescent

Explore how engineering corporations and nonprofit organizations can work together to create hands-on curriculum to recruit and retain students in STEM, and learn what pitfalls to avoid using lessons learned from Iridescent’s afterschool engineering programs.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Marty Bonsangue   Professor California State University - Fullerton

This roundtable discussion focuses on the experience of STEM transfer students participating in supplemental instruction. Important implications of issues affecting STEM transfer student success are discussed.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Erin Fitzgerald   Senior Associate Museum of Science Boston

Louise Mary Nolan   Associate Professor Middlesex Community College - MA

Learn how collaboration among liberal arts, education, and science faculty from community colleges and four-year institutions strengthened the STEM preparation of preservice elementary and early education students. Participate in an engineering activity, Tower Power, which helps faculty members recognize ways they naturally employ engineering processes.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Laura Jones   Instructor Atlanta Technical College

Barry Bates   Coordinator and Instructor Atlanta Technical College

Every scientist's academic journey features stories, struggles, and probably soundtracks, too! Come learn why innovative liberal arts and STEM program alliances are critical, not only for educational purposes, but for advocacy as well.

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

Norah Kerr McCurry   Director Brookdale Community College

Larry Hartzell   Professor Brookdale Community College

Faculty members use technological tools to enhance face-to-face and online courses, and technology in the classroom can improve teaching and learning. But, is student use of technology a distraction? Let's explore student use of mobile devices, including laptops and mobile phones, in the classroom.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Chan Tung   Instructor Kansas City Kansas Community College

Roundtable discussion participants discuss developing a blended curriculum that focuses on designing, delivering, assessing, and integrating technologies into an existing curriculum. Blended course developers would benefit from this session.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Jim Brazell   Technology Forecaster and Strategist Thornburg Center

Our modern notion of STEM is generally limited to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses, disciplines, and jobs. The humanities and arts, however, are rooted in a holistic approach to learning that includes grammar, rhetoric, logic, mathematics, geometry, music, and astronomy in ancient antiquity. Emerging TE(a)MS model schools are evolving the classical and modern notions of the well-rounded student. Participate in this session to learn why the humanities and arts are a necessary and vital part of STEM in the context of innovation, civil society, capitalism, and democracy.

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Track - Health and Science

Tanya Hunnicutt   Faculty Central Alabama Community College

Lisa Ellison   Faculty Central Alabama Community College

Central Alabama Community College's Advanced Visualization Center developed and implemented a model to enhance allied health instructional methodologies by introducing 2D and 3D visual learning objects. Discussed are storyboarding techniques, equipment requirements, presentation techniques, and faculty member reviews.

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Track - Manufacturing, Industry, Agriculture, and Aerospace

Jay Jackman   Executive Director Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education

Learn how the CASE system of curriculum design uses inquiry-based strategies to engage students in the STEM-rich context of agriculture. Participants explore how to use a balance of activities, projects, and problems to replace direct instruction.

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Track - Technology, Multimedia, and Telecommunication

Karen Cole-Smith   Executive Director Santa Fe College

The presenter facilitates a discussion about the partnership between Santa Fe College and the faith-based community. Discussed are their collaborative outreach efforts, especially illustrating their success in meeting the technology needs of residents who are left out of the digital revolution.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Nagash Clarke   Instructor Washtenaw Community College

This session involves a three-pronged program in which students were introduced to STEM fields such as biology and chemistry and given math and writing enrichment, as well as college success orientation. Most students demonstrated improvements in math and writing placement tests.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Scott Ralls   President North Carolina Community College System

Matthew Meyer   Associate Vice President North Carolina Community College System

The NC Community College System is finishing up a strategic initiative called SuccessNC with goals to improve student access to STEM programs, enhance STEM program quality, and increase student success in STEM programs.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Danielle Ducharme   Assistant Professor Waubonsee Community College

Are you interested in how your institution can retain talented STEM students? This session describes the successes and struggles of effectively retaining students in an NSF-funded STEM scholarship program.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Judith Sullivan   Associate Professor Tennessee Technological University

Sally Pardue   Associate Professor Tennessee Technological University

Dale Wilson   Professor Tennessee Technological University

Participate in a discussion about a collaboration that integrates engineering design, physics, and music for pre-K through 5th grade children. The project provides research opportunities for undergraduate education in engineering, liberal arts, and teacher preservice training, while serving as a STEM recruitment strategy that engages underrepresented minorities in engineering.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Enis Alpakin   Professor Kansas City Kansas Community College

Edward Kremer   Dean Kansas City Kansas Community College

James Lyle   Professor Kansas City Kansas Community College

John Scanlan   Teacher Leader Kansas City Kansas Public Schools

KCK Community College and the KCK-Public School collaborated on an NSF MSP grant to host summer institutes in 2011 and 2012 focused on the content, skills and processes in math and science curriculum where past assessment showed lower student achievement. Participants developed their understanding of how science and math support each other and developed hands on activities to help students engage, explore and explain math and science content. A true partnership formed between faculty at the community college and the district.

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

Dave Dalsveen   Instructor Chippewa Valley Technical College

During this PowerPoint-free session, participants use offline and online agile tools to plan their own projects for classroom or business use.

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

David Thornburg   Founder and Director Thornburg Center

Participants explore the four primordial learning spaces—the campfire, watering hole, cave, and life—and discuss how learning is structured in these spaces, how the structures apply to the modern classroom, and how school design and classroom reconfiguration can transform STEM learning and teaching. Come experience what we can learn about space, place, and learning processes from science fiction and the tools at our fingertips today.

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

Charles Perkins   Dean Barton Community College

Brenda Moreno   Project Coordinator Barton Community College

Learn how to incorporate work life and personal life into a natural ebb and flow by working outside the normal college environment. Strategies for developing an open and flexible working model that maximizes remote work satisfaction are shared, as are the associated risks and rewards.

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

Michael Watkins   Director Toolwire

Learn about a first-of-its-kind approach to IT security training that provides students up to 200 hours of hands-on experience through a program that is mapped to popular industry certifications.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Bruce Wilson   Director NBC Learn

Today's students are visual learners who comprehend by seeing, hearing, and observing events themselves. Learn how to inspire, engage, and stimulate critical-thinking skills using high-quality and timely videos from NBC News that provide historical context and real-world perspective.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Michael Qaissaunee   Professor Brookdale Community College

Norah Kerr McCurry   Director Brookdale Community College

Anytime, anyplace learning can be achieved through mobile technologies. But the development of complex apps with intricate user interfaces and data structures is very involved because native apps are device and operating system dependent. Is the solution Web-based apps?

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Track - Energy, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sustainability

Joseph Roche   Faculty Metropolitan Community College - MO

Participants discuss the STEM connection to energy, environment, natural resources, and sustainability, and discover where the branches of knowledge can reach and how STEM roots nourish possibilities. Also discussed are the pathways through secondary schools, community colleges, and four-year institutions to meet industry standards.

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Track - Technology, Multimedia, and Telecommunication

Carol Redfield   Consultant WebStudy, Inc.

Let's discuss what computer games we have found to be useful for our students to create engagement or understanding or both. Find out about some game surveys that may help in selecting games for your classes.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Margaret Turcott   Assistant Dean and Faculty Bellevue College

Many workforce students avoid math. Many workforce students also take spreadsheet application classes as part of their program of study. Come learn how spreadsheet class can be used to encourage students to study math.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Mark Smith   Dean Knox County Schools

Come discuss how a stand-alone magnet STEM Academy in its first year builds dynamic relationships with higher education institutions to create problem-solving, critical thinkers for STEM fields.

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

Olga Blinova   Instructor Hudson County Community College

Participants discuss an engaging and replicable project-based approach to teaching introductory computer classes that includes other disciplines and allows for a deeper understanding of computer and content courses.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Peter Germroth   Professor Hillsborough Community College

Learn about recently created virtual field trips into Florida ecosystems and what it takes to produce and share them. Participants collaborate to produce video field trips with the goal of providing access for students in all involved institutions.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Lily Scholz   Marketing Manager Tutor.com

Come learn how you can help your students succeed in their first year of college level math and science by combining traditional support methods with online support services, including online tutoring.

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Track - Energy, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sustainability

Robert Grove   Dean Wake Technical Community College

Sharon Morrissey   Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer North Carolina Community College System

Scott Ralls   President North Carolina Community College System

Learn how 58 North Carolina community colleges collaborated to revitalize and integrate emerging green skills into over 80 vocational and technical programs. Outcomes of this two-year project are shared with session participants.

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Track - Health and Science

Eilene Lyons   Professor St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley

Rafael Hernandez   Coordinator St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley

Learn how STLCC-FV’s Biotechnology Program meets the required Perkins IV Technical Skills Attainment assessment with student laboratory notebook-portfolios and end-of-program technical presentations rigorously scored by bioscience industry experts.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Caroline Goodman   Assistant Professor Johnson County Community College

Kathleen Lefert   Assistant Professor Johnson County Community College

This session is best suited for math teachers interested in integrating sustainability into their curriculum. The presenters share resources found while preparing projects for their students. Participants are asked to share their resources as well.

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Track - Manufacturing, Industry, Agriculture, and Aerospace

Stan Shoun   President Ranken Technical College

Students receive a relevant education and financial support, partnering companies are actively involved in educating their next workforce while producing revenue, and the college provides a self-sustaining instructional model. Win-win-win!

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Track - Technology, Multimedia, and Telecommunication

Dave Hamilton   Educational Advisor MatchWare, Inc.

NoteControl allows students to capture information, take notes, and create citations on the fly; organize that information into folders; select the appropriate bibliography style; and export the content into a Word document.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Gwen White   Associate Professor Gateway Community and Technical College - KCTCS

Participants learn how math and reading scores affect students' success in IT courses and how classes can be redesigned to ensure success.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Mark Harrell   Coordinator and Instructor Franklin County Public Schools STEM

Learn how our district has created a P-12 STEM pipeline and infused the Common Core into 21st learning. Participants leave with resources they can use to create or sustain a STEM pipeline.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Ann Beheler   Executive Director Collin College

Deborah Boisvert   Executive Director University of Massachusetts - Boston

Failure to complete academic credentials is a nationwide problem. This session demonstrates how stacking certificates help increase completion numbers and enable students to finish credentials in stages.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Darci Doll   Instructor Delta College

This session highlights how the goals of a STEM education are best attained by incorporating liberal arts components. Participants discuss data from economic trends and neuroscience trends in learning, and engage in interactive activities that illustrate the ways that liberal arts can benefit the program and learning and serve as teaching devices.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Whitney Cobb   Education Consultant Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning

NASA and the space industry require diverse talent, including graphic designers, writers, and educators. Participants discuss careers and unusual approaches to motivating students to engage in STE(A)M fields and experience a novel approach themselves!

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

Jeff Borden   Senior Director Pearson

Rob Kadel   Adjunct Professor University of Colorado Denver

This session focuses on the benefits of teaching in open, social, and diverse learning environments. Using and illustrating hundreds of free tools that foster these experiences, support collaborative interaction, and personalize learning experiences, this presentation showcases learning experiences that are meaningful to instructors and students.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Valerie Kisiel   Co-owner Innovative Educators

Explore tools that can be used to provide 24/7 online training using podcasts, web conferencing, and videos, which are all critical to creating a dynamic and engaging learning environment. Also discussed is how to use tools to deliver and enhance face-to-face training, online training, and on-demand training.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Warren Dale   Thornburg Center

More powerful than a cappuccino, this session shares tidbits from presentation gurus, experiences from practicing educators, and the presenter's practical, replicable insights and strategies that you just won't find anywhere else. Participate in this session and receive free resources for developing high-quality images, music, video clips, and engaging activities to wake up your own presentations and lectures!

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Track - E-Learning Resources

John Neff   Staff Development Specialist Moraine Valley Community College

Anthony Marcasciano   Instructional Technologist Moraine Valley Community College

This presentation demonstrates a variety of ways to enhance accessibility using Windows 7/8, Mac OSX, and the iPad.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Mee Joo Kim   Graduate Research Assistant University of Washington

Denise Wilson   Associate Professor University of Washington

Rebecca Bates   Associate Professor Minnesota State University

With the ever-increasing demands on STEM curricula and classroom time, students often let professional and personal development fall to the way side. This session examines a series of electronically available professional development modules that are designed to be readily integrated and customized into STEM classes.

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Track - Health and Science

Anna Page   Assistant Professor Johnson County Community College

Explore how service learning that encompasses hospice, the Ronald McDonald houses, food pantries, the YMCA, and more is implemented in a science-based college nutrition course with specific student examples and outcomes.

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Track - Manufacturing, Industry, Agriculture, and Aerospace

Jeff McFarlane   Teacher Kansas City Kansas Public Schools

Industry needs employees with an understanding of cGMP-regulated work environments. Come learn about a biomanufacturing curriculum that simulates cooperation between production and quality control teams while developing student documentation and communication skills.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Benjamin Wolfe   Division Chair Metropolitan Community College - MO

Todd Martin   Faculty Metropolitan Community College - MO

Interdisciplinary field studies can improve scientific literacy and increase students’ pursuit of STEM degrees. This poster session illustrates how field studies actively engage students and provide them with successful experiences in science.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Erin Knepler   Program Director University System of Maryland

Nancy Shaprio   Associate Vice Chancellor University System of Maryland

Displayed are the findings from an analysis of undergraduate STEM majors (i.e., migration trends) and focus groups. Faculty members, administrators, and state higher education officials can learn how data inform pathways into STEM and how partnerships are being used to better serve students seeking STEM careers.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Shannon Corona   Chair Rio Salado College

Rio Salado College is infusing an understanding of nanotechnology principles into its two-year general curriculum. This poster session highlights the process used to establish community support and the challenges faced in designing the program for a nontraditional, mostly online population.

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

Kelly Ferdinand   Teacher Oakwood High School

Clickers are a fun way to engage students in lessons. Students love using them, and the program is so user friendly that even the busiest of teachers will have sufficient time to create lessons!

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Track - Manufacturing, Industry, Agriculture, and Aerospace

Norman Fortenberry   Executive Director American Society for Engineering Education

This session summarizes recent efforts by the American Society for Engineering Education to better serve community college faculty and students. An emphasis is placed on facilitating pathways for two-year college students to attain baccalaureate degrees and on assisting community college faculty members to be more competitive at obtaining and managing federal grants.

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Track - Health and Science

Patricia Dombrowski   Director Bellevue College

Norma Morganti   Executive Director Cuyahoga Community College

Kay Gooding   Project Director Pitt Community College

Gretchen Lefever   Director Tidewater Community College

Chitra Mohla   Director Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Significant American Recovery and Reinvestment Act investment in community college health IT program development has resulted in a wealth of curricula, best practices, and new industry relationships. Come join a frank discussion about this promising career pathway.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Deb Newberry   Director Dakota County Technical College

The focus of industry, government, and educational institutions on STEM inherently implies multidisciplinary content. Examples of critical thinking and hands-on activities for high school through college students that cross many traditional disciplines are presented to enhance participants’ understanding of these approaches and how to apply them.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Vivian Fueyo   Professor University of South Florida St. Petersburg

Philip Vahey   Senior Research Scientist SRI International

George Roy   Assistant Professor University of South Florida St. Petersburg

Zafer Unal   Assistant Professor University of South Florida St. Petersburg

Learn how the SunBay Math partnership leveraged technology through its curricular activity system to impact student learning of key concepts in middle grades mathematics and change middle grades teaching.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Joann Gushue   Associate Professor Suffolk County Community College

Recruiting woman into STEM programs, where they are significantly underrepresented, can be accomplished through the use of technology for the benefit of faculty, industry, and the community.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Elizabeth Watson   Director University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

George Clokey   Instructor University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

This session focuses on the technical and practical issues related to making field work, a high-impact practice in STEM, accessible to students with complex physical disabilities.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Jeffrey Weld   Director University of Northern Iowa

Learn how STEM faculty on both ends of the transfer bridge benefit from the Biology Transition Guide (2011) and the new Chemistry Transition Guide written by teams of community college and university faculty for successful student transfer.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

David Keller   Professor Kirkwood Community College

This session examines the application of noncognitive variables in a study of student success in mathematics. Come find out how the affective domain can be used to help identify at-risk students.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Ferdi Serim   Associate Thornburg Center

The MastersTree model uses digital learning to connect students with field professionals and streamline pathways for the real-world application of common core standards and college and career readiness. Participants learn about career academies and career pathways focused on broadening participation in STEM+ARTS, as well as how to effectively leverage the professional expertise of the private sector to support educational initiatives.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Michelle Rebollo   Associate Professor St. Louis Community College at Meramec

Mary Huelsmann   Associate Professor St. Louis Community College at Meramec

Angela Grupas   Professor St. Louis Community College at Meramec

Come see the marriage of the world's two oldest professions! Combining the technological innovations in architecture and theatre has enabled us to create an exciting new opportunity for students.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Amy Wong   Director Silicon Valley Education Foundation

Muhammed Chaudhry   President and CEO Silicon Valley Education Foundation

Learn how to integrate STEM into your programs using a tool developed by the Silicon Valley Education Foundation and by engaging the community through partnerships and volunteerism. Participants discuss integrating their programs focused mostly on math and science with technology and engineering programs by focusing on real-world relevant problems and project-based learning.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Pamela Auburn   Adjunct Faculty Lone Star College System

Learn why the rich descriptions of Texas landscape provided in the novels by writers such as McMurtry and Michner are the perfect backdrops to lessons about geology.

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

Rachel Cubas   Academic Consultant Pearson eCollege

Curriculum mapping is a process well recognized as part of the assessment cycle. During this session, participants are introduced to several uses for curriculum mapping beyond just the alignment of curriculum.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

James Van Horn   Assistant Professor Johnson County Community College

Steve Hansen   Professor and Co-Chair Johnson County Community College

Using CodeLab, an online application for beginning programmers, students type in code and receive immediate feedback. After a brief overview of the application and discussion about how its being used, a demonstration of the student experience is provided. After the student-side demonstration, the teacher-side functionality is demonstrated, including customizations made by JCCC.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Carol Redfield   Consultant WebStudy, Inc.

Gisele Larose   President WebStudy, Inc.

Come explore how electronic portfolios can be used to target and address risk factors in students' early college experiences.

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Track - Health and Science

Kristina Wakimoto   Professor Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

AGLS is an educational tool used to improve student’s three-dimensional comprehension of hand anatomy. Learn how AGLS is used in the classroom and how its effectiveness is measured.

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Track - Technology, Multimedia, and Telecommunication

Robert Klepper   Professor Iowa Lakes Community College

Online learning can be a wonderful way of learning or an isolating experience. This session explores the ways instructors can put the personal or human factor back into online instruction.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Cynthia Lester   Executive Director Georgia Perimeter College

In 2011, Georgia Perimeter College established an Office of STEM Initiatives to oversee all STEM activities collegewide. The executive director of that office leads a discussion about its accomplishments and challenges of institutionalizing STEM programs across five campuses.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Elisabeth Kasckow   Associate Professor Kansas City Kansas Community College

Edward Kremer   Dean Kansas City Kansas Community College

This presentation focuses on the partnership developed between JCCC, KCKCC, and MCC for faculty development. Faculty from area schools collaborated on curriculum development and professional development in the bioscience, forensic science, and safety areas. The lessons learned, steps taken, and ways to pursue future consortiums are presented.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Joan Erben   Professor New Mexico State University - Grants

Explore the premise that targeted humanities courses enhance and invigorate the STEM curriculum for greater student interest, retention, and success. See model syllabi and experience a sample unit project. Share ideas and best practices for humanities course integration into your college’s STEM program.

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

Lynne Kowski   Professor Raritan Valley Community College

Melanie Morris   Associate Professor Raritan Valley Community College

LMS transitions can be turbulent. Raritan Valley Community College's recent successful transition was piloted by faculty members for faculty members. Come learn how, with faculty-driven training, the transition was managed smoothly over a single semester.

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Track - Health and Science

Jackie Archer   Instructor Great Plains Technology Center

Tina Fugate   Specialist and Cluster Leader Oklahoma Department Of Career & Technology Education

Participants discuss how to convince advisory members to become mentors and to be actively involved in student learning. Topics include contacting members of the community for assistance, research, and presentation tips. Also included is a discussion about how to grade projects that involve considerable diversity.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Andreas Soemadi   Faculty Kirkwood Community College

Composition of functions is essential in intermediate algebra and college algebra courses. Mathematica allows students to study self compositions so that some aspects of nonlinear dynamics can be visualized. Facilitators of precalculus courses will find this session useful.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

James Poe   Associate Professor Miami Dade College - Wolfson Campus

This presentation proposes alternative methods for course sequencing that are more inclusive, improve retention, and provide for a greater duration of engineering-focused education. Described are the motivations for and theory behind restructuring the course sequencing, and the advantages and disadvantages are discussed. Participants also discuss how this new structure can be applied to their own disciplines.

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Track - Manufacturing, Industry, Agriculture, and Aerospace

Federico Zaragoza   Vice Chancellor Alamo Colleges

Beverly Hilderbrand   Executive Director Gadsden State Community College

Walter Barlow   Specialist Kentucky Community and Technical College System - KCTCS

Stanley Chase   Senior Management Consultant Kentucky Community and Technical College System - KCTCS

Educators, business and industry representatives, and administrators learn what makes exemplary career pathways programs work. Variables discussed include employer involvement, instructional transformation, support services, partnerships, continuous Improvement, and sustainability.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Jo Duncan   Director St. Philip's College

Carmen Nava-Fischer   Associate Director St. Philip's College

Using a Gantt chart, itineraries, public relations materials, surveys, and welcome speeches, participants plan a STEM event that incorporates partnering with school districts, higher education institutions, and business and industry partners. Each component is aimed at a different audience to encompass a community.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Lenore Mangles   Dean Nicolet Area Technical College

This discussion provides high school and college instructors with an innovative and collaborative method for stimulating STEM interest in high school students and transitioning them into college and STEM careers.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Michael Watkins   Director Toolwire

Learn how online experiential learning solutions enable institutions to provide virtual internships for learners seeking real-world experiences across healthcare, engineering, and IT while still in school.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Tanya McGhee   Chair Craven Community College

This presentation highlights our college's outreach programs that have been designed to provide K-12 students with the opportunity to explore nontraditional STEM careers through hands-on activities. Successful themes and activities are presented in hopes that you will be inspired to host similar events on your campus.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Christopher Strzok   Director The STEM Academy

The STEM Academy is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to improving STEM literacy for all students. The Academy represents a nationally recognized, next-generation, high-impact academic model. The practices, strategies, and programming are built upon a foundation of identified national best practices.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Sara Armstrong   Associate Thornburg Center

Bring the power of storytelling to bear in your STEM classroom by helping students develop their own stories, create their own projects, and engage in critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and effective communication.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Bernard Ho   Professor Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

The session begins with a visual presentation of fundamental critical thinking concepts, followed by a discussion about how to use curriculum expectations to develop unifying questions that are conducive to critical thinking. Examples of this strategy are presented and a template for the strategy is distributed.

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

Robin Nickel   Associate Director Worldwide Instructional Design System

Participants explore a course approval process that allows for the creation and submission of syllabi. Come discuss how syllabi connect to larger program and institutional outcomes and how instructors are free to customize components as college-approved core competencies remain intact.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Valerie Kisiel   Co-owner Innovative Educators

Participants explore a series of online tools faculty members and staff can use to provide 24/7 resources for students, including the use of podcasts, web conferencing, and videos. Come learn innovative and cost-effective strategies that will help your students achieve their academic, personal, and career goals.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Gail Krovitz   Director Pearson eCollege

Web 2.0 transforms STEM instruction by encouraging student discovery and creativity. This presentation illustrates some free Web 2.0 tools and best practices for their use.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Dave Hamilton   Educational Advisor MatchWare, Inc.

MindView helps facilitate students' analytical thinking, comprehension, creativity, and writing skills. Learn how to rapidly visualize and organize ideas and integrate them with Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Also discussed are creating timelines and Gantt charts.

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Track - Health and Science

Heather Seitz   Assistant Professor Johnson County Community College

Learn how the team-based learning approach has increased pre-allied health student success and allowed for more class time spent on critical thinking and interdisciplinary work.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Ulises Ricoy   Director Northern New Mexico Community College

Discussed is using low-cost amplifiers in a series of exciting and affordable entry-level brain recording kits that provide the ability for students of all ages to learn about neurons.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

David Majerich   Research Scientist Ii Georgia Institute of Technology

Ready, set, action! Come learn how the Science Concept Visualization Movie Making Project used as a type of formative assessment improved students STEM knowledge, skills, and literacy. Popcorn is provided!

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Katherine Watson   Professor Coastline Community College

Participants seeking objective analytical tools discover new cross-disciplinary digital research applications for old-school journalism's who, what, where, when, why, and how.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Susumu Kasai   Professor Salt Lake Community College

Database study is often perceived as requiring programming and networking skills, thus discouraging many students from enrolling in database courses. Participants discuss how interdisciplinary curriculum integrating productivity software attempts to change that perception.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Robert Klepper   Professor Iowa Lakes Community College

Online learning can be a wonderful experience or an isolating experience. The design of the course materials and the interaction with the instructor determines the outcome early in the course. Roundtable participants discuss various ways to bring the human aspect back into online instruction.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Laura Loyacono   Executive Director Kansas City STEM Alliance

Leigh Anne Taylor Knight   Executive Director Kansas City Area Education Research Consortium

The Kansas City STEM Alliance and the Kansas City Area Education Research Consortium collaborate with schools and nonprofits to recruit and transition youth into STEM programs across the metropolitan area. Come explore how research with local students, schools, out-of-school programs, and community volunteers informs program decisions and illustrates a return-on-investment of resources leveraged by businesses, K-12 schools, higher education, and foundations. Also participate in discussions about how what Kansas City is learning can be translated to inform efforts in your region.

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Track - Health and Science

Louis Nadelson   Co-director Idoteach Boise State University

Anne Seifert   K-12 Andstem Manager Idaho National Laboratory

During this session, participants engage in a number of activities that were part of the 2012 i-STEM summer institute, including how nutrition can be used to integrate STEM for teaching and learning.

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Track - Energy, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sustainability

Josh Manders   Project Specialist Lane Community College

Roger Ebbage   Director Lane Community College

Gain inspiration from a program that successfully combines top Lane Community College instructors, materials, and technology with a remote community college program cohort where downlink students also benefit from their own local campus instructors, systems, and materials.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Terence Fagan   Professor Central Piedmont Community College

Participants learn how community colleges can engage high school students in STEM using quadcopters as a platform in a contextual-learning summer engineering camp.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Terri Rowenhorst   Director National Repository of Online Courses

Bruce Johnson   Director Central Piedmont Community College

Shana Neeley   Program Director Central Piedmont Community College

Patricia Burke-Williams   Facilitator Coach Mentor Sinclair Community College

Learn how pilot colleges are leveraging digital resources from the nonprofit NROC project as they explore new instructional models to support and engage students reaching for college and career opportunities.

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Track - Manufacturing, Industry, Agriculture, and Aerospace

Jean Pollard   Manager St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley

Ashok Agrawal   Vice President St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley

This session highlights how St. Louis Community College developed and supports an on-campus building for STEM-focused workforce development. Learn how college resources, talent, and time can efficiently and effectively support workforce development.

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Track - Technology, Multimedia, and Telecommunication

David Thornburg   Founder and Director Thornburg Center

The explosion of mobile technologies provides amazing opportunities for educators at all levels to transform their practice in support of student projects and inquiry. This session explores the rapid growth of these technologies, some of the infrastructure issues they cause, and concrete connections to STEM subjects facilitated by the devices students bring with them in their pockets and backpacks.

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Track - Technology, Multimedia, and Telecommunication

Steve Sinclair   Technology Consultant Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

Do you hate PowerPoint? Come fall in love with Prezi, an eye-appealing tool for zooming and sharing ideas on a virtual canvas versus traditional slides. Participants learn how to create a Prezi presentation, see examples of presentations, and discuss the proper time and place to use Prezi. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops to this session.

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Track - Technology, Multimedia, and Telecommunication

Alan Rowland   Business Development Manager CompTIA

Brian Matzelle   Sales Manager - Education CompTIA

CompTIA's updated A+ certification was released in early October and has been updated and restructured to include performance based questions, as well as content on the latest technologies, including mobile devices. Successful graduates will need to have their skills documented skills by industry recognized credentials as they face the daunting task of finding that first post-college job. The CompTIA Academy program was designed to assist innovative schools and educators offer those valuable credentials to their students at the lowest costs possible. Classroom educators and administrators should attend this session to get the latest information on VUE Testing, CompTIA's Academy program and its family of globally recognized vendor neutral certifications.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Alan Veach   Director New Tech Network

Preview New Tech Network STEM high schools in over 20 states using one-to-one technology, project-based learning, and community partnerships to successfully engage students in STEM across the curriculum.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Briana Hervet   Director Ohio Board of Regents

Jeff Handley   Technical Consultant Ohio University

Participants consider the state of Ohio's model for STEM education. Local university-based programs, including an access and completion approach and a focused workforce-based approach, are analyzed.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Steven Wilson   Professor Johnson County Community College

Mary Deas   Professor Johnson County Community College

Craig Jaggard   Adjunct Professor Johnson County Community College

When designing a dual credit program, when should the college have control, and when should the high school be in control? Come find out how, after some atypical choices, our college algebra partnership is still growing.

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

Tony Kendall   Faculty Naval Postgraduate School

Alison Kerr   Program Manager Naval Postgraduate School

IT professionals are sought from overseas because U.S. students lack the skills to compete for certain jobs. The presenters discuss why mentoring and coaching young computer science students to work on par with IT professionals in DOD-related challenges takes planning, effort, and time.

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

Paulette Comet   Associate Professor The Community College of Baltimore County

Susan Maggio   Assistance Professor The Community College of Baltimore County

Participants learn quick and easy ways to incorporate Web 2.0 applications into online and face-to-face courses to more effectively engage students and increase their enthusiasm.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

James May   Professor Valencia College

Through comedy, surprising statistics, and audience participation, learn to harness the power of SoftChalk and a wide variety of free technologies that make effective use of smart phones as learning tools.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Christos Valiotis   Professor Antelope Valley College

Tooraj Gordi   Professor Antelope Valley College

Discussed is a pilot project that couples comprehensive teacher professional development with innovative computer-guided math instruction that may be the answer for addressing the issue of the revolving door in math remediation.

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Track - Health and Science

Edwin Gines-Candelaria   Professor Miami Dade College - Wolfson Campus

The main goal of the Biotechnology Research Learning Collaborative relies on the training of underrepresented undergraduate STEM students using research learning as the main tool. Participants learn how this model has been applied and how this could be used with your students.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Lori Slavin   Associate Professor Johnson County Community College

Brenda Edmonds   Associate Professor Johnson County Community College

Many institutions have a college-wide learning outcome that focuses on effective communication. This roundtable discussion focuses on how to teach and assess the communication outcome in math and chemistry.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Dorian McIntire   Program Coordinator Tri-County Technical College

Participants discuss innovative and interesting ways to make technology and engineering the hub of well-rounded STEM curriculum.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

J. Ben Schafer   Associate Professor University of Northern Iowa

Many students declaring majors in computer science have little understanding about the discipline. Participants discuss ways students can be introduced to computer science topics while supporting existing curriculum and standards.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Katherine Watson   Professor Coastline Community College

Participants engage in spherical thinking to address academic problems with four dynamic means for arguing from alternative transdisciplinary perspectives to achieve actionable consensus.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Susan Hall   Media Specialist National Inventors Hall of Fame School

Through professional learning community collaborations, the innovative Digital Literacy Personal Learning Network course serves as the technology foundation for the STEM environment. Course content and design are shared with K-12 educators.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

Davaughn Jackson   Student Northwest Arkansas Community College

Roundtable discussion participants examine examples of students' projects on various aspects of engineering. The benefits of project-based service learning are discussed, especially projects involving inter-college collaboration.

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Track - Health and Science

Dawn Busick   Project Director MOHealthWINS

Come learn about the innovation behind building a talent pipeline with TAA-eligible, unemployed, underemployed, and low-skilled adult students for Missouri’s healthcare industry in accelerated grant-funded job training programs.

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Track - Health and Science

D.I. von Briesen   Instructor Central Piedmont Community College

CHOCOLATE. After that, you'll join the presenter in an engaging, exciting demonstration of the emerging world of online educational resources - ranging from cool web-only coding tools, to full courses with video and exercises from the best schools in the country. While the emphasis will be on STEM topics, educators from all fields will benefit from the ideas and resources we'll review in this interactive session.

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Track - Health and Science

Carol Redfield   Consultant WebStudy, Inc.

Let's discuss what computer games we have found to be useful for our students to create engagement or understanding or both. Find out about some game surveys that may help in selecting games for your classes

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Track - Energy, Environment, Natural Resources, and Sustainability

Sally Pardue   Associate Professor Tennessee Technological University

Lillian Hartgrove   Vice President Cookeville-Putnam County

Sandra Koczwara   Specialist Putnam County School System

Come explore a Tennessee STEM Innovation Network project focused on infusing PreK-8 schools with place-based, integrated STEM learning modules in energy, water, agriculture, and health via a rural 21-county industry/community, postsecondary education, and k-12 education hub partnership covering more than 5,600 square miles.

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Track - Mathematics, Engineering, and Architecture

Clifton Luke   Vice President University of Phoenix

Mia McNulty   National Community College Project Manager University of Phoenix

Brianna Bendotti   National Director University of Phoenix

Nationally, students struggle with developmental mathematics. This session explores how innovative solutions using adaptive mathematics software has improved student preparedness at the University of Phoenix.

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Track - Technology, Multimedia, and Telecommunication

Seung Yang   Instructor Georgia Gwinnett College

Digispired ii is a novel strategy to develop students' understanding and appreciation of STEM careers. Participants learn what game development methods work and discuss the challenges associated with using game development to increase interest in STEM careers.

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Track - Technology, Multimedia, and Telecommunication

Krissy Mayes   Graphic Designer Instructional Technologist Sinclair Community College

Matt Brestelli   Web Developer Instructional Technologist Sinclair Community College

Interactive media plays a critical role in the development of online instruction. When technology, particularly programming, and designing multimedia applications work in harmony, they support student success. Participants discuss how, when done correctly, this seamless union goes virtually unnoticed, and why thats a good thing!

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Track - Technology, Multimedia, and Telecommunication

Karen Ivy   Assistant Professor Ashford University

Science and technology Leaders focusing on innovation must create an environment where the best ideas create value. Similar to the elements of jazz that include varying degrees of improvisation, this session examines how you can jazz up your organization’s ability to innovate by liberating people, triggering accidental discoveries, and encouraging improvisation.

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Track - Technology, Multimedia, and Telecommunication

Sandra Warner   Director Johnson County Community College

Vincent Miller   Director Johnson County Community College

Matthew Holmes   Director Johnson County Community College

This presentation will share the process of building infrastructure at Johnson County Community College to provide support for faculty using mobile technologies, and how faculty have begun to take advantage of these services.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Emily Webb   Program Manager Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri

With women’s representation low at all levels of the STEM career pipeline, the Girl Scouts shares a model for partnering with schools and local industry to inspire girls to consider STEM careers.

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Track - Recruiting, Retaining, and Transitioning Students Into STEM Programs

Kristee Lorenz   Adjunct Instructor State Fair Community College

Brent Bates   Vice President State Fair Community College

Kristee Lorenz   Adjunct Instructor State Fair Community College

The presenters leads a discussion about how State Fair Community College and the Sedalia School District 200 work together to improve college math preparation with a special high school project. Participants receive a copy of the Successful College Math Preparation booklet.

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Track - The Integration of STEM and the Liberal Arts

Dianna Cleveland   President Read to Achieve

Laugh while you learn how social interactive reading and reader's theater engage students and are valuable for teaching STEM material memorably! This fun workshop provides tools for successful implementation.

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Track - Technology Systems and Applications

Whitney Cobb   Education Consultant Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning

Explore an education model that is building a school to workforce pipeline by introducing engaging high-end nanoscience and technology content that also connects students with business mentors while building presentation and communication skills.

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Track - E-Learning Resources

David Thornburg   Founder and Director Thornburg Center

Educational institutions spend money on technology that often fails to meet expectations or to be used at all. It may surprise you to learn that 50 percent of all software implementations in industry fail to meet cost, time, and/or effectiveness standards as well. This session is based on a doctoral-level course on the subject of effectively using technology. Discover six tools you can use to increase the odds that your educational technology investments will return value over time.

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