Conference Presentations
13th and 14th Annual Lilly Conference on College and
University Teaching and Learning
September 2012 and May 2013 in Bethesda, Maryland
The Lilly Conferences provide opportunities for the presentation of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. This interdisciplinary teaching conference targets faculty, administrators, and graduate students who are preparing to become future faculty. Participants come from across the US and abroad. (http://lillyconferences.com/bethesda/)
- "Student / Teacher Communication - Retention Intervention"
The Lilly Conferences provide opportunities for the presentation of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. This interdisciplinary teaching conference targets faculty, administrators, and graduate students who are preparing to become future faculty. Participants come from across the US and abroad. (http://lillyconferences.com/bethesda/)
National Learning Communities Conference
November 8-10, 2012 in Indianapolis, Indiana
The National Learning Communities Conference (NLCC) is sponsored by a consortium of 6 institutions. They are: Delta College, Harper College, Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City, Missouri, Indiana, University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Kennesaw State University, and Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. (http://nlcc.info/)
- "Student / Teacher Communication - Retention Intervention"
- "Small Group Debates: Providing an Active Learning Environment in Freshmen Seminar"
The National Learning Communities Conference (NLCC) is sponsored by a consortium of 6 institutions. They are: Delta College, Harper College, Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City, Missouri, Indiana, University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Kennesaw State University, and Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. (http://nlcc.info/)
National Resource Center: The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition
25th International Conference on the First-year Experience
Includes educators from countries around the world that gather to enhance and expand the first-year movement globally. Quality proposals that sufficiently and seriously address student transitions in the first year of higher or tertiary education are welcomed. (http://www.sc.edu/fye/)
- July 10, 2012 in Vancouver British Columbia
- "Student / Teacher Communication - Retention Intervention"
Includes educators from countries around the world that gather to enhance and expand the first-year movement globally. Quality proposals that sufficiently and seriously address student transitions in the first year of higher or tertiary education are welcomed. (http://www.sc.edu/fye/)
Islander Forum
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, January 20, 2012
The Islander Forum is a campus-wide opportunity to focus on critical issues in higher education at the beginning of each semester. Showcases presentations and active discussion about creating conditions for student success, and focuses on inclusiveness in higher education in South Texas. (http://islanderforum.tamucc.edu/IF_overview.php)
- Co-Presented "Active & Collaborative Learning Strategies for Small Classes"
The Islander Forum is a campus-wide opportunity to focus on critical issues in higher education at the beginning of each semester. Showcases presentations and active discussion about creating conditions for student success, and focuses on inclusiveness in higher education in South Texas. (http://islanderforum.tamucc.edu/IF_overview.php)
Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST)
November 2007 in Austin, Texas
The Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching is the annual meeting of STAT. Attendance in recent years has exceeded 7,000 participants, which makes CAST the nation's largest statewide meeting of Science Teachers. (http://statweb.org/about)
- "Conducting Family Science Nights: The Benefits and How-To"
The Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching is the annual meeting of STAT. Attendance in recent years has exceeded 7,000 participants, which makes CAST the nation's largest statewide meeting of Science Teachers. (http://statweb.org/about)
Graduate Student Association Research Symposium
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, November 2008
The ELITE Graduate Program, The Office of Research, Commercialization, and Outreach, The College of Graduate Studies, and the Center for Academic Student Achievement hosts the symposium that invites all Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi Graduate students to present their research. It is a way to provide more academic and professional development activities to the graduate students of A&M-CC. (http://elite.tamucc.edu/symposium/index.html)
- "Promoting Geoscience Education with Family Science Night Events"
The ELITE Graduate Program, The Office of Research, Commercialization, and Outreach, The College of Graduate Studies, and the Center for Academic Student Achievement hosts the symposium that invites all Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi Graduate students to present their research. It is a way to provide more academic and professional development activities to the graduate students of A&M-CC. (http://elite.tamucc.edu/symposium/index.html)
Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
September 2005, Denver, Colorado
Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) is a society of scientists dedicated to fostering the success of Hispanic/Chicano and Native American scientists - from college students to professionals - to attain advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership in science.
The SACNAS National Conference motivates, inspires and engages participants to achieve their highest goals in pursuing education and careers in STEM fields. Conference programming is specifically tailored to support undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and career professionals at each transition stage of their career as they move towards positions of science leadership. (http://sacnas.org/)
- "Earth Fun Activities for Families"
Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) is a society of scientists dedicated to fostering the success of Hispanic/Chicano and Native American scientists - from college students to professionals - to attain advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership in science.
The SACNAS National Conference motivates, inspires and engages participants to achieve their highest goals in pursuing education and careers in STEM fields. Conference programming is specifically tailored to support undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and career professionals at each transition stage of their career as they move towards positions of science leadership. (http://sacnas.org/)
Faculty Development
National Resource Center: The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition
31st Annual Conference on the First-year Experience at San Antonio, Texas, February 17-21, 2012
Includes educators from countries around the world that gather to enhance and expand the first-year movement globally. Quality proposals that sufficiently and seriously address student transitions in the first year of higher or tertiary education are welcomed. (http://www.sc.edu/fye/)
Includes educators from countries around the world that gather to enhance and expand the first-year movement globally. Quality proposals that sufficiently and seriously address student transitions in the first year of higher or tertiary education are welcomed. (http://www.sc.edu/fye/)
AVID Summer Institute
AVID Summer Institute at Dallas, Texas, June 25-27, 2012
Summer Institute is AVID's annual professional learning training where contracted sites come to learn the latests in AVID methodologies and strategies to successfully implement AVID in their schools.
Summer Institute is AVID's annual professional learning training where contracted sites come to learn the latests in AVID methodologies and strategies to successfully implement AVID in their schools.
Transformative Learning Conference
2013 Transformative Learning Conference, March, 28, 2013 in Edmond, Oklahoma
Attendees from across the US and around the globe come together to share ideas, practices, and success in mobilizing resources to create transformative learning experiences and to consider best practice in assessing these experiences. (http://www.uco.edu/central/tl/2013conference/)
Attendees from across the US and around the globe come together to share ideas, practices, and success in mobilizing resources to create transformative learning experiences and to consider best practice in assessing these experiences. (http://www.uco.edu/central/tl/2013conference/)