April 15, 2015

 

Dear ASEE K12 and Precollege Engineering Division Members,

Happy Spring!  Hope you’re all enjoying yours, whether they’re filled with allergies or not!

It is my pleasure along with our nominating committee to announce the results of the recent division election.  The following candidates were elected to their respective offices for the coming year (two years for Chair Elect and Members at Large):

  • Chair-elect:  Martha Cyr
  • Program Chair Elect:  Liesl Hotaling
  • Member(s) at Large (2015-17):  Meagan Pollock, Bradley Bowen, Andrea Burrows
  • K-12 Representative, PK-5:  Denise Webb
  • K-12 Representative, 6-12:  Becky Smith
  • K-12 Representative, Other:  Paul Camick

Congratulations to all of the newly elected members, and thank you to all of the many wonderful members who ran for positions.  Thanks also to the nominating committee for their hard work.

Do you live in the Seattle area of have friends who do?  Be sure to encourage them to register for the K12 Workshop that we will host on Saturday, June 13!  Note that Boeing is sponsoring a registration discount for the first 150 teacher registrations!  Lots more information and a link to the registration system here: http://www.asee.org/conferences-and-events/conferences/k12-workshop/2015.

As you’re making your plans for the ASEE Conference in Seattle, please be sure to consider the following events:

Last call!  Don’t forget that proposals for the National Science Teachers Association’s (NSTA) Annual Conference for 2016 will be held in Nashville, TN.  I want to encourage any of you doing K12 engineering in the classroom to submit proposals to this conference, linking your work to NGSS engineering.    The conference will be held March 31-April 3, 2016.  But as is normal for NSTA, the session proposals are due TODAY!  You can find more information here as well as a link to their proposal system: http://www.nsta.org/conferences/sessions.aspx.  If your session is accepted, please let me know and we will assemble and publicize the lineup of ASEE-affiliated sessions.  I submitted my proposal; now you should do one, too!

Your assistance is needed to help us identify extraordinary science, technology, engineering and mathematics mentors or mentoring organizations for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM). You may email a nominee’s contact information to us at paesmem@nsf.gov.   On your behalf, NSF will send an invitation to your nominee to submit a nomination for the 2016 PAESMEM award.   The nomination deadline is Friday, June 19, 2015.  Individual and organizational nominations are invited from mentors from all STEM sectors.   Additional instruction for preparing the 2016 nomination package is found at:  http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15551/nsf15551.pdf.

Are you a university faculty member who specializes in, or even just really enjoys, K-12 outreach?  Be sure to sign up for the STEM Think Tank and Conference!  It will be held July 8-10 on the campus of the Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, TN.  Many sessions are geared just for you.  Find more information at http://stemefg.org/index.php/think-tank-and-conference/.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly with information that should be shared with the division or if you have questions or concerns about division work.  It’s easiest to reach me by email at stacy.klein-gardner@vanderbilt.edu.

With best regards,

Stacy

 

Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Ph.D.

Adjoint Associate Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering

Adjoint Associate Professor of the Practice of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Vanderbilt University

Chair, K12 and Precollege Engineering Division

American Society for Engineering Education

 

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