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Kick-off Meeting

Kick-off Meeting. Summer Research Fellows Program Clark Science Center Summer 2007. Agenda. Welcome Tom Litwin, Director of Clark Science Center Science Center staff Admin Details and Q&A Christian Lagier, Associate Director Ideas for the summer program Summer Student Council. Admin.

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Kick-off Meeting

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  1. Kick-off Meeting Summer Research Fellows Program Clark Science Center Summer 2007

  2. Agenda • Welcome • Tom Litwin, Director of Clark Science Center • Science Center staff • Admin Details and Q&A • Christian Lagier, Associate Director • Ideas for the summer program • Summer Student Council

  3. Admin • Director’s Office web site: • Science Center site (www.science.smith.edu) • Look under “Science Center Admin” • Chose “Director’s Office” • http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/director/

  4. Summer Program • “Frontiers in Science” • Support for science education and careers • Grant funds available • Previous years: • Friday pizza/sandwich lunch • External/internal speakers or student presentations • Annual summer BBQ • Anything Else …. • Six Flags, NY trip, ice-cream, …

  5. Budget • Support for science education and careers • Please remember to acknowledge grant • Howard Hughes Medical Institute • $3,000 • Merck Institute for Science Education • $1,000 Speaker Honorarium • $1,000 Travel • $1,700 Food, misc

  6. Ideas & Questions So Far - 1 • Weekly lunch meeting for all • Contact list • Who’s on campus? what research are they doing? How do I find others interested in a certain evening or weekend activity? • Communication • Facebook or MySpace page, blog, mailing list, Science center web page … • “Frontiers in Science” – new name?

  7. Ideas & Questions So Far - 2 • Lectures/Presentations • Student presentation of research projects • Nick Horton: “What your doctor and every science student should know about statistics” • Career Choices panel discussion with junior faculty members • STATA introductory workshop (Nick Horton) • Excursions • Six Flags, Herrell’s ice cream, movies, theater • Other • Outdoor picnic • Sports activities • “Grunts vs Geeks”

  8. Grunts vs. GeeksSummer 2007 Intramurals • Botanic Garden Crew vs. Researchers • Weekly Games, Monday 4:30-6? • Kickball, Dodgeball, Ultimate Frisbee, Soccer, Volleyball, Softball • Culminating in Field Day (moonbounce, relay races, wheelbarrow, three-legged race, water balloon tossing, tug of war, etc.) Contact: Lesley Joplin & Rachel Rock-Blake

  9. Summer Student Council • Role • Organize events (incl Frontiers in Science) • Develop ideas for improvements of the program • Manage (i.e. spend) Budget • Any takers? • Who’s point person and money person? • Staff liaison: Heather McQueen

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