B.O.S.S. Agenda

Here is a 2013 program agenda:

10-10:30am – Registration and Introductions

10:30-10:55am – Keynote Address and Q & A:

Keynote Speaker Mrs. Becky Ashe the L&N STEM Academy Principal and STEM Coordinator for Knox County Schools

11-11:50am Concurrent Sessions (Choice of STEM Undergraduate Student Panel: What We Wish We’d Known…, FUNdamentals of Engineering: What to Expect as an Engineering Major and Professional, or Scientific Research and Your Library: This is Why We’re Hot)

12-12:50pm Concurrent Sessions (Choice of ORNL: The Coolest Place to Work, Texas Instruments: More than Calculators, or STEM Professor Panel: What We Wish Our Freshmen Knew)

1-1:30pm Lunch

1:40-2:30pm – STEM Organization Fair and Browse Session

Exhibitors:

Biology in a Box with creator Susan Riechert

School of Pharmacy with coordinator of student services Stephanie Weathers

Dade Moeller

Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) with group manager Marie Westfall

Texas Instruments with design engineer Wes Milam

Geography Department with professor Kurt Butefish

Chemistry Department

College of Medicine/Internal and Residency Program with program director of internal medicine residency Mark Rasnake

Biosystems and Engineering with professor and undergraduate coordinator Joanne Logan

VolsTeach with Jada Johnson

NIMBioS with Chancellor’s professor Suzanne Lenhart and outreach and education coordinator Kelly Sturner

Safety, Environment and Education Center with coordinator Rosa Thomas

Office of Information Technology with Travis Gordon

ITT Technical Institute  with Elizabeth Stone

CG Services Corp with owner Gary Johnson, environmental attorney and acquatic ecologist Shelby Ward, and Mollie Bault

UT High School Science Fairs with professor Joanne Logan

Student poster displays from various fields of study

2:40-3pm – Closing Session, Prize Giveaways and Meet and Greet

We look forward to seeing you in April 6!