[Plsfaculty] FW: Invitation: HHMI/NAS Biology Education Institute, August 2011

[Brian Larkins]

FYI...........

 

From: southardkate at gmail.com [mailto:southardkate at gmail.com] On Behalf Of
Katie Southard
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:14 PM
To: larkins at ag.arizona.edu
Subject: Invitation: HHMI/NAS Biology Education Institute, August 2011

 

Dear Dr. Brian Larkins:


On behalf of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the National Academies
we would like to invite members of your biology faculty to apply for places
in the Mountain West Summer Institute on Undergraduate Education in Biology
to be held from August 1-5, 2011 at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
Attached is a formal invitation and call for applications from Dr. Sean
Carroll, vice president for science education at HHMI.

More than 90 of the country's leading colleges and universities have sent
faculty teams to our summer institutes, which we've held for the past eight
years. We would love for the University of Arizona to join the many that
have participated. Strengthening science education across the nation is a
priority for HHMI, the National Academies, and the White House. Expanding on
Dr. Carroll's invitation, the Mountain West Summer Institute represents an
important step toward accomplishing this priority.


On-site meeting expenses, materials, and some meals will be covered by HHMI.
Each team's home campus should provide travel, lodging, and dinner costs for
their attending teams. An approximate estimate for the week's lodging and
dinners in Boulder is $700 per person. In the Mountain West region, Boulder
is readily accessible by driving, thereby minimizing the cost of travel.

As indicated on the attached application, teams need the endorsement of an
administrator (president, provost, dean) who will guarantee attendance costs
and support the team's subsequent efforts to enhance undergraduate biology
education. Teams of two are recommended, but teams of three will be
considered. Each team should include a junior and senior member and may be
comprised of faculty members or faculty and instructional staff. Faculty may
be active in either instruction or administration.

Completed applications are due May 20th, 2011.  Meanwhile, please let me
(Katie Southard) know if your department plans to assemble a team. It will
be useful to know in advance which applications are in progress.

Sincerely,

Katie Southard

Program Coordinator

Mountain West Summer Institute

Phone: (970)-310-9737

katelyn.southard at colorado.edu

 

 

 

Dr. Jenny Knight
Dr. Bill Wood

Director
Co-Director

Mountain West Summer Institute                                    Mountain
West Summer Institute  

Phone: (303) 735-1949
Phone: (303)-492-6680

knight at colorado.edu
wood at colorado.edu

 

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