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Dillard University Undergraduate Research: Promoting Diversity from the Inside Out: Choosing and Preparing for Careers in the Sciences

Promoting Diversity from the Inside Out:

Choosing and Preparing for Careers in the Sciences

featuring

Thomas  Landefeld,  Ph.D.

Thursday, March 8, 2012   *   4:00 p.m.

  PSB 131-135

This talk is applicable to individuals at all levels within the academic community. Overall, the presentation is designed to provide a realistic perspective of the current status of minorities in the sciences, the reasons for this status, and actual methods to deal effectively with the problem of under representation.

Featured Speaker
Dr. Thomas Landefeld, professor of biology at California State University, Dominguez Hills, is a teacher-scholar-mentor who is dedicated to the education, involvement and advocacy of students and minority issues.  As an endocrinologist, Dr. Landefeld’s primary research interests involve the regulation of the female sexual cycle, concentrating on the molecular aspects of that regulation, i.e. changes in the gonadotropin subunit mRNAs during the estrous cycle in response to ovarian steroids, GnRH, and other physiological parameters.  A major focus of Dr. Landefeld has been determining the causes of minority health disparities, many of which are endocrine disorders and diseases, so that these disparities can be eliminated.  Dr. Landefelfd is commited to the advancement of minorities in the pursuit of higher education, particularly in the sciences.  Not surprisingly, this actually goes back to his foundation of advocacy for minority issues.  Dr. Landefeld is a champion of initiatives that advance mentoring of students in higher education.   He is author of Mentoring and Diversity: Tips for Students and Professionals for Developing and Maintaining a Diverse Scientific Community (2009, Springer, Inc.).  This guidebook is an excellent resource for minorities at all levels, e.g. students, faculty, researchers, and others.  Dr. Landefeld’s discussion on March 8 will have relevance to faculty in all disciplines and students in all majors.

Sponsors:   DU-LAMP/School of STEM and the Dillard Office of Undergraduate Research

Refreshments will be served.
__________________________
Lynn Y.R. Strong, MPA, CIM
Director, Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate Enrichment Programs
Administrator, IRB/Manager, HSR
Dillard University
Professional Schools Bldg., Rm. 250
2601 Gentilly Blvd.
New Orleans, LA  70122
Tel:   504-816-4446
Fax:  504-816-4313
lstrong@dillard.edu

     

Dillard University Undergraduate Research: Promoting Diversity from the Inside Out: Choosing and Preparing for Careers in the Sciences

Inside Higher Ed Articles - March 5, 2012

http://www.insidehighered.com

Not Out of the Woods Yet

Institutional endowments for the 2011 fiscal year showed returns similar to pre-recession levels, but many still worth less than in 2007.

Social Justice Revival

As liberal arts colleges reconnect with their activist roots, new programs take hold.

Beyond Tolerance

Many faculty and staff are clearly interested in promoting religious pluralism. The question is, how? Some colleges are trying to figure it out.

Inside Higher Ed Articles - March 5, 2012

Academic Impressions Online Course: Making the Shift from Classroom to Online Course Design

http://www.academicimpressions.com/webcast/making-shift-classroom-online-course-design#Registration

March 20, 2012 - 1:00 to 2:45 pm EDT 

March 29, 2012 - 1:00 to 2:45 pm EDT 

April 9, 2012 - 1:00 to 2:45 pm EDT

April 18, 2012 - 1:00 to 2:45 pm EDT

Learn the essential components of designing effective online courses.

As the demand for high-quality online courses and programs rapidly increases, instructional designers and course developers are faced with a new set of challenges. Special considerations are required to ensure the development of effective courses and a high level of engagement for a variety of learners.
Join us for a unique experience to examine steps to design effective online courses. In four sessions, we will cover remapping your course, organizing content, using Web 2.0 technology, and integrating learning design. We will also walk you through a step-by-step process to transform a face-to-face course to an online delivery format. Between sessions, you will have the chance to practice this process using one of your own courses.

Academic Impressions Online Course: Making the Shift from Classroom to Online Course Design

The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Rise and Fall of the Graduation Rate - College Completion

 

http://chronicle.com/article/The-RiseFall-of-the/131036/

A college's graduation rate is such a basic consumer fact for would-be students these days that it's difficult to imagine that the federal government didn't even collect the information as recently as the early 1990s.

The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Rise and Fall of the Graduation Rate - College Completion

LibQUAL+® Webcast Recording Now Available

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LibQUAL+® Webcast Recording Now Available

The Association of Research Libraries has released a free recording on the ARL YouTube Channel of the LibQUAL+® Webcast, held on February 14, 2012.
The webcast was designed to provide potential and current participants with practical information for administering a survey, to help participants with interpreting the data and its analysis, and to share best practices in using the results.
Key members of the LibQUAL+® team, Martha Kyrillidou and David Green, hosted the webcast. Our guest presenters were:

• Sandra Phoenix, Executive Director of the HBCU Library Alliance,
• Carla Stoffle, Dean, University Libraries and Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, and
• Chestalene Pintozzi, Director of Project Management & Assessment, University of Arizona.

The LibQUAL+® Webcast kicked off the 2012 ARL Statistics & Assessment Webcast Series. For more information on the other events in the series, please visit the original blog post.

LibQUAL+® Webcast Recording Now Available

Dillard University Book Orders for Summer 2012 Session

The following message is being sent on behalf of Provost Phyllis W. Dawkins and Ms. Lucy Green, Book Store Manager:

All book orders for Summer 2012 are due no later than Monday, April 02, 2012. 

Please use the attached forms for all book orders.

Barbara M. Albert

Executive Assistant to the Provost
Office of Academic Affairs
(504) 816-4216 (office)
(504) 816-4144 (fax)
balbert@dillard.edu

Dillard University Book Orders for Summer 2012 Session

Internships & Jobs at CSPI ~ Center for Science in the Public Interest

Center for Science in the Public Interest
Attn: Human Resources Department
1220 L St. N.W. Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20005
Email: hr@cspinet.org
www.cspinet.org/

Public Interest Internship Program
CSPI was started in 1971 by three scientists who saw the need for an organization to evaluate the effects of science and technology on society and to promote national policies responsive to consumers' interests. CSPI focuses primarily on health and nutrition issues, disclosing deceptive marketing practices, dangerous food additives or contaminants, and flawed science propagated by profits. Findings are communicated in press interviews and a variety of educational materials, which include reports, books, posters, software, videos, and the Center's Nutrition Action Healthletter.

CSPI offers internships for a small number of qualified students in undergraduate, graduate, law, and medical schools each summer and during the school year. We also consider post graduates. Applications are considered on a rolling basis until all positions have been filled. Please note the application review periods:

Summer internships - Applications considered in February/March
Fall internships - Applications considered in July/August
Spring internships - Applications considered in December/January

Generally, we offer a paid internship for ten weeks. Undergraduate students (or if you have earned an undergraduate degree) are paid $8.25/hour; and graduate students (or if you have earned a graduate degree) are paid $9.25/hour. The specific dates of an internship are flexible and depend on our needs and the applicant's schedule.

Application materials should include the following:
1. A cover letter indicating issues of interest, future plans, and dates of availability.
2. A résumé. Experience with advocacy groups is advantageous.
3. Writing sample, if required by the specific project (one to three page document that demonstrates your ability to write in a clear and concise manner).
4. An official transcript of courses and grades [only required for the Nutrition Policy internship].
5. If selected for an interview, letters of recommendation may be requested.
Email to: hr@cspinet.org (this is the preferred method)
It's best to submit all of the requested documents at the same time.

If your background and interests are a good match for our internship, we will contact you using the information you have provided. Due to the volume of applications we typically receive we are unable to provide additional information on our selection process to applicants who are not chosen for interviews.
Please contact the Human Resources office if you have any further questions.

Food Day - Accepting applications for spring and summer internships.
Food Day is a major national event that CSPI is sponsoring this October. The goal is to educate the public and support policy measures on such issues as diet and health, sustainable agriculture, farm-animal welfare, and food insecurity. Interns will help develop materials, identify and work with local activists around the country, and answer inquiries from the public about how to get involved in Food Day.

Health Promotion Policy - Accepting applications for spring and summer internship.
The Health Promotion Policy Project advocates for health promotion and prevention of disease at the local, state and federal levels, encourages the food industry to improve their products and practices, and engages health professionals, academics, and concerned citizens in supporting our efforts.

Nutrition Policy - Accepting applications for summer internship.
This project covers hot topics related to nutrition and health policies. Current issues include school foods, food additives, food marketing to children, obesity prevention, and microbial contamination of foods. Projects may involve research for policy analysis and development, op-ed pieces, reports, tracking legislation and regulations and assisting in policy advocacy. Applicants should have a strong college-level science, public policy or law background and must submit a writing sample.

Food Safety - Accepting applications for spring and summer internships.
This project covers a broad array of topics, divided into the following areas of concentration; the production and inspection of meat, poultry, and seafood, sustainable organic agriculture, food additives, and pesticide safety. Interns must have a strong background in either toxicology, biochemistry, biological sciences, law or public health. Applicants should have strong writing and computer skills and must submit a writing sample.

Litigation - Not considering applications for winter/spring period. Summer 2012 internship position has been filled.
The Litigation Project uses state and federal courts to help correct corporate misbehavior. The project brings its own advocacy lawsuits, working with private lawyers across the country. CSPI's legal filings have produced binding settlements resulting in more honest labeling of artificial ingredients and halting deceptive marketing. Many of the legal matters in these cases are developing issues with many interesting questions of both law and social policy. Law students will work with Director of Litigation Stephen Gardner (a nationally recognized consumer advocacy lawyer) and the Litigation Project staff either in Washington or in Dallas at the project headquarters.

Attn: INTERN
Center for Science in the Public Interest
1220 L St. N.W., Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20005
Email: hr@cspinet.org

CSPI is an equal opportunity employer.
Minorities, women, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
For updated information on this or other openings, visit: Jobs at CSPI

Internships & Jobs at CSPI ~ Center for Science in the Public Interest

Dillard University Undergraduate Research: “Hands-on Minds-on: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Understanding and Preventing Societal Violence”

Invitation to Students in All Majors!

“Hands-on Minds-on: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Understanding and Preventing Societal Violence”

In summer 2012, Virginia Tech will offer a unique interdisciplinary NSF funded REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program specifically designed for students from Virginia community colleges and 4 year institutions around the country. The program brings scholars together from the colleges of Engineering, Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, and Science to study the topic if societal violence. Students will be paid $4,500 stipend, travel and free housing (with 3 meals per day included!) on our campus for 10 weeks from May 21 to July 27. Attached please find our REU information sheet and the application form. I would appreciate very much if you can distribute it to students who might be interested in this program.

The application deadline is March 30. If you have questions about the program, please see the contact information in the application form.

*This program is pending official funding notification from the funding agency

Diana M. Ridgwell, Ph. D.
Director of Student Development and
Director of the  Undergraduate Research Institute
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Virginia Tech
dridgwel@vt.edu

 Lynn Y.R. Strong, MPA, CIM

Director, Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate Enrichment Programs
Administrator, IRB/Manager, HSR
Dillard University
Professional Schools Bldg., Rm. 250
2601 Gentilly Blvd.
New Orleans, LA  70122
Tel:   504-816-4446
Fax:  504-816-4313
lstrong@dillard.edu

     

Dillard University Undergraduate Research: “Hands-on Minds-on: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Understanding and Preventing Societal Violence”