Make your hotel reservations and register today! PLEASE NOTE: The Holiday Inn room block is full. Rooms are available (for conference rate) at the Springhill Suites and Hampton Inn, but they are going fast! Thursday • Statesboro Holiday Inn - 6 - 9 p.m. Friday • Nessmith-Lane Conference Center - 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
March 5 - 6, 2015
stem.georgiasouthern.edu/
NESSMITH-LANE CONFERENCE CENTER, STATESBORO, GA
4TH ANNUAL
GEORGIA SCHOLARSHIP OF STEM TEACHING & LEARNING CONFERENCE THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE! MARCH 5 • Conference kick-off Statesboro Holiday Inn 6 - 9 p.m. 7 - 9 p.m.
Registration 6 - 9 p.m. Poster Session & Social
MARCH 6 • Main Conference 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Nessmith-Lane Conference Center
The conference is FREE for the first 200 participant who register and attend. However, each participant must pay a $25 administrative fee upon registration. If you haven’t already registered there is still time! There is a $25 deposit required for registration. However, the first 200 who register will get this deposit back after attending the conference. As of today, we are slightly under 200 so please register as soon as possible if you want to take advantage of this savings! Attendees are responsible for covering the cost of their hotel accommodations, incidentals and travel expenses. Conference meals will be provided. Conference travel scholarships are still available. Please contact Joy Darley for details. Funded by Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Keynote Address EDUC ATING THE FUTURE WORK FORCE Shan Cooper, Lockheed Martin Vice President and General ManagerMariet ta (Mariet ta, Ga)
Luncheon Keynote Address #1 AN ENGINEER’S EDUC ATION AND IT S USE IN AEROSPACE Vu Nguyen, Flight Test Engineer at Gulfstream Aerospace
Luncheon Keynote Address #2 WH Y STUDY STATISTIC S? Jeremy Dickerson, Statistician, State Farm Insurance Company
Luncheon Keynote Address #3 PURP OSEFUL INTERNSHIP S: M ATCHING STUDENT S WITH EMPLOY ER S Meaghan Thomson, Information Technology student, Georgia Southern University, Intern, Coca-Cola-Atlanta (June 2014 - present) and James Shaw, Mechanical Engineering student, Georgia Southern University, Intern, NASA’s Johnson Space Center-Houston (August 2014 - December 2014) CONFERENCE ORGANIZER Dr. Joy Darley, jdarley@georgiasouthern.edu