At the HBCU Physics Department Chairs meeting we will follow-up on items from the last meeting held in Hampton in May 2011. We will discuss new academic opportunities in medical physics, large-dataset analysis, and with the Square Kilometer Array in Africa. NSBP has been developing a national recruiting program where we can specifically identify African American G8-12 students that have articulated an interest in physics. We can identify these students on a per zip code basis, and cross-correlate them with their articulated college interests such that we can develop them as future enrollees in our respective programs. Also on the agenda will be the prospect of implementing a regime of program assessment and evaluation, and a student-centered certification with the intent of ensuring that our physics graduates are competitive for every possible career opportunity, including admissions the most selective graduate programs, or the most competitive corporate jobs.
Detailed agenda:
8:00-8:30 Continental breakfast
8:30-10:00 Follow-up from May 2010 meeting
10:15-12:00 Enrollments, Graduation, Politics and Survival
Lessons Taught/Learned from Texas, Rhode Island and others
Labor Supply and Demand in Physics
12:00-12:30 Working lunch. Picking up the steam and plugging the gaps from May 2010
12:30-2:00 Strategies for Recruiting New Students
Capabilities via the National Research Center for College and University Admissions (NRCCUA)
NSBP National K-12 Engagement Strategy
Student recruitment from web data
2:15-3:30 Can an Assessment/Accreditation Program Save Physics?
American Chemical Society Approved Curriculum Standards
ABET
3:45-4:15 Opportunities in Medical Physics and NIH
4:15-4:45 Opportunities in Astronomy: Radio (ALMA and SKA)
4:45-5:15 Opportunties in Astronomy: Vis/IR (Survey Era)
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The room rates for theHoliday Inn Resort Lake Buena Vista is $79. Reservations can be made directly with the hotel online at http://www.hiresortlbv.com/
The Holiday Inn Resort Lake Buena Vista is short drive from the Caribe Royale Hotel, site of the 2012 Quadrennial Physics Congress (PhysCon), hosted by Sigma Pi Sigma. There is an exhibit hall from 3-7p with a desert reception at 6:30p.
NSBP is offering a limited number of full travel awards (registration, travel, and lodging) to its student members to attend PhysCon. The awards are made possible through generous support from Brookhaven National Lab and ScholarFind.
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