Thursday, January 26, 2006

7:30 – 8:30am

8:30 – 9:00am

Welcome, Opening Remarks, Expectations & Introduction
( Ponce de Leon B Room)

SPEAKERS:

•  Yolanda S. George, AAAS (view PowerPoint presentation)

•  Roosevelt Johnson, NSF

9:00 - 10:00am

Perspectives from the NSF Directorate for Education & Human Resources
( Ponce de Leon B Room)

MODERATOR: Roosevelt Johnson, NSF

SPEAKERS:

•  Bernice Anderson, NSF (view PowerPoint Presentation)

•  Marilyn Suiter, NSF (view PowerPoint Presentation)

STRAND 1 --- BUILDING A DATA COLLECTION INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE GRADUATE SCHOOL LEVEL

10:00 - 11:15am

Panel --- Lessons from Selected AGEPs
( Ponce De Leon B Room)

MODERATOR : Orlando Taylor , Howard University

SPEAKERS:

•  Ellen Switkes, University of California

•  Manuel Gomez, University of Puerto Rico (view PowerPoint Presentation)

•  Maia Bergman, University of Michigan (view PowerPoint Presentation)

•  Robert Hume, Georgia Institute of Technology (view PowerPoint Presentation)

11:15 – 12:30pm

Small Group Discussions on Strand 1 (Break out rooms)

12:30 - 2:30pm

Lunch Session
(Condado Room)

MODERATOR: Shirley M. Malcom, AAAS

SPEAKERS:

•  Ted Greenwood, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Strategies for Enhancing AGEP's Discipline Focus Impact --
Perspectives from NSF Directorates.

•  Gary Gabriele, Division of Engineering Education & Centers (view PowerPoint Presentation)

•  Thomas Brady, Directorate for Biological Sciences

2:30 - 3:30pm

Reports from Small Group Sessions on Strand 1
( Ponce De Leon B Room)

MODERATOR : Mark Hernandez, University of Colorado

3:30 - 4:00pm

AAAS Careers.org/NSF Science & Behavioral & Economic (SBE)
Sciences Initiative
( Ponce De Leon B Room)

SPEAKERS:

•  Shirley M. Malcom, AAAS

•  James Austin, AAAS, Science News (view PowerPoint presentation)

•  Jose Fernandez, AAAS, Science Editorial

4:00 - 430pm

Poster Set-up
(Foyer)

4:30 - 6:30pm

Poster Session
(Foyer)

6:30 - 8:00pm

Reception
(Terrace)

Dinner on Your Own

Friday, January 27, 2006

7:00 - 8:00am

Breakfast (Condado Room)

8:00 - 8:45am

Reflections on the Poster Session
( Ponce De Leon B Room)

SPEAKERS:

•  Patricia Campbell, Campbell-Kibler & Associates

•  Shirley M. Malcom, AAAS

8:45 – 9:45am

Council on Graduate Schools (CGS) PhD Completion Project
( Ponce De Leon B Room)

MODERATOR : John Mohr, University of California Santa Barbara

Speaker: Daniel Denecke, Council of Graduate Schools

STRAND 2 --- RETENTION & PROGRESS TO THE STEM PHD

10:00 – 11:00am

Panel --- Lessons from Selected AGEPs
( Ponce De Leon B Room)

MODERATOR : David Shafer, North Carolina State

SPEAKERS:

•  Philip Kutzko, University of Iowa (view PowerPoint Presentation)

•  Renetta Tull, University of Maryland (view PowerPoint Presentation)

•  Michael Mulligan, University of California , Irvine (view PowerPoint Presentation)

•  Enrique Barrera, Rice University (view PowerPoint Presentation)

11:00 – 12:15pm

Small Group Sessions Strand 2
(Break out Rooms)

12:30 – 2:00pm

Lunch --- Perspectives from NSF Directorates/Divisions
(Condado Room)

MODERATOR : Roosevelt Johnson, NSF

NSF Science & Behavioral & Economic (SBE) Sciences/AGEP Initiative

SPEAKERS:

•  Wanda Ward, NSF (view PowerPoint Presentation)

•  Patricia White, NSF

•  Yolanda S. George, AAAS

Strategies for Enhancing AGEP's Discipline Focus Impact ---
Perspectives from NSF Directorates.

•  Lance Haworth – Directorate for Mathematics
and Physical Sciences (view PowerPoint Presentation)

•  Debasish Dutta – Division of Graduate Education (view PowerPoint Presentation)

2:15 – 3:15pm

Reports from Small Group Sessions on Strand 2
( Ponce De Leon B Room)

MODERATOR: Gail Smith, City University of New York

STRAND 3 – ASSESSING RECRUITMENT EFFECTIVENESS
AND DEPARTMENTAL ADMISSIONS/SELECTION COMMITTEES

3:15 – 4:15pm

Panel --- Lessons Learned from AGEPs
( Ponce De Leon B Room)

MODERATOR : Carlos Rodriguez, American Institutes for Research

SPEAKERS:

•  George Johnson, University of California-Berkeley (view PowerPoint Presentation)

•  David Ferguson, SUNY Stony Brook

•  Maurice Eftink, University of Mississippi (view PowerPoint Presentation)

•  David Johnson , New Mexico Tech (view PowerPoint Presentation)

4:15 – 5:15pm

Small Group Discussions on Strand 2
(Break out Rooms)

5:30 – 6:30pm

Reports from Small Group Sessions on Strand 3
( Ponce De Leon Room B)

MODERATOR : Sandy Petersen, University of Massachusetts , Amherst

7:30

Dinner on Your Own

Saturday, January 28, 2006

7:00 to 8:00am

Breakfast
(Condado Room)

8:30 to 9:45am

Keynote Address
( Ponce De Leon B Room)

Arden Bement , Director, NSF

9:45 to 10:45am

Using NSF WebCASPAR & Update on CPST (view PowerPoint Presentation)

( Ponce De Leon B Room)

MODERATOR : Albert McHenry, University of Arizona

SPEAKER: Eleanor Babco, Commission on Professionals in Science
& Technology (CPST)

10:45 to 11:45am

Update on the AGEP Data Collection Initiative
( Ponce De Leon B Room)
(view PowerPoint Presentation on Data Collection)
(view PowerPoint Presentation on Results)

SPEAKERS:

•  Yolanda S. George, AAAS

•  Patricia Campbell, Campbell-Kibler Associates

•  Tom Kibler, Campbell-Kibler Associates

11:45 to 1:00pm

Lunch & Closing Remarks (Condado Room)

Roosevelt Johnson, NSF

Acknowledgements

Facilitators

•  Lenell Allen

•  Alyson Reed

•  Carlos Rodriquez

•  Jose Fernandez

•  Rita Kirshstein

•  Rosa Carson

•  Richard Weibl

•  Sandy Thomas

Meeting Staff

•  Kitty Didion

•  Chickona Royster

•  Aziz Yousuf

Web Design Staff

•  Tracy Compton

•  Marty McGihon

Graphic Design Staff

•  Ann Williams