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SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT
DOME Foundation Spring Symposium:
Leadership for STEM Education: The Power of Collaboration
8:00 am - 12:30 pm
Milas Hall
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Olin Way, Needham, MA 02492-1200
Tel:781-292-2300
Directions
| Coffee/Light Breakfast | 8:00 - 8:30 am | |
| Welcome |
Norean Radke Sharpe, Vice President, DOME Foundation
President, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Dr. Richard K. Miller (more information) |
8:30 - 8:45 am |
| Session I | ||
| Speaker | Isa Kaftal Zimmerman, Ed. D. University of Massachusetts President’s Office Senior Fellow, The PK-16 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) Initiative Director, CITI P-12 (Commonwealth Information Technology Initiative) | 8:45 - 9:15 am |
| Student Panel Discussion | Engineering students from Olin College of Engineering and Harvard University | 9:15 – 10:00 am |
| Coffee Break | Coffee break & networking | 10:00 - 10:25 am |
| Session II | ||
| Speaker & Panel Discussion Moderator | Linda Robeck Fuhrman, Director of Education /The Space Science program manager for the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory | 10:25 - 10:45 am |
| Panel Discussion | Executives, Engineers & scientists from Raytheon, BOSE; STEM Pipeline, RESEED Initiative | 10:45 – 11:45 am |
| Speaker | Yvonne Spicer, Vice President of Advocacy & Educational Partnerships at the National Center for Technological Literacy at the Museum of Science, Boston | 11:45 am – 12:10 noon |
| Next Steps & Closing Remarks | Larisa Schelkin, President, DOME Foundation | 12:10 – 12:30 pm |
About speakers:
Isa Kaftal Zimmerman is Senior Fellow, The P-16 STEM Initiative, in the Office of the President of the University of Massachusetts, with a joint appointment in the UMass Donahue Institute and Academic Affairs. She was Associate Professor and Director of Professional Education at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, overseeing the development of a PhD in Educational Leadership. Prior to that, she directed the Technology in Education Division. Dr. Zimmerman has been Superintendent of Schools, High School Principal, Assistant Principal, and department chair and junior high school teacher in six districts in the greater Boston area. She leads/has led several volunteer organizations in the Commonwealth: BEST (Business and Education for Schools and Technology), ETAC (Educational Technology Advisory Committee to the Commissioner and Board of Education), the Board of Young Audiences of Massachusetts and serves on advisory boards of a number of STEM-related organizations. She has co-edited and contributed to several books published by the Massachusetts affiliate of ASCD as well as proceedings, articles and chapters in a variety of publications, and been central in the development of several funded grants. Her MAT and Ed.D are from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Yvonne Spicer is the Vice President of Advocacy & Educational Partnerships at the National Center for Technological Literacy at the Museum of Science, Boston. Dr. Spicer is a national and international speaker and advocate for K-12 STEM education with expertise in technology and engineering education. Spicer was instrumental in establishing the new Massachusetts technology/engineering learning standards with Dr. Ioannis (Yannis) Miaoulis, president and director, Museum of Science. Concerned by how many children in the U.S. "are shut out of technology and engineering," Spicer works to close the gender and minorities gap in engineering. When she earned her doctorate at the University of Massachusetts Boston in 2004, she did her dissertation research on how nine African American female public school principals 'survived and thrived' as educational leaders. Dr. Spicer is the former Director of Career & Technical Education in Newton, Massachusetts and served as the Statewide Technology/Engineering Coordinator at the Massachusetts Department of Education. She earned a BS and MS in Industrial Arts & Technology from SUNY-Oswego.
Linda Fuhrman, Director of Education /The Space Science program manager for the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory; Linda oversees all of the Lab’s education programs. This includes the Draper Fellow program in which engineering and science graduate students perform their thesis research at Draper while earning their degree at a partnering university. She is also responsible for University relations; identifying and developing partnerships with a variety of advanced educational institutions and consortia to promote and advance technical education. Fuhrman joined Draper in 2002 after more than 10 years at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and most recently held the position of Space Science Program Manager for Draper’s Space Systems program office. She holds an M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford and a S.B. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT. Linda Fuhrman has been active in public education and outreach about science and engineering throughout her career, and has given numerous public lectures at museums, conferences, and schools. She has received many awards, including six NASA Group Achievement Awards; the “Hero of Public Service” award from the Partnership for Trust in Government; and the iVillage.com “Eighteen Women Who Will Rule the World” award. She was designated an Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Advancement of Engineering in 2000, and was named one of ten “Women to Watch in Science and Engineering” by Mass High Tech in 2006. This year she was honored with a Shining Star Award at Draper Laboratory for her work in educational outreach. She holds memberships in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Society of Women Engineers, and Association of Women in Science. Fuhrman has participated at the local, regional, and national levels in efforts to advance science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. She has worked with students, science teachers, guidance counselors, and other groups to raise awareness of aerospace as a career through discussing Draper's work and NASA's current space exploration programs.