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Integrative STEM students and faculty at STEC; call for
proposals
Integrative STEM Education Graduate Students and Faculty Present at STEC
The mission of the Southeastern Technology Education Conference (STEC) is to increase the quality of research
conducted in technology education.
Dr. jeremy Ernst, Hope Carroll, and Dorothy Strater get ready
to present.
Nov. 11, 2013 – STEC, founded in 1962, serves members from 11 states in the southeastern US.
Higher education faculty, graduate students, state supervisors, and K-12 educators are welcome to
attend the two-day annual conference. STEC is used as a forum for attendees to present their research
and receive feedback from colleagues. Presentations generally last from 20-45 minutes with time for
questions and comments.
On October 4th and 5th students and faculty from the Integrative STEM Education program at Virginia
Tech attended STEC, which was held at North Carolina State University.
Songze Li explains her presentation.
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Dr. Jeremy Ernst helped organize the conference in his role as President. Ernst was responsible for
helping select presenters, arrange the conference venue, schedule conference presentations, and
oversee the daily operations of the conference. Virginia Tech was well represented with presentations
from current graduate students Hope Carroll who presented on Attitude Adjustments: Barriers Keeping
Faculty from Teaching Online, Toni Kaui who presented on Integrative Culture-Based Content
Knowledge, Laura Segedin who presented on Adapting Instruction in the Classroom, Dorothy Strater
who presented on Integrating Technology into a College Mathematics Classroom, and Songze Li who
presented on Performance Task and Assessment Protocol in Secondary STEM Education.
Laura Segedin presents.
The faculty and students who attended found the conference beneficial toward helping shape their future
research directions and collaborating with other experts in technology education.
For more information about STEC, please contact Dr. Jeremy Ernst at 540-231-2040 or jvernst@vt.edu.
Call for Proposal Submissions for Funding Consideration
The SOE Director's P. Buckley Moss Scholarship Award (supported by CLAHS)
Proposals due December 5, 2013 (by 5pm)
Funding amount: up to $1,000
Eligibility: SOE full-time faculty employment
Submit electronically to SOE Leadership Team via recipient Beth Lawton: lawton@vt.edu
Proposal: Submit a one-page, single-spaced statement about unfunded research you are doing or plan
to do that fits the scope of the foundation criteria.
On page 2 of the file include the timeline for your research, a very short budget (e.g., travel, meals,
equipment, materials) with one-to-two sentences justifying each item, and all of your contact information.
Please do not include any payroll line items such as wages since Foundation resources cannot be
directly charged for this type of expense. (The email message should include one attached Word file, no
additional files.)
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Scope of foundation criteria: Describe what you are doing with respect to professional development
activities in your work with ICAT or not involving ICAT regarding professional development activities
whereby, either way, the focus is on the arts/creativity, professional development, teaching, and
research.
Subject line for emailed submissions: Proposal submission for the SOE Director's P. Buckley Moss
Scholarship
Virginia Tech has named its $100 million arts center building in tribute to artist and philanthropist Patricia
Buckley Moss, whose recent donation in support of the center is one of the largest gifts the university
ever has received. The Moss Arts Center is the new name. In her advocacy work, Moss, who selfidentifies as dyslexic, has cited her personal story of struggling in school until an open-minded teacher
recognized her artistic potential. Moss wound up enrolling in a high school for the fine arts and, later, in
New York's Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. "The arts can change people's
hearts, change their minds, and change their lives," Moss said. "I was lucky enough to find them at a
young age, and they opened up so many learning avenues and professional opportunities for me. That is
why I am so excited about the impact this wonderful facility will make on thousands of people, young and
old, across this entire region of our state." (VT website, Oct. 13)
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