Governor Mary Fallin’s
TEM
ummit
Educational Partnerships Panel
Moderator Dr. Phyllis Hudecki
Panelist:
Dr. Glen D. Johnson
Dr. Janet Barresi
Dr. Robert Sommers
Robin Schott
Dr. Frank Wang
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US Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma is 19th in the Nation
in STEM Job Growth
Source: “Enterprising States” – A Project of the US Chamber of Commerce
and the National Chamber Foundation
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AMERICA
Governor Mary Fallin and Chancellor Glen D. Johnson
Announce College Completion Plan on September 22, 2011
on the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma
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Summer Academies
• Summer Academies explore the latest trends in math,
science and technology by using fun, hands-on activities and
innovative software as students experiment both in the
classroom and outdoors.
• Many academies also include field trips to some of the state’s
top companies, science facilities and museums.
• More than 17,000 Oklahoma students have attended Summer
Academies since 1990.
• Seventy-three percent of Summer Academies students go to
college immediately after high school, compared to 56 percent of
all students.
• More than 80 percent of Summer Academies students earn at least
a bachelor’s degree, compared with 22 percent of all Oklahomans.
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Concurrent Enrollment
74,185
70,000
58,570
60,000
56,438
Concurrent
Enrollment
Credit Hours
50,068
48,741
50,000
45,690
39,758
40,000
30,000
29,156
20,000
10,000
Source: Oklahoma State Regents
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
for Higher Education
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Teacher Shortage Employment Incentive Program
• The Teacher Shortage Employment Incentive Program
(TSEIP) is a legislative ruling administered by the Oklahoma
State Regents for Higher Education.
• TSEIP was designed to recruit and retain mathematics and
science teachers in Oklahoma.
• Successful candidates will be reimbursed eligible student
loan expenses.
The Oklahoma Louis Stokes
Alliance for Minority
Participation (OK-LSAMP)
Endowed Chairs
Dorothy S. Tobias Endowed Professorship in Chemistry
Tina Solomon Lectureship
Gerald Paul and Kay Anne Laursen Lectureship in Mathematical Science
Charles and Edythe Holmes Endowed Lectureship in English
The Bhattacharya Endowed Lectureship for Excellence in Research
BG Charles B. Allen Endowed Lectureship in Military Science and Leadership
22 Institutions
Branch
Dr. William L. and Barbara Scearce Endowed
Lectureship inand
Political
Science
Bobby Gene Vowell Lectureship in Physical and Campuses
Biological Sciences
J.C. and Linda Holton Endowed Lectureship
of Dedicated Funds are
Chickasaw Nation Professorship in80%
Accounting
Horne and Company Professorship in
Accounting
for
Disciplines in Science,
Vision Bank Professorship in Banking and Finance
Technology,
Engineering,
Chickasaw Nation Professorship in Business
Administration
and Business
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority DistinguishedMath
Professorship
Ima Faythe Berglund Mathematics Chair
Dr. Susan Brackett Endowed Chair in Reading in the College of Education
Dr. Kirk Boatright Endowed Professorship in the College of Optometry
Entrepreneurial Lectureship Series in the College of Business
Grace V. Wisdom Endowed Chair in Visual Arts
Wisdom Family Endowed Chair in Agriculture
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