Academic Schedule
Governor's School for Excellence 2013
University of Delaware
Sunday 7/14
6:30 – 7:15 p.m.
7:30 – 8:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m. – 9:00
p.m.
Program
Check-in:
Location
Lounge, George Read
South
Sign in and receive keys, room assignments, program
books, and T-shirts.
Drop off luggage in rooms at George Read South,
put on Governor’s School T-shirt and proceed to George Read South
Clayton Hall. All cars should be parked in Clayton
Hall Parking area.
Clayton Hall
Welcome
Room 101A
Blayze Lewis, Allison Eliason, Lead Resident
Assistants
*Student Orientation
*Introduction of Resident Assistants
Quad Ice Breakers & Tour of Laird Campus
Group Pictures by UD Photographer
Clayton Hall
Room 101A
9:00 p.m.—10:00
p.m.
Governor’s School Mixer
Clayton Hall
Room 101A
10:00 p.m. – 10:30
p.m.
Expectations
Jason Thompson, Coordinator, Governor’s School for
Excellence,
Allison Eliason, Lead RA
Blayze Lewis, Lead RA
Quad’s Debrief, RAs
Clayton Hall
Room 101A
Lights out
George Read South
10:30 p.m.-11:00
p.m.
11:00 p.m.
2/8/2016
Lounges, George Read
South
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Academic Schedule
Governor's School for Excellence 2013
University of Delaware
Monday 7/15
Program
Location
7:30 – 8:15 a.m.
Breakfast
Pencader Dining Hall
8:45 – 10:00 a.m.
Our Interdependent Economy
Christine Schumacher, Center for Economic Education
and Entrepreneurship, University of Delaware
Lerner Hall, room 126
Break
Lerner Hall
10:00 –10:15 a.m.
10:15 - 11:30 a.m.
11:30 – 12:15 p.m.
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
1:30 – 3:15 p.m.
3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Markets Simulation
Christine Schumacher, Center for Economic Education Lerner Hall, room 126
and Entrepreneurship, University of Delaware
Lerner Hall, room 126
Social Goals and Public Policy
Christine Schumacher, Center for Economic Education
and Entrepreneurship, University of Delaware
Lunch
Marketing Research
Meryl Gardner, Associate Professor, University of
Delaware
Stock Market Simulations
Rich Jakotowicz, University of Delaware
-orInterpreting Shakespeare
One Play, Two Meanings
Robert DeRemigio, Theatre Director
Trabant Student
Center or Perkins
Student Center
Lerner Hall, room 126
Excelon Trading Lab,
Purnell Hall
Lerner Hall, room 126
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Dinner
Pencader Dining Hall
6:45 – 8:45 p.m.
Odyssey of the Mind
Bill Combs, Odyssey of the Mind
Quads Debrief with RAs
Free time
Clayton Hall, room
101A
Lights Out
George Read South
9:00 – 11:00 p.m.
11:00 p.m.
2/8/2016
George Read South
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Academic Schedule
Governor's School for Excellence 2013
University of Delaware
Tuesday 7/16
Program
7:30 – 8:15 a.m.
Breakfast
8:30 – 12:00 a.m.
Humanities: A Series of 4 Workshops
Each student selects one of the four workshop per
session
1.
The Censorship of Rock Music Lyrics Lloyd Shorter,
Associate Professor of Music, University of Delaware
8:45 – 10:15 a.m.
Session #1:
(Select 1)
Location
2. Radio Contests, the Mickey Mouse Club and Grand
Theft Auto: Copycat Stunts, Homicide and the First
Amendment
Dr. Juliet Dee, Associate Professor of
Pencader Dining Hall
1. Amy DuPont Music
Building, room 207
2. Memorial Hall, room
048
Communications, University of Delaware
3.
4.
There is no Such Thing as Free Speech (and there
never has been)
Dr. Matthew Kinservik, Associate Dean for the
3. Memorial Hall, room
049
Humanities, University of Delaware
4. Memorial Hall, room
107
The Movie Made Me Do It
Dr. Thomas Leitch, Professor of English, University of
Delaware
10:15 – 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 – 12:00 p.m.
Session #2:
(Select 1)
1-4 Session repeated from above
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Movie & Critique: The Graduate
Dr. Thomas Leitch, Professor of English, University of Delaware
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Dinner
Pencader Dining Hall
6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Governor’s School Summer Olympics
Field outside
Independence Hall
9:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Free Time
10:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Quads Debrief with RAs
Dorm time
George Read South
Lights out
George Read South
11:00 p.m.
2/8/2016
As above
Trabant or Perkins
Student Center
Clayton Hall
Room 125
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Academic Schedule
Governor's School for Excellence 2013
University of Delaware
Field Trip Schedule Overview
Wednesday 7/17
7:30 – 8:15 a.m.
Program
Location
Breakfast
Pencader Dining Hall
Science and Engineering Field Trips
Buses loaded to go to:
8:15 – 8:30 a.m.
Exercise & Health Sciences—Fred Rust Ice Arena
Engineering—Colburn Lab
Marine Studies—Cannon Lab, Lewes
LOAD BUSES:
George Read South
See schedules for Field Trips
12:00 – 12:45 p.m.
Box lunches
On site
3:30 p.m.
Bus departs from Lewes for George Read Hall
4:45 p.m.
Bus departs Colburn Lab and Ice Arena for George
Read Hall
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
6:30 – 10:00 p.m.
10:00 – 11:00 p.m.
11:00 p.m.
Dinner
Pencader Dining Hall
Free Time
George Read South
Quads Debrief with RAs
Dorm time
Lights Out
George Read South
Engineering Field Trip Schedule
Wednesday
Program
Location
8:35 a.m.
Arrive at front door of Colburn Lab (Academy Street)
Welcome (Melissa Jurist)
9:00 a.m. – 10:00
a.m.
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
11:00 – 12:00 p.m.
12:00 – 12:30 p.m.
12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Chase Cotton – Electrical and Computer Engineering and Cyber Security
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
4:20 p.m.
2/8/2016
Snack and Talk
Lisa Marvel, CIS
Lunch – CCM
Biomedical Engineering
Orthopedic “Surgery”
Two sessions: Ocean Sciences and Ice Lab tour. All students will be able to attend both
one hour sessions.
Board bus to return to George Read Hall.
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Academic Schedule
Governor's School for Excellence 2013
University of Delaware
Marine Science Field Trip Schedule
Wednesday 7/17
Program
Location
Bus Departs
8:15 a.m.
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Bring old clothes and shoes with you as field trip will require
getting wet and/or muddy!
George Read Hall
Welcome
Dr. Falk, Coordinator
College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware
Cannon Lab, Lewes
11:00 – 12:00 a.m.
Overview of Research and Outreach at the College of
Marine Studies
Cannon Lab
12:00 – 12:30 p.m.
Boxed Lunches
Virden Center
Planned Activities—students divided into 3 groups and
participate in one activity involving hands-on collection and lab
identification:
Identification:
Cannon Lab
Delaware Great
Marsh
Delaware Bay
Lewes Beach
12:30 – 3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
3:45 – 5:45 p.m.
Wednesday
8:45 – 9:00 a.m.
9:00 – 12:00 p.m.
Group 1
Group 2
Marsh Madness: Ecology of the Great Marsh
In-Seine: Biodiversity of Fish Species
Sand Storm Survival
Compile Data and pictures
Return Trip to George Read Hall
Health & Exercise Science Field Trip Schedule
Program
Location
Welcome
Dr. James Richards, Professor of Health and Exercise
Sciences, University of Delaware
Michell Provost-Craig, Associate Professor of Health and
Exercise Sciences, University of Delaware
Fred Rust Ice Arena
Morning Session—Students will be divided into two
groups of 12-15
Exercise Physiology and Metabolism.
Bring or wear a bathing suit to have body composition
tested.
Biomechanics
Wear bathing suit or exercise clothing to be test subject.
12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Box Lunches
1:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Afternoon Session--Repeat of Morning Sessions
Group 1
Biomechanics
Group 2
Exercise Physiology and Metabolism
4:45 p.m.
Bus pick up for return to Pencader Dining Hall
2/8/2016
George Read Hall
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Academic Schedule
Governor's School for Excellence 2013
University of Delaware
Thursday 7/18
7:30 – 8:15 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
9:00 a.m. –12:00
p.m.
Program
Breakfast
Location
Pencader Dining
Hall
Depart for Memorial Hall
International Decision Making:
Forging an International Trade Agreement
Dr. Jason Mycoff, Associate Professor of Political Science
Memorial Hall,
room 127
and International Relations, University of Delaware
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
1:00 –2:30 p.m.
Lunch
Preliminary Negotiations
Trabant or Perkins
Student Center
Memorial Hall,
room 122, 124, 125,
126
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Final Negotiations
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.
4:45 p.m.
Signing Agreement & Review of Problem Solving
Strategy
Return to Pencader Dining Hall
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Dinner
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Introduction to Chinese Culture
Confucius Institute
9:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
11:00 p.m.
2/8/2016
Memorial Hall,
room 127
Quad Follies
Quads Debrief with RAs
Lights out
Pencader Dining
Hall
Pencader Hall, room
115 A/B
Lounge, George
Read North
George Read South
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Academic Schedule
Governor's School for Excellence 2013
University of Delaware
Friday 7/19
7:30 – 8:15 a.m.
9:00 a.m. – 12:00
p.m.
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Program
Breakfast
Pencader Dining Hall
Leadership & Team Work
ROTC
Military Science and team
Memorial Hall, room
127
Lunch
Trabant or Perkins
Student Center
Memorial Hall, room
127
Cultural Awareness
Stacey Hendrix
Foreign Languages and Literature
3:00 – 4:45
Location
Return to George Read South
George Read South
Students return keys and meal cards, prepare for
closing ceremony and take luggage to George Read
South lounge. Dress and depart on buses starting at
5:00 to Center for the Arts.
5:00 – 6:00
Board buses to Center for the Arts
building for light dinner and closing
ceremony
Closing Ceremony
George Read South
Dr. James Broomall, Associate Provost, University of
Delaware
Mr. Mark Murphy, Secretary of Education, State of
Delaware
6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
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8:30 - 9:00 p.m.
2/8/2016
Musical Performances—Instrumental &
Choral Music Students
Theatre Sampling—Theatre Students
Academic Review—Academic Students
Slide Presentation
Center for the Arts,
Puglisi Auditorium
Awarding of Student Certificates
Center for the Arts
Students/Parents return to George Read South to
collect luggage. All students must turn in their
room key and meal card to avoid charges.
Lounge, George Read
South
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