Biotechnology Learning Extravaganza for High School Students!
Careers! Tours! Speakers! Activities!
Friday, March 9, 2007 (9 am – 1 pm)
Tulsa Community College has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant entitled:
Stimulating Enthusiasm, Exploration and Discovery through Biotechnology Education (SEEDBEd).
A portion of the grant aims to stimulate a pipeline of biotechnology students at TCC and provide
students with a seamless educational pathway into the field of biotechnology. The grant targets
minority populations who are under-represented in science professions. As a part of NSF’s
Advanced Technology Education, the grant promotes diversity in the technical workforce.
Proposed Schedule:
8:30 – 8:55 am
9:00 – 9:10 am
9:10 – 10:00 am
10:00 – 10:15 am
10:15 – 11:00 am
11:00 – 11:50 pm
12:00 – 12:50 pm
12:50 – 1:00 pm
Student Arrival and Packet Distribution
Welcome and Introduction To TCC Biotechnology Program by Dr. Diana
Spencer
Dr. Bruce Roe, Director, Advanced Center for Genomic Technology at OU
Break
Dr. Robert Allen, Chair, Department of Forensic Sciences at OSU- CHS
Lynne Whetsell, BS, CLSP(MB), Lab Supervisor Center for Genetic Testing
at St Francis.
“The Role of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics in Clinical Testing”
GROUP A:
Working lunch in Chat Room with Financial Aid / Admissions Presentation
TCC Southeast Campus Tour
GROUP B:
Biotechnology Activities: Protein Fingerprinting, DNA Isolation, Agarose
Gel Electrophoresis
GROUP A:
Biotechnology Activities: Protein Fingerprinting, DNA Isolation, Agarose
Gel Electrophoresis
GROUP B:
Working lunch in Chat Room with Financial Aid / Admissions Presentation
TCC Southeast Campus Tour
Evaluations Filled by High School Faculty and High School Students
Buses Loaded
Tulsa Community College
Biotechnology Learning Extravaganza: Friday, March 9, 2007 (8:30 am – 1:00 pm)
Stimulating Enthusiasm, Exploration and Discovery through Biotechnology
Education (SEEDBEd)
Teacher Application
Please print legibly or type responses and return to:
Diana Spencer, Ph.D., Principal Investigator NSF ATE SEEDBEd Grant
Office 8275
Tulsa Community College Southeast Campus
10300 East 81 Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74133-4513
918-595-8605
Fax: 918-595-7621
Email: DSpencer@tulsacc.edu
SEEDBEd investigators of Tulsa Community College and research institution
partners invite you to apply for a limited number of extravaganza tickets to gain
biotechnology experiences for your high school students this spring. If accepted, you
will join other groups of science teachers with high school students for a day of
career exploration and active learning.
The sending school is requested to make a commitment of one faculty/ sponsor
to accompany a maximum of twelve students throughout the extravaganza activities.
Each group of twelve students and one faculty will receive free lunches and be
reimbursed for bus transportation. Our goal is to provide this opportunity to partner
schools in the grant and schools demonstrating a minority near-majority population.
If your application is selected, we will request the contact information on the students
at a later date. Because of very limited staff, we regret that we cannot notify all
applicants, therefore please keep in touch with us. While space is limited to a total
of one hundred students, we will continue with future annual extravaganza events.
Biotechnology Learning Extravaganza for High School Students
Application to be Filled by High School Teacher
Separate Applications Must be Filled for Every Group of 12 Students
BY FEBRUARY 1st, please send the following information to the address given above:
Your Contact Information:
Faculty Name: ______________________________________________
School District: ______________________________________________
Work Address: ______________________________________________
Faculty email: ______________________________________________
Faculty Phone: ______________________________________________
School Principal Name and Phone: ______________________________________________
What is your school profile (percent minorities?) ______%
American Indian ___%, Alaskan Native ____%, Black _____%, Hispanic _____%, Pacific
Islander/ Asian _____%
Is there anything else you would like us to know about your ability to help us meet our goals
of developing biotechnology skills in a diverse workforce?
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