The Dome Foundation Spring Symposium will be held at Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Mass., on May 2.
The Symposium theme “Leadership for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education: The Power of Collaboration,” brings together educators and leaders to help fulfill their mission –
To broaden awareness of and to increase participation in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines by underrepresented populations to meet the needs of a globally competitive workforce.
Olin College of Engineering president Richard Miller, andNorean Radke Sharpe, Babson College math and science associate professor and division chair, will offer a welcome address. Sharpe is also vice president and chairman of the board of DOME Foundation (Diversity and Outreach in Math and Engineering).
Featured speakers include:
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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)
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Linda Robeck Fuhrman, Director of Education/The Space Science program manager for the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
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Yvonne Spicer, Vice President of Advocacy & Educational Partnerships at the National Center for Technological Literacy at the Museum of Science, Boston
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Larisa Schelkin, President, DOME Foundation, closing remarks
For more information about the symposium and to view the day’s schedule, visit www.domefoundation.org/news. For directions to the Symposium, visit the Olin College of Engineering website www.olin.edu/campus/getting_around.asp.
