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All-Consortium Convocation Agenda
January 15 and 16, 2003
Trinity College, Hartford, CT

January 15

10:00 AM
Registration

11:00 AM
Welcome

11:10 AM
Assessment Group Presentation

12:00 PM
Lunch

12:30
Jose Moreno
-Appropriate research methods and database for conducting campus based assessment for institutional change.

1:30 PM
Robert Yuan 
-Pedagogy of science instruction in the global context, and promoting cooperative learning with students from different social and cultural background.
and
Dick McCray
-Techniques for transforming science courses from teacher- centered to student-centered to promote active student learning and enhance motivation.

3:30 PM
Earnestine Baker 
-Logistics and components of a program with a 95% success rate in placing students of color in graduate and professional programs in the sciences. 

4:15 PM
Ann Reuman
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Implementation of Supplemental Instruction for improved retention in the sciences and greater academic achievement.

5:00 PM
Reception/Tour of Cultural Houses

6:30 PM
Dinner

7:30 PM
Consortium Representatives Meeting

January 16

8:00 AM
Breakfast and Working Group Meetings:

  • Assessment
  • Promoting Excellence
  • Black & Latino Males

9:00 AM
Targeted Professionals' Groups
Meetings

  • Academic Support
  • Career Services
  • Psychological Counseling
  • Admissions/Financial Aid

11:00 PM
Reporting

12:00 PM
Lunch

1:00 PM
Closing

Rooms are available at The Hastings Hotel (85 Sigourney Street, Hartford, CT) at a rate of  $89 per night, including parking.  Please call (800) 777-7803 to make your reservation.  Mention that you are with the Consortium Conference at Trinity College.
(
Check in at 3 PM and check out at 12 PM to avoid additional charges)

The meeting will be preceded by a Supplemental Instruction Supervisor Training on January 13-15. 
For training description and registration please follow this link: SI Training

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