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Charliep: /* II) Why Earlham (Charlie 15 min) */

2006-09-27T00:40:43Z

II) Why Earlham (Charlie 15 min)

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	**re-read grant RFP		**re-read grant RFP
	**re-read grant proposal		**re-read grant proposal
	**timed run-through
	**plan tour (35 minutes)

	*How much time spent with small liberal arts colleges? Answer dictates level of coverage in different parts of what follows.

	*Tension between Quaker modesty and our desire to put the best facia on our college and our people.

	*Overview of Earlham		*Overview of Earlham
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	**Diversity (science students in particular)		**Diversity (science students in particular)
	***Efforts to improve enrollments in STEM disciplines		***Efforts to improve enrollments in STEM disciplines
	**~~International~~		***Over 24% of our students are eligible for PELL grants
	**~~Selectivity~~		**International - over 60 countries represented
	**Curriculum		**Curriculum
	***Liberal arts, general education requirements (analytical reasoning and scientific inquiry) ensure that science is a part of every students academic plan		***Liberal arts, general education requirements (analytical reasoning and scientific inquiry) ensure that science is a part of every students academic plan
	***Off-campus study, over 50% of students, many science based programs		***Off-campus study, over 60% of students, many science based programs
	***More ~~below on~~ our ~~majors~~		***More than 25% of our students major in a STEM discipline

	*Science Division		*Science Division
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	***Growth in the science faculty over the past 10 years or so (2 FTE in CS, 1 FTE in Chemistry, 1 FTE in Geosciences)		***Growth in the science faculty over the past 10 years or so (2 FTE in CS, 1 FTE in Chemistry, 1 FTE in Geosciences)
	***Multidisciplinary experience, e.g. bio-chemistry, environmental programs, computational science		***Multidisciplinary experience, e.g. bio-chemistry, environmental programs, computational science
	***Teaching awards, e.g. John's		***Teaching awards, e.g. John's and Mic's (exact titles)
	***Intel Science Fair judges		***Intel International Science Fair judges
	**Science major to PhD strength		**Science major to PhD strength
	***~~Numbers for particular departments~~		***Geosciences 13th, Biology 8th (nationally), 90-100% acceptance rate to medical, dental, and veterinary school
	***Double major and major/minors with overlap in the sciences		***Double major and major/minors with overlap in the sciences
	**Multidisciplinary applied science groups		**Multidisciplinary applied science groups
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	**Student/faculty research experience (history, current)		**Student/faculty research experience (history, current)
	***Early 1960's; biology, geology, chemistry; soil science with radioactive tracers, bat species population.		***Early 1960's; biology, geology, chemistry; soil science with radioactive tracers, bat species population.
	***Foundation on which over 40 years of experience has been built, funded mostly through external grants		***Foundation on which over 40 years of experience has been built, funded mostly through external grants (e.g. NSF and HHMI)
	***Endowed fund to support the core of summer student/faculty research part of the capital campaign		***$3M Endowed fund to support the core of summer student/faculty research part of the capital campaign, operating fund support for the near-term
	***Publications and presentations		***Publications in peer reviewed journals and presentations at national and international meetings
	**Computational Experience		**Computational Experience
	***Folding@Home		***Folding@Home
	***Phylogenetic reconstruction of turtle DNA using Bayesian analysis		***Phylogenetic reconstruction of turtle DNA using Bayesian analysis
	***LittleFe and SC Education		***LittleFe and SC Education
	**Instrumentation and experience with it		**Instrumentation and experience with it (for a metals project)
	***Inductively coupled plasma atomic emissions spectrometer (measures the concentration of up to 35 metals simultaneously)		***Inductively coupled plasma atomic emissions spectrometer (measures the concentration of up to 35 metals simultaneously)
	***Atomic absorption spectrometer		***Atomic absorption spectrometer
	***Clusters		***Clusters
	***Scanning electron microscope		***Scanning electron microscope
	***~~Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer~~		***Benchtop Xray difractometer
	***Geosciences?
	***Biology?
	***Weather station		***Weather station
	**~~New~~ science facilities design, part of the current capital campaign (currently in the quiet phase)		**$2.5M in science renovations and equipment in 2000, new science facilities design done last year, reuse and new space, explicit support for multidisciplinary work, part of the current capital campaign (currently in the quiet phase)
	**Pedagogical creativity		**Pedagogical creativity
	***Short course to support MCM Modeling Contest		***Short course to support MCM Modeling Contest

Charliep: /* II) Why Earlham (Charlie 15 min) */

2006-09-26T22:03:41Z

II) Why Earlham (Charlie 15 min)

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	*Overview of Earlham		*Overview of Earlham
	**1847, Quakers were a large portion of the early settlers to this area		**1847, Quakers were a large portion of the early settlers to this area
	**Liberal arts with masters in teaching and seminaries		**Liberal arts with masters in teaching and two seminaries, Bethany and Earlham School of Religion
	**Quaker		**Quaker
	***Governance		***Governance
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	*Student Body		*Student Body
	**Diversity (science in particular)		**Diversity (science students in particular)
	***Efforts to improve enrollments in STEM disciplines		***Efforts to improve enrollments in STEM disciplines
	**International		**International
	**Selectivity		**Selectivity
	**Curriculum		**Curriculum
	***Liberal arts, ~~distribution~~ requirements (~~new language~~)		***Liberal arts, general education requirements (analytical reasoning and scientific inquiry) ensure that science is a part of every students academic plan
	***Science a part of ~~everyone's course of study~~		***Off-campus study, over 50% of students, many science based programs
	****Actual details of ~~the requirements~~		***More below on our majors
	****More below on our majors

	*Science Division		*Science Division
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	**Science major to PhD strength		**Science major to PhD strength
	***Numbers for particular departments		***Numbers for particular departments
	***~~Overlap w/~~ major/minors		***Double major and major/minors with overlap in the sciences
	**Multidisciplinary applied science groups		**Multidisciplinary applied science groups
	***Hardware Interfacing Project		***Hardware Interfacing Project
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	***LittleFe and SC Education		***LittleFe and SC Education
	**Instrumentation and experience with it		**Instrumentation and experience with it
	***~~SEM, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer,~~ Inductively ~~Coupled Plasma Atomic Emissions Spectrometer~~ (measures the concentration of up to 35 metals simultaneously)~~, laser, clusters, weather~~ station~~, ... Which are most important for this project?~~		***Inductively coupled plasma atomic emissions spectrometer (measures the concentration of up to 35 metals simultaneously)
			***Atomic absorption spectrometer
			***Clusters
			***Scanning electron microscope
			***Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer
			***Geosciences?
			***Biology?
			***Weather station
	**New science facilities design, part of the current capital campaign (currently in the quiet phase)		**New science facilities design, part of the current capital campaign (currently in the quiet phase)
	**Pedagogical creativity		**Pedagogical creativity
			***Short course to support MCM Modeling Contest
	***Computational science in context		***Computational science in context
	***Short course to support MCM Modeling Contest

	*Closing		*Closing

Charliep: /* Research: Biology (David 10 min) */

2006-09-26T21:39:50Z

Research: Biology (David 10 min)

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	== Research: Biology (David 10 min) ==		== Research: Biology (David 10 min) ==
	Slide 1		*Slide 1 - Biology Modules - I have to mention what we do in course modules very briefly because developing them is part of summer research and some of the course modules amass the samples for chemistry to analyze during summer research.
	Biology Modules - I have to mention what we do in course modules very briefly because developing them is part of summer research and some of the course modules amass the samples for chemistry to analyze during summer research.		*Slide 2 - Cartoon of mercury cycle/biomag. - for david to refer to throughout presentatition, and to begin with to discuss multi-disciplinary nature of env. toxicology and to demo what we inventory in the lake.
	Slide 2		*Slide 3 - Eco Bio module
	Cartoon of mercury cycle/biomag. - for david to refer to throughout presentatition, and to begin with to discuss multi-disciplinary nature of env. toxicology and to demo what we inventory in the lake.		*Slide 4 - John I and students
	Slide 3		*Slide 5 - Vert Zoo module
	Eco Bio module		*Slide 6 - Hg cycle cartoon again...I need it.
	Slide 4		*Slide 7 - Cell Phys module
	John I and students		*Slide 8 - Metallothionein model
	Slide 5		*Slide 9 - Summer research schedule
	Vert Zoo module		*Slide 10 - Histopath slide of Hg poisoning
	Slide 6		*Slide 11 - Description of advanced summer research.
	Hg cycle cartoon again...I need it.
	Slide 7
	Cell Phys module
	Slide 8
	Metallothionein model
	Slide 9
	Summer research schedule
	Slide 10
	Histopath slide of Hg poisoning
	Slide 11
	Description of advanced summer research.

	== Seminars (Meg 5 min) ==		== Seminars (Meg 5 min) ==

Parkero: /* Wrap-up: Review, questions, tour next (Mike 5 min) */

2006-09-26T20:16:19Z

Wrap-up: Review, questions, tour next (Mike 5 min)

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	Shows Stanley, Noyes, Dennis with people/departments indicated for lab tours. Who is doing the geo tour?		Shows Stanley, Noyes, Dennis with people/departments indicated for lab tours. Who is doing the geo tour?

			Bon question. I (Ron) have class from 11 to 11:50.

Deibemi: /* Research: Biology (David 10 min) */

2006-09-26T20:11:58Z

Research: Biology (David 10 min)

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 Slide 1
 Biology Modules - I have to mention what we do in course modules very briefly because developing them is part of summer research and some of the course modules amass the samples for chemistry to analyze during summer research.
 Slide 2
 Cartoon of mercury cycle/biomag. - for david to refer to throughout presentatition, and to begin with to discuss multi-disciplinary nature of env. toxicology and to demo what we inventory in the lake.
 == Seminars (Meg 5 min) ==

Deibemi: /* Research: Biology (David 10 min) */

2006-09-26T19:48:18Z

Research: Biology (David 10 min)

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	* Break		* Break

	== Research: Biology (David 10 min) ==		== Research: Biology (David 10 min) ==
			Slide 1
			Biology Modules - I have to mention what we do in course modules very briefly because developing them is part of summer research and some of the course modules amass the samples for chemistry to analyze during summer research.

			Slide 2
			Cartoon of mercury cycle/biomag. - for david to refer to throughout presentatition, and to begin with to discuss multi-disciplinary nature of env. toxicology and to demo what we inventory in the lake.

	== Seminars (Meg 5 min) ==		== Seminars (Meg 5 min) ==

Charliep: /* II) Why Earlham (Charlie 15 min) */

2006-09-26T12:20:31Z

II) Why Earlham (Charlie 15 min)

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	**re-read grant RFP		**re-read grant RFP
	**re-read grant proposal		**re-read grant proposal
	**paul's one pager on the history of student/faculty research at earlham
	**timed run-through		**timed run-through
	**plan tour (35 minutes)		**plan tour (35 minutes)

Charliep: /* II) Why Earlham (Charlie 15 min) */

2006-09-26T12:10:14Z

II) Why Earlham (Charlie 15 min)

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	*Student Body		*Student Body
	**International
	**Diversity (science in particular)		**Diversity (science in particular)
	***Efforts to improve enrollments in STEM disciplines		***Efforts to improve enrollments in STEM disciplines
			**International
	**Selectivity		**Selectivity
	**Curriculum		**Curriculum
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	***Green Science		***Green Science
	**Student/faculty research experience (history, current)		**Student/faculty research experience (history, current)
			***Early 1960's; biology, geology, chemistry; soil science with radioactive tracers, bat species population.
			***Foundation on which over 40 years of experience has been built, funded mostly through external grants
			***Endowed fund to support the core of summer student/faculty research part of the capital campaign
	***Publications and presentations		***Publications and presentations
	**Computational Experience		**Computational Experience
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	*Closing		*Closing
	**The foundation of our faculty, our facilities (current and ~~new~~), and our students position Earlham well to undertake the broad science curriculum changes outlined in our proposal.		**The foundation of our faculty, our facilities (current and planned), and our students position Earlham well to undertake the broad science curriculum changes outlined in our proposal.

	= III) Why Project (Ron 15 min) =		= III) Why Project (Ron 15 min) =

Charliep at 09:58, 26 September 2006

2006-09-26T09:58:55Z

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	***Governance		***Governance
	***Student/faculty interactions		***Student/faculty interactions
	**Teaching first and ~~formost~~ (but we do other things too, see Science Division)		**Teaching first and foremost (but we do other things too, see Science Division)

	*Student Body		*Student Body

Charliep: /* II) Why Earlham (Charlie 15 min) */

2006-09-26T01:37:37Z

II) Why Earlham (Charlie 15 min)

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	*Science Division		*Science Division
	**Faculty cohesiveness and collective strength		**Faculty cohesiveness and collective strength
	***Multidisciplinary experience		***Generational shift in the science faculty over the past 8 years or so
			***Growth in the science faculty over the past 10 years or so (2 FTE in CS, 1 FTE in Chemistry, 1 FTE in Geosciences)
			***Multidisciplinary experience, e.g. bio-chemistry, environmental programs, computational science
			***Teaching awards, e.g. John's
	***Intel Science Fair judges		***Intel Science Fair judges
	***Teaching awards, e.g. John's
	**Science major to PhD strength		**Science major to PhD strength
	***Numbers for particular departments		***Numbers for particular departments
	***Overlap w/ major/minors		***Overlap w/ major/minors
	**Multidisciplinary applied science groups		**Multidisciplinary applied science groups
	***Hardware ~~interfacing project~~		***Hardware Interfacing Project
	***Cluster ~~computing group~~		***Cluster Computing Group
	***Green Science		***Green Science
	**Student/faculty research experience (history, current)		**Student/faculty research experience (history, current)
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	**Computational Experience		**Computational Experience
	***Folding@Home		***Folding@Home
	***Computational Economics
	***Phylogenetic reconstruction of turtle DNA using Bayesian analysis		***Phylogenetic reconstruction of turtle DNA using Bayesian analysis
	***LittleFe and SC Education		***LittleFe and SC Education
	**Instrumentation and experience with it		**Instrumentation and experience with it
	***SEM, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer, Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emissions Spectrometer (measures the concentration of up to 35 metals simultaneously), laser, clusters, weather station, ... Which are most important for this project?		***SEM, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer, Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emissions Spectrometer (measures the concentration of up to 35 metals simultaneously), laser, clusters, weather station, ... Which are most important for this project?
	**Pedagogical creativity ~~experience~~		**New science facilities design, part of the current capital campaign (currently in the quiet phase)
			**Pedagogical creativity
			***Computational science in context
			***Short course to support MCM Modeling Contest

	*Closing		*Closing
			**The foundation of our faculty, our facilities (current and new), and our students position Earlham well to undertake the broad science curriculum changes outlined in our proposal.

	= III) Why Project (Ron 15 min) =		= III) Why Project (Ron 15 min) =