STEM Education Equity: Policies to Create Opportunities in Rural Iowa
National and state experts will present an overview of STEM in Iowa, as well as innovations in rural areas across the country; examine STEM equity needs of disadvantaged students in rural areas; discuss next generation science standards, school business partnerships, diversity in the STEM pipeline, and legislative perspectives.
The cost for the symposium is $10 (includes lunch) for the general public, free for students.
For more information, please contact Leslie Gannon at (319) 335-6817 or leslie-gannon@uiowa.edu.
Online registration has closed. You may still register at the door, but lunch will not be guaranteed. Thank you!
*Partial support for this symposium has been provided by the Iowa NSF EPSCoR project; this project is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number EPS-1101284. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed during this event are those of the participant(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Schedule
October 19, 2015
A boxed lunch will be provided to eat during the keynote.
Partners
Meeting the Renewable Energy Challenge was made possible with the help of our generous sponsors:
Iowa NSF EPSCoR, University of Iowa College of Education