2017 Conference Schedule
Monday, May 15th
9:00-9:15 AM Registration and Welcome – Director, Women and Science Program
9:15-9:50 AM Ken Menningen (UW Stevens Point, Physics & Astronomy)
The Peaceful Coexistence of HARPOONs and SEALs
9:50-10:25 PM Gail Coover (Executive Director, Wisconsin Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority
Participation)
WiscAMP: Developing Leadership to Broaden Participation in STEM
10:25-11:00 PM Courtney Kurtz (UW Oshkosh, Biology)
Helping Students See Themselves in Science: A Way to Increase Underrepresented Group
Retention and Involvement in STEM
11:00-12:00 PM LUNCH (South of the Border buffet)
12:00-12:35 PM Sarah Jane Alger (UW Stevens Point, Biology)
“Do We Have To?”: Engaging Resistant Students in Required Courses
12:35-1:10 PM Jennifer Wenner (UW Oshkosh, Geology)
(Title to be announced)
1:10-1:45 PM Rachel Headley (UW Parkside, Geoscience)
Calculating Slope Failure: Math Anxiety and Geoscience Students
1:45-2:15 PM BREAK (Sweet Shoppe)
2:15-2:50 PM Creanna Cote and Matt Evans (UW Eau Claire, Physics & Women in STEM Student
Organization)
UW-Eau Claire’s Women in STEM Student Organization
2:50-3:25 PM Laura McCullough (UW Stout, Physics & Astronomy)
Women’s Leadership in STEM
3:25-4:00 PM Alicia Johnson (Director of Women’s Center, UW Oshkosh)
(Title to be announced)
4:00 PM Closing Remarks