VESTED Academy - Villanova University - Student Opportunity

STEM - SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, and COMPUTER SCIENCE:

Application deadline for Villanova University's VESTED Academy is November 8, 2010.

· The Villanova Engineering, Science, and Technology Enrichment and Development (VESTED) Academy is an intensive eight weekend long introduction to engineering experience for high school students entering grades 9th-12th.

· It is free.

· The VESTED program is modeled in such a way that students will gain maximum exposure to the exciting field of engineering

· The VESTED Academy is held on the campus of Villanova University in the College of Engineering which allows students immediate access to engineering laboratories and state of the art technological equipment. The program is held on selected Saturdays from January through April and will run from 9am to 2:00 pm. Lunch will be provided for all students and transportation will be available from designated pick-up locations within Philadelphia.

· Interested students need to speak with Mr. Bujak, room 106.

--Mr. Bujak

STUDENT: GWU Science and Engineering Apprenticeship program

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Science and Engineering Apprenticeship program (summer) - This program places academically talented H.S. students (at least 16 yrs old, sophomores/ juniors) with interest in science and math in Dept. of Defense (DoD) laboratories for an 8-wk period over the summer. This is an invaluable experience in the world of scientific research, with hands-on exposure to scientific and engineering practices not available in the HS environment. It is a paid apprenticeship ($2,000) and the students are assigned a scientist or engineer as their mentor. To apply online or get more information about the program: http://www.usaeop.com. Students must submit their transcript (minimum GPA 3.0) and teacher recommendation to the program director for consideration and daily transportation is the student's responsibility. Program runs from June 22 - August 14, 2009.

--Mr. Bujak

STUDENT: ITEST-Nano Summer Workshop

ITEST-Nano 2009 Cohort
August 10-14, 2009
for Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) teachers

UPenn Graduate School of Education (GSE) and the School District of Philadelphia (SDP)

GSE announcement & information.

Deadline is May 31.

NOTE: Teachers develop the ITEST-Nano program July 27-August 14 and students are invited to participate in ITEST-Nano program as case study students of the developed curriculum during the last week, August 10-14.

article:
CEOs: Time to address 'education gap'
Shortage of STEM graduates hurts U.S. competitiveness, executives say
From eSchool News staff and wire service reports, Sept 25, 2008

--Mr. Bujak

STUDENT: VESTED (Villanova Engineering, Science, Technology, Enrichment, and Development Program)

Congratulations to freshman, George Hall, for completing the first course in the Villanova University VESTED program on Saturdays (January-April 2009).

Villanova Engineering, Science, Technology, Enrichment, and Development Program (VESTED) program seeks to increase each student's technical literacy and provide a valuable real world experience in engineering and technology.

To learn more about the VESTED program go to http://www.villanova.edu/engineering/about/vested/

Enrollment is on-going. The program is 3 courses. The last course is independent research!

Information and application.

--Mr. Bujak

TEACHER: The Philadelphia Math and Science Coalition Forum

Dear Math and Science Teachers:

The Philadelphia Math and Science Coalition invites you to participate in a forum for Philadelphia math and science teachers to be held at the United Way Building on May 7, 2009 from 4:30-6:00 PM. Dinner will be provided. The Coalition has been working on issues of importance to you and we need your feedback. Please see the attached summary for more information.

At this forum we are looking forward to reviewing with you ideas and proposals developed by the Coalition and soliciting your feedback. Over time, we are eager to work with you to continue to develop initiatives that will be helpful to you in your teaching and professional growth.

We very much need to hear from you about issues of math and science instruction, and we very much hope you will join us on May 7. We expect this forum to meet on a continuing basis. We will host these forums for math and science teachers several times a year.

The forum will be held in Lobby 2 and 3 conference rooms on the first floor of the United Way Building located at 7 Benjamin Franklin Parkway (between 17th and 18th Streets).

Please RSVP to Don McKinney at dmckinney@philaedfund.org by May 1.


Don McKinney
Program Coordinator
Philadelphia Math & Science Coalition
Philadelphia Education Fund
610-745-8860

--Mr. Bujak

TEACHER: ITEST-Nano Summer Workshop

ITEST-Nano 2009 Cohort
July 27 – August 14, 2009
for Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) teachers

UPenn Graduate School of Education (GSE) and the School District of Philadelphia (SDP)

GSE announcement & information.

$1500 stipend, Act 48 credits.

Deadline is May 31.

NOTE: Teachers develop the ITEST-Nano program July 27-August 14 and students are invited to participate in ITEST-Nano program as case study students of the developed curriculum during the last week, August 10-14.

article:
CEOs: Time to address 'education gap'
Shortage of STEM graduates hurts U.S. competitiveness, executives say
From eSchool News staff and wire service reports, Sept 25, 2008

--Mr. Bujak

TEACHER: ACTIVATE 2009

ACTIVATE at the
CMU School of Computer Science, Pittsburgh
free, residential,
three separate back-to-back 4-day independent sessions
$200 stipend for each workshop

• July 6- 9: Computing with Alice - also see Alice
• July 10-13: Computational Thinking
• July 14-17: Java Programming for Math & Science
  

See also: CMU News Release - May 6, 2009

Photos/videos will be available during/after the sessions.

I will be at the Computational Thinking and Java Programming sessions. -- Mr. Bujak

Mr. Bujak's photos/videos

--Mr. Bujak

TEACHER: STEM Academy for Educators

STEM Academy for Educators
August 5-6, 2009
IU13, Mannheim Township High School, Lancaster, PA
12 Act 48 Credits
1 LVC graduate credit option

Teachers, Educators, College Students

1. Flyer
2. More information:

• www.iu13.org/inst_science.shtml
• www.iu13.org/inst_math.shtml

article:
CEOs: Time to address 'education gap'
Shortage of STEM graduates hurts U.S. competitiveness, executives say
From eSchool News staff and wire service reports, Sept 25, 2008

--Mr. Bujak

STUDENT: PSSI

Penn Summer Science Initiative (PSSI) 2009
July 6-31, 2009
4 weeks, commute, free
brochure/flyer

Current grades 11 students preferred, some exceptional grade 10 students accepted, but must have already taken chemistry and/or physics.

Deadline is April 15, 2009

Photos coming shortly (from 2006 and 2008), but here is one from 2004.

-- Mr. Bujak