STEM Collegian Center
Spring 2009 Event Calendar
Get Involved!
STEM Collegian Center Email: STEMCollegianCenter@pgcc.edu
Visit our Website at: http://academic.pgcc.edu/scc/
Co-Coordinators: Dr. David M. Rollins DRollins@pgcc.edu
Dr. Helen Mirtova MirtovHX@pgcc.edu
Finance Authority: Dr. Christine Barrow BarrowCE@pgcc.edu
Application Packets & General Information: Ms. Shirley Courtney, Chesapeake Hall Room 108
NSF STEM
Scholarship
Information
FEBRUARY
Tu 9 CANCELLED (Snow Emergency)
Fr 19 STEM Collegian Center/Division Student Mixer, 1:00pm-3:00pm, Chesapeake Hall 109.
We 24 STEM Careers Information Series, 3:00-5:00pm, Chesapeake Hall 109
Guest Professional Topics: TBA Howard University
Th 25 Emerging STEM Leaders Program PGCC/Capitol College Event. Opening workshop. Marlboro 1097, 4-6 PM
Sa 27 (MUST Register by February 19th) (Civic Engagement) Maryland
Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) Stream Waders Volunteer Stream
Sampling Program. Stream Waders training session 8:30AM -
3:30PM: Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary (Prince George's County).
DNR needs your help to "fill the gaps" in areas being sampled by
Maryland Biological Stream Survey crews as well as areas that have not
been previously sampled by Stream Waders volunteers. So please come
learn how you can continue to help Stream Waders contribute to
Maryland's statewide water quality monitoring on a Saturday.
Complementary, continental style breakfast (juice, coffee, water,
donuts, etc.). Please pack your own lunch as we will be taking a break
between the lecture training and the outside field training. Remember
to pack plenty of warm clothes that you don't mind getting wet. Waders
are a plus!!
To register for a training session or to receive more information, email
streamwaders@dnr.state.md.us or call the Stream Waders hotline at
1-877-620-8DNR (x8623). Please provide your name, phone number, address,
and expected training location.
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/streams/mbss/mbss_volun.html. A
very informative Frequently Asked Questions page can be found at
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/streams/mbss/w_faq.html.
MARCH
Tu 2 Campus Cleanup Day (Civic Engagement). 3:00-4:00PM. Contact Dr. Rollins (drollins@pgcc.edu)
We 3 Field Trip to National Engineers Week USDOT event at GWU 8:45 AM -1 PM. Contact Dr.Scott Johnson (JohnsoSX@pgcc.edu). We will use Metro for transportation.
Fr 5 Field Trip Washington, D.C. Robotics Competition.
Fr 5 Renaissance Christian Academy Science Fair, 9:00am-12noon. (Judges Needed for Civic Engagement)
Th 11 NIH Seminar Series, “XXXXXXX” Dr. ?????? (National Human Genome Research Institute), 3:00pm-4:00pm,
Chesapeake Hall 105
Fr 12 Emerging STEM Leaders Program. Field trip to Capitol College. NASA-supported Space Operations Institute with mission scientist from Goddard Space Flight Center and Hands-On Astronautical Engineering Workshop.
We 17 General Body Meeting and Resume Writing Workshop, 4:00pm, Chesapeake Hall 109
Th 25 STEM Careers Information Series, 3:00-5:00pm, Chesapeake Hall 105
Guest Professionals: TBA
Sa 27 Student National Dental Association at Howard University College of Dentistry "IMPRESSIONS" PROGRAM for pre-dental students. The "IMPRESSIONS" program is an innovative recruitment program, with the main goal of increasing the number of applications and acceptances of minority/underserved students into dental school. All registration forms are due by March 12, 2010. (Contact Professor McMillen at McmillJL@pgcc.edu )
APRIL
We 7 Campus Cleanup Day (Civic Engagement). 3:30-4:30PM. Contact Dr. Rollins (drollins@pgcc.edu)
Fr 9 Emerging STEM Leaders Program. Field trip to Capitol College Career Expo with NASA, NSA, Northrup Grumman and other government agencies represented.
Sa 10 22nd Annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup (Civic Engagement). 9:00 AM -12:00 Noon. Four different sites available in Prince Georges County (see website links below). You must provide your own transportation. http://www.fergusonfoundation.org/trash_initiative/rc_sites.shtml
http://www.fergusonfoundation.org/cleanup/SelectCounty_new.php
We 14 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Seminar Series, “"Using Genetic Information to Improve Public Health" by Dr. Dirk de Heer, NHGRI Postdoctoral Fellow in the Social and Behavioral Research Branch. (National Human Genome Research Institute), 3:00pm-4:00pm, Chesapeake Hall 109
Sa 17 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY (8 AM to 1 PM) The National Technical Association Annual Math Contest for about one hundred 5th thru 12th graders. Co-Sponsored by STEM Collegian Center. STEM Collegians are needed to proctor exams, assist in grading and assorted other light tasks. Continental breakfast before contest and awards presented just after noon with a pizza lunch.
Tu 20 General Body Meeting, 5:00pm, Chesapeake Hall 105 (Dr. Barrow)
Thu 22 Emerging STEM Leaders Program. Marlboro 1097, 4-6 PM. Workshop with representatives of Lockheed Martin, Motorola and NASA at PGCC.
Tu 27 STEM Careers Information Series, 3:00-5:00pm, Chesapeake Hall 105
Guest Professionals: Dr. Uzoma Okorie "From PGCC to Practicing Physician."
Th 29 Emerging STEM Leaders Program. Marlboro 1097, 4-6 PM. Final Workshop with meteorite demonstration, presentation of certificates, and other items of interest
MAY
Mo 3 Campus Cleanup Day (Civic Engagement). 3:30-4:30PM. Contact Dr. Rollins (drollins@pgcc.edu)
Th 6 General Body Meeting, 4:00pm, Chesapeake Hall 105
JUNE
Sa 26 Field Trip, Osprey Banding. Depart campus at 10:00AM. Must RSVP to Dr. Mimi Bres, BresMG@pgcc.edu