WomeninSTEMWednesdaysTalksCalendar06-07

Date	Talk
Wed., Apr. 4, 2007 (5:00pm) Illinois State University Moulton Hall 309	“Advice from the California WIPHYS Conference on the Recruitment and Retention of Women in Science” by Amy E Erxleben, Computer Physics Major Alison K. O’Connell, Engineering Physics Major Department of Physics, Illinois State University Amy Erxleben (right) and Alison O’Connell (left) attended the January 2007 WIPHYS (Women in Physics) Conference held in California. They presented their science research projects on the “Dynamics of the Chaotic Water Wheel” and “Modeling the Milk Experiments”, respectively. They also attended sessions on the recruitment and retention of women in sciences. Their trip was co-sponsored by the WIPHYS Conference, the ISU Physics Department, ISU’s Graduate School, and ISU’s College of Arts and Sciences. Amy, a junior computer physics major at ISU is also a Physics Teaching Assistant and Secretary of the ISU Physics Club. Alison, a junior engineering physics major at ISU, is also an ISU Planetarium Assistant and Vice-President of the ISU Physics Club. Both women also participate in the ISU Physics Department’s science outreach to area schools called Physics on the Road as well as serving as physics career exploration Workshop Leaders for ISU’s Annual Expanding Your Horizons Through Math, Science, and Technology.Conference. Click here for a talk flyer in pdf
Wed., Nov. 8, 2006 (5:00pm) Illinois State University Moulton Hall 309	“Teaching for Inclusion in the Science Classroom” by Carl Wenning, Coordinator Physics Teacher Education, Illinois State University Teaching for inclusion is an important topic in the teacher education programs of Illinois State University. Our science teacher educators promote fair and equitable treatment for all students among their teacher candidates. See how the Physics Teaching program prepares it teacher candidates to work with students with disabilities, to ensure gender equity, and to accommodate diversity within the science classroom.

“Advice from the California WIPHYS Conference on the Recruitment and Retention of Women in Science”

by
Amy E Erxleben, Computer Physics Major
Alison K. O’Connell, Engineering Physics Major
Department of Physics, Illinois State University

Amy Erxleben (right) and Alison O’Connell (left) attended the January 2007 WIPHYS (Women in Physics) Conference held in California. They presented their science research projects on the “Dynamics of the Chaotic Water Wheel” and “Modeling the Milk Experiments”, respectively. They also attended sessions on the recruitment and retention of women in sciences. Their trip was co-sponsored by the WIPHYS Conference, the ISU Physics Department, ISU’s Graduate School, and ISU’s College of Arts and Sciences.

Amy, a junior computer physics major at ISU is also a Physics Teaching Assistant and Secretary of the ISU Physics Club. Alison, a junior engineering physics major at ISU, is also an ISU Planetarium Assistant and Vice-President of the ISU Physics Club. Both women also participate in the ISU Physics Department’s science outreach to area schools called Physics on the Road as well as serving as physics career exploration Workshop Leaders for ISU’s Annual Expanding Your Horizons Through Math, Science, and Technology.Conference.

Click here for a talk flyer in pdf