<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">A related FYI: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">a senator here in Oregon talks about STEAM education, keeping Arts & Culture in the mix. <br>
</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Loretta</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cashcash@email.arizona.edu" target="_blank">cashcash@email.arizona.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">FOR DISTRIBUTION:</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></i></p>
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<a href="http://stem2014.ubc.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">STEM Education Conference</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;text-align:right">
<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial"><span><span>July 12-15, 2014</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;text-align:right">
<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">Vancouver | Canada</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></i></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(118,146,60)">STEM Education and Our Planet Making Connections Across Contexts</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Come join us this July for the <b>3rd International Conference of STEM in Education</b>, </span><a href="http://stem2014.ubc.ca/registration" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">registration</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> is open. This 4-day conference provides<b> </b></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">an opportunity for local and international educators and researchers from schools, universities, businesses, industries and other agencies to share and discuss <b><i>innovative practices and research initiatives</i></b> designed to advance STEM education. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">The </span><a href="http://stem2014.ubc.ca/conference-details/program-outline/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">preliminary program</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">and list of </span><a href="http://stem2014.ubc.ca/presentations" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">presentations</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> for the STEM 2014 Conference are now available, with over 220 presentations plus networking events, complimentary entry to sponsor attractions, and an opportunity to tour some of the world-class facilities at The University of British Columbia.</span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(118,146,60)">KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">John Hepburn</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">, Vice President Research and International | Canada</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">David Clarke</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">, International Centre for Classroom Research | Australia</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(118,146,60)">Disciplinary Inclusivity in Educational Research Design: Permeability and Affordances in STEM Education</span></i></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">John Robinson</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability | Canada</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">
<i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(118,146,60)">Next Generation Sustainability at UBC</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Yoshikazu Ogawa</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">, National Museum of Nature and Science (NMNS), Graduate School for Science Communication, | Japan</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Wolff-Michael Roth</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">, Applied Cognitive Science | Canada</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">
<i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(118,146,60)">STEM Curriculum Through the Eyes of the Learner: The Unseen and therefore Unforeseen</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Rina Zazkis</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">, Mathematics Education Simon Fraser University | Canada</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(118,146,60)">Imagining Teaching via Scripting Tasks</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Elizabeth Croft</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">, Collaborative Advanced Robotics & Intelligent Systems Laboratory System (CARIS) | Canada</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(118,146,60)">The Next Generation of Women in STEM: Making Transformative Change</span></i></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Ding Ming Wang</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">, Graduate Institute of Human Resource Management | Taiwan</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">
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<b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(118,146,60)">CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;text-indent:36pt">
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<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">4-days of leading-edge STEM presentations</span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Networking reception</span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Banquet dinner</span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Exhibitor Area</span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Complimentary entry to sponsor attractions <i>Museum of Anthropology, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Science World, HR MacMillan Space Centre, Vancouver Aquarium, UBC Botanical & Centre for Plant Research</i></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Tours of the <i>TRIUMF Facility</i> (Canadian National Lab for particle and nuclear physics) and the<i>Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability.</i></span></p>
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