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Regional Hub Meetings for the 2021-2022 Term

The 2nd Northeast Tennessee STEM Innovation Network Regional Meeting will be held on  Thursday, April 21st, 2022.   The meeting will be held from 8:30am-- 3:00pm.

The  schedule is as follows.  Location:  The Culp Center Ballroom Left on the ETSU campus.

Click here for the current program agenda (schedule) 

 

AGENDA 

8:30am–9: 00am - Registration, Coffee, & Networking

9:00am–9:25am - Introductions and Opening Presentation  (Drs. Lange, Godbole & Scarborough)                                                               Alissa A. Lange, Interim Director of CESE
                                  Anant P. Godbole, Former Director of CESE
                                 Jana Scarborough, Dean, Clemmer College
 

9:30am–10:15am  SESSION 1: Coding, Robotics, and Computational Thinking

     1a. Coding & Computational Thinking 

    • Elementary CS - Dr. Chih-Che Tai & iSLICEE project team, ETSU & Northeast TN Region
    • Preschool Coding - Margaret Quinn & James Larsen, Preschool Coding project, UTK 

     1b. Robotics

    • Robotics & More - Dennis Courtney, STREAMWORKS
    • Early/Elementary STEM - Cindy Nickodam, Assistant Director of STREAMWORKS 

10:30am–11:15am  SESSION 2:  TN STEM Designation & Outdoor Learning 

     2a.  Outdoor STEM Learning

    • Forest Schools - Mickey Morton, Seedkeepers Forest School, Jonesborough, TN (Washington County)
    • Outdoor Learning Space - Jess Williams, Outdoor Learning Coordinator, & Heather Wolf, Principal, Washington Elementary, Kingsport, TN (Sullivan County)

     2b.  TN STEM School Designation

    • TN STEM School Designation - Becky Ashe, TSIN (Statewide)
    • Elementary STEM Iniatives at a STEM Designated School- Dr. Hans Ballew,  Principal & Mrs. Cassandra Cate, teacher, Northview Primary STEM School, TN State Designated STEM School (Sevier County)

11:30am–12:30pm LUNCH & Networking

12:30pm–1:15pm  SESSION 3:   Informal STEM Learning – Connections to Schools

     3a:  Museums & Libraries

    • Science Museums & School Partnerships- Hands-On Discovery Center, Heather Watson & Lee Robinson, Muse Knoxville (Washington County & Knox County)
    • Libraries & Schools - Jennifer Johnson, Elementary STEM at libraries & school partnerships, Johnson City Public Library, Johnson City, TN (Washington County) 

     3b: After School

    • Math-After School - Jessica Johnson, director of Crazy 8’s math club & educator, Cherokee Elementary, Johnson City, TN (Washington County)
    • Langston Afterschool Institute- Bridget Jennings, Langston Centre, Johnson City, TN  (Washington County)

1:30pm–2:15pm  SESSION 4: Regional Collaborations, Initiatives, & Innovations

     4a:  Regional STEM Collaborations & Pipelines

    • Hamblen-Morristown: PK-12 pipeline - Chuck Carter, CTE director, shares experiences in supporting STEM education through the Hamblen-Morristown- PK-12 pipeline (Hamblen County)
    • MathElties - Focus on K-5- Jamie Price & Ryan Nivens, math education faculty at ETSU, share regional math professional learning project, funded by Eastman Foundation. (Washington County, Kingsport City, Johnson City)

     4b: Community - School Partnerships

    • Anchored in Flowers - Heather Champney, Anchored in Flowers, entrepreneurial flower & outdoor learning program St. Mary's School, Johnson City, TN (Washington County)
    • Early -Elementary STEM Collaboration- University, School, Community Partnerships - Laura Roberston, Alissa Lange & Pre-Service Teachers at ETSU. Early-Elementary STEM Collaboration project team shares our university, school, community partnerships to build capacity in our region (Washington County & Hawkins County)

2:30pm–3:00pm  Next Steps, Survey, Closing Presentation, Prizes & Networking

For more information, contact Ashley Shook: shooka@etsu.edu 
Interim Director of CESE, Alissa Lange: langea@etsu.edu 

The 1st Northeast Tennessee STEM Innovation Network Regional Meeting was held on   November 16, 2021 at the Kingsport Higher Education Center.  The meeting was held from 11:30am--1:30pm.  The Agenda  was recorded.  There were a total of 27 attendees, 15 on site and 12 on zoom. 

The schedule was as follows:  Location:  Room 131 of the KCHE in the Kingsport Academic Village. 

11:30—12:00 Lunch and remarks by Anant  

12:00—12:25 Chris Bowen and Rachel Brouillette, the ETSU-TSIN-Niswonger Epidemiology Project  

12:35—1:00 Amanda Blackburn and Evie LaFollette, the KCS-Biobuilder-TSIN-Niswonger Biobuilder Project  

1:10—1:35 Ariel Cintron-Arias and Ryan Nivens, the ETSU-Niswonger Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning project  

Goal: To disseminate key recent TSIN and Niswonger Foundation work on emerging STEM fields:  AI, Epidemiology, and Synthetic Biology. 

Outcomes: Three thirty-minute talks were given in the above areas.  A link to the zoom transcript has been sent to tsin@battelle.org. 

Special guests included: Chris Bowen, Rachel Brouillette, Amanda Blackburn & Evie LaFollette from Kingsport City Schools; Ariel Cintron-Arias and Ryan Nivens from ETSU (Johnson City Campus).

Regional Hub Meetings for the 2018-2019 Term

The 1st Northeast Tennessee STEM Innovation Network Regional Meeting was held on Tuesday, November 27th, 2018 at the Washington County Central Office Building in Jonesborough, TN.  The meeting was held from 11:30am until 1:30pm. The agenda was "Snapshots of the Northeast Tennessee STEM Landscape". Dr. Anant P. Godbole (ETSU) presided over the meeting.

Special guests included Sandy Watkins (TSIN), Chih-Che Tai (ETSU), Wes Smith (Hawkins County Schools), Aimee Govett (ETSU), Richard Kitzmiller (Niswonger Foundation), Dakota Reynolds & Laura Bailey (Nuclear Fuel Services), Ryan Nivens (ETSU).  

The 2nd Northeast Tennessee STEM Innovation Network Regional Meeting was held on Tuesday, January 15th, 2019 at the Dobyns Bennett Excel High School in Kingsport, TN.  The meeting was held from 11:30am until 2:00pm. The agenda was "Highlights of DB Excel". Dr. Anant P. Godbole (ETSU) presided over the meeting.

Special guests included Shanna Hensley (DB Excel High School), Mike Cummings (Insight Tech STEM Programs), Ronnie Gross (ETSU Trio Programs & STEM Programs) and Pam Stidham & Andrea Fissel(Kingsport City Schools). 

The 3rd Northeast Tennessee STEM Innovation Network Regional Meeting was held on Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 at Northeast State Community College in Gray, TN.  The meeting was held from 11:30am until 2:00pm. The agenda was "The Changing Face of Biology at the High School & College Level". Dr. Anant P. Godbole (ETSU) presided over the meeting.

Special guests included Wendy Courtney, Luke Douthat & Evie LaFolliet (Kingsport City Schools), Aruna Kilaru (ETSU), TJ Jones (ETSU).  

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