STEM+2009+schedule

=**STEM for Girls Think Tank schedule:**=

//*registration required – no fee//* //**Transportation to and from Vanderbilt is not provided**// 9:00 Breakfast and conversations with Vanderbilt School of Engineering chairs and deans 9:45 Panel discussion with women graduate students, postdocs and faculty from across STEM disciplines 10:30 Break 10:45 Small group tours of STEM labs 12:15 Lunch and panel of admissions officers discussing what makes a successful STEM applicant and information on the college search process in STEM. 2:00 Plenary:Using the Grand Challenges of Engineering to interest girls in engineering 2:30 Panel discussion with undergraduate engineering women 6:30 Catered dinner at Green HIlls Hampton Room in conference room - //please indicate on registration if you will attend.//
 * Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at Vanderbilt University**

//**we will provide shuttles to/from Green Hills Hampton Inn**// 8:15 Registration and light breakfast 8:45 Opening session and keynote speaker Rick Oliver, CEO American Sentinel University 10:15 Newcomers group meets 10:15 Returning Discussion groups meet 11:00 Newcomers group joins others 12:15 Lunch and school tours 1:00 Discussion groups 3:15 Best Practices Sessions 4:00 Cocktail reception in Harpeth Hall Library
 * Thursday, November 12, 2009 at The Harpeth Hall School**

//**we will provide shuttles to/from Green Hills Hampton Inn**// 8:15 Breakfast 8:45 Keynote Speaker- Brad Rathgeber, Online School for Girls 9:30 Jigsaw Groups 10:30 Discussion Groups 12:30 Lunch 1:15 Final session with reporting out to entire group 2:00 Evaluation and wrap up
 * Friday, November 13, 2009 at Harpeth Hall**