Thursday, July 20, 2006

Time

Event

Location

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Registration

Ballroom Foyer

4:00 pm – 4:45 pm

Opening Remarks
Karen DePauw, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies & Dean of Graduate School, Virginia Tech

Assembly Hall
Holtzman Alumni Center

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Barbecue on the Lawn

Great  Lawn

Friday, July 21, 2006

8:00 am – 9:00 am

Breakfast and Introductions
Welcome from the Provost
Mark McNamee, Provost, Virginia Tech
Welcome from the Deans of Colleges of Science and Engineering
Richard Benson, Dean, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech
Lay Nam Chang, Dean, College of Science, Virginia Tech
Logistics
Peggy Layne, Project Director, AdvanceVT,
Virginia Tech
Introduction of Keynote
Mark McNamee, Provost, Virginia Tech

Assembly Hall
Holtzman Alumni Center

9:00 am – 9:45 am

Keynote Speaker: How to Achieve a Positive  and Successful Career in Academe
Kimberly Jones, Associate Professor, Environmental Engineering, Howard University

Assembly Hall
Holtzman Alumni Center

9:45 am – 10:00 am

Break: Networking & Transition

Assembly Hall
Holtzman Alumni Center

Concurrent Sessions - Getting your First Academic Job

10:00 am – 10:45 am
11:15 am – 12:00 pm

Contemporary Pedagogy and Marketing Your Teaching Philosophy
Shelli Fowler, Director, Graduate Education Development Institute, Virginia Tech

Latham D & E

10:00 am – 10:45 am
11:15 am – 12:00 pm

Honest Conversations: Working Environment Expectations in Teaching and Research
Eileen Van Aiken, Associate Professor & Associate Department Head, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
Fay Cobb Payton, Associate Professor, Information Systems Technology, North Carolina State University

Latham F

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch with Virginia Tech Department Heads

Latham C

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm

Academic Job Interviews
Roseanne Foti, Associate Professor, Psychology, Virginia Tech

Latham D & E

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm

Negotiating at Hiring and on the Job
Angela Scarpa, Associate Professor, Psychology, Virginia Tech
Robert Jones, Professor and Head of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech
Kevin Boyle, Professor and Head of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech
Anne McNabb, Professor, Biological Sciences & Associate Dean of Graduate School, Virginia Tech

Latham F

3:15 pm – 3:45 pm

Break: Networking and Transition

Assembly Hall
Holtzman Alumni Center

General Sessions - Succeeding in Academe, Part I

3:45 pm – 4:30 pm

Importance of Networking
Giti Khodaparast, Assistant Professor, Physics, Virginia Tech

Assembly Hall
Holtzman Alumni Center

4:45 pm – 5:30 pm

Family and Work Life Balance: Panel Discussion
Amy Bell, Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
Tonya Smith-Jackson, Associate Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
Brenda Winkel, Professor, Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech

Assembly Hall
Holtzman Alumni Center

5:45 pm – 6:15 pm

Open Session: Issues and Concerns about a Career in Academia
Deborah Johnson, Graduate Student, Biochemistry, Virginia Tech
Cortney Martin, Graduate Student, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech

Assembly Hall
Holtzman Alumni Center

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Dinner Keynote
Diann Jordan, Professor, Biological Sciences, Alabama State University & Author of Sisters in Science

Book sales and signing will take place in the Ballroom Foyer at 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm and 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm.

Latham C 

Saturday, July 22nd

7:30 am – 8:45 am

Breakfast

Upper Quad

9:00 am – 9:45 am

General Session: Research Funding and Proposal Writing
Robert Porter, Associate Vice President, Research Division, Virginia Tech

Solitude

Concurrent Sessions – Succeeding in Academe, Part II

10:00 am – 10:45 am
11:00 am – 11:45 am

A Career at a 4-Year College: Preparation, Expectations and Balance
Amy Cheng Vollmer, Associate Professor, Biology, Swarthmore College

Cascades

10:00 am – 10:45 am
11:00 am – 11:45 am

Budgeting and Project Management
Susan Duncan, Professor, Food Science and Technology, Virginia Tech

Smithfield

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Lunch & Discussion: Bringing Minority Issues & Discrimination to Light

Latham C

2:00 pm – 2:15 pm

Concluding Remarks, Evaluation & Raffle!

Latham C