Workshop Agenda

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Friday, October 8

12:00-3:15 Registration

3:30-3:40 Welcome
Nathan Grawe, Director of QuIRK (Carleton College)
Beverly Nagel, Dean of the College (Carleton College)

3:40-5:00 Plenary Session: "Quantitative Reasoning On Campus and Beyond"
"Quantitative Reasoning Today"
Milo Schield (Augsburg College)

"Quantitative Reasoning: Some Evidence and Questions on Learning"
Shannon Dingman and Bernie Madison (University of Arkansas)

5:15-6:15 Cluster Group Meetings

6:30-8:15 Dinner Plenary Session: "Many Women Work, Wealthy People Have More Money, and Other Important Things I've Learned from Reading Student Papers"
Nathan Grawe (Carleton College)

Saturday, October 9

8:30-9:00 "Birds of a Feather" Breakfast

9:00-10:00 Break Out Sessions
"The Wellesley College Story," Corrine Taylor (Wellesley College)
"The James Madison University Story," Donna Sundre (James Madison University)
"The Augsburg College Story," Milo Schield (Augsburg College)
"The Macalester College Story," David Bressoud (Macalester College)
"Inside the NSF," Stephanie Fitchett (University of Northern Colorado and recent NSF staff member)

10:10-11:30 Cluster Group Meetings

11:45-1:00 Lunch Plenary Session: "Challenges of QR Assessment"
Donna Sundre (James Madison University)

1:15-2:15 Break Out Sessions
"The 'Quantitative Reasoning in the Contemporary World' Project," Bernie Madison and Shannon Dingman (University of Arkansas) and Caren Diefenderfer (Hollins University)
"The Alverno College Story," Sue Mente (Alverno College)
"The Carleton College Story," Nathan Grawe and Carol Rutz (Carleton College)
"Inside the NSF," Stephanie Fitchett (University of Northern Colorado and recent NSF staff member)

2:30-3:30 Break Out Sessions
"Grant Sources and Strategies," Rebecca Hartzler (Seattle Central Community College) and Christopher Tassava (Carleton College)
"Creating Enduring Resources," Cathryn Manduca (Carleton and Science Education Resource Center)
"Generating Interdisciplinary Institutional Buy-In," Caren Diefenderfer (Hollins University) and Neil Lutsky (Carleton College)
"Student Support Services," Eric Gaze (Bowdoin College)

3:40-4:40 Time for Relaxation and Personal Reflection

4:40-5:50 Campus Team Meetings (over dinner)

6:00-12:00 ???? Outing
TBD
Tickets included in registration fee

Sunday, October 10

8:30-9:45 Breakfast and Team Meetings (Finalize Action Plans)

9:45-11:00 Team Reports: Action Plans

11:00-11:15 Open Q&A

11:30-12:00 Lunch and Plenary Session: "Building a QR Community: The Future of the National Numeracy Network"
Corrine Taylor (Wellesley College)
Len Vacher (University of Southern Florida)