Draft Program

Plan to arrive at the hotel in time for the 4pm start time on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 and airport departure after 3pm on Thursday, July 31, 2025.

Jump to: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3

Day 1: Community Building and Learning about Awardees' ITYC Projects

Tuesday, July 29, 2025, Hilton Alexandria Old Town

2:00pm - 4:00pm Registration at hotel

4:00pm - 5:00pm Opening Session Day 1: Welcome, norms, expectations, goals, ice-breaker, and Summit overview.

  • Bring your sense of curiosity!

5:00pm - 6:00pm Celebrate ITYC Projects: Share and Learn

  • Micro-poster sessions at tables to share and learn about the range of ITYC projects

6:00pm - 8:00pm Working Dinner: Food for Thought

  • Guided conversations about ITYC projects
  • Closing remarks, next-day plans, roadcheck

Day 2: Strategies for Innovation; NSF opportunities for TYCs

Wednesday, July 30, 2025, NSF Headquarters

6:30am - 7:45am Grab and Go Breakfast at Hilton Alexandria Old Town

7:30am - TBD Shuttle or walk to NSF Headquarters

8:00am - 8:45am Informal Birds-of-a-Feather Conversations at NSF

9:00am - 10:00am Opening Session Day 2: ITYC Program Goals and Your Projects

10:00am - 10:20am Break

10:20am - 11:50am Working Groups: What Works - Challenges, Solutions, Outcomes

Working group topics align with funded projects (e.g., undergraduate research, leading faculty development, supporting student transfers to 4YCs, education research)

11:50am - 12:00pm Short break before buffet lunch

12:00pm - 1:30pm Working Lunch with focus on leadership

1:30pm - 1:50pm Break

1:50pm - 2:40pm NSF Opportunities for 2YCs: ITYC and Beyond

Sessions with Program Directors from the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) and other areas (pending availability)

2:40pm - 3:00pm Break

3:00pm - 4:30pm Working Together

  • Option A: Community Conversations: Collaborations and Partnerships (e.g., with other departments and/or offices on your campus, with other TYCs, with 4YCs, working effectively with evaluators)
  • Option B: From Concept to Funding: Shaping STEM Education Ideas for Submission to NSF - This interactive session, led by ITYC Program Directors Kalyn Owens and Chris Delahanty, is designed for prospective PIs and those with less NSF experience. It will support participants in transforming their own STEM education innovations into NSF proposals. Through guided activities and discussion, attendees will refine their project ideas by building on evidence-based practices, considering their institutional context, situating their work within the regional landscape, and addressing student needs. The session also highlights how engaging with the broader two-year college STEM education community can strengthen proposals and foster meaningful professional growth. Participants will leave with clear next steps and a stronger foundation for proposal development and submission.

4:30pm - 5:00pm Closing Session with roadcheck

6:30pm - 8:00pm Dinner at Hilton Alexandria Old Town

Then networking, jigsaw puzzles, card games, other unconference activities

Day 3: Looking to the Future

Thursday, July 31, 2025, Hilton Alexandria Old Town

7:00am - 8:15am Breakfast at Hotel

Informal birds-of-a-feather conversations

8:30am - 9:15am Opening Session Day 3: Panel on sustainability and scaling-up

9:15am - 10:40am NSF Grant Management: Wouldn't it be great if...?

  • Share challenges, strategies, discuss lessons learned, and make recommendations

10:40am - 11:00am Break

11:00am - 12:00pm Closing Session: Future Possibilities, Next Steps, Summit Evaluation

12:00pm - 1:00pm Pick up box lunches