Category: Talent Development

During the Sleep Deprivation seminar, Dr. Teodor Postolache introduced us to many eye opening topics. 🙂 During the seminar Dr. Postolache said that 40 million Americans manifest sleep disorders. He also said that over 100,000 motor vehicle accidents can be attributed to sleep disorders. It was very interesting to know that sleep can be measured.…

4/12/07 Science in the New Millennium, Dr. Donna J. Nelson, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma Wow, this seminar was interesting. First I had lunch with Dr. Donna Nelson and the members of the WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) organization. During lunch Dr. Nelson answered our questions and talked about…

Posts Business and Dining Etiquette Seminar, 4/12/07(I haven’t added all of the details for this post, be back soon.) On April 12th I attended one more seminar at UMBC on April 12th. This seminar was the Business & Dining Etiquette seminar. It was, what else can I say, excellent. All of the seminars that I…

I went to a Computer Mania Day planning meeting today. If you have a 6th-8th grade student, please register them for Computer Mania Day to be held on May 5, 2007. Computer Mania Day is a program designed to encourage girls to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math careers. Even though it is geared to…

I am on the High School Task Force for my school system. Some of the topics that relate to this task force are of interest to me. I will post the articles as I find them. The key words will be high school reform which defiinitely relates to minority student achievement. Michelle