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Yolanda S. George, AAAS Deputy Director, Education ygeorge@aaas

Yolanda S. George, AAAS Deputy Director, Education ygeorge@aaas.org. Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology: Chronicling Change, Inspiring the Future Conference. Goal of the V&C Follow-up Project

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Yolanda S. George, AAAS Deputy Director, Education ygeorge@aaas

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  1. Yolanda S. George, AAAS Deputy Director, Education ygeorge@aaas.org Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology: Chronicling Change, Inspiring the Future Conference.

  2. Goal of the V&C Follow-up Project Identify, document and share the impacts of the V&C Initiative including ascertaining the following information: How faculty and departments have disseminated and used the V&C report. What changes have departments implemented as a result of the V&C report. What changes have faculty implemented as a result of the V&C report. What changes have professional societies implemented as a result of the V&C report.

  3. Project Activities Call for abstracts to determine conference attendees and other projects to be included in an online locator Call for detailed abstract Organizing a working conference Collecting information via surveys Analyzing Google searches & V&C website trends

  4. Working Conference Goals and Objectives This working conference has been designed to understand how change happens in undergraduate biology education. Specific outcomes include: Sharing and helping to disseminate innovative strategies; Identifying shared challenges for continued change; Understanding the role of leadership in undergraduate biology change and how to exert that leadership; and Strengthening and expanding collaborative networks to support future change.

  5. Products of this Vision and Change Project A printed report with information collected from this conference, surveys, and analysis of web searches An online abstract locator that can be used to search for information in detailed abstracts submitted by the biology community. These products will be available on the web site (http://visionandchange.org/)

  6. Who is Here at the Conference 178 colleges and universities and 11 science or educational organizations

  7. Vision and Change Advisors Co-Chairs Carol A. Brewer – University of Montana (Emeritus) Alan I. Leshner – Chief Executive Officer, AAAS; Executive Publisher, Science Members Renato J. Aguilera – University of Texas at El Paso Cynthia Bauerle – HHMI Debra D. Bragg –University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Peter J. Bruns –Cornell University and HHMI Juan Marcos Fernandez – Purdue University Louis J. Gross – University of Tennessee J.K. Haynes - Morehouse College Elaine A. Johnson - City College of San Francisco Felicia Keesing –Bard College Donna Lange - Rochester Institute of Technology Jay B. Labov - National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council Muriel E. Poston – Pitzer College Robert S. Seville – University of Wyoming Maria Elena Zavala – California State University Northridge

  8. Other Acknowledgements Working Group Facilitators (Page 21 of the Conference Program) AAAS Staff Conference Participants

  9. Vision and Change Supporters and Collaborators National Science Foundation ***Education and Human Resources (EHR), Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) ***Directorate of Biological Sciences (BIO) Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI)  Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Science (NIGMS), Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity (TWD) USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

  10. http://visionandchange.org/

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