Southeast Regional Node Meeting – September 2022
The Southeast Regional Node held their first in-person Regional Node Meeting on September 8th and 9th, 2022.
To increase faculty and student engagement in the GEP, the NIH’s Innovative Programs to Enhance Research Training (IPERT) grant provides support for regional clusters of participating GEP institutions (Regional Nodes). Regional Nodes are encouraged to develop events that allow undergraduates to present their work to other scientists, and/or faculty to learn, collaborate, mentor, and develop curricula.
| Regional Node | Node Leader | Leader’s Institution | Node Co-Leader | Co-Leader’s Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CalNeAr (CA, NV, AZ) | TBD | |||
| Carolinas | Marisol Santisteban | University of North Carolina at Pembroke (NC) | Michele Eller | Southern Wesleyan University (SC) |
| DMV (DC, MD, VA) | Matt Wawersik | William & Mary (VA) | Christine Fleet | Emory & Henry College (VA) |
| Midwest North | Jenny Mierisch | Loyola University Chicago (IL) | Sarah Justice | Marian University (IN) |
| MN/IA/Dakotas | Kellie Agrimson | St. Catherine University (MN) | Andy Arsham Tam Mans | Bemidji State University (MN) North Hennepin Community College (MN) |
| New England | Rachel Sterne-Marr | Siena College (NY) | Jenna Roecklein-Canfield | Simmons University (MA) |
| New York & New Jersey (NY/NJ) | Guy Barbato | Stockton University (NJ) | Raffaella Diotti | CUNY Bronx Community College (NY) |
| Pacific Northwest (PNW) | Norma Velazquez-Ulloa | Lewis & Clark College (OR) | Jack Vincent | University of Washington-Tacoma (WA) |
| Pennsylvania (PA) | TBD | |||
| Puerto Rico (PR) | Angel O. Custodio | University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla (PR) | Sheylda Díaz-Méndez | University of Puerto Rico-Ponce (PR) |
| Rocky Mountain | Shan Hays | Western Colorado University (CO) | Zeynep Ozsoy | Colorado Mesa University (CO) |
| Southeast | Cheri Bardales | Louisiana State University of Alexandria | TBD | |
| Texas & Oklahoma (TX/OK) | Lindsey Long | Oklahoma Christian University (OK) | Chitra Chandrasekaran | Texas Wesleyan University (TX) |
Regional Node Meetings (RNMs) leverage available regional clusters of participating GEP institutions (i.e., Regional Nodes) to increase faculty and student engagement by allowing undergraduates to present their work to other scientists, and faculty to learn, collaborate, mentor, and develop curricula.
See the “Regional Node Event Planning” web page (generic password) for more details.
The Southeast Regional Node held their first in-person Regional Node Meeting on September 8th and 9th, 2022.
The New England Regional Node held a virtual Regional Node Meeting on January 4, 2023, with ten members attending.
The New York and New Jersey Regional Node held an in-person Regional Node Meeting at Baruch College September 23, 2022.
The Southeast Regional Node held a virtual Regional Node Meeting April 21, 2023.
The Pennsylvania Regional Node held its first New Member Training January 4 – 6, 2023, at Rutgers University in Camden, NJ.
The Carolinas Regional Node held a New Member Training December 14-17, 2022 at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
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