Carolinas Regional Node Meeting – April 22, 2022
The Carolinas Regional Node Meeting was held virtually on Friday, April 22, 2022, 9:00am-12:15pm (ET). The meeting kicked off with
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 |
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CalNeAr (CA, NV, AZ) | Adam Haberman | University of San Diego (CA) | Bill Andreopoulos | San Jose State University (CA) |
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) | Tara A. Pelletier | Radford University (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 Paula Croonquist | Bemidji State University (MN) Anoka-Ramsey Community College (MN) |
New England | Rachel Sterne-Marr | Siena College (NY) | Evan Merkhofer | Mount Saint Mary College (NY) |
New York & New Jersey (NY/NJ) | Raffaella Diotti | CUNY Bronx Community College (NY) | Brittany Miller | Hofstra University (NY) |
Pacific Northwest (PNW) | Norma Velazquez-Ulloa | Lewis & Clark College (OR) | Jack Vincent | University of Washington-Tacoma (WA) |
Pennsylvania (PA) | Brian Yowler | Grove City College (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) | Judy Leatherman | University of Northern Colorado (CO) |
Southeast | Cheri Bardales | Louisiana State University of Alexandria | ||
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.
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