-‐ Preliminary Conference Agenda -‐
TheFutureofDiversityinOurDisciplinesandCareers:NaturalResourcesandtheEnvironment
June19-‐21,2013,
VirginiaTech,Blacksburg,Virginia
Sponsoredby:
OfficeoftheSeniorVice PresidentandProvost
OfficeoftheVicePresidentfor DiversityandInclusion
UniversityofMinnesotaClemsonUniversity
UniversityofNebraska-LincolnPennStateUniversity
Michigan TechnologicalUniversity
NorthernArizonaUniversity
PreliminaryProgramAgenda
Wednesday,June19,2013–SettingtheStage–AnAfternoonofDiversityAwareness
1:00–2:00pm
Diversity,theGameChanger-‐ThefiveShadesofGrayintheConservationCommunity
Dr.MamieParker
MamieParkeristheformerRegionalDirectorandAssistantDirectoroftheU.S.FishandWildlifeService
2:00–3:00pm
SixDisruptiveDemographicTrends:WhatCensus2010WillReveal
Dr.JamesJohnson
WilliamR.KenanJr.DistinguishedProfessorofEntrepreneurship-‐ Director,UrbanInvestmentStrategiesCenter,FrankHawkinsKenanInstituteofPrivateEnterprise
UNCChapelHill
3:15–4:00pm
DiversityInitiativesintheU.S.ForestService:ProgresstowardstheFutureoftheAgency
AngelaColeman
AssociateDeputyChiefofForestServiceResearchandDevelopment
4:00–5:00pm
DiversityTrendsintheU.S.NaturalResourceWorkforceandUndergraduatePopulation
Dr.TerrySharik
Dean,SchoolofForestResourcesandEnvironmentalScienceMichiganTechnologicalUniversity
ABSTRACT 7
Thursday,June20,2013—InvestigationofDiversity
TimeTitleLength
PrimaryAuthorAffiliation
7:45-‐8:00a.m.Welcome
8:00-‐8:30UnderrepresentationofMinoritiesinNaturalResourceCareers:ExaminingAttitudesTowardsNaturalResourceCareersandPerceptionsofCareerBarriers
ABSTRACT 4
30UniversityofFlorida
8:30-‐9:00ChartingaCoursetotheWildlifeProfession:NWF’sEarthTomorrow®SummerInstitute
ABSTRACT 14
30U.S.FishandWildlifeService
9:00-‐9:30IstheGenderGapClosingforUSDAForestServiceResearchScientists?
ABSTRACT 8
30USDAForestService
9:30-‐10:10AssessingDiversityofThoughtAmongUndergraduateNaturalResourceStudents
30UniversityofTennessee
ABSTRACT 19
10:10-‐10:15Break
10:15-‐10:45NaturalResourceCareerPathBarriers,JobSatisfaction,andRetention:PerceptionsofDiverseYoungAdults
30WestVirginiaUniversity
ABSTRACT 13
10:45-‐11:15IncreasingMulticulturalCompetenceforNREProfessionals
30MercerUniversity
ABSTRACT 15
11:15-‐11:45AlumniofExcellenceSeminars:AStrategytoFillthePipelineofDiversityinSTEMFields
30IowaStateUniversity
ABSTRACT 11
11:45-‐12:00QuestionsandAnswers12:00-‐1:00p.m.Lunch
Thursday,June20,2013—ApplicationofProgrammingEfforts
TimeTitleLength
PrimaryAuthorAffiliation
1:00-‐1:30p.m. HowaMANRRSChapterSupportsDiverseStudentsintheWarnerCollegeofNaturalResourcesatColoradoState University
30ColoradoStateUniversity
ABSTRACT 1
1:30-‐2:00BridgingtheGap:StrengtheningEducationandEmploymentforDiverseStudents
30OregonStateUniversity
ABSTRACT 3
2:00-‐2:30InitiativestoIncreaseandRetainStudentsofDiversityattheUniversityofWisconsin-‐StevensPointCollegeofNatural Resources
ABSTRACT 6
30UniversityofWisconsin–StevensPoint
2:30-‐3:00AComprehensiveApproachtoIncreasingDiversity30Michigan
TechnologicalUniversity
ABSTRACT 9
3:00-‐3:15Break
3:15-‐3:45TheEnvironMentorsProgram:KeystoBuildingaSuccessfulEnvironmental-‐BasedMentoringProgramforUnderrepresented High SchoolStudents
30ColoradoStateUniversity
ABSTRACT 16
3:45-‐4:15HostingRACE:BuildingCapacityforCulturalCompetencyinanEnvironmentalMuseum
30UniversityofVermont
ABSTRACT 10
4:15-‐4:45 TheRockyMountainSustainabilityandScienceNetworkSummerAcademy:EngagingUnderrepresentedMinorityStudentsintheSciences
30MichiganTechnologicalUniversity
ABSTRACT 22
4:45-‐5:15TheUSDAForestService:AnAgeofCulturalTransformation
30USDAForestService
ABSTRACT 21
6:00Reception
6:30DinnerandPresentationbytheBoomerProject(
Friday,June21,2013—HigherEducationandDiversity
TimeTitleLength
PrimaryAuthorAffiliation
7:45-‐8:00a.m.Welcome
8:00-‐8:30ExpansionofNaturalResourcesAcademicProgramsataHistoricallyBlackCollegeandUniversityUsingtheInterdisciplinaryNatureofEcology
30AlabamaAMUniversity
ABSTRACT 12
8:30-‐9:00IncreasingMulticulturalCompetenceforNREProfessionals30MercerUniversity
ABSTRACT 15
9:00-‐9:30ThePromiseofClimateChange:TwoProgramstoSupportRecruitment,Retention,andAdvancement
30OregonStateUniversity
ABSTRACT 18
9:30-‐10:00CreationofaProgramforForestryandNaturalResourcesataHistoricallyBlackUniversity
ABSTRACT 17
30VirginiaStateUniversity
10:00-‐10:15Break
10:15-‐10:45A Forest Service -‐ University Partnership: The DiversityCoordinator at the NAU School of Forestry
30NorthernArizonaUniversity
ABSTRACT 20
10:45-‐11:00WrapUp15
11:00-‐12:00Workshop:ANation-‐WideResearchProject:RecruitmentofEthnicMinoritiesIntoNaturalResources
ABSTRACT 51hourMichigan
TechnologicalUniversity
12:00-‐1:00p.m.BoxLunch
1:00-‐2:00Workshop:ANation-‐WideResearchProject:RecruitmentofEthnicMinoritiesIntoNaturalResources
ABSTRACT 5
1hourMichigan
TechnologicalUniversity
2:00ClosingRemarks