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BOOST:
Building Opportunities and Overtures in Science and
Technology
| Project Coordinator: David
Stein |
| About BOOST: BOOST
(Building Opportunities and Overtures in Science
and Technology) is a multi-dimensional program
for elementary and middle school teachers and students,
designed to excite under-represented minority (URM)
students about science and inspire them to pursue
careers in medicine and other biomedical professions. |
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BWF:
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
| President:
Enriqueta C. Bond, Ph.D. |
| Mission: The
Burroughs Wellcome Fund is an independent private
foundation dedicated to advancing the medical sciences
by supporting research and other scientific and
educational activities. |
Program Involvement:
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Techtronics:
Hands-on Exploration of Technology in Everyday
Life |
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Duke
University Marine Engineering Teaching Fellows
Director of the
Duke University Marine Lab: Michael K.
Orbach, Professor of the Practice
Director
of the Duke University Marine/Freshwater Biomedical
Center: Celia Bonaventura, Ph.D., Professor
of Cell Biology, Marine Biomedicine and Environmental
Chemistry |
| Mission: The
Marine Laboratory is a campus of Duke University
and a unit within the Nicholas School of the Environment.
Its mission is education and research in the basic
ocean processes, coastal environmental management,
marine biotechnology and marine biomedicine. |
Program Involvement:
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Marine
Engineering Teaching Fellows from MUSIC,
MUSCLE
programs and Duke University Marine Lab (DUML). |
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GE
Foundation
| President, GE Foundation:
Robert Corcoran |
| Mission:
The GE Foundation seeks to improve the achievement
of students, strengthen development for teachers
and build the capacity of schools, universities
and communities to educate the citizens and workforce
of tomorrow. |
Program Involvement:
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MUSCLE:
Math Understanding through the Science of
Life |
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GlaxoSmithKline
Chairman:
Robert A. Ingram
Executive Director:
Marilyn Foote-Hudson |
| Mission: The
North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation supports
activities in North Carolina that help meet the
educational and health needs of today's society
and future generations. The Foundation focuses
on programs that emphasize the understanding and
application of health, science and education at
all academic and professional levels. |
Program Involvement:
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TASC
Office, Training Center and Science Materials
Center |
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IBM
| Contact:
David Benevides, Regional Director for Corporate
Community Relations |
Program
Involvement:
Donated 10 computers and a network printer for
Washington Elementary School and Centennial Middle
School in Raleigh, NC |
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Microsoft
Research, USA - University Relations
| Contact:
John
Spencer, Manager, University Relations
Microsoft Research, USA |
Program
Involvement:
Donated $10,000 for 64 computers distributed to
EK Poe Elementary, Bethel Charter School, Central
Elementary, Centennial Middle School, Washington
Middle School, digital cameras and Windows 2000
Professional and Office 2000 Professional software. |
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NSF:
National Science Foundation
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Progress
Energy Foundation
| Chairman, President
and CEO: William Cavanaugh |
| Mission:
The Progress Energy Foundation focuses its resources
on specific initiatives within four strategic
focus areas: education, the environment, economic
development and employee involvement. |
Program Involvement:
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Support
of TASC
Science Materials Center |
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Project
Lead The Way [PLTW]
Chairman:
Richard Liebich
Executive Director:
Richard Blais |
| Mission:
To create dynamic partnerships with our nation's
schools to prepare an increasing and more diverse
group of students to be successful in engineering
and engineering technology programs. |
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NC Project Lead The Way [PLTW]
Affiliate Director:
Nancy Shaw
State Leader for
North Carolina: Brian Moye |
| Mission:
PLTW
and NC Department of Public Instruction are partnered
with Duke's Pratt School of Engineering to develop
a pre-engineering program of study in NC middle
and high schools. |
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NC
Science, Math, and Technology Education Center
(NCSMTEC)
| President and CEO:
Samuel H. Houston, Jr, EdD |
| Mission:
To systematically improve performance in science,
mathematics, and technology pre K-12 education as
a means of providing all children in North Carolina
with the necessary knowledge and skills in science,
mathematics, and technology to have successful careers,
be good citizens, and advance the economy of the
state. In pursuing its mission, the SMT Center also
will help schools successfully meet the criteria
established in the national "No Child Left
Behind" Initiative. |
Program Involvement:
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TASC:
NSMTEC and Sigma Xi coordinate the Scientist
Collaboration. |
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PLTW:
NSMTEC and BWF provide program guidance and
State Leadership Team meeting facilities. |
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Steven
Winter Associates, Inc.
| Chief Technical
Officer: Dr. Ravi Gorthala |
| Mission:
To create a comprehensive informal technology education
program for middle and high school students
that integrates math and science through its
Think Tek Learning Lab. The lab will serve middle
and high school students and teachers through
after-school and Saturday classes, exploration,
design and construction, and interaction with
a variety of scientists, technologies and learning
materials. |
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Think Tek Learning
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