The University of Florida’s Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society invites you to join faculty, postdoctoral associates, graduate students, undergraduate students, and staff for its second annual spring symposium: “Think big Diversity”, Spring 2019 Edward A. Bouchet Symposium. Featuring Dr. Renetta Tull, Global Advocate for STEM Diversity and Inclusion. Click this link to register online: Bouchet Symposium Registration.
SYMPOSIUM AGENDA
10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Welcome: Dr. Micah Johnson
Bouchet Scholar and HIH NIDA Postdoctoral Fellow, UF Department of Epidemiology
10:15 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Opening Address: Antonio Farias
UF Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Advisor to the President
11 a.m. to 12 noon
Keynote Address: Dr. Renetta Garrison Tull
Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, University of California Davis. Dr. Tull is a recognized champion of diversity and inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) whose career has had a global impact and worldwide reach. To learn more, click on this link: Renetta Garrison Tull: Living Life on Line. Creator of the hashtag #ThinkBigDiversity, she invites all to engage on Twitter @Renetta_Tull.
12 noon to 12:30 p.m.
Lunch Reception: Lunch will be provided for registered participants only. To help us prepare adequately, please make sure you can attend before you register.
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Edward A. Bouchet Society Student Panel and Interactive Session. Moderated by Dr. Jeremy Magruder-Waisome, Bouchet Scholar and iAAMCS Project Manager and Postdoctoral Associate, UF Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering
*If you have any questions, please email the UF Graduate School’s Office of Graduate Diversity Initiatives at ogdi@aa.ufl.edu.