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“Think Big Diversity” Bouchet Symposium with Dr. Renetta Tull

April 1, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

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 AddressAntonio Farias
UF Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Advisor to the President

11 a.m. to 12 noon
Keynote AddressDr. 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.