Register Now for the Community College Conference on Legal Issues

EARLY- BIRD REGISTRATION RATES OFFERED THROUGH JANUARY 5th

Register Now for the Community College Conference on Legal Issues
An opportunity to increase your confidence in handling challenging situations on the job and to update your knowledge of the constantly evolving laws that impact your work.

Join your colleagues for the Community College Conference on Legal Issues at The Peabody Orlando, January 31 – February 2, 2010 in Orlando, Florida. Attendance will allow opportunities to examine case studies, scenarios, policies and best practices on key topics relevant to the distinctive legal challenges community colleges face.

Hosted by Valencia Community College, in partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges, the American Council on Education, Florida Association of Community Colleges, the College Board, and the National Association of College and University Attorneys, this dynamic conference addresses the complex issues, current trends, and numerous legal matters unique to community colleges. Conference sessions will serve as a forum for communication among front-line workers and practitioners at all levels. Come join us as we learn from the experts and consider how we each can apply what we learn in areas including:

Campus safety and emergency preparedness
Recruitment and hiring practices
Discrimination and harassment
Considerations of race and diversity factors
Student privacy issues
Intellectual property
ADA compliance
Employee relations
Social networking
First Amendment rights

Register early and receive a discount!

Early-Bird Registration ends January 5, 2010.

For more information, visit www.valenciacc.edu/communitycollegelaw or call Valencia's Conference & Meeting Planning Services at 407-582-3219. We look forward to seeing you in Orlando! Sincerely,

Bill MullowneyVice President for Policy and General CounselValencia Community Collegebmullowney@valenciacc.edu

Susan KelleyVice President for Institutional AdvancementValencia Community Collegeskelley@valenciacc.edu

CREOL: Making the most of your presentation

Making the most of your presentation

Dr. Jean-luc Doumont, Stanford University
February 26th, 2010 - 4-6pm
CREOL 102 & 103

ABSTRACT

Strong oral presentation skills are a key to success for engineers, scientists, and other professionals, yet many speakers are at a loss to tackle the task. Systematic as they otherwise can be in their work, they go at it intuitively, sometimes haphazardly, with much good will but seldom good results. Based on Dr Doumont’s book _Trees, maps, and theorems_ about "effective communication for rational minds", this lecture proposes a systematic way to prepare and deliver presentations. Among others, it covers structure, slides, and delivery, as well as stage fright.
　
BIOGRAPHY:

An engineer from the Louvain School of Engineering and PhD in applied physics from Stanford University, Jean-luc Doumont now devotes his time and energy to training engineers, scientists, business people, and other rational minds in effective communication, pedagogy, statistical thinking, and related themes. Articulate, entertaining, and thought-provoking, Dr Doumont is a popular invited speaker worldwide, in particular at international scientific conferences, research laboratories, and top-ranked universities. For additional information, visit www.principiae.be.

For More Information:

Christina Willis
407-823-6832
cwillis@creol.ucf.edu

NIH Seeks Imaging Research Proposals (Applications Due: April 11, 2011)

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is soliciting research proposals for its "Quick-Trials for Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions: Exploratory Grants" program. The program "is intended to support clinical trials conducting preliminary evaluation of the safety and efficacy of imaging agents, as well as an assessment of imaging systems, image processing, image-guided therapy, contrast kinetic modeling, and 3-D reconstruction and other quantitative tools." Applications are due by April 11, 2011.

From "Quick-Trials for Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions: Exploratory Grants" Grants.gov (09/18/09)

Courtesy OSA R&D Insider: New Grant Opportunities

DARPA Seeks Research Proposals on Bioinspired Photonics (Applications Due: August 16, 2010)

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting proposals for its Bioinspired Photonics program. The program's goal "is to design and fabricate structured materials that will demonstrate either dynamic tunability of the optical response, or sensing capability of organic volatiles, using bioinspired photonic structures capable of operating in the visible and near infrared." Applications are due by August 16, 2010.
From "Bioinspired Photonics" Grants.gov (08/17/09)

Courtesy OSA R&D Insider: New Grant Opportunities

Nelson Talks Shuttle Extension, Workforce Retention (Source: Florida Today)

Sen. Bill Nelson is not lobbying specifically for flying the shuttle longer, but rather for the president to take the recommendation of his blue-ribbon panel and increase NASA's budget long-term. That would help speed development of whatever replacement is chosen. The senator reinforced that the White House panel had cited safety as a potential drawback of extending the shuttle program. Nelson added the White House and Congress must "commit to help the workforce during the disruption" between retirement of the shuttles in 2010 or 2011 and the ramp-up toward the replacement system's first flights. Click here to view the interview. (11/9)

Courtesy ERAU Grant Opportunities Update

More Florida Members Sign-On to Kosmas NASA Funding Letter (Source: NSS)

The National Space Society reports that the bipartisan "Dear Colleague" letter sponsored by Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas and Congressman Ken Calvert, seeking an addition of $3 billion to NASA's budget, has gained several signatures from representatives around the nation, including the following Florida members: C. Brown, A. Grayson, A. Hastings, K. Meek, R. Klein, D. Wasserman-Schultz, R. Wexler, B. Posey, and T. Rooney. (11/12)

Courtesy ERAU Grant Opportunities Update

NIH NBIB Application for Phase II U01

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) invites U01 applications for Phase II implementation of the NIBIB Quantum Grant program. The goal is to achieve a profound (quantum) advance over present-day approaches in the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a major disease or national public health problem. Applicants need not have received a Phase I award to submit a Phase II application. Up to 3 awards may be made from $8 million in FY10. Eligibility is unrestricted. Letters of intent are due Dec 22 with applications due Jan 22. More information regarding RFA-EB-09-003 is available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-EB-09-003.html

Courtesy ERAU Grant Opportunities Update