MPICT Holds First NVC Meeting
On April 17th, 2009, MPICT convened its first National
Visiting Committee (NVC) meeting.
An NVC is like a Board of Directors. It:
• Provides evaluative feedback to the National Science
Foundation (for example, to assist NSF in deciding whether
to continue funding the Center),
• Provides valuable, informed feedback and advice to the
Center, to help the Center achieve its goals and be managed
efficiently and effectively, and
• Facilitates contacts and collaborative relationship
building within its sphere of influence to help enable
Center impact.
A high quality NVC can be a big factor in Center success.
MPICT’s NVC is extremely high quality.
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Successful Faculty Development Week
June 15-19, 2009, the Mid-Pacific ICT Center conducted its
first annual Summer Faculty Development Week at the City
College of San Francisco Ocean Campus. 50 faculty from ICT-related
programs at 22 community colleges in 4 States attended the 4
½ day event.
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ICT Track at
K-14 Educator Conference
The primary focus of MPICT’s efforts to coordinate, improve
and promote the quality of ICT education is for community
colleges. However, it is also important to recognize that
students’ pathways into ICT programs at community colleges
begin much earlier. If we are going to successfully attract
students into Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
(STEM) fields, an imperative for continued functionality and
prosperity in our society, we have to do a better job of
enticing students into these areas early in their
educations.
June 10-11, 2009, MPICT collaborated to create an ICT track
at a Math, Science and CTE Conference for K-14 Teachers
hosted by City College of San Francisco.
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