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New Mexico State University
New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation
College of Engineering

Agenda

THURSDAY, October 1, 2009
2:00p.m. - 6:00p.m. Early Conference Check-in (Corbett Center, third floor)
3:00p.m. - 5:00p.m. New Mexico Community College Student Workshop (by invitation) (CC, Colfax Room)
FRIDAY, October 2, 2009
7:00a.m. -7:45 a.m. Poster set up (Corbett Center, second floor)
7:30a.m. - Noon.. Conference Registration (Corbett Center, third floor)
7:30a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast Served (Corbett Center, Ballrooms)
7:45a.m. - 8:00a.m.

Oral Presentation Judges Check-In (CC, Dona Ana Room)

8:00a.m. -9:00a.m. Conference Welcome - Dr. Ricardo Jacquez, Interim Associate Provost & New Mexico AMP Director; Dr. Ken White, Interim Dean, College of Engineering.
Keynote Speaker - Dr.Laura Crossey, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico.
9:00a.m. - 9:15a.m. Instructions for Oral Presentations; 9:00a.m.- MESA students dismissed.
9:15a.m. - 9:45a.m. New Mexico MESA Orientation (CC, Auditorium).
9:30a.m. - 11:30a.m.

Undergraduate Student Oral Presentations (CC, second & third floor)
Community College Faculty Oral Presentations (CC, Socorro Room)
Advisory Board Meeting (CC, Luna Room)

11:45a.m. - 1:00p.m. Lunch (CC Ballrooms)
Guest Speaker - The Honorable Debbie A. Rodella, New Mexico State Representative.
University Research Council's Awards for Creative Scholarly Activity Winners
Activity Winners - Introduced by Dr. Vimal Chaitanya, VP for Research, NMSU
Winners: Eric Butcher, Katherine Giles, Meghan Starbuck and Jeremy Smith
1:00p.m. - 1:40p.m. Poster Judges' Check-In (CC,Dona Ana Room)
Judges' Poster Preview (CC, second floor)
1:00p.m. - 2:45p.m.

Information Tables (CC, Gallery)

1:15p.m. - 2:15p.m.

New Mexico MESA Workshop (CC, Auditorium)

1:15p.m. - 2:45p.m. URC Faculty Poster Presentations (CC, second floor)
1:45p.m. -2:45p.m. Undergraduate Student Poster Presentations & Judging (CC, second floor)
Information Tables (student & industry) (CC, second floor)
2:30p.m. -4:15p.m.

New Mexico AMP Institutional Contact Meeting (CC, Luna Room)

3:00p.m. - 3:45p.m.

"Fun with Gas" - Dr. Dale Alexander, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, New Mexico State University (CC, Auditorium)

4:00p.m. -4:30p.m. NM MESA Wrap Up Session (CC, Auditorium)
4:00p.m. -5:00p.m. "Tequila & Ron" Live Entertaiment (CC, Ballrooms)
5:10p.m. -6:40p.m.

Dinner - (CC Ballrooms)
Student Research Presentation Awards
Raffle Prize Drawing and Evaluations

SATURDAY, October 3, 2008
8:00a.m. - Noon New Mexico Community College Student Seminar (Breakfast served at 8:00a.m.)
(CC, Colfax Room)
8:00a.m. - Noon CC Faculty Development Workshop (CC, Luna Room; Breakfast served in the Colfax Room at 8:00a.m.)