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Program Director:
Kristin L. MorganUniversity of Virginia
P.O. Box 400881
Charlottesville, VA
22904-4881
- 434-243-6660
- 434-982-2110
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Alliance Symposia
Alliance Symposium held at Virginia Tech April 7, 2009
The Virginia-North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (VA-NC LSAMP) held its second annual symposium on April 7, 2009 at Virginia Tech in conjunction with the 7th Annual Virginia Tech Undergraduate Research and Prospective Graduate Student Conference. Students from each of the eight partner schools shared their research through oral or poster presentations. The winners for poster presentations were: 1. Peter Rios, 2. Kristen Reynolds, 3. Tiffany Jackson- Henderson. The winners for oral presentations were: 1. George Harris & Tyler Thompson, 2. Shavonda Evans & Megha Patel, 3. Erin Smithberger.
April 6, 2009 Partner Meeting Synopsis
April 6, 2009 Partner Meeting Minutes
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Virginia Junior Academy of Sciences' Science Career Symposium, November 8, 2008
To kick off the symposium Dr. Marcus L. Martin conducts a word scramble
with the middle and high school students.
The Virginia-North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation's management team co-sponsored the science career symposium with the Virginia Junior Academy of Science on November 8, 2008. Many of the 120 middle and high school students were affiliated with Boys and Girls Clubs, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Computers for Kids and the Girl Scouts. Students interacted with U.Va. faculty and undergraduate and graduate students and participated in hands-on science and technology demonstrations, which focused on environmental sciences, chemistry at the center of the galaxy, a human patient simulation, the Rome Reborn Project, a virtual chest-tube insertion simulator, robotics, and tours of the Leander McCormick Observatory. The closing activity, the release of a weather balloon, was followed by a tour of the Grounds for high school students interested in applying to U.Va.
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Alliance Symposium held at St. Augustine's College March 31, 2008
The Virginia-North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (VA-NC LSAMP) held its first annual symposium on March 31st, 2008 at Saint Augustine's College in conjunction with Saint Augustine's Undergraduate research Day. Students from several alliance partner schools displayed poster presentations and gave oral presentations. Vice President William B. Harvey provided the luncheon address. The National Science Foundation's program director for LSAMP, Dr. A. James Hicks, led a workshop for faculty and gave the keynote speech.
April 1, 2008 Partner Meeting Synopsis