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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please pardon the repeat email. Just wanted to send a reminder with just one week left to apply for this great opportunity (see email below). This has been a really enriching experience for the past few years
and faculty have developed new curriculum, had scientists visit their classrooms, and had the chance to connect across colleges with other faculty and with researchers in various fields. If you have any questions at all, please let me know!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Irene <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 8, 2024 12:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Articulation and Transfer Council of IC (atc@lists.ctc.edu)' <atc@lists.ctc.edu>; atlc@lists.ctc.edu; wacure@lists.ctc.edu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Jen Eklund <jen.eklund@isbscience.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Paid WA CTC Faculty Learning Experience --- Join a community of educators and researchers; Help your students develop quantitative data and systems thinking skills--Apply by SEPTEMBER 3!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Please forward the following opportunity to your faculty. This is a collaboration with the Institute for Systems Biology to provide a networked learning experience for CTC faculty to engage with
cutting-edge science, learn from contemporary researchers, and create new curriculum based on current research data sets to help students build quantitative data skills and understand systems biology. It is relevant for STEM faculty to bring more data science
and systems thinking skills into their classrooms and would be a great opportunity for math and biology instructors in particular who are interested in integrated curriculum development. This is ultimately an opportunity to improve student learning outcomes
by connecting coursework to current research on important issues and supporting students in building critical data science and systems thinking skill sets-- now fundamental to most STEM professions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The deadline to apply is September 3. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Reach out to Jen Eklund or me if you have any questions. See the details below as well as the flyer containing more information on faculty compensation and program details. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Thanks for getting the word out! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">NEXT-GEN BIO LEARNING NETWORK</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Are you college faculty with an interest in collaborating with researchers with experience in accessing, manipulating, analyzing, interpreting, and/or visualizing large biological data sets?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">If the answer is yes, please consider joining the Next-Gen Bio Learning Network.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">To join, please email Jen Eklund,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#174E86"> <b><a href="mailto:jen.eklund@isbscience.org">jen.eklund@isbscience.org</a></b></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">your
CV or LinkedIn profile link. In the body of the email explain briefly why you would like to be part of this project and a list of courses you teach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Community college faculty actively teaching Bio160 (Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology) will be prioritized should interest exceed available funds. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Program Description </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The Next-Gen Bio Learning Network is a group of community college faculty and next-gen biologists with a goal to support innovation in biology education and data science skills at Washington state
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Meet once a month via Zoom to converse with researchers about their cutting-edge next-gen biology research (~20 hours of learning together during the school year)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Explore diversity, equity, inclusion, and ethics issues related to next-gen biology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Have opportunities to collaborate on the development of new activities (optional).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">A $400 school-year stipend, plus up to $250 in travel expenses for kick-off meetings for those living more than 50 miles from Seattle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The opportunity for $1200 stipend for activity development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">A collaborative network of colleagues who support each other’s professional growth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">September 3 - Last day for participants to submit notification of interest <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">September 9, 2024 - Kick-off meeting in Seattle (6 hrs)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Ongoing –recruitment to participate in the development of activities (optional)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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