2020 ESATYCB Annual Conference
Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 situation, the upcoming 2020 ESATYCB Conference at Dutchess Community College has been cancelled. Special thanks to Dinor Dhanabala for putting together what promised to be a very interesting and fun conference. We are hopeful that he and Dutchess will be able to host this conference in April of 2021.
| THEME: | Looking Forward: Biology Education in the Future |
| HOST: | Dutchess Community College |
| WHERE: | Poughkeepsie, New York |
| WHEN: | April 17 – 19, 2020 |
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| Friday, April 17th | |
| 1:30-4:30 pm | Volunteer at the Farm Stand Trolley Barn, 489 Main Street, Poughkeepsie |
| 5:00-7:00 pm | Registration: Cocktails & Dinner Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie |
| 7:00-8:00 pm | Featured Presentation: Advanced Radiation Modalities and the Growth of Particle Radiation Dr. Shannon MacDonald (Harvard Medical School) |
| Saturday, April 18th | |
| 7:00-8:30 am | Registration & Breakfast |
| 8:30-9:00 am | Welcome Speeches |
| 9:00-9:50 am | OER Panel Discussion: Michael Daly (SUNY OER Services) & Terri Burke (Dutchess Community College) |
| 10:00-10:50 am | URE (Undergraduate Research Experience) Panel Discussion Dr. Bruce Nash (DNA Learning Center) Katherine Espinosa & others (Dutchess Community College) |
| 11:00-11:50 am | Workshops 1. Integrating Exercise & Biology Nancy Perretta & Carolyn Rounds (Dutchess Community College) 2. Interactive Media Javier Robalino (HHMI BioInteractive) 3. OER Textbook Workshop A Michael Daly (SUNY OER Services) & Terri Burke (Dutchess Community College) |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00-1:50 pm | Use of Art in Biology Education Lindsey Guile & Carolyn Rounds (Dutchess Community College) |
| 2:00-2:50 pm | Workshops 1. DNA Barcoding CUREs (Course Based Undergraduate Research Experiences) Workshop Dr. Bruce Nash (DNA Learning center) 2. Interactive Media Javier Robalino (HHMI BioInteractive) 3. OER Textbook Workshop B Michael Daly (SUNY OER Services) & Josh Baron (Lumen Learning) |
| 3:00-3:50 pm | Workshops 1. Animations, Videos, & Interactives to Enrich Both Traditional & Online Classes Dr. Walter Jahn (SUNY Orange) 2. DNA Barcoding CUREs (Course Based Undergraduate Research Experiences) Workshop Dr. Bruce Nash (DNA Learning Center) 3. Clinical Scenario Simulations Using Virtual Reality Glasses Steven Weigand (Dutchess Community College) |
| 4:00-4:50 pm | Workshops 1. Animations, Videos, & Interactives to Enrich Both Traditional & Online Classes Dr. Walter Jahn (SUNY Orange) 2. Integrating Exercise & Biology Nancy Perretta & Carolyn Rounds (Dutchess Community College) 3. Clinical Scenario Simulations Using Virtual Reality Glasses Steven Weigand (Dutchess Community College) |
| 5:00-6:00 pm | Business Meeting |
| 6:00-7:15 pm | Dinner |
| 7:15-8:30 pm | Fermentation Science Update: Panel Discussion Sake brewing John Fischer (Culinary Institute of America, NY) Wine Fermenting John Graziano (Millbrook Winery) Beer Brewing Randall Marquis (Blue Collar Brewery) |
| Sunday, April 19th | |
| 6:00-7:30 am | Early Morning Awakening Yoga Debbie VanBuren (Dutchess Community College) |
| 6:00-8:00 am | Traditional Bird Walk Erich Markert (Dutchess Community College) |
| 7:30-9:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00-11:00 am | Featured Presentation: Applied Biology: Careers in Plant and Animal Sciences Rebecca Cossa (Dutchess BOCES) |
| 11:00-11:30 am | Closing Remarks |
| 11:30 am | Farewell with Packed Lunch |
