Fall 2003 Meeting of the Illinois Section of the AAPT
"Recruiting and Retaining Physics Majors"
October 10-11, 2003
Physics Department
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4560
The 2003 Distinguished Service Citation will be awarded to Robert C. Frank, Professor Emeritus of Physics at Augustana College.
Planetarium program, "Mars Watch", Thomas Willmitch, Director, Friday at 11:00 am, Felmley Hall 167, east end of building. Enter through the double glass doors on the north side of the planetarium. Free of charge and open to all meeting registrants. Doors close at the start. No reservations are required.
Invited Speakers
"Hints from the Enrollment Pipeline on Recruiting and Retaining Physics Majors", Friday at 1:15
Dr. Michael Neuschatz, Senior Research Associate, AIP Statistical Service
Panel discussion - "Recruiting and Retaining Physics Majors", Friday at 4:30
Moderator: Richard Martin, Illinois State University
Panelists:
Keith Andrew, Eastern Illinois University
Curtis Hieggelke, Joliet Junior College
Kimberly Shaw, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
George Rutherford, Illinois State University
Charles Schulz, Knox College
Harold Hart, Western Illinois University
"What's In It for Them?", Friday at 8:15
Dr. Beverly Hartline, Associate Laboratory Director at Large, Argonne National Laboratory
Workshops
W1. "Cosmic Ray Detection Network"
Julia A. Thompson, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh and Department of Physics, SIUE. Co-presenters David Kraus, University of Pittsburgh and UMSL; Elisabeth Langford, Southeast HS, Springfield; Mark Godwin, South Carolina Governor's School of Science and Mathematics; and Steven Grosland, Glenbrook South High School.
W2. "Simple Experiments in Physics"
Thomas Kuhn, Midwest Educational Representative, PASCO Scientific
W3. "What's a Good Question... for motivating learning or checking understanding in highly interactive lectures?"
Fred Hartline, Division of Educational Programs, Argonne National Laboratory
Host - Carl Wenning, Department of Physics, Illinois State University, wenning@phy.ilstu.edu