Agenda

Fri

Feb 10

11:00-12:00pm Registration Opens

12:00-1:00pm Research Poster Set-Up

Benson

12:00-1:00pm Lunch - Opening Remarks

Main Hall (Wayne A-C)

1:00-1:45pm Concurrent Sessions

Session 1A – Demystifying the Graduate School Application Process
Jodi Graff – University of Iowa
Hoak

Session 1B – Rebuilding Connections in the Wake of COVID
Doug Mupasiri – University of Northern Iowa
Wayne D

1:00-4:00pm Student Opportunity Fair

Lobby

2:00-2:45pm Keynote Speaker - The Scenic Route

Queenster Nartey
Co-Founder, IINSPIRE LSAMP Alumni Committee, and Clinical Research Coordinator, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Main Hall (Wayne A-C)

3:00-3:45pm Oral Presentations

Session 2A – Student Oral Presentations
Hoak

Session 2B – Student Oral Presentations
Wayne D

Student Opportunities Fair

4:00-5:30pm Student Research and Experimental Poster Session

Benson

6:00-10:00pm Student Evening Session: Dinner and Networking

IINSPIRE LSAMP Alumni Committee
Old Capitol Center, Room 2520D

Sat

Feb 11

7:30-8:30am Breakfast - Informal Networking

Main Hall (Wayne A-C)

8:30-9:15am All Student Session

LinkedIn and Online Networking for Undergraduates
Jahnavi Pandya – University of Iowa
Main Hall (Wayne A-C)

9:30-10:15am Keynote Speaker - Lessons from Plants: Insights for Human Thriving

Beronda Montgomery
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean, Grinnell College
Main Hall (Wayne A-C)

10:30-11:15am Concurrent Sessions

Session 3A – REU Workshop: Searching for Summer Opportunities
Mary Darrow – Iowa State University
Wayne D

Session 3B – Graduate Student Panel Discussion
Theresa Ho – University of Iowa
Hoak

11:30-12:15pm Concurrent Sessions

Session 4A – Alumni Panel on STEM Journeys
IINSPIRE LSAMP Alumni Committee
Hoak

Session 4B – Using Research Measures as Learning Tools: The Development and Use of Student Profiles
Halin Chung – University of Iowa
Wayne D

12:30-1:00pm Awards Ceremony

Main Hall (Wayne A-C)

1:00-2:00pm Lunch

Main Hall Wayne