Education Outreach

Undergraduate Education Program for Minority Students
Saturday, March 4, 5:30 PM–9:00 PM
Sponsored by: Committee for Diversity Initiatives
Chairperson(s): Peter Thomas, CDI Chair, Covance Laboratories, Madison, WI and Alice Villalobos, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.

Event for undergraduate students and advisors receiving MARC travel funding, and the SOT program volunteers.

Undergraduate Education Program
Sunday, March 5, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
Sponsored by: Committee for Diversity Initiatives
Chairperson(s): Peter Thomas, CDI Chair, Covance Laboratories, Madison, WI and Vicente Santa Cruz, Chevron-Phillips, The Woodlands, TX.

The Sunday program is open to undergraduate students who registered for this event on the Annual Meeting Registration Form, the undergraduate students and advisors receiving MARC and Pfizer travel funding, and the SOT program volunteers.

Paracelsus Explores the Genome: Toxicology Advances Health
Sunday, March 5, 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
Sponsored by: Committee for K-12 Education

This special program will be offered for local educators teaching grades K-12 and for interested SOT members. The main goal of the program is to enhance science education by stimulating ideas for incorporating multidisciplinary toxicology and environmental health science concepts and teaching materials into classrooms.

Undergraduate Education Program for Minority Students
Monday, March 6, 7:30 AM–3:00 PM
Sponsored by: Committee for Diversity Initiatives
Chairperson(s): Peter Thomas, CDI Chair, Covance Laboratories, Madison, WI and Javier Avalos, TopTox, Sacramento, CA.

Event for undergraduate students and advisors receiving MARC travel funding, and the SOT program volunteers.

SOT Educational Exhibits
Monday, March 6, 9:30 AM–4:30 PM, Tuesday–Wednesday, March 7–8, 8:30 AM–4:30 PM

Exhibits of materials suitable for use in public outreach and in classrooms by SOT members and other scientists and educators will be displayed in the ToxExpo™ at booths organized by the Animals in Research Committee and the Education Subcommittee on K-12 Education.

Sunset Session: Distance Learning in Toxicology: Effective Pedagogy through Technology
Monday, March 6, 4:45 PM–6:15 PM
Sponsored by: Education Committee
Chairperson(s): Jane Huggins, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA and John Duffus, The Edinburgh Centre for Toxicology, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Endorsed by: Career Resource and Development Committee Education Committee, Women in Toxicology SS

Distance learning has definitely come of age. On-line courses represent an impressive knowledge base which is now relatively easy to access by college students as well as individuals seeking mid-life career changes and/or advancement. Coupling electronic tools with teaching, asynchrony with synchrony, distance learning (asynchronous) courses can no longer be ignored as registration for them expands and types of offerings proliferate. This rapid rate of development has, in many respects, resulted from an increased awareness and appreciation of these techniques by many teachers and students. The common-sense practicality associated with these endeavors has dispelled much of the mysticism surrounding this area of education. Moreover, distance learning has come down-to-earth for many people around the globe offering them opportunities for higher education that, heretofore, would never have been obtainable. Both the thinking and the technological tools behind development of distance learning courses in toxicology will be presented. The speakers will be addressing on-line course content and delivery, nationally and internationally. Current on-line courses/programs will be discussed with respect to development, efficacy and quality. Asynchrony will be defined.

Undergraduate Toxicology Teaching Forum
Monday, March 6, 6:00 PM–6:30 PM
Sponsored by: Education Committee

All those interested in undergraduate education are invited to attend this meeting. Future activities will be discussed.