Science teachers gain insight at
UTMB-sponsored conference
The UTMB Office of Educational Outreach hosted its
Ninth Annual Regional Science Teachers Conference
featuring science, technology, engineering and mathematics
education on Nov. 15 in Galveston.
The conference was open to kindergarten through 12th
grade teachers in public and private schools as well as
home-school teachers in the Galveston-Houston region.
The conference was supported by grants from the Howard
Hughes Medical Institute and the Texas Education Agency
(Galveston County Regional Collaborative and Southeast
Regional T-STEM Center at UTMB).
Attended by nearly 200 science teachers, participants
learned new methods of teaching science concepts and
received free science activity handouts and materials.
Nina Corley, a teacher at Satori School in Galveston, said,
"One need only to step onto our school grounds to see
the effects of this year’s science teachers conference. Last
Monday, I returned to school with curriculum, books and
resources that were immediately shared and put to use in
each of our school’s classes."
Dr. Marguerite Sognier, director of UTMB educational
outreach and co-director of the Southeast Regional
T-STEM Center, said, "This conference was undoubtedly
the most rewarding for both the teachers and our staff."
Former astronaut Dr. Bernard Harris Jr., the first African
American to walk in space, gave the opening address. Other
notable conference speakers included Dr. Yvonne Spicer of
the Boston Museum of Science and Dr. Marlene MacLeish
of the Morehouse College School of Medicine.
For more information about UTMB educational outreach
programs and events, call (409) 772-7836.
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Regional teachers learned how to apply robotics to teach science, technology, engineering and math principles in the classroom.
Ob-gyn clinic returns to
Galveston Island
The department of obstetrics and gynecology at
UTMB reopened for outpatient services on Nov. 24.
The clinic is located on the third floor of the
University Hospital Clinics building. Physicians
offering general ob-gyn services at the clinic include
Drs. Russell Snyder, Leslie Chupp, Virginia Rauth,
Daniel Breitkopf, Gokhan Kilic and Regan Theiler.
Also offering services are Dr. Edward Hannigan,
gynecological-oncology; and Drs. Tristi Muir and
Catalin Jurnalov, urogynecology and reconstructive
pelvic surgery.
Other physicians from the department of obstetrics and
gynecology continue to practice at the Women’s Health
Center at Bay Colony in League City. |
