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NOBCChE
Board Member Dr. Iris Wagstaff has recently been awarded the Women of Color Magazine and Women of Color STEM Conference K-12 Promotion of Education Award. A subsidiary of Career Communications Group, INC, Women of Color magazine's annual Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Conference is the forum of choice for recognizing the significant contributions by women in STEM fields. Dr. Wagstaff will be presented the award at the 22nd annual WoC STEM Conference in Detroit, MI on Oct. 7.
Dr. Wagstaff is a STEM Program Director in the Education and Human Resources Department of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Most recently she served as 2015-2017 AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) in the Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences. She has over 20 years of STEM outreach and advocacy in the community developing informal science programs, mentoring STEM majors, equipping parents with tools and resources to encourage their children in STEM, and providing culturally relevant science education pedagogy to teachers. She has advocated for students at the K-20 levels and built strategic partnerships between industry, educators, researchers, and community activists. She is a 25 year member of the National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE). She has served as the Delaware Valley Chapter (DVC) Vice President, the DVC Super Saturday Science Academy Coordinator, the National STEM Education Chair, the 2016 National Conference Chair, and currently serves on the NOBCChE Executive Board. She has received numerous awards for her STEM advocacy that include the 2017 Raleigh, NC Links Services to Youth in STEM Award, the 2016 Women of Color in STEM Trailblazer Award, the 2015 NOBCChE Henry McBay Outstanding Teaching Award, and a 2016 nomination for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Math, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM).
Congratulations Dr. Wagstaff! Continue to exemplify the mission of NOBCChE!
NOBCChE
Dear NOBCChE Family and Friends,
We would like to invite you to the 44th Annual NOBCChE Conference and K-12 STEM Week held at the Raddison Blu Hotel in Minneapolis, MN Oct. 30 - Nov. 3. This year's conference is themed We Are NOBCChE: Community, Leadership, and Partnerships. NOBCChE is an inclusive community of STEM leaders focused on catalyzing STEM partnerships for the 21st Century, and we hope that the workshops and sessions at the 44th conference convey this message. Please read through the Call to Conference to learn more about Minneapolis, Registration/Hotel, opportunities to present your research, as well as, a preview of workshop offerings and our K-12 STEM Week activities.
Details about the conference can be found here.
We look forward to seeing you in Minneapolis!
— National Planning Committee
NOBCChE
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