OBAN is pleased to offer this FREE workshop for Oklahoma businesses seeking to learn how to write the best proposal to win government contracts.

Session 1:  8:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.

“How to Write a Responsive Proposal-Basic Requirements”

Workshop provides information and insights to ensure that the proposal you submit is responsive to government requirements.  It includes

• Creating a successful proposal team
• Identifying the government’s requirements in solicitations
• Identifying and assessing risks
• Avoiding common pitfalls

Participants are invited to join us for lunch on campus from 12:00 – 1:00.

Session 2:  1:00 .P.M. – 5:00 P.M.

“How to Price the Proposal-Basic Considerations”

Workshop describes elements of pricing for different types of solicitations, and how costing/pricing is integrated into the overall proposal development process.

It includes:

• Key insights into pricing considerations
• Typical Cost categories
• How to assess competition
• “Pricing to Win” Strategies

Project Access will address classroom access strategies for mainstream teachers to implement which will benefit students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing; providing opportunity for them to experience greater success in their coursework.

The annual AAAS Martin and Rose Wachtel Cancer Research Award, funded by an endowment established through a generous bequest from Martin L. Wachtel, honors early-career investigators who have performed outstanding work in the field of cancer research. The award winner is invited to deliver a public lecture on his or her research and receives an unrestricted cash award of $25,000. The award winning Essay is published as a Focus article in Science Translational Medicine. The speaker this year is Nicholas Navin, Ph.D.

SCADA - The Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) works to reduce risks within and across all critical infrastructure sectors by partnering with law enforcement agencies and the intelligence community and coordinating efforts among Federal, state, local, and tribal governments and control systems owners, operators, and vendors. Additionally, ICS-CERT collaborates with international and private sector Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) to share control systems- related security incidents and mitigation measures.

First, science teachers attend summer training at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Stony Brook University, or Brookhaven National Lab. Then, trained teachers assemble student research teams in grades 9 to 12 and submit an original research proposal using our proposal submission guideline. Teams with accepted proposals will receive supplies, equipment, and scientific support needed to conduct experiments. Program data will contribute to a distributed effort to generate a "big picture" of Long Island's many ecosystems and diverse living things. Results will be shared at an annual symposium.

Register for a free DNA barcoding educator workshop this summer. Participants will be introduced to sample collection and DNA barcoding wet-lab and bioinformatics infrastructure.

Lehigh Carbon Community College in Schnecksville, PA is holding the second annual Edugaming Conference on August 3 and 4, 2015. This conference is partially funded by a National Science Foundation grant. The goal of this conference is to bring together educators and representatives from the game industry to discuss the powerful impact effective educational games have on learning, as well as how best to utilize games for effective student education. In addition to presentations, the conference will feature educational games available for attendees to play. Teachers and students from all grade levels are welcome to attend.

This conference is the major professional development activity for Oklahoma CareerTech teachers, counselors, administrators and state staff.  Participants will learn innovative technical and instructional skills.  They will also have the opportunity to network with and learn from their counterparts throughout the state.

The CareerTech Expo is held in conjunction with the conference.  The exposition is a valuable resource to CareerTech educators, featuring over 150 exhibiting companies showcasing the latest products and services available in the career and technology education field!

Over the past 50 years, the CAR Management Briefing Seminars have been the bond that has tied our leading edge research together with the organization’s unique ability to convene diverse stakeholders from throughout the automotive industry.   Leaders from the automotive manufacturers and suppliers have shared thought-provoking and strategic visions which have proven to be invaluable for the industry, and contributed greatly to the success of the event. 

“Instructional Design & Teaching Strategies for Welding Instruction course covers development of a welding program from needs assessment through curriculum development, and teaching strategies to development and evaluation of student achievement. The module content includes welding program development, writing program and course objectives, use of advisory committees, curriculum development, learning theory, teaching methods, learning styles, laboratory teaching, organization, and assignment development, and evaluation methods. The instructor’s assignments completed while attending Module 6 will provide the instructor with a portfolio of material that may be used for development and improvement of their welding program.

Please Note: This class is only open to Wisconsin Technical College Faculty/adjuncts and Wisconsin DPI High School faculty.

This 5-day class will cover core competencies in the latest PC hardware and software technologies as well as safety and environmental issues and soft skills. There will be a special unit focusing on Cyber Security. The course will cover all topics required for the CompTIA's new A+ (2012) Certification and the new Cisco IT Essentials curriculum (version 5.0). This course's focus is on the training needs of high school IT faculty although it will also be open to College IT faculty. Attendees will have opportunity to gain certification as Cisco Instructors for Cisco IT Essentials Curriculum. This class will be offered two different weeks during the summer of 2015. This is the second class the first class is being held July 13-17, 2015

INSTRUCTOR: Ronald Koci has been program director and instructor in the Help Desk Support Specialist Technical Diploma program at Madison Area Technical College. He taught courses in computer hardware support (introductory and advanced), technical support soft skills and other courses in the diploma program. He served as liaison and trainer to area high schools in the colleges’ dual-credit program for CISCO IT Essentials. Previous to his tenure at the college he was part of the desktop support team for the Information Systems department of a major area hospital.

Are you frustrated because you have excellent STEM classes and programs but few, if any, female students?

If you have a PASSION for ensuring that every woman and girl feels empowered to choose a career in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), then attend this event.

But, the reality is, the percentage of female students choosing STEM in the United States is going down. And even when they choose STEM majors, one-third to a half transfer out.

Many educators who really, sincerely want to have more female students are held back by popular but ineffective gender equity outreach and retention methods that, simply put, don’t work.

Netlabs+ User Community Workshop - Participants of this workshop will be performing a "from the ground up" build of the learning environment, to include both physical and software installations. Participants should be familiar with Cisco, VMware, and Microsoft Technologies before attending the workshop.

Connect with geography education leaders from around the world by attending the 2015 National Conference on Geographic Education, August 6 - 9, 2015 in Washington DC.

NCGE’s annual meeting provides a forum for leaders in geography education to meet, exchange information, and ideas that inform national, state, and local programs and curricula.  

The IB SME meeting will develop an industry skill standard for educating and training biotechnicians to support Industrial Biotechnology development, production and analysis. To do this the National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Biomanufacturing Center, the NBC2, is bringing together industrial biotechnology subject matter experts from around the nation. The NBC2 plans to overlay its earlier skill standard for Biopharmaceutical development, production and analysis with the newly developed Industrial Biotechnology skill standard. Commonalities will emerge that can help drive the development of multipurpose biomanufacturing education and training facilities to support the local production and analysis of bioproducts and the growth of the bioeconomy.

The IB SME meeting will develop an industry skill standard for educating and training biotechnicians to support Industrial Biotechnology development, production and analysis. To do this the National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Biomanufacturing Center, the NBC2, is bringing together industrial biotechnology subject matter experts from around the nation. The NBC2 plans to overlay its earlier skill standard for Biopharmaceutical development, production and analysis with the newly developed Industrial Biotechnology skill standard. Commonalities will emerge that can help drive the development of multipurpose biomanufacturing education and training facilities to support the local production and analysis of bioproducts and the growth of the bioeconomy.

Children (ages 5-12) will learn about safe riding habits and proper helmet fitting, and have the opportunity to test their steering, braking, stopping and general maneuverability skills on our obstacle course.

Plan to attend SPIE Optics + Photonics 2015, the largest international, multidisciplinary optical sciences and technology meeting in North America. The meeting where the latest research in optical engineering and applications, sustainable energy, nanotechnology, organic photonics, and astronomical instrumentation is presented.

CISSP – includes all student materials, flash cards and the CISSP CBK®. As an (ISC)2 Global Academic Program (GAP) Member, CSSIA will be offering the CISSP® - Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) training. This training course will review and refresh your information security knowledge and help identify areas you may need to study for the CISSP exam. The CISSP exam tests one's competence in the ten CISSP domains of the (ISC)2® CBK®, which cover critical topics in security today, including risk management, cloud computing, mobile security, application development security and more; it is one of the most sought-after certifications in today's information security industry. Instruction will also utilize labs developed that align with the NSA Knowledge Units. Students will also receive a special CSSIA code that can be used to receive a 20% discount on the CISSP certification examination at their local Pearson Vue site.

A series of two workshops, the Nanotechnology Course Resource Workshops (formerly known as our "Train the Trainer" Workshops) were created to provide faculty with: 

• Resources (labs, presentations, and more) and
• Guidance needed to effectively teach undergraduate nanotechnology courses. 

Please note: it does not matter which workshop is attended first.
These workshops are designed for: post-secondary faculty and administrators.

This workshop focuses on: Patterning for Nanotechnology, Materials Modification for Nanotechnology Applications, and Characterization, Testing of Nanotechnology Structures and Materials.

First, science teachers attend summer training at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Stony Brook University, or Brookhaven National Lab. Then, trained teachers assemble student research teams in grades 9 to 12 and submit an original research proposal using our proposal submission guideline. Teams with accepted proposals will receive supplies, equipment, and scientific support needed to conduct experiments. Program data will contribute to a distributed effort to generate a "big picture" of Long Island's many ecosystems and diverse living things. Results will be shared at an annual symposium.

Register for a free DNA barcoding educator workshop this summer. Participants will be introduced to sample collection and DNA barcoding wet-lab and bioinformatics infrastructure.

Stay up-to-date on the latest technology trends and state-of-the art instructional design. The BATEC Summer Institute offers no cost, intensive, week-long “train the trainer” professional development opportunities in emerging technologies to current faculty of high schools, community colleges, and universities.

Register early for classes in CyberSecurity, Advanced Networking, Big Data Analytics, Mobile Programming, IT problem Solving, Exploring Computer Science, and more.

Travel assistance available for early registrations.

Laser Welding” course covers the concepts and fundamentals of laser welding technology. Covers basic optics, laser welding systems and welding process optimization, and metallurgy of laser welds.  Laboratory work consists of case studies that will involve optimization of laser welding equipment and identification and characterization of weld discontinuities and defects.

This class provides ICT faculty with the widest spectrum of topics starting from Classic Data Center to IT-as-a-Service.  It is a “technology-based” course covering cloud deployment and service models, cloud infrastructure, and the key considerations in migrating to cloud computing. Providing 40 hours of content, the CIS course provides the required technology essentials across all domains—including server, storage, networking, applications, and databases—to help develop a strong understanding of virtualization and cloud computing technologies.

Participants will receive a complimentary copy of the EMC CIS spiral bound student guide that contains PowerPoint presentations and notes. Faculty who are participating in the EMC Academic Alliance program will receive the teaching and learning aids to deliver the course including PowerPoints and facilitator guide for each chapter, videos, course lesson planning, and more …

The training qualifies you to take the Cloud Infrastructure and Services certification exam (E20-002), and each attendee will receive 63% discounted exam voucher.

Learn how to assemble the building blocks of a resume!

Practical tips for establishing yourself in a new position to ensure maximum success as you continue your employment.

The SMART Maritime Technologies (MarTech) Consortium is a group of approximately 40 industry employers, secondary and post-secondary educators, faculty and career coaches that meet on a monthly basis to support and inform the SMART Center's work. The Consortium is chaired by Brad Mason, Director of Maintenance, Modernization, and Technical Services for ASMEC, LLC a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries.

The SMART Maritime Technologies (MarTech) Consortium is a group of approximately 40 industry employers, secondary and post-secondary educators, faculty and career coaches that meet on a monthly basis to support and inform the SMART Center's work. The Consortium is chaired by Brad Mason, Director of Maintenance, Modernization, and Technical Services for ASMEC, LLC a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries.

 Learn about different types of interviews, overcoming obstacles and avoiding common mistakes. Basic guidelines, behavioral and traditional questions, and telephone interviews.

Get an introduction to the Personal Success Program (PSP) and an overview of Fall 2015 programs and courses offered. 

PSP provides vocational skills training to students challenged with mild to moderate cognitive disabilities and opens the door to students who may not otherwise enter post-secondary education. PSP introduces basic skills and concepts for a variety of professions, while also providing opportunities to experience college life.

This half-day summit is intended to establish relationships within the greater Portland area that will enable EnergySec, Mount Hood Community College, and local utilities to work collaboratively to address the workforce challenge. Participants will learn about both existing and planned programs of EnergySec and MHCC targeted at this issue, and have the opportunity to provide feedback and input that will be used to tailor these programs to industry needs.

The need for cybersecurity professionals at all levels and within all industries is being widely acknowledged. The utility sector is no different. Moreover, the shortage of professionals with the specific skills and experience needed to protect critical infrastructure is even greater. To address this issue, EnergySec is launching a Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Program and related internship programs to grow the security workforce from the bottom up.