A reminder that there will be no Weekly meeting today due to Fall break at Purdue. It is also Indigenous Peoples Day today (statement from the White House). We are planning to have an all-hands meeting during the Weekly zoom for October 16th with open discussion and breakout rooms per thrust area. The October 23rd Weekly will be dedicated to a mini workshop on mentoring led by our ABIDES program, with in-person participation requested of those at Purdue (the regular zoom link for web participation for our members off-campus can also be used). Stay tuned for a pre-workshop prep and RSVP. Everyone, please plan to join these Weekly sessions.
The graduate students in biology education research at Purdue have organized a seminar series this fall and have a great slate of speakers lined up. The first speaker is this Friday, October 13th at 11:30am ET in Zoom (meeting link). Dr. Justin Shaffer will be joining us virtually and his seminar is entitled: The impact of high structure course design across courses, disciplines, and universities.
We’ve heard from NSF regarding the next BII Annual Conference - January 22nd - Hold the Date. Details on the agenda will be shared when available. NSF is planning a hybrid one day meeting. We are anticipating that most of us will connect virtually, with a few of us possibly in person at NSF headquarters.