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The Sixth Annual College of Education Faculty/Student
Research Forum

Friday, April 12, 2013 (9:00am - 1:00pm - Complimentary Lunch provided)
Bost Extension Center Theater & Auditorium

Hosted by College of Education and Vice-President for Research & Economic Development

Keynote Speaker: Michael K. Yudin, Acting Assistant Secretary for Special Education & Rehabilitative Services

You are invited to attend our sixth annual COE Research Forum, which is designed to provide an environment that promotes discussion and fosters collaboration with other colleges on the MSU campus. For those staff, faculty, and students who wish to showcase their research in the Poster Session, tables and tripods/easels will be made available in the Bost North Auditorium.

If you are a faculty member and want to bring your class, please encourage your students to register.

For those who need assistance with their Poster equipment, supplies, etc., please contact Iva Ballard at 325-3717 & iballard@colled.msstate.edu. The Poster Session will follow the Keynote Address and panel presentations at approximately 11:00am and continue through lunch.

Students who want their posters judged must have them set up by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday afternoon (April 11) in the Bost North Auditorium. Faculty posters may be set up any time on Thursday afternoon between 1:00 — 5:00 p.m. or Friday morning (April 12) between 8:00 — 9:00 a.m. Awards/cash prizes will be given for the best graduate and undergraduate posters as judged by a panel of COE faculty. The awards will be presented during lunch.

Developing a Successful Research Agenda

9:00 - 9:10 am Welcome David Shaw
Vice President for Research & Economic Development
  Opening Remarks Richard Blackbourn
Dean of Education
  Agenda & Introductions J. Elton Moore
Assoc. Dean for Research
9:10 - 10:00 am Keynote Address "Inclusion, Equity, and Opportunity"
Michael K. Yudin
Acting Assistant Secretary for Special Education & Rehabilitative Services
10:00 - 10:15 am Break  
10:15 - 11:00 am Breakout Session
"Student Involvement in Research to Expand Career Opportunities"

Ryan Walker
Asst. Professor, Curriculum, Instruction, & Special Education

Jamie O'Mally
Asst. Research Professor, NRTC on Blindness & Low Vision

10:15 - 11:00 am Breakout Session
"Publish or Perish: Strategies for Increasing Your Refereed Publications"

James Sobaskie
Assistant Professor, Music

Maria Earle
Asst. Professor, Instructional Systems & Workforce Development

David Morse
Professor, Counseling & Educational Psychology

11:00 - 1:00 pm Poster Presentations Bost North Auditorium
12:00 Noon Lunch/Awards Presentation Bost South Auditorium
1:00 pm Adjourn