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</v:background></xml><![endif]--><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:16.0pt'><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#00B0F0'>Registration is now open! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:16.0pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>For information regarding registration, session descriptions, check out our <a href="http://webhost.bridgew.edu/citylab/CASEConference2014.html">website</a>. <br>If you would rather go straight to registration, click <a href="https://secure.touchnet.com/C20026_ustores/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=25&SINGLESTORE=true">registration</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:16.0pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Register early so you can pick your sessions. We sold out last year.</span><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#CC0000'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#CC0000'>CASE </span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>Conference</span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#CC0000'> 2014</span></b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>: </span><b><i><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>Advancing STEM Education</span></i></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#231F20'>When: </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#231F20'>Thursday, February 27, 2014 (snow date: Thursday, March 6, 2014)</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#231F20'>Where: </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#231F20'>Bridgewater </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>State University, Conant Science and Mathematics Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Time:</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> 2:30 PM (registration until 3:30PM) to 9:00 PM with buffet dinner provided <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Cost</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>: $30<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Preview of Conference Highlights:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ü<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Exhibitor demonstrations</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> during registration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ü<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Two workshop sessions </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>including topics in STEM to STREAM, integrating GREEN technology, teaching ecological concepts using watershed studies, using games and puzzles in connection with mathematics lessons, incorporating green chemistry principles into the lab, utilizing LEGOs to teach DNA and protein synthesis, IPad technology in the classroom, climate change and other STEM related activities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ü<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Plenary session</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> by Allison Scheff, Executive Director of STEM and the Governor's STEM Advisory Council at the Department of Higher Education. Ms. Scheff will focus on elements of the STEM Plan that can be implemented at the classroom level and will ask participants to share strategies that they use in the classroom that helps further the goals of STEM Plan 2.0.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ü<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Keynote address</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> by Julie Huber, PhD, Associate Scientist and Associate Director at the Josephine Bay Paul Center - Marine Biological Laboratory. Dr. Huber is a microbial oceanographer by training and is broadly interested in microbial ecology and understanding how microbial communities establish, function, and evolve in diverse ecosystems. During her address titled, <i>Pushing the Limits: Microbial Life at Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents</i>, we will explore the extreme life on Earth at deep-sea hydrothermal vents using examples from research expeditions around the globe. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>If you have any questions, please contact Maura Whittemore, Administrative Assistant for CASE at </span><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:mwhittemore@bridgew.edu"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>mwhittemore@bridgew.edu</span></a> or </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Kim McCoy, Assistant Director for CASE at </span><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:kmccoy@bridgew.edu"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>kmccoy@bridgew.edu</span></a></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Kim McCoy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Assistant Director of the Center for the Advancement of STEM Education (CASE)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Staff Program Coordinator, Watershed Access Lab </span><i><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.bridgew.edu/wal">www.bridgew.edu/wal</a></span></u></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Staff Program Coordinator, CityLab </span><i><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://webhost.bridgew.edu/citylab/">http://webhost.bridgew.edu/citylab/</a></span></u></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Bridgewater State University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Conant Science and Math Center Rm 265<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Bridgewater, MA 02325<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(508) 531-2630<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>