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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">This email is to inform you that <b>
Mrs. Linda Akli and Dr. Steven Gordon</b> will be visiting Langston University on
<b>Tuesday, October 6, 2015</b>. They will be having a general talk in <b>Hamilton Hall Room 206 for 1:00PM-2:00PM</b>. The main topic of their visit is to talk about curriculum improvement and reform in the field of computational science and Engineering (Attached
are the Education Flyer and an XSEDE general flyer). As well as XSEDE Education Program. Please find below both Dr. Steven Gordon and Mrs. Linda Akli bios. Please bring your students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Linda Akli</span></b><span style="color:black"> is the Assistant Director of Training Education and Outreach at SURA and the XSEDE lead for the Under-Represented Community Engagement program. She is responsible
for developing and delivering programs to broaden use of High Performance Computing and other advanced technologies in research and education. Previously she was employed at the American Association for the Advancement of Science where she led the development
of the BEN Collaborative, a digital library for biological sciences education, and managed several student programs aimed at increasing participation in STEM including the Packard Graduate Scholars and the Merck-AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Ms. Akli’s began her career in computer communications systems engineering. Her communication systems projects include international electronic messaging and global directory standards development, technical contributions
to federal electronic commerce programs, and congressional committee policy input on defense communications. Ms. Akli is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Dr. Steven Gordon </span></b><span style="color:black">is the Senior Education Specialist at the Ohio Supercomputer Center and Professor Emeritus in City and Regional Planning at The Ohio State University.
He has also served as the Interim Executive Director of OSC for three years and the Senior Director of Education and Client Services. Currently, Dr. Gordon is the lead for the education program of the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment
(XSEDE) program funded by the National Science Foundation and the manager of the Blue Waters Graduate Fellowship Program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">At OSC, Dr. Gordon has led the efforts to start computational science education programs at a number of Ohio institutions. For the XSEDE project, he is working with universities nationwide to assist them in starting
computational science education programs by providing program models, shared materials, and professional development activities for faculty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">His academic research centers around water quality and watershed management issues as well as the application of modeling and simulation to environmental assessment, land use change, and the use of Geographic Information
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Dr. Franklin Fondjo Fotou</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Assistant Prof./Chair Dept. of Technology | School of Art & Sciences | Langston University | Hamilton Hall Room: 123-122 | Phone : +1-405-466-3302 | Fax : +1-405-466-2931 | P.O. Box 1500 | Langston,
Oklahoma 73050-1500</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red"> "<b>Knowledge is the key that unlocks all the doors. It doesn't matter what you look like or where you come from if you have knowledge.</b>"</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> </span><i><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Benjamin
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> </span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red">"<b>Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.</b>"</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue"> <u>Denzel Washington</u></span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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