[Ike] NSF Math and Science Partnership Grant -- meeting announcement

[Weinand, Stacey]

Chancellor Brisch has received Governor Keating's endorsement to lead a
statewide comprehensive proposal under the NSF Math and Science Partnership
(MSP) program in order to unite the activities of higher education, common
education, and other partners in support of preK-12 students and teachers. 

Learning from our experience with the state wide GEAR UP proposal, we
recognize the need and importance to coordinate efforts in the state among
those entities who may also be anticipating submitting targeted awards or
who may be interested in collaborating on the comprehensive proposal.  In
GEAR UP, we fully believe that our state's resounding success was because of
the tangible evidence of collaboration, non-duplication, and ensuring that
state level and partnership level activities keyed off each other.  With the
MSP program, it is likely that Oklahoma will be more successful if
comprehensive and targeted grant programs function in the same way.

We would like to invite the program leaders of any entities who are
interested in the comprehensive or related targeted award to attend a
planning meeting on Monday, February 25 from 10 AM to 2 PM in the Regents'
library on the 2nd floor of the new State Regents building (Research
Building #3, 655 Research Parkway) located on Lincoln Boulevard between 4th
and 8th Streets.  Please plan to bring a brown bag lunch or lunch can be
purchased and brought in.

It is important that Oklahoma prepare a proposal reflecting the coordination
and collaboration of all the entities in the state to have the best possible
chance to secure necessary funding to provide the students and teachers with
the best math and science education in the nation.

Please contact me to inform us of your intentions or interest in this grant
opportunity and to RSVP regarding the planning meeting on Monday, February
25th.  As usual, there is little time until the final proposal is due.  Any
information or abstracts that you would like to share during this meeting
would be appreciated in advance.

Due to the NCTM Regional Conference in OKC on February 21-23, I may be hard
to reach to answer any questions.  I will be reading email each evening.  An
alternative contact is Marvanna Millican at 405.225.9154 or
mmillican at osrhe.edu.

Stacey Weinand
Coordinator, Mathematics Preparation Initiative
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
405.447.4103
sweinand at osrhe.edu