OpTIMUM Program

STEM WORKSHOPS 2010-2011

September 2010                                                                                                       Graduate School Recruiter Visit                                                                                               A&T State University

Mr. Lamont Lowery                                                                                                        Dental School Seminar                                                                                                          East Carolina University, Dental School

Graduate School Fair                                                                                                    Fayetteville State University

October 2010                                                                                                            Medical Education Development (MED) Program                                                               University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Medical School

School of Dentistry Recruiter Visit                                                                                        Virginia CommonWealth University

Mr. Jay Caniel                                                                                                           "Today: Goal Setting, Goal Achieving, and Overall Motivation"                                                   Jun E Caniel Lecture Series Blog  

Osteopathic Medicine                                                                                                      West Virginia University

November 2010                                                                                                             "Real CSI"                                                                                                                        Mr. Rusty Russell, Supervisor of Forsenic Unit                                                                   Fayetteville Police Department

NC Opt-Ed Day Conference                                                                                             Greensboro, NC

African American Males in the STEM Disciplines                                                                       Dr. Daniel Okunbor                                                                                                       Fayetteville State University, CPSER

December 2010                                                                                                                Ms. Cyndi Freeman                                                                                                 Interested in Earning a Ph.D                                                                                             Ohio State University

SPEAKER SERIES 2009

January 2009
Ms. Patricia Kelly
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Research Experiences for Undergraduate in Biodiversity Conservation

February 2009
Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski
President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
"Beating the Odds: Preparing Minority Students in Science & Engineering"

March 2009
Dr. Jon M. Young, Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
“How To Be Successful in College”
Fayetteville State University, University Day 2009

Dr. Charles Anamelechi
"Dual Ligand Protein System to Enhance Neointimal Formation in Synthetic Vascular Grafts"
Research Associate, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC

Ms. Michaela Angela Davis
Bronco Women’s “Excellence in Leadership Speaker Series”
Cultural Critic – Urbanist – Writer

April 2009
Dr. Qiana Matthews
“Gene Therapy for HIV Vaccine Development”
Professor of Human Gene Therapy
Department of Medicine at University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Dr. Robert F. Murphy
“Active Learning for Automated Analysis and Modeling of Biomedical Systems”
Biology, Biomedical Engineering Department
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Dr. Christopher Jones
“Only The DUMB Will Thrive!”
Assistant Dean for Graduate Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Mr. Lamont Booker, Ph.D. Candidate
"The Role of Marijuana and Endocannabinoids in the Treatment of Inflammatory Pain"
Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology