Education Outreach Poster Fair

By Sherry Seethaler I May 31, 2005

Gregory Cox describing TRIO outreach programs Photo Credit: Kim McDonald

On a campus as large as UCSD, it can be tricky to make connections with colleagues in other academic units and to learn from each other. Because sharing best practices is especially important for groups working with the local community, the Divisions of Biological and Physical Sciences and the San Diego Supercomputer Center organized a poster fair and social for UCSD faculty, staff and students involved in education outreach.

Attendees at the poster fair, which was held Thursday at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, perused 21 posters that represented a wide range of programs at and affiliated with UCSD, including after-school and summer programs in which K-12 students have the opportunity to explore math and science hands-on, teacher professional development programs, curriculum materials to teach students about the latest advances in science in an accessible way and programs that help parents better support their children academically.

In addition to meeting new colleagues and finding ways to leverage each other's expertise, learning about the other public education programs at UCSD makes faculty and staff members better able to help members of the community find the resources they need. Organizers plan to begin a series of informal brown bag lunches centered around particular outreach topics to continue the conversations that began last week.