Friday, January 27, 2012

STUDENT RESEARCH BREAKOUT SESSION: 15th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference. June 4-7, 2012

v        STUDENT RESEARCH BREAKOUT SESSION: 

Each year during the Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference a breakout session is reserved for graduate and doctoral students currently enrolled in an emergency management program. 

The reserved breakout session is an opportunity for students to present thesis or dissertation research.  

In past years this has proven to be a very popular session with conference attendees.  Students wishing to present their research must be graduate or doctoral students currently enrolled in an emergency management program and have the recommendation of a faculty advisor.   

Presentation is “one student only” delivery.   

We do not allow group presentations for this session.  Presentation should be 10 minutes or less in length. 

For more information contact Barbara Johnson, Barbara.Johnson3@fema.dhs.gov or Shannon Cool, Shannon.Cool@associates.fema.dhs.gov

Student Volunteer Positions: 15th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference. June 4-7, 2012


v        STUDENT VOLUNTEER POSITIONS FOR THE HI ED CONFERENCE: 

Students currently enrolled in a college/university emergency management program are needed as student volunteers for the 15th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference.  Students will be given reporting assignments and general conference duties.  The reports will be incorporated into the post-conference proceedings posted to the FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Program website -- Conferences section. 

Generally graduate students will be assigned primarily to take detailed notes during the concurrent breakout sessions and to write summaries of those breakout sessions for incorporating into the post-conference “proceedings”.  Reports will be 3-4 pages per session and will highlight the most significant aspects of the session.  Graduate students will be assigned at least one breakout session to report but may be assigned up to three reports during the conference. 

Generally undergraduate students are assigned various aspects of the conference i.e., passing microphones during plenary sessions, assisting with conference registration, passing out conference notebooks, taking hard copies of presentation materials to classrooms, posting breakout session classroom assignments and various other duties. 

In addition one or more students will be assigned to assist the Higher Education Program Manager and as well as the Hi Ed Program Assistant through out the week.    

Student volunteers are required to attend 100% of the conference beginning with Monday workshops and ending on Thursday afternoon with the last breakout sessions.  The typical volunteer obligations comprise about 20% of the conference.  When not acting in a volunteer capacity students are free to attend breakout sessions at their leisure. 

Student volunteers are encouraged to participate in all conference activities. 

Student Volunteer Criteria:  

Student must be enrolled in a collegiate Emergency Management program listed in the Emergency Management section of "The College List" on the FEMA EM Hi Ed Program website --    http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/collegelist/.   

·         Student should have the recommendation of a faculty member or department chair 

·         Students must be at least 18 years of age. 

·         Student volunteers must pay own transportation to and from the conference.   

·         Student volunteers must be able to participate in the entire four day conference. 

·         Student volunteers will receive from the Higher Education Program reimbursement of the NETC meal ticket for the week and a no-cost, on-campus dorm room (International students can not be reimbursed for the meal ticket and will be required to pay $40.00 per night for the dorm room and must go through a 8-12 week security clearance.)  

·         Students currently employed in any capacity by FEMA are not eligible for reimbursement of the meal ticket.

·         Student should be capable of taking good detailed notes.

·         Student will need to prepare a comprehensive report based on notes from the assigned breakout session.  These reports will be incorporated into the Higher Education Program website conference proceedings. 

·         In the event we do not have enough graduate volunteers students may be asked to participate in additional breakout sessions.   

·         Student will be contacted by the Student Volunteer Coordinator for their respective assigned break out session and to collect the final reports.  

·         Students must submit a conference application form and must return all requested information to the Mitigation secretary in a timely manner in order to be reimbursed for the meal ticket.

·         If you have questions about the Higher Education Conference Student Volunteer positions please contact the Higher Education Program Assistant Barbara Johnson at Barbara.Johnson3@fema.dhs.gov or (301) 447-1452.   

More information will be available on the Hi Ed website conference section at

Emergency Management Higher Education Conference. June 4-7, 2012


      15th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference 
 
·         Conference Background, Goals and Objectives
·         Conference Workshop Schedule, June 4, 2012
·         Graduate/Doctoral Student Research Presentation Information


v  Those interested in presenting at the Higher Education Conference can access the
“Call for Papers/Presentations” on the Hi Ed website at 

Make sure to include the form with your one page proposal.  Email both to Barbara.Johnson3@fema.dhs.gov. 

Thursday, January 26, 2012

University of West Indies. African-Americans, ever thought of a different location for your education?

The University of the West Indies, established in 1948 initially as an external College of the University of London and made fully independent in 1962, is the oldest, fully regional institution of higher learning in the Commonwealth Caribbean. Supported by fifteen countries all current or former colonies of Great Britain, the UWI is committed to the development of the region through the training of its human resources, conducting research, delivering advisory services to governments as well as to the private sector and forging links with other institutions in the wider region and the rest of the world.

FEMA Think Tank conference call. Thursday, January 26, th 2012

Please join FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino as he hosts the first FEMA Think Tank conference call, being conducted from the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
Thursday, January 26, th 2012
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern (1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Central)
Call in number: 800-593-0692
Password is Think Tank January

Deputy Administrator Serino announced in November the launch of the FEMA Think Tank.


The call will be open to a national audience of State, local, and tribal governments, and to all members of the public, including the private sector, the disability community, and volunteer community, who share an interest in improving the Nation’s role in emergency management. Individuals who would like to access the captioning for this event may do so by following the link below: http://fedrcc.us//Enter.aspx?EventID=1897142&CustomerID=321.

During this call we will discuss three innovative ideas generated from the online forum. The ideas we will discuss are:

Community Mapping to Implement the Whole Community Concept

U.S. National Grid as the Response Language of Location

Incorporate Preparedness into School Curriculums


The individuals that submitted these ideas will provide a brief presentation. We will then open up the call to a national audience for further discussion and a Q&A (see agenda below).

We look forward to your participation in this first of many important discussions on how we plan and implement innovative ideas captured in our online forum. We also encourage you to continue to visit the online forum at www.fema.gov/thinktank to submit your own ideas, comment on others, or participate in conversations that will help to generate creative ideas. 

  
Kickoff Think Tank Conference Call
Milwaukee, WI
January 26, 2012; 1:30-3:30 p.m.
AGENDA

1:30-1:45         Opening Remarks by Deputy Administrator Richard Serino
1:45-1:55         Idea 1 Presentation
1:55-2:05         Discussion with Deputy Administrator Serino
2:05-2:20         Open discussion with national audience
2:20-2:30         Idea 2 Presentation
2:30-2:40         Discussion with Deputy Administrator Serino
2:40-2:55         Open discussion with national audience
2:55-3:05         Idea 3 Presentation
3:05-3:15         Discussion with Deputy Administrator Serino
3:15-3:30         Open discussion with national audience

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