2.  Executive Director’s Vision  Current Efforts  Plans for 2012-2013

3.  “We provide industry, academics, and research agencies with GOOD STUDENTS developed through successful and competitive research projects. This in turn creates additional funding opportunities for future students, thus completing the cycle”  Why? ◦ GOOD STUDENTS are the key product of research institutions. ◦ GOOD STUDENTS are necessary to complete highly competitive scientific research, which in turn generates funding for educational institutions. ◦ GOOD STUDENTS complete research reflective of what industry and academia deem most important to benefit society ◦ GOOD STUDENTS acquire skills required to meet the needs of our industrial and government customers.

4.  Student diversity is representative of the local region served by the educational institute  Students are representative of the diverse society in which we live  Students represent the top talent within the state (which has, in some cases, transferred to other out-of- state institutes)  Students reflect the fact that highly competitive opportunities can be found in our state and region  Students have access to competitive funding for advanced studies

5.  It is widely accepted as a good business decision  Diversity aligns with the prerogatives and priorities of many funding agencies  Diversity fosters teamwork, experience and valuing differences  Diversity encourages balance of perspective among the different demographics represented in a group  Diversity provides competitive insights to new ideas and approaches to solutions  Diversity promotes global leadership and competitiveness

6.  VICTER Power Box Workshop ◦ Delivered in Central Arkansas June 2011. Additional information will be shared in a separate presentation.  VICTER “Wonders Of Wattage” Mobile Demonstration Lab ◦ Utilized in two parts of the State in 2012 (NW Arkansas and Eastern Arkansas) ◦ Demonstrations presented to several hundred K-12 and College Students in 2012 alone. ◦ Presented at the 2012 EAST Conference in Hot Springs

7. Multiple effortsMultiple support sources ITEM  “W. O. W.” and graphics  On-board experiments  UA Campus Visits  Travel expenses for K-12 onsite visits  Travel expenses for EAST Conference  On campus tours  Equipment repairs and maintenance FUNDING SOURCE  VICTER  UA/GEORGE Washington Carver REU and ASU Physics Dept.  UA Provost, Admissions, Graduate School, College of Engineering, Vice Provost for Diversity, Honors College  UA ELEG and UA COE Recruitment  ASSET  NCREPT and ASSET  NCREPT

8.  Centralized professional development workshop (VICTER Power Box) ◦ To be discussed separately  On-site K-12 “W. O. W.” demonstrations ◦ 400+ K-12 students ◦ Visits to three schools in East AR, four schools in NWA ◦ EAST Conference in West Central AR (Hot Springs)  University on-site tours ◦ 200+ K-12 students ◦ Entering UA freshmen ◦ NWA Upward Bound ◦ Monroe, Phillips and Lee County 4H ◦ Engineering Summer Academies ◦ ECAP attendees ◦ Young Latinas ◦ High school STEM groups

9.  Continuation of Power Box Workshops  W. O. W. Demonstrations with VICTER partner institutes serving as epicenters (as resources allow)  South and Southeast and North Arkansas expansion (as resources allow)  Continuation of current local area outreach activities  Concurrent appearances with GREEN Mobile in targeted outreach areas  Inclusion of additional demonstrations from VICTER partner institutes and renewal of current demonstrations

10.  We sponsor many more VICTER Power Box workshops  We take the “W. O. W” demos to more schools across the state.  We sponsor high school campus visits to UAPB, UAFS, ASU, and UALR as follow up to epicenter outreach efforts.  We develop a network of compensated outreach coordinators in partner schools (could be a student).  We recruit a compensated curriculum coordinator familiar with the new Arkansas Common Core requirements to consult and coordinate our efforts with the required curriculum.