[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 44922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17888]
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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 143 / Thursday, July 25, 2013 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Notice of an Education Listening Session Meeting
SUMMARY: The Education Coordinating Committee, a body of the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Science Council announces an
Education Listening Session stakeholder meeting for all interested
agricultural education stakeholders.
DATES: The Education Listening Session will be held August 1, 2013. The
public may file written comments up to one week after the meeting with
the Contact Person.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Jamie L. Whitten Federal
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250. Written
comments from the public may be emailed to the Contact Person
identified in this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenna Jadin, Advisor, Office of the
Chief Scientist; telephone: (202) 260-8318; or email:
[email protected]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Under Secretary of Research, Education,
and Economics, Dr. Catherine Woteki, and the Deputy Under Secretary of
Research, Education, and Economics (REE), Ann Bartuska, have been
invited to provide brief remarks and welcome stakeholders during the
meeting.
On Thursday, August 1, 2013, the listening session will be held
from 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. in room 107-A of the Jamie L. Whitten
building. Specific topics of discussion in the morning session will
include an introduction to the education programs of all of USDA's
mission areas, and information on how USDA is fitting in to the broader
Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
education rearrangement.
In the late morning, the audience will listen to 10 minute
presentations from stakeholders that discuss their education programs
and their perception of needs and potential improvements in the field
of agricultural education. Following lunch, stakeholder presentations
will continue, and will be followed by a breakout group session in
which participants will be asked to discuss, in small groups, a set of
questions posed by the organizers which are aimed at getting feedback
on agricultural and related education needs. The meeting will adjourn
by 5:30 p.m.
All stakeholders are welcome to apply for a 10-minute presentation
slot, however, due to time constraints, a limited number will be
selected on a first come, first served basis. To apply for a slot,
please email the Contact Person listed above. All presentations may be
simple oral presentations or given in PowerPoint, however, the
organizers request that a written transcript of the talk be submitted
no later than one week after the event. Written comments by attendees
or other interested stakeholders will be welcomed before and up to one
week following the listening session (by close of business Thursday,
August 8, 2013). All statements will become a part of the official
record of the Education Coordinating Committee of the USDA Science
Council and will be kept on file in the Office of the Chief Scientist.
All parties interested in attending this event must RSVP no later
than July 24, 2013 to the Contact Person listed above.
Due to size constraints in the meeting room, only the first 70
responders will be accepted.
Done at Washington, DC this 18th day of July 2013.
Catherine E. Woteki,
Under Secretary, REE, Chief Scientist, USDA.
[FR Doc. 2013-17888 Filed 7-24-13; 8:45 am]
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