USCOTS 2015 - Program

Tuesday, May 26^th – Thursday, May 28^th

• Multiday Workshops

Thursday, May 28^th

• 7:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. President's Hall - Opening Session: What's Wrong with Stat 101?
• Allan Rossman - Opening Remarks (Cal Poly)
• Dick De Veaux (Williams College)
• George Cobb (Mount Holyoke College)
• Amy Wagaman (Amherst College)
• Jeff Witmer (Oberlin College)
• Jessica Utts (UC – Irvine)
• Milo Schield (Augsburg College)
• Nathan Tintle (Dordt College)
• Webster West (North Carolina State University)
• Allan Rossman - Closing Remarks (Cal Poly)
• 8:15 - 8:45 p.m. Reception/Mixer (cont.)

Friday, May 29^th

• 8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. President's Hall - Welcome/Announcements
• 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. President's Hall - Plenary Session #1
  Teaching for Understanding: What Will It Take?
  Jim Stigler (UCLA)
• 9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Break
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Dean's Hall - Posters and Beyond #1
• 10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Break
• 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions #1
• 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. President's Hall - Lunch, including "Birds of a Feather" Discussion Groups
• 1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. President's Hall - Plenary Session #2 The Role of MOOCs at the University:
  A Case Study with the Johns Hopkins Data Science Specialization
  Roger Peng (Johns Hopkins University)
• 2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
• 3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions #2
• 4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Break
• 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Technology Demonstrations
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. President's Hall - Banquet and Awards
  • Banquet Program
  • Video montage of statistics in film: James Bush (Waynesburg College)
  • Reflections on careers of making connections: Ann Watkins (California State University, Northridge), Bob Johnson (Monroe Community College)
  • Video from 1996 Beyond the Formula Workshop
  • Presentation of CAUSE awards: Dennis Pearl (Pennsylvania State University)

Saturday, May 30^th

• 8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. President's Hall - Welcome/Announcements
• 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. President's Hall - Plenary Session #3
  Making Statistics Relevant in a Data-Rich Society
  Shonda Kuiper (Grinnell College)
• 9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Break
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Dean's Hall - Posters and Beyond #2
• 10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Break
• 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions #3
• 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 President's Hall - Lunch, including "Birds of a Feather" Discussion Groups
• 1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Plenary Session #4
  Statistics Education Research: It Takes a Village
  Michael Posner (Villanova University)
• 2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
• 3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions #4
• 4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Break
• 4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Closing Session: What's Right with Undergraduate Statistics? Dean's Hall
  • Amy Froelich (Iowa State University)
  • Ann Cannon (Cornell College)
  • Chris Malone (Winona State University)
  • Ginger Holmes Rowell (Middle Tennessee State University)
  • John Gabrosek (Grand Valley State University)
  • John Holcomb (Cleveland State University)
• 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Dinner (on own)