• Project No. and Title: NCDC231 - Collaborative for Research on Food, Energy, and Water Education
• Dates: 05/22/2018 to 05/23/2018
• Contacts: [Cory Forbes]

This authorizes the annual meeting: .
The meeting will be held on 05/22/2018 at Washington, DC. :

Admin Advisor: Archie C Clutter (aclutter2@unl.edu)

Internationally, there has been increasing emphasis on the Food-Energy-Water-Nexus (FEW-Nexus), including FEW-Nexus educational efforts and education research. In response to this need, the Innovating Teaching and Learning in the Food-Energy-Water-Nexus: Toward a National Collaborative for Food, Energy, & Water Systems Education (NC-FEW) conference will be held May 22-23 in Washington, D.C. This 2-day invited conference will draw upon expertise of faculty from around the world leading educational programs (K-12, undergraduate, informal, non-formal) and education research grounded in the FEW-Nexus. Conference participants will have opportunities to share their research and engage with colleagues from a diverse array of disciplinary backgrounds (education, STEM disciplines, agriculture, natural resources) to articulate and shape discourse around a systemic approach to FEW-Nexus education and education research. The conference will result in the development of a framework for a National Collaborative for Food, Energy, & Water Education (NC-FEW) and lay the foundations for a transdisciplinary community of FEW-Nexus education scholars. <br /> <br /> Please see the attached ‘save the date’ for preliminary information about the conference. We anticipate 50 conference participants. In the upcoming weeks, we will open an online application/registration system for applicants. As part of the application process, applicants will be asked to a) describe their education research and development work as it aligns to the FEW-Nexus perspective and b) submit an abstract for a presentation at the conference. Travel support is available for selected conference participants. We anticipate an application deadline of March 30. Please be on the lookout for the application link in the near future. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact Cory Forbes at cory.forbes@unl.edu.<br /> <br /> Conference Committee<br /> Cory Forbes, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Chair)<br /> Hannah H Scherer, Virginia Tech University<br /> Hui-Hui Wang, Purdue University<br /> Kelly F. Millenbah, Michigan State University<br /> Nicole Sintov, Ohio State University<br /> Christine Li, University of Missouri<br />