STEM Symposium

Panel: Careers and Opportunities in STEM Fields – informal discussion with questions and comments from the audience 

• Blake Johnson '09, Ph.D.
• Martin Ratcliffe, M.Sc.
• Aimee Voth Siebert '10, M.A.

Lecture and discussion — "How Atmospheres Evolve: Tiny Particles, Planet-Sized Impacts," Blake Johnson

Johnson received a bachelor's degree from Bethel in 2009 with majors in physics and mathematics. He completed his Ph.D. in atmospheric, oceanic and space sciences at the University of Michigan in 2018.

Lecture and discussion — "Reinventing the Mabee Observatory," Martin Ratcliffe

Ratcliffe has a degree in astronomy from University College London. He is the astronomer on staff with the planetarium company Sky-Skan, Inc., training planetarium staff worldwide. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and the International Planetarium Society (IPS) and a former president of IPS. He writes a monthly "Night Sky" column for Astronomy magazine and is a faculty member in the Cohen Honors Department at Wichita State University.

Refreshments, opportunities to meet the speakers, informal discussion

Dinner

By advance registration only

Lecture, part 2

Martin Ratcliffe, "Reinventing the Mabee Observatory" continued, in preparation for using the telescope

Telescope demonstration

Lounge, Mantz Library

Krehbiel Science Center Room 016 (lower level)

Mabee Observatory, Krehbiel Science Center 4th floor

Lecture and discussion — "Channeling Human Energy: Applying Psychology and Behavioral Health Principles to Disasters"

Voth Siebert received a B.A. from Bethel in 2010 with majors in psychology and communication arts, and has an M.A. in international disaster psychology from the University of Denver. She is currently the behavioral health and inclusion worklead for the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in Denver. She has developed multidisciplinary emergency knowledge and experience in both domestic and international settings.

Coffee and other refreshments for STEM alumni, students and guests (biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, natural sciences, physics, psychology)