Monday, February 13, 2017
9:30 – 10:30 EDUCATION
GEMS: Girls in Engineering, Mathematics, and Science
Speaker: Anne Lewerenz, NBCT (National Board Certified Teacher), BA, MA, District Program Facilitator GEMS/GISE, Minneapolis Public Schools, Extended Learning Programs
Girls in Engineering, Mathematics, and Science (GEMS/ Little GEMS) and Guys in Science and Engineering (GISE/ Jr. GISE) are after-school and summer programs designed specifically for K-8th grade girls and boys in the Minneapolis Public Schools. These award-winning programs give students significant gains in mathematics and energize them about cutting-edge science. Inaugurated in 1997, GEMS’ success prompted the development of GISE in 2006. The Little GEMS and Jr. GISE programs started in the fall of 2010.
10:45 – 11:45 MENTAL WELL-BEING
Treatments for Persons with Under Regulated or Over Controlled Emotional Disorders
Speaker: Chris Kvidera, LISCW, Partner/Owner of DBT Associates and
Trainer for Mental Health Professionals
Kvidera treats clients and trains mental health professionals in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and RO (Radically Open-DBT)-DBT. Both treatments are evidenced-based. She has been practicing for 24 years and owns the Fridley clinic where she sees clients who have difficulty regulating their emotions or being flexibly healthy. The clinic specializes in treating dysregulation, such as borderline personality disorder and “over control” such as treatment-resistant depression, anorexia and OCPD (Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder).
Many in the helping professions have benefitted from Kvidera’s training programs.
11:45 – 12:15 BUSINESS MEETING
12:15 – 1:15 LUNCHEON
1:15 – 2:15 THE ARTS
The Minnesota State Capitol 2017: What’s Happened? What’s Next?
Speaker: Ted Lentz, Architect, Member of the
Minnesota Capitol Preservation Commission since 2011
Lentz will describe the restoration work which has been completed at the Minnesota Capitol, including the gold horses, marble balconies, and millions of dollars in fully restored art.
Almost 40,000 square feet of new public spaces will be open to all.