PK-12 STEM Education Conference
Join us for this exciting STEM-infused professional development and networking opportunity!
SOAR into STEM - June 24, 2025
Keynote Speaker: Captain Barrington Irving
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Conference Registration
Join us Tuesday, June 25, 2025 from 8AM - 4 PM at the UNCW Watson College of Education!
Earn 0.6 CEU Credits and enter to win door prizes!
Registration Fees:- Early Bird [through 4/22] - $40.00
- Standard [4/23-5/26] - $65.00
- Late [5/27-6/15] - $100.00
- All fees non-refundable after 5/26
Schedule
| Registration & Breakfast | 8 - 8:30 AM |
| Welcome & Remarks | 8:30 - 8:45 AM |
| Keynote: Captain Barrington Irving | 8:45 - 9:50 AM |
| Session I: PD Presentations (Concurrent) | 10 - 10:50 AM |
| Session II: PD Presentations (Concurrent) | 11 - 11:50 AM |
| Lunch | 12 - 12:30 PM |
| Celebration of Regional Award Winners | 12:30 - 1:20 PM |
| Resource Showcase & Networking | 1:30 - 2:20 PM |
| Session III: PD Presentations (Concurrent) | 2:30 - 3:20 PM |
| Reflections, Closing, & Door Prizes | 3:30 - 4 PM |
Program
Menus
Breakfast
- Breakfast Potatoes
- Crisp Bacon
- Sausage Links
- Scrambled Eggs
- Season Fresh Fruit
- Vegan Blueberry Banana Breakfast Bread
- Coffee, Tea, Water
Lunch
- Huli Huli Chicken with Sweet 'n Sour Sauce
- Sweet and Spicy Flank Steak*
- Tropical Sweet 'n' Sour Sauce (Vegan)
- Spicy Sweet Potato Salad* (Vegan|Plant Forward)*
- Caribbean-Style 3 Bean Salad (Vegan|Plant Forward)
- Grilled Citrus Vegetables (Vegan|Plant Forward)
- Coconut Rice (Vegan)
- Strawberry Mint Lemonade, Sweet Tea, Unsweet Tea, Water
- Hawaiian Roll
- Grilled Pound Cake with Pineapple and Whipped Cream
- *spicy = hint of spice
Archives
Explore our previous conference program archives for detailed schedules, speaker information, and session descriptions:
Questions? Contact Gianna Geiss Feder at geissg@uncw.edu