Hi everyone! I would like you to know about two happenings with eCOTS 2022: the reading groups and the activity contest. Reading Groups We will have three reading groups to accompany eCOTS 2022. Police Violence Reading Group * When: TBD by Doodle Poll, starts the week of April 18th * Please sign up by April 11th. * Facilitator: Tian An Wong, University of Michigan-Dearborn Diversity and Motivation: Culturally responsive teaching in college by Ginsberg, M. B. & Wlodkowski, R. J. * When: TBD by Doodle Poll, starts the week of May 9th * Please sign up by May 2nd * Facilitator: Tierra Stimson, University of Arizona Flipped Learning by Robert Talbert * When: Fridays at 3:00 pm ET and asynchronously through Slack starting the week of May 9th * Please sign up by May 2nd * Facilitators: Melissa Crow, New College, and Megan Mocko, University of Florida More information is posted on the eCOTS 2022 website (https://causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots22/reading-groups). Are you interested in participating in a reading group? Please complete the google form<https://forms.gle/82MwrgC5CBhQD5do7>. Activity Contest Do you have an activity to share that is related to the four tracks? 1. Statistical and Data Literacy for the Modern Student - what every student needs to know in personal and professional lives. 2. Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice in data science and statistics. 3. Preparing Mentors, Leaders, and Teachers for tomorrow. 4. The (old and new) skills are needed for the modern data scientist and statistician. The due date to submit is April 15th, 2022. Top winners will receive a cash award and present their activity at eCOTS. More information is posted at the eCOTS 2022 website )https://causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots22/activity-contest/submit ). Please let me know if you have any questions at Megan.Mocko@warrington.ufl.edu<mailto:Megan.Mocko@warrington.ufl.edu> . Best Regards, Megan Mocko Megan Mocko Lecturer Information Systems and Operations Management WARRINGTON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ____________________________ 352-392-9731 Megan.Mocko@warrington.ufl.edu<mailto:Megan.Mocko@warrington.ufl.edu> Stuzin Hall 341 PO Box 117169, Gainesville, FL 32611 WARRINGTON.ufl.edu [cid:image005.jpg@01D3D18E.A16AD250]