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Kantis Simmons is a highly requested Keynote Speaker, Author and Leading Authority on School Success and STEM Education.

For the last 13 years, his mission has been to forestall the academic failure epidemic and STEM career decline sweeping across America’s schools and colleges.

With more than 25 years in school, 3 advanced scientific degrees, and more than a decade of working in the lab solving scientific problems for Mobil Chemical, NASA and CIBA Vision, today he travels the world solving the problems of students, parents, educators, schools, and colleges by delivering speeches, creating courses, and writing books.

Born with a birth defect, audiences readily respond when Kantis shares his humorous and proven 7.25 Finger Secrets on academic success, college readiness, teacher motivation and STEM education.

A STEM Teacher Preparation Program for Rural Kansas
Dr. Janet Stramel, Fort Hays State University
Fort Hays State University offers a pre-service education program designed to place STEM teachers in rural communities in Kansas. Candidates have opportunities to work in a six-week summer institute for area youth, apply for a generous scholarship, participate in an early rural field experience, attend regional and national STEM conferences, and volunteer to provide informal STEM education activities in the local community. The program includes unique courses focused on issues related to teaching in a rural community. The program is funded by an NSF Robert Noyce Scholarship grant.

Equipping Pre-Service Teachers with Project-Based Learning Skills to Increase Student Engagement
Alan English, Ph.D., Bethany College
Sam Reed, Bethany College
The lead presenter’s experience with a project-based learning unit that demonstrated a statistical increase in student engagement has driven his methodology in instructing pre-service teachers. In turn, the co-presenter will describe a project-based learning unit he will implement in his student teaching experience that was inspired by his undergraduate coursework.

Pastor Lacey has been involved in ministry in many different capacities over the course of her life. From serving as a worship leader at Chapel Hill UMC in Wichita, serving as the Coordinator of Worship, Hospitality, and Young Adult Ministries at McPherson FUMC, as well as serving as the Associate Pastor, and most recently serving as the Lead Pastor, at Marquette UMC, Lacey has found joy and great fulfillment in ministry. One of her passions is bringing people together in their giftedness to create teams of ministry who work out of their best selves. Lacey is also incredibly passionate about preaching scripture and digging deep into the inner workings of the text to see what God has for us today.

Lacey holds several degrees: a Bachelor of Music degree from WSU, a Master of Arts in Christian Ministry degree from Friends, and a Master of Divinity degree from Saint Paul School of Theology. Through music, preaching, and creative expressions of worship, Lacey enjoys building up the body of Christ and empowering people to participate in the work God has for us right here and right now.