Kenneth White Named Manager of Brookhaven Lab_s Office of Educational Programs
April 1, 2004
Upton, NY - Kenneth White, who served as Interim Manager of the Office of Educational Programs (OEP) at the U.S. Department of Energy_s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory since December 2003, has been named Manager of OEP, effective March 1.
"With an almost all new staff at OEP, we are ready to work with the research and technical staff to increase student placements and to explore other educational opportunities," White said. "We want our programs to grow and to make sure OEP is viewed as an important resource to help further the mission of Brookhaven and the Department of Energy."
The Laboratory has several core educational programs supported by DOE_s Office of Science, Office of Workforce Development: Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships, in which undergraduate students participate in research programs directed by Brookhaven staff for a semester or during the summer; the Community College Institute, which offers 10-week summer internships in biotechnology, computers and environmental science; the Pre-Service Teacher Program, in which teachers in training are paired with Brookhaven scientist-mentors and also attend master teacher courses; a new pilot program, called the Laboratory Science Teachers Professional Development Program, which offers special training and research experiences for science, mathematics and technology teachers, and a second-year program that brings faculty and student teams to Brookhaven for ten weeks.
In addition, the Laboratory offers a variety of programs for students ranging from elementary school to college-level. For example, over 20,000 students and teachers discover science by participating in hands-on activities through the Laboratory_s Science Museum Programs, and about 500 elementary school students enter Brookhaven_s science fair each year. Brookhaven also offers apprenticeships for ninth and tenth grade minority high school students and a six-week research experience for eleventh and twelfth grade students.
Kenneth White earned a B.S. in engineering technology from the University of the State of New York, Regents College, Albany, in 1990, and an M.B.A. from Dowling College in 2003. From 1978 to 1986, White served in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear training instructor, a lead engineering laboratory technician and an engineering watch supervisor. In 1987, he became the Training Program Development Supervisor for the Long Island Lighting Company, and, in 1990, he joined Brookhaven Lab as a senior reactor support specialist at the High Flux Beam Reactor (HFBR). In 1994, he became Water Chemistry Group Leader at the HFBR.
In 1998, White was appointed as the Special Assistant to the Assistant Laboratory Director for Community, Education, Government and Public Affairs (CEGPA), and Manager of Environmental Management Community Relations within CEGPA. In addition to serving as Interim OEP Manager since December 2003 until his current appointment, he also filled that position from 2000-2001. A past president of the Long Island Section of the American Nuclear Society, White is the recipient of the American Nuclear Society Training Excellence Award and the Brookhaven Award for distinguished service to the Laboratory.
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