Prelude Music: Laura O\u27Neal, 2006 IMSA Graduate; Jonathan Besancon, IMSA Faculty Pledge of Allegiance and Welcome: Sid Sapru, Student Council President; Dr. Max McGee, President; Dr. Eric McLaren, Principal Featured Piece: Laura O\u27Neal, 2006 IMSA Graduate Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tuwanda Williamson, 1991 IMSA Graduat

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W e l c o m e t o C o n v o c a t i o n A u g u s t 1 7 , 2 0 0 9 igniting and nurturing creative, ethical scientific minds that advance the human condition I M S A C o n v o c a t i o n Prelude Music Die Liebe Farbe from Die Schone Mullerin Die Bose Farbe from Die Schone Mullerin Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Les Berceaux Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) Saper Vorreste from Un Ballo di Maschera Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Laura O'Neal 2006 IMSA Graduate Jonathan Besancon, pianist IMSA Faculty Pledge of Allegiance & Welcome Sid Sapru Student Council President Dr. Max McGee President Dr. Eric McLaren Principal Featured Piece Georgia on My Mind Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981) Laura O'Neal Keynote Speaker Dr. Tuwanda Williamson 1991 IMSA Graduate Dr. Tuwanda Wil l iamson, "91 Tuwanda C. Williamson MD is a family medicine attending faculty for the West Suburban Family Medicine Residence Program where she teaches residents inpatient hospital medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics, and is the director of the residency Community Occupational Health Rotation. She bases her clinical practice at PCC Salud Community Wellness Cen-ter, which is a Federally Qualified Community Health Center in the westside of Chicago, where she has the opportunity to further work with and teach the West Suburban residents and students from Loyola Univer-sity and Northwestern University Feinberg Schools of Medicine. She serves as a Faculty Clinical Instructor for the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and has teaching appointments for students in all four years of medical instruction. Dr. Williamson is also the medical director for the Bolingbrook Christian Community Clinic, a volunteer clinic serving unin-sured patients in Will County. She holds a B.A. in biology, chemistry, and Spanish from Hope College and an M.D. from the University of Michigan. Her family medicine resi-dency training was done in Ventura, California, through the Ventura County Family Medicine Residency program. International work has been an important part of her training and career. She has studied, con-ducted research, and provided medical care in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, South Africa, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Jamaica, and Guate-mala. Her longest international experience was in Rurrenebaque, Bolivia, where she served as the medical director over a two year period for a health project serving multiple northeastern Bolivian Amazonian commu-nities. Beliefs We believe that. .. • All people have equal intrinsic worth.• All people have choices and are responsible for their actions.• Belonging to a community requires commitment to the common good.• Diverse perspectives enrich understanding and inspire discovery andcreativity.•' Honesty, trust and respect are vital for any relationship to thrive. • Learning never ends.• Meaning is constructed by the learner.• No one's path in life is predetermined.• The ability to discern and create connections is the essence of understanding.• We are all stewards of our planet.MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy®, the world's leading teaching and learning laboratory for imagination and inquiry, is to ignite and nurture creative, ethical scientific minds that advance the human condition, through a system distinguished by profound questions, collabora­tive relationships, personalized experiential learning, global networking, gen­erative use of technology and pioneering outreach. OBJECTIVES • All learners achieve their personal aspirations and explore their potentialto contribute to the common good.• Each IMSA graduate will live a life of exemplary service to humanity.• Educators use teaching and learning strategies grounded in imaginationand inquiry.

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