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Eli Lilly and Company
http://www.lilly.com/index.html
317.277.7215
Contact:  Meghan Johnson
E-Mail:  johnson meghan m@lilly.com

Eli Lilly & Co. is a leading, innovation-driven corporation committed to developing a growing portfolio of best in class pharmaceutical products that help people live longer, healthier and more active lives.

Video Conference Programs
Behind the Scenes @ BTV-Broadcasting and Communication - Program Flyer (Vision Athena)
Grade 9 - 12
Throughout this event, Eli Lilly turns the cameras around to see the workings of the television studio, meet the producer, director, engineers and see clips of global meetings.

Understand the nature of oral, visual & written communications and learning through the use of technology.

Brainlink:  Brain Comparisons  - Program Flyer (Vision Athena)
Grade 6, 7, 8
Amy Chappell, M.D. child neurologist, Director of Clinical Neuroscience Research at Lilly and experienced distance learning presenter, brings this interactive serie of three events to your classroom - Brainlink is a hands-on, conceptual curriculum designed to teach students about the nervous system, careers in neuroscience, and brain healthy behaviors.  Each of the three modules stands alone if you can't join all three.

The participant will explore the nervous system and develop an appreciation for the functions of the brain and related behaviors.

Chemistry is a Blast  -  Program Flyer (Vision Athena)
Grades 3 - 8
This is an exciting program of chemical demonstrations including explosions, colors, foams, fogs, and light.  Students will enjoy demos as they observe and learn about the chemistry of combustion, pase changes, heat transfer, polymers, and many other topics.

Objectives:
Investigate & observe the things that give off light and heat
Explain that science involves different kinds of work and engages men, women & children of all ages and backgrounds
Identify places where scientists work inlcuding offices, classrooms, laboratories, farms, factories, and natural field settings ranging from space to open floor
Investigate how the temperature and acidity of a solution influences reaction rates.

Communication Career Panel - Program Flyer (Vision Athena)
Grades 7 - 12
Lilly's communication professional will share their backgrounds and experiences with students.  The areas of communication that will be covered are community relations, corporate, global marketing, media relations, and speechwriting.  Diverse professionals ranging from entry to doctoral level will represented.  The majority of the program will be open to questions from students.

Objectives:
Engage participants to think about their future career goals and possibilities.
Increase participants knowledge about a variety of professions in the field of communications.
Explain that humans help shape the future by generating knowledge, developing new technologies, and communicating ideas to others.

Program Length:  45 Minutes

Information Technology Career Panel - Program Flyer (Vision Athena)
Grades 7 - 12
Lilly programmers, web developers, and other information technology professionals will share their backgrounds and experiences with students.  Diverse professionals from entry level to master level will be represented.  The majority of the program will be open to questions from students.

Objectives:
Engage participants to think about the future career goals and possibilities.
Increase participants knowledge about a variety of professionals in the field of information technology
Explain that humans help shape the future by generating knowledge, developing new technologies, and communicating ideas to others.

Life Science & engineering Career Panel
Grades 6 - 12
With this interactive program, Lilly chemists, engineers, computer experts, and female scientists/engineers will share their backgrounds and experiences with students.  Diverse professionals from entry level to doctoral levels will be represented.  The majority of the program will be open to questions from students.  You will receive more information on the specific presenters at least a week prior to the program in order to help prepare the students.

Objectives:
Identify some important contributions to the advancement of sciences, mathematics and technology that have been made by different kinds of people, in different cultures, at different times.
Explain that humans help shape the future by generating knowledge
Developing new technologies and communicating ideas to others.

Program Length:  45 Minutes