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Spangler Elementary Homework Club and Books As Mentors
Program
Associate Professor Bill McGinley, School of Education
Awards: $8,000 for 2nd of 3 years
Target Audience: more than 100 students and their teachers
at this St. Vrain Valley school in Longmont
This project brings together
CU School of Education students and faculty with local elementary
school students and their teachers in an after-school academic
environment. The program works to enhance homework skills
and improve standardized test scores. It involves a literacy
component that works to engage at-risk students in reading
and writing both in school and at home, improve English proficiency
of native Spanish-speaking students, and foster a greater
sense of community in and around the school.
Simply the Best
Professor Margaret Eisenhart, School of Education
Awards: $8,000 for 2nd of 3 years
Target Audience: Latina and African American middle
and high school girls from Denver’s Five Points neighborhood
This unique collaboration among
CU-Boulder researchers in basic science, education, and anthropology
offers after-school workshops in science and technology. The
curriculum is specially designed to interest girls in pursuing
education and careers in these fields and to help them become
more successful throughout life. The project also strives
to create an enduring impact in the cultural structure of
this neighborhood and has just expanded to include programs
at a second location. Professor Eisenhart also incorporates
her research into the project, the focus being youth culture
and peer influence on career choices.
Young Environmental Stewards (YES) Program Evaluation
Assistant Professor Valerie Otero, School of Education
Award: $4,946
Target Audience: participating students and educational
institutions in Colorado Springs and Pueblo
Project YES brings together
minority and underserved elementary, junior high, high school,
and college students throughout their education in a fun and
informal setting to learn about leadership, ecology, and technology.
This award provides funds for program evaluation of YES. Data
is collected using a variety of methods including interviews,
year-end focus groups, and observations throughout the program’s
implementation and key activities.
High School Journalism Program
Assistant Dean Stephen Jones, School of Journalism and Mass
Communication
Awards: $5,000 for 2 years
Target Audience: 20 academically and/or economically
disadvantaged high school students from the metro Denver area
and rural Colorado towns with an interest in media careers
During this six-week program,
high school students live in the dorms and receive hands-on
introductory training in the fundamentals of journalism. The
program is conducted under the auspices of two established
and highly successful CU-Boulder programs, the Pre-Collegiate
Development Program and Upward Bound. These projects work
together to motivate and prepare disadvantaged students for
collegiate and subsequent professional careers.
Economic Outreach to Rural Communities
Associate Professor and Associate Dean for External
Relations Richard Wobbekind
Award: $2,875
Target Audience: rural communities across Colorado, direct
interaction with chambers of commerce, city and county governments,
and the broader business community
This project is designed to
increase economic literacy through local area economic and
demographic presentations. Using the annual Colorado economic
forecast that is prepared by the Leeds School of Business,
Professor Wobbekind and undergraduate business students will
create specific community economic presentations by augmenting
the forecast with additional county level data analysis.
Anti-Bullying Initiative
Professor Delbert Elliot, Institute of Behavioral Science,
Graduate School
Award: $5,000
Target Audience: 750 elementary and middle school students
and 158 teachers from 5 target schools (all located in either
the San Luis Valley or Metro Denver)
This project provides custom
tailored plans to meet specific school needs in working to
reduce high levels of physical aggression and bullying, as
indicated in school surveys. The components of this project
provide date-driven technical assistance in the implementation
of an anti-bullying program to three elementary and two middle
schools; and conduct research in those schools to evaluate
the effectiveness.
Philosophy Outreach Program of Colorado
Associate Professor Claudia Mills and Senior Instructor
Sheralee Brindell, Department of Philosophy, College of Arts
and Sciences
Awards: $8,000 for 2nd of 3 years
Target Audience: high school students and senior citizen
groups from across Colorado (new priority given to hosting
visits for ethnically diverse and economically disadvantaged
schools)
Now entering its eighth year,
the Philosophy Outreach Program of Colorado sends philosophy
faculty and graduate students into middle and high school
classrooms to offer a formal introduction to philosophy and
its techniques. Additionally, the program makes regular visits
to senior citizen centers to engage participants in the kind
of critical reflection that philosophy promotes. Classes involve
lectures and discussions in all subject areas, from English
and the arts to economics and the basic sciences.
CU-Boulder Contemporary Dance Works
Associate Professor Nada Diachenko, Department of Theatre
and Dance, College of Arts and Sciences
Awards: $8,000 for 2nd of 3 years
Target Audience: K-12 schools and community groups
throughout Colorado’s San Luis Valley
This touring dance company comprised
of CU-Boulder students brings dance demonstrations, classes,
and informal lectures to rural towns in Colorado. This award
funds the focusing of the program in San Luis Valley communities
for three years. Hoping to evoke an enthusiasm for learning
through movement, dancers visit K-12 schools, senior, and
community centers as well as private dance studios. Dancers
will visit the communities for nine days each spring to enhance
the work started there this past season.
Living Shakespeare in the Schools
Professor Richard Devin, Department of Theatre and Dance,
College of Arts and Sciences
Awards: $8,000 for 2nd of 3 years
Target Audience: K-12 students from across Colorado
A performance based series of
workshops and learning activities that are tailored to the
needs of Colorado K-12 students and teachers. A total emersion
approach engages the students as actors to assist them as
they hone decision-making skills, practice personal responsibility,
learn collective cooperation, and harness their imagination.
The program meets not only Colorado Standards in Education
for theater, but also standards in reading and writing, history,
and civics.
Physics for Fun in Pueblo
Professor Margaret Murnane, Department of Physics,
College of Arts and Sciences in partnership with Carol McLaren,
director, CU Science Discovery, School of Education
Awards: $8,000 for 2nd of 3 years
Target Audience: middle school students in Pueblo School
District 60
Each summer, this project will
provide two days of professional development workshops for
Pueblo middle school teachers. Workshops will be delivered
by CU faculty and offer one academic credit through CU-Boulder’s
Division of Continuing Education. Additionally, CU faculty
and program coordinators will work to develop science kits
for the district to use in its Science Materials Center. Topics
during the three-year partnership will include light, force
and motion, convection, heat, and sound.
Summer Institute in Applied Math
Senior Instructor and Associate Chair Anne Dougherty,
Department of Applied Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
Awards: $8,000 for 2nd year
Target Audience: 45 high school math teachers, from
across Colorado
This project fosters and strengthens
the relationships among K-12 and university mathematics programs
with content-based professional development workshops. The
state’s increased emphasis on standards-based curricula
demands that math teachers cover topics for which they are
not fully prepared. This program offers intensive two-week
courses in calculus, discrete math, and probability/statistics.
The program is expanding to include courses designed in response
to requests from specific school districts as well as the
addition of a workshop focusing on algebra.
Summer Philosophy Institute of Colorado
Associate Professor Claudia Mills and Senior Instructor Sheralee
Brindell, Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences
Award: $5,000
Target Audience: economically disadvantaged high school
students from across Colorado
Now entering its ninth year,
this project features a weeklong residential academic program
that offers diverse high school students an intensive introduction
to philosophy. Students are exposed to the methods and subject
matter of philosophy. Topics range from free will and determinism,
and the relation between mind and body, to the nature of knowledge,
and the meaning of life. While living in residence halls on
campus, the students attend six hours of class each day and
take part in activities throughout the Boulder campus and
community.
Literacy Practicum
Professor Barbara Fox, Department of Linguistics,
College of Arts and Sciences
Award: $4,800
Target Audience: 100 plus children enrolled in 4 different
literacy programs in Boulder and Denver.
This project enhances a service-learning
component for a large, undergraduate literacy course, Language
in American Society (LING 1000). The program works to support
and serve children who are at risk for literacy problems and
to provide CU-Boulder students with a firsthand opportunity
to learn about illiteracy, to understand the profound value
of literacy in our society and to experience the benefits
of serving others.
Italian Day at CU for Colorado High School Students
Professor Graziana Lazzarino and Instructor Pamela
Marcantonio, Department of French and Italian, College of
Arts and Sciences
Award: $1,900
Target Audience: students learning Italian in Denver
and Pueblo high schools
High school students visit the
CU-Boulder campus to attend Italian classes, meet with faculty,
tour the language lab, and learn about new foreign language
resources and admissions to CU-Boulder. Students end the day
by enjoying an Italian dinner with campus faculty and instructors
that features cuisine from a region with which they were familiarized
during the day.
Educational Activities in English and Spanish at
Fiske Planetarium
Professor Francis Bagenal, Department of Astrophysical
and Planetary Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Award: $4,950
Target Audience: 1st-8th grade students and teachers
in Boulder, Denver and surrounding communities
This project creates, in both
English and Spanish, a series of student activities and a
teacher workshop for area schools. Teachers learn specific
information about comets as well as how to incorporate the
workshop materials into their class curriculum. Participants
and their students are hosted at a presentation of the planetarium’s
new comet show. A primary focus of the bilingual programming
and education is attracting teachers and students from underserved
schools.
Colorado History Day
Assistant Professor Marcia Yonemoto, Department of History,
College of Arts and Sciences
Award: $5,000
Target Audience: 700 students in grades 6-12 from communities
across Colorado
This yearlong humanities education
program culminates with the annual statewide competition on
the CU-Boulder campus, home of the Colorado History Day office.
The interdisciplinary program promotes historical inquiry,
knowledge, and understanding among middle and high school
students. It has an important influence on the way history
is taught and learned at the K-12 level, by challenging students
to conduct meaningful research in a positive learning environment.
The program has expanded to include a web site, Spanish speaking
entries, and three for-credit internships for CU-Boulder undergraduates.
Workshop for German Teachers: German Plus+
Assistant Professor Kandace Einbeck, Germanic and Slavic Languages
and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences
Award: $500
Target Audience: 25 high school German teachers from
across Colorado and Wyoming
This one-day workshop focuses
on methods of combining the study of the German language with
other fields in content-based classes and activities. The
workshop includes a panel discussion by CU-Boulder GSLL faculty
who integrate film, music, business, science, math, art, and
history into their classes; a hands-on activity where teachers
develop classroom materials; and a web-based activity that
applies language proficiency to access knowledge in other
areas.
Dance Outreach Initiatives
Associate Professor David Capps, Department of Theatre
and Dance, College of Arts and Sciences
Award: $3,970
Target Audience: K-12 audiences throughout the state
of Colorado
This project comprises three
departmental initiatives to develop and enhance the ongoing
interaction among the faculty and students of the Dance Program
and the public in Colorado, primarily K-12 groups. Project
goals include bringing the work of the faculty directly to
K-12 students across Colorado, encouraging youth of many backgrounds
to consider careers in dance, educating K-12 faculty and students
about the variety of approaches to the dance arts, and nurturing
a vital level of interaction among various populations of
Colorado and the Dance Program’s work.
Saturday Science Series
Professor John Cumalat, Department of Physics, College
of Arts and Sciences
Award: $3,270
Target Audience: Colorado high school students and
teachers and adults
Through eight public presentations,
this program highlights research and the application of physical
sciences. Subject matter includes topics in liquid crystals,
condensed matter physics, atomic, molecular and optical physics,
and nuclear physics. Each program will be videotaped and made
available to Colorado science teachers.
ArtsBridge
Associate Professors Antonette Rosato and Melanie
Walker, Department of Art and Art History, College of Arts
and Sciences
Award: $5,000
Target Audience: K-12 audiences in Boulder Valley,
St. Vrain, and Denver Public school districts
Using art as a bridge, this
project provides a model for cross-disciplinary education
and a means for visual literacy for K-12 students. The program
uses hands-on art education experience, community outreach
and collaborative curriculum development. It targets low-performing
schools and underrepresented student populations to build
equal opportunity by stimulating student interest in core
subjects, and K-12 teachers receive on-site professional development.
Science Explorers
Professor John Stocke, Department of Astrophysical
and Planetary Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences in partnership
with Science Discovery, School of Education
Award: $5,000
Target Audience: 5th-8th grade teachers and students
This program provides professional
development for teachers with a team of their students. Science
Explorers is a one-day workshop consisting of training and
hands-on experiments. At the end of the session teachers receive
curriculum, complete with extension activities and materials
for replicating the workshop’s experiments in their
own classrooms.
Site Survey and Implementation of Water, Sanitation
and Electrical Needs in the Village of Zambougou, Mali, Africa
Professor Bernard Amadei, Civil, Architectural, and
Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied
Science
Target Audience: CU-Boulder engineering students and
the 1,500 to 2,000 villagers in Zambougou
This outreach activity is dedicated
to helping developing areas worldwide with their civil and
environmental engineering needs, while involving the training
of a new kind of internationally responsible engineering student.
This specific project conducted a survey (2002) and will install
(2003 and 2004) water, sanitation, and electricity needs in
the remote village of Zambougou. The actual design, installation,
and implementation of a practical engineering solution for
the village involves CU engineering students and faculty partnering
with Colorado engineering firms.
Implementation of Engineering Solutions to Water,
Sanitation and Energy Problems in the Village of Muramba,
Rwanda
Professor Bernard Amadei, Civil, Architectural, and
Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied
Science
Awards: $8,000 for 2 years
Target Audience: 12,000 out-of-school children living
in this area
This project will involve teams
of CU-Boulder engineering students, together with students
from the Utu and Tutsi communities in Rwanda, working together
on community projects. Areas of focus include engineering
solutions, providing a venue for technology education and
addressing some of the social and psychological uses faced
by the Muramba community.
Girls Embrace Technology
Research Associate and co-director Jackie Sullivan,
Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory and Program; Professor
Clayton Lewis, Computer Science; and Director Beverly Louie,
Women in Engineering Program, College of Engineering and Applied
Science
Awards: $8,000 for 2nd year
Target Audience: thirty-six high school girls from
surrounding communities (new emphasis on recruiting from schools
with diverse populations)
This six-week summer internship
for “techno neutral” high school girls explores
their potential for careers in engineering and technology.
The girls work in teams with CU-Boulder faculty and undergraduate
students to develop real-world interactive educational multimedia
software. Weekly lunches with women IT professionals, faculty
and computer science students introduce possible education
and career goals. Special emphasis is placed on involving
girls from economically challenged families.
Contributing to the Remediation of Abandoned Mines
in the Left Hand Creek Watershed with the Left Hand Watershed
Oversight Group (LHWOG)
Associate Professor Joe Ryan, Civil, Architectural,
and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and
Applied Science
Awards: $8,000 for 2nd of 3 years
Target Audience: 375 residents of Jamestown, CO, the
14,000 Boulder County residents that drink Left Hand water,
and numerous community and government groups involved in the
project
CU faculty and students assist
LHWOG in preparing a community-driven proposal for remediation
of abandoned mines. They will also carry out a detailed characterization
of the effect of the mines on water quality during the initial
stages of the remediation of the “stream-side tailings,”
located adjacent to Jamestown. Project goals include submitting
the proposal to the State of Colorado and US EPA for consideration
as a possible grant in order to fund assessment reclamation
and stream-side remediation, characterization of the stream-side
tailings to assist in remediation planning, development of
a new interdisciplinary course for CU students that addresses
issues such as this that are facing communities in the West,
and creation of a K-12 module for young learners statewide
to get involved in this problem and solution.
African Music and Cultural Series
Assistant Professor Kwasi Ampene, College of Music
Award: $4,260
Target Audience: middle and high school students from
Yuma and other NE Colorado communities, and elementary students
in Commerce City
This program works to establish
long term relationships through a combination of concerts,
lectures, and demonstrations. These activities culminate with
CU-Boulder’s African Music Ensemble teaming up with
students from these schools to perform two concerts in the
host schools for parents and fellow students.
Opera Colorado to Colorado Western Slope Communities
Associate Professor William Gustafson, College of
Music
Award: $5,000
Target Audience: middle and elementary school students
as well as senior centers and nursing homes in Glenwood Springs,
Craig, Meeker, and Grand Junction
This touring opera program,
comprised of CU-Boulder students in partnership with Central
City Opera, brings scenes from a variety of opera to these
communities. The ten-day tour brings moveable sets and costumes
and advance educational materials to each community.
Spreading the Word
Senior Instructor Janet deGrazia, Chemical and Biological
Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science
Award: $5,000
Target Audience: 30 high school science teachers from
across Colorado
This project works to expose
Colorado high school science teachers to the vast resources
of information available to them through this department.
Professors and graduate students showcase their research during
weekend workshops on campus. Undergraduate students then make
presentations to the teacher’s classrooms, using hands-on
experiments and demonstrations.
Using Appropriate Technology to Solve Water Problems
in Villages of Afghanistan
Professor Bernard Amadei, Civil, Environmental, and
Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied
Science
Award: $5,000
Target Audience: 4,000-5,000 villagers living in Farza,
Afghanistan
This project involves civil
engineering and ethnic studies majors in an effort to provide
clean water for the village. The project gives the students
direct, hands-on experience while applying what they have
learned in the classroom, as well as an education about this
culture and the challenges the Afghan people face daily.
Summer K-12 Teacher Workshop Stipends
Research Associate and co-director Jacquelyn Sullivan,
Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory and Program, College
of Engineering and Applied Science
Award: $5,000
Target Audience: 120 elementary school teachers from
Longmont, Boulder, Montrose, Sterling, Grand Junction, and
Denver
This two-day summer workshop
provides teachers with innovative, hands-on activities designed
for integration into their existing elementary science curriculum.
The “Engineering in Everyday Life” workshop allows
teachers to become comfortable with the basic theory behind
different engineering topics and to learn how to apply that
knowledge in the classroom. This award assists in offering
a stipend to teachers who participate in the workshop.
Handiswing, an Assistive Technology Device for Children
with Disabilities
Associate Professor Melinda Picket-May and Research
Associate Dana Ruehlman, Department of Electrical and Computer,
College of Engineering and Applied Science
Award: $4,600
Target Audience: all children in the Boulder Valley
School District who have physical disabilities
This project works to enhance
the lives of children living with physical disabilities. Providing
an assistive technology device to students who are limited
in their ability to participate in physical activities, the
Handiswing helps them learn and develop fundamental movement
skills. The engineering students involved in designing, building
and installing the Handiswings in schools throughout the district
learn about how engineering can positively impact a child’s
life.
The Weather Outside Our Window
Assistant Professor Linnea Avallone, LASP, and Research
Associate Sandra Laursen, CIRES
Award: $4,986
Target Audience: 8th graders in St. Vrain Valley School
District
The project provides weather
instruments, classroom teaching materials and teacher professional
development opportunities to support inquiry-driven, standards-based
investigation of Front Range weather phenomena. A sensitive
barometer and wind meter for each classroom allows students
and teachers to collect their own data.
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