Integrating STEM Education in the News
Prof. Hertzberg Brings Science to Fluid Mechanics Education
Jean Hertzberg, Mechanical Engineering was awarded support from iSTEM for her efforts in Fluid Mechanics Educaiton. Hertzberg will implement a round-table discussion at the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) Meeting providing an opportunity
for fluids educators to discuss topics of mutual interest, such as
curricula comparisons, best practices, simple experiments and demos,
and use of concept questions. Hertzberg first began bringing discussions and sessions on education to the DFD meeting in 2006.
Finkelstein Participates in CU's Diversity Summit
Noah Finkelstein, Associate Professor of Physics and an iSTEM PI, received a 2009 Campus Diversity Award, with Dr. Laurel Mayhew, for the Partners in Informal Science Education (PISEC) Program.
Otero Gives Key Note for Latino/a Retention Efforts
CU Boulder recently hosted the Hispanic In order to improve the recruitment, outreach and graduation rates for Colorado Latina/o students. Thanks to Chancellor DiStefano’s vision and continuing support, CU Boulder recently hosted the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities - Colorado (HACU-CO). A key note address was made by iSTEM Director, Professor Valerie Otero.
iSTEM Symposium Responds to Crises in Education
Over 150 participated in Integrating STEM Education's First Annual Symposium for STEM Education. Provost Stein Sture kicked off the event followed by the Associate Dean from Engineering, Brian Argrow, Associate Dean Susan Beatty from Arts and Sciences, and Dean Lorrie Shepard from the School of Education. Recipients of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in STEM Education were acknowledged by their Deans. The event included a poster session featuring 27 programs and 33 posters. Full story with photos, news services story
President Obama Highlights the UTeach Program
In a speech on July 24th to the US Department of Education in which he announced the Race to the Top, President Obama spoke of the importance of preparing more well-trained math and science teachers. He acknowledged the UTeach program for its success in this realm. CU is one of 11
initial replication sites, with CU Teach, and is recognized as
a national leader in teacher recruitment, preparation, and support in
STEM, “universities and nonprofit
organizations can launch programs like UTeach at UT Austin that allows
aspiring teachers to get a math or science degree and teaching
certificate at the same time.” full speech
Mike Klymkowsky Wins Best Should Teach Gold Award
Dr. Klymkowksy was one of two awardees this year for the Graduate School's Best Should Teach Award. The award recognized outstanding academic leaders from the CU Campus.
Klymkowsky is a Professor of MCD Biology as well as a project Director for iSTEM and CO-Director of the CU Teach Program.
Valerie Otero wins the Provost's Faculty Achievement Award
Dr. Otero was recognized for her article in Science describing the Learning Assistant model. She and her coauthors documented
that the use of LAs not only substantially improves student learning in transformed
courses, it also increases the learning of the Learning Assistants themselves such that
their performance on the Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation measure is greater
than that of incoming physics graduate students. read more
Dr. Stephanie Chasteen does pod casts for Science Magazine
In the July 10th pod cast, PER researcher Dr. Stephanie Chasteen does an interview on the current challenges of Nuclear Waste Management. The July 17th features an interview on the tiger moth's ability to jam the sonar of their bat prey. Dr. Chasteen is a Science Teacher Fellow and part of the Physics Education Research group at CU. Listen to the pod casts. Visit Dr. Chasteen's Blog.
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