Weds. May 28, 8:30 am-3:30 pm
Hosted by Farmingdale State College
Focus: Communication skills
Workshop led by dynamic improv leader Michael Rock
Registration information coming soon!
Questions about the Network? Contact one of the leadership team (see the bottom of this page).
The (STEM)2 Network focuses on the pivotal role of faculty in restructuring undergraduate STEM education with the mission of providing an equitable and inclusive system for all students.
The overarching goals for the Network are to:
Enhance undergraduate STEM education by promoting new and strengthening existing collaborations among biology, chemistry, and math faculty at two- and four-year institutions; and
Support faculty in transforming undergraduate STEM education from within the current system.
To achieve these goals, the Network’s activities:
Promote collaboration between two- and four-year institutions through inter-institutional Working Groups;
Create enduring pedagogical collaborations across STEM disciplines through interdisciplinary institutional groups; and
Empower individual faculty to create change in and beyond their classrooms.
Various areas of focus have emerged from discussions among Network participants - each tackling undergraduate STEM education from different perspectives. Participants self-select into multidisciplinary, multi-institution Working Groups to develop projects related to their area of interest.
To identify and utilize leverage points with the greatest impact on STEM higher education
To create interdisciplinary collaborations and assess the impacts of explicitly interdisciplinary teaching approaches
To address the specific challenges faced by transfer students
To explore and develop interventions to create more equitable and inclusive access to undergraduate research.
To develop peer-level systems that support students and faculty.
Alison Hyslop, St. John's University: hyslopa@stjohns.edu
Jessica Santangelo, Hofstra University: jessica.santangelo@hofstra.edu
Eugenia Villa-Cuesta, Adelphi University: evilla-cuesta@adelphi.edu
Lawrence Hobbie, Adelphi University: hobbie@adelphi.edu
Jacqueline Lee, Nassau Community College: Jacqueline.Lee@ncc.edu
Peter Novick, Queensborough Community College: PNovick@qcc.cuny.edu
The (STEM)2 Network is funded by a $500,000 NSF Research Coordination Network - Undergraduate Biology Education award (#2121495).