Critical pedagogy of place to enhance ecological engagement activities
Abstract: Scientists in higher education institutions around the globe recognize the importance of engaging with public stakeholders to share their enthusiasm, explain their science, and encourage primary and secondary students to enter the sciences. However, without direct consideration of students’ and teachers’ perspectives and interests, scientists may design activities around their own goals, limiting the...
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I will survive: Teachers reflect on motivations to remain in education amidst a global pandemic
Abstract: As the pandemic began to disrupt school systems in March 2020, teachers were expected to quickly modify their instructional approaches. We recruited science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teachers who were recipients of National Science Foundation scholarships based on their high-quality academic record and commitment to working in high-needs school districts to participate in a...
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Student Success Initiatives @ CSU: Closing Opportunity Gaps
Colorado State University promotes a definition of student success that embraces all dimensions of a student’s personal development as they progress through and complete their college experience. To achieve this holistic developmental approach, CSU has several student success initiatives within colleges and units across campus. In this four-part series entitled, “Student Success Initiatives @ CSU“,...
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A CSU Forestry Researcher Provides College and Career Readiness to Area Highschoolers
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) related fields have historically been and continue to be visibly homogenous (NCSES 2019). Academic and professional communities within natural resources, in particular, have primarily been the realm of socially dominant groups (Balcarczyk et al. 2015, Kern et al., 2015). The Warner College of Natural Resources (WCNR) at Colorado State...
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Forming Broader Impacts Partnerships
Whether you are a researcher, research administrator, evaluator, or in a research development office, it is important to know how universities can effectively partner with entities outside of campus. In this post, we will discuss how to form partnerships for use in the broader impacts section of a National Science Foundation (NSF) proposal. As mentioned...
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Evaluating NSF Broader Impacts Activities
As mentioned in our first post in the Broadening Participation and Broader Impacts blog series, entitled “A History of Broader Impacts Criterion Within the National Science Foundation”, we detailed the creation of an explicit broader impacts criterion in the merit review process of the National Science Foundation (NSF) proposals. In the 2021 Proposal & Award...
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Building searchable community databases with WordPress
This panel discussed how to best use WordPress to create searchable databases that provide value to your institution and community and take your website from a brochure site to an interactive tool. Panelists discussed four different WordPress-powered databases created by the Colorado State University STEM Center and Colorado-Wyoming Alliance for Minority Participation, which allow students,...
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Free Agricultural Educational Resource Gets You Growing and Giving Back
Coloradoans across the state are being encouraged to participate in Colorado State University Extension’s gardening initiative Grow & Give, a modern victory garden project designed for people to grow vegetable gardens and plant extra to share with local food banks and community members in need. Victory gardens were planted on public and private land during...
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Join the CSU STEM Community Directory
The STEM Center at Colorado State University is pleased to announce their launch of a STEM Community Directory. Colorado State University has a large and thriving STEM education and engagement community. This is demonstrated by the numerous programs, initiatives, and events offered both on- and off-campus throughout the year. As a way to connect these...
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Need Help On the NSF CAREER Educational Component?
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently held a Fall 2020 Virtual Grants Conference. The virtual conference was designed to give new faculty, researchers and administrators key insights into a wide range of current issues at NSF. Program officers from NSF provided current information about specific funding opportunities and answered attendee questions. Of the sixteen presentations...
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