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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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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Evaluating Broadening Participation in Broader Impacts Activities
(This is post 5 of 5 in the Broadening Participation and Broader Impacts Series) The terms broadening participation and broader impacts have been used extensively in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, especially within STEM funding solicitations and proposals. Although used interchangeably at times, these two terms have their own unique history and definitions....
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Ruoh-Nan Yan Awarded USDA Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Ruoh-Nan (Terry) Yan, Associate Professor in the department of Design and Merchandising, and her team for receiving a $466,052 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture for the Higher Education Challenge (HEC) Grants Program. The grant impacts student awareness of and appreciation for the ways that small business can maintain fiber,...
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Intro to Evaluation: What is it?
Here at the CSU STEM Center, we have been successfully creating and carrying out evaluation plans for over a decade. Our new series, Intro to Evaluation, sheds some light on what we do as evaluators. Have you heard something about evaluation but don’t know what it is? Do you need to evaluate your program and...
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Create or Join a Citizen Science Project With CitSci.org
Do you have a burning scientific question that you want to help answer? Does your community have an issue that they want to explore? Are you a teacher and/or parent hoping to engage students in the world of scientific discovery? CitSci.org, a free online platform that provides tools and resources for anyone interested in creating...
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