News on NCSCE and its initiatives is updated biweekly. Please click on the hyperlinked headlines for more information on each item.

Journal Solicits Articles for Publication

Science Education and Civic Engagement: An International Journal is currently seeking submissions for its summer issue.  The journal, which explores constructive connections between science education and civic engagement that enhance both experiences for our students, is accepting article submissions until April 15.  In addition to its usual range of articles, the summer edition of SECEIJ will also feature a special section on mathematics.  Visit the journal's website.

2/24/2010

David Asai to Deliver Keynote at Washington Symposium

David Asai, Director of the Precollege and Undergraduate Science Education Programs for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, will offer his thoughts about the challenges of implementation of the Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians report.

2/10/2010

NCSCE Invites Nominations for Bennett Award

The William E. Bennett Award for Extraordinary Contributions to Citizen Science was established by NCSCE and named in honor of its first recipient for his lifetime contributions to citizen science. The first award was presented to its namesake at a ceremony on Capitol Hill on March 31, 2009.

1/28/2010

New SENCER Center for Innovation Designated

The SENCER Center for Innovation – Southwest (SCI-SW) will be hosted by Texas Woman’s University and co-directed by Ann Staton, dean of the college of arts and sciences, and Richard Sheardy, professor and chair of the chemistry and physics department.

1/28/2010

SCI-Midatlantic and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Plan Master Educators' Guild Meeting to Address Science Education for Health Practitioners
The spring symposium of the Master Educators' Guild, "Seeing the Forest AND the Trees: Science Foundations for Health Professionals" will consider the principles of a June 2009 report published by the American Association of Medical Colleges and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute that defines scientific competencies for future physicians.  

SENCER Elects Six Educators to Leadership Fellows Program

Six alumni of the SENCER project who have extensive experience working with the program on a local or national level were recently elected to the SENCER Leadership Fellows Program following application review and recommendation by the National Fellowship Board.

12/15/2010

NCSCE Awards 20 Grants to Improve Learning, Faculty Development

Many interesting and diverse projects will be supported by this year's implementation awards, and will affect not only undergraduate students, but graduate students, high school students, and community members. The grant recipients estimate that their efforts will affect more than 7200 students during the first year of the two-year grant.

12/2/2009

NCSCE Invites Applications for 2010 Washington Symposium

The annual Washington Symposium and Capitol Hill Poster Session provides an opportunity for members of the SENCER community, and now those involved in NCSCE's GLISTEN project, to present work to colleagues and Congress and to engage in discussions on how to continue to improve STEM education for all students.

11/18/2009

SENCER Invites Team and Individual Participation at SSI 2010

The annual SENCER Summer Institute is an opportunity for a community of educators, administrators, students, and community leaders to gather to consider how best to engage students in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics and the civic issues in which they play an integral role. The 2010 SENCER Summer Institute will be held in Asheville, NC, and hosted by the University of North Carolina at Asheville.

11/18/2009

 


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