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(COE Diversity Programs Office next). bpearson@research.umass.edu. Office of Research Development. 545-5023. Diversity Programs Office College of Engineering Paula Rees, Director.

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  1. (COE Diversity Programs Office next) bpearson@research.umass.edu Office of Research Development 545-5023

  2. Diversity Programs Office College of EngineeringPaula Rees, Director • DPO directs two long standing programs concerned with the recruitment and retention of diversity students, providing academic and non-academic assistance: • The Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP) • National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) • Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers (SHPE) • The Women in Engineering Program (WEP) • Society of Women Engineers (SWE) rees@ecs.umass.edu http://www-new.ecs.umass.edu/diversity 413-545-2030

  3. Resources and Activities • Student chapters of SWE, NSBE, and SHPE • Students ready, able, and willing to deliver outreach activities to H.S. & M.S. students • Girl Scout Exploration Day (March 10) • Engineering Students Reaching Out (April 4) • Google Rise Grant with CAITE • Women in Engineering Career Day (Oct 29) • Noyce Grant partnership with School of Ed (TECS)- sustained impact, 4 districts • Research opportunities for K12 teachers & undergraduates • Networking/Technical “Chat” Series rees@ecs.umass.edu http://www-new.ecs.umass.edu/diversity 413-545-2030

  4. LSAMP next bpearson@research.umass.edu Office of Research Development 545-5023

  5. Northeast LSAMPSusan Bronstein The goal of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) is to increase the graduate rate of students from under-represented populations in STEM disciplines. The University of Massachusetts is the lead institution in this Alliance with partners • Northeastern University, • University of Connecticut • University of Rhode Island and • Worcester Polytechnic Institute, sbronstein@acad.umass.edu At www.umass.edu/lrc 413-545-5334

  6. Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation • seminars, • workshops, • student conferences and • support* for undergraduate research. *If you have an undergraduate STEM student from an underrepresented population, check with LSAMP to see if she or he is eligible for LSAMP funding. sbronstein@acad.umass.edu At www.umass.edu/lrc 413-545-5334

  7. (neagep next) bpearson@research.umass.edu Office of Research Development 545-5023

  8. Marlina Duncan and Sandra PetersenNortheast Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (NEAGEP) NSF-funded alliance with the shared goal of increasing the number of underrepresented minority students who earn Ph.D. degrees in STEM. The Alliance is led by UMass Amherst and includes: BU URI Bennett College UVM MIT Jackson State University Penn State Lincoln University Rutgers Medgar Evers College UConn University Puerto Rico Mayaguez UMaine UNH marlinaduncan.nea@gmail.com spetersen@vasci.umass.edu www.NEAGEP.org 413-577-2481 (Marlina) 413-545-1808 (Sandy)

  9. NEAGEP Resources at UMass • First- and fifth-year fellowships for underrepresented minority (URM) STEM Ph.D. students • Collaborative Fall Graduate Preview Weekends for recruiting URM students • Summer Program for Undergraduate Research • NIH-funded Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program for URMs • Social and professional development activities for URM STEM interns and Ph.D. students • Recruiting trips to minority-serving institutions and research fairs • Assistance with Broader Impact statements

  10. (csl next) bpearson@research.umass.edu Office of Research Development 545-5023

  11. UMass Civic Engagement & Service Learning UMass CESL is here to help you fulfill the Broader Impact requirement through a STEM-based service component built into a course. We offer- • Faculty groups on engaged teaching & research • Support for course development including • Faculty Fellows Program – proposals due March 26 • Assistance in identifying and developing community partnerships • Bus to Holyoke, Mon-Thurs afternoons • Transportation funds for Service-Learning courses cesl@umass.edu www.cesl.umass.edu 413-545-2015

  12. UMass Civic Engagement & Service Learning • New ! 2 Searchable Course Designations in Spire “Civic Engagement” & “Service-Learning” CivX Major – Civic Engagement plus “X” through BDIC Certificate in Civic Engagement & Public Service Freshman Impact! RAP & CESL’s 2 year Citizen Scholar Program are now open to all UMass students cesl@umass.edu www.cesl.umass.edu 413-545-2015

  13. UMass Civic Engagement & Service Learning What do effective, reciprocal, sustainable partnerships look like? Check out the Campus-Community Compact Available at: www.HolyokeC3.org on the “About Holyoke C3” tab 413-545-2015 cesl@umass.eduwww.cesl.umass.edu

  14. (Stem ED next) bpearson@research.umass.edu Office of Research Development 545-5023

  15. Mort SternheimSTEM Education Institute Programs • Summer STEM Institutes for K12 teachers • Nanotechnology, digital image analysis, climate … • Saturday Science and Engineering Seminars for STEM teachers • After school science research clubs • Bi-weekly STEM Ed seminars • Web sites, email lists • Earlier programs included Planet Earth, Girl Scout Saturdays, GK12, Noyce scholarships, NSF conference organization, Teacher Ed 21 college collaborative, …. mort@umassk12.net www.umassk12.net 413-545-1908

  16. STEM Ed Teacher Program Features • Staffs include higher ed (content experts) and school (pedagogy and context) faculty • Hands on, using low or no cost materials; appropriate technology • Interdisciplinary, adaptable content • Academic year follow-up and support • Stipends, housing, food, materials • Reduced cost graduate credits or free “Professional Development Points”

  17. Broader Impact Examples • Career grant / research grant outreach options • Saturday seminar; 1 to 3 day teacher workshops • Host school visits; visit schools • After school programs, scouts, 4H • Institute proposals • 1 week teacher program (CHM - nanotechnology) • Resources • Planning, recruiting, finding partners • Full scale workshop management • Proposal Impact • Outreach part of proposals have received high marks • Davidovitch Career grant funded; CHM renewal funded • Both have STEM Ed funds included

  18. Rick Adrion and Renee Fall Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education An NSF-funded statewide alliance aimed at addressing underrepresentation in Massachusetts’ innovation economy. Partnering with 15 public campuses organized in 4 regions, CAITE focuses on community colleges that serve as gateways to careers and further higher education for underserved populations. Programs include outreach and pathways activities in collaboration with initiatives focused on IT education and STEM pipeline issues. adrion@cs.umass.edu www.caite.info 413-577-4431

  19. Broadening Participation in Computing/IT • Utilize the CAITE statewide network (15 public HE campuses, K12 connections, teacher groups, community organizations, national organizations) • Utilize CAITE promising practices (peer mentoring, recruiting & outreach, changing the image, www.ITforU.org) • Apply, replicate, scale up, or enhance one of the CAITE interventions • Need not be limited to IT/Computing

  20. (video services next) bpearson@research.umass.edu Office of Research Development 545-5023

  21. Ed Blaguszewski, Executive DirectorUMass News and Media Relations The award-winning News and Media Relations Video Unit is a full-service, professional video production group. Our services include video concept development, scripting, shooting, editing, graphic design, web streaming and distribution. The department uses Sony and JVC HD digital cameras, portable lighting and a full array of microphones, live web streaming capabilities and digital editing systems to meet your multimedia needs.  edblag@admin.umass.edu www.umass.edu/newsoffice 413-545-0444

  22. Services include: • Documenting faculty research in support of grant applications and related initiatives in community education and outreach • Making the case for university spin-off investments • Faculty interviews for news media promotion • News and feature stories • Recording lectures • Live webstreaming of events • Student recruitment productions • Documentary and educational DVDs

  23. (IT Minor next) bpearson@research.umass.edu Office of Research Development 545-5023

  24. IT (Information Technology) Minorhttp://www.umass.edu/itprogram/index.html • Students from various majors (Art, Music, English, Business, Journalism, Nursing, Education) integrate IT into their programs (tailored individually from a selection of 88 courses • Including • Genomics, bioinformatics, GIS, ecosystem modeling, computing in fine arts • Goes both ways: • focus on the application of IT in particular disciplines. • apply knowledge from diverse disciplines—Law, Economics, communication Art, History to name a few—toward IT, Patricia Galvis-Assmus itprogram@provost.umass.edu

  25. IT (Information Technology) Minor -2http://www.umass.edu/itprogram/index.html Teachers can • Collaborate to help design programs • Teach courses for the IT program • Find a “home” for modules about their science for increasing general scientific literacy • Help non-STEM students understand and use the concepts of your science. • Help STEM students “Dance their dissertation” • (see http://gonzolabs.org or put “dance your Ph.D.” into YouTube) Patricia Galvis-Assmus itprogram@provost.umass.edu

  26. IT (Information Technology) Minor -2http://www.umass.edu/itprogram/index.html Patricia Galvis-Assmus itprogram@provost.umass.edu

  27. (Extension next) bpearson@research.umass.edu Office of Research Development 545-5023

  28. UMass Extension/MA Center for AgricultureWilliam Miller Engages the research and teaching capacity of UMass Amherst in programs that generate and communicate knowledge while creating approaches, methods, and tools for solving problems…linking the Massachusetts land grant university with a larger community of people in collaborative partnerships to address issues of fundamental importance to the people of Massachusetts, New England, and the nation. • Sustainable Energy • Climate Change • Global Food Security and Hunger • Food Safety • Environmental Stewardship • Childhood Obesity • Youth Development • Economic Development wamiller@umext.umass.edu extension.umass.edu 413-545-5017

  29. Potential Connections to NSF Broader Impacts • Integrated Research & Outreach • Statewide Network of Youth Development Programs (4H) • More than 300 clubs • More than 3,800 youth (ages 5 -17) • Adult Volunteer Network (+1,000) • Assessment • Tracking Activities & Products • Evaluation • Reporting

  30. Potential Connections to NSF Broader Impacts • 4-H Youth Development • Local Springfield and Holyoke Community Partner Connection -- “Ready, SET, Go” • 4-H Summer of Science Camp on UMass Campus • UMass Outreach Science Club Support • UMass Student Bridges Support • Program Assessment and Evaluation Support – UMass and Springfield College Karen Barshefsky <karenb@umext.umass.edu>

  31. (MAS next) bpearson@research.umass.edu Office of Research Development 545-5023

  32. Peg Riley/ Jenna FarrellMassachusetts Academy of Sciences We have an exclusive focus on reforming STEM education across the state by creating partnerships between industries, universities, school districts, & organizations with similar goals. www.massacademysciences.org 413-577-1306

  33. Engage in STEM: Culturing STEM Inquiry, Nurturing Lifelong Learners • Unique broader impacts opportunity that involves exposing students & teachers from Massachusetts school districts to your research. • Present your research at luncheon seminars for science teachers once a year. • Judge at statewide science fair. www.massacademysciences.org

  34. Let us help you! We’re happy to work with you to develop broader impacts activities of your own design or align your interests with our existing program. www.massacademysciences.org

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