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(COE Diversity Programs Office next)
[email protected]
Office of Research Development
545-5023
Diversity Programs Office
College of Engineering
Paula 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)
[email protected]
http://www-new.ecs.umass.edu/diversity
413-545-2030
Resources and Activities
1.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
2.Women in Engineering Career Day (Oct 29)
3.Noyce Grant partnership with School of Ed
(TECS)- sustained impact, 4 districts
4.Research opportunities for K12 teachers &
undergraduates
5.Networking/Technical “Chat” Series
[email protected]
http://www-new.ecs.umass.edu/diversity
413-545-2030
LSAMP next
[email protected]
Office of Research Development
545-5023
Northeast LSAMP
Susan 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,
[email protected]
At www.umass.edu/lrc
413-545-5334
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.
[email protected]
At www.umass.edu/lrc
413-545-5334
(neagep next)
[email protected]
Office of Research Development
545-5023
Marlina Duncan and Sandra Petersen
Northeast 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
Bennett College
MIT
Penn State
Rutgers
UConn
UMaine
UNH
[email protected]
[email protected]
URI
UVM
Jackson State University
Lincoln University
Medgar Evers College
University Puerto Rico Mayaguez
www.NEAGEP.org
413-577-2481 (Marlina)
413-545-1808 (Sandy)
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
(csl next)
[email protected]
Office of Research Development
545-5023
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
[email protected]
u
www.cesl.umass.edu
413-545-2015
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
[email protected]
www.cesl.umass.edu
413-545-2015
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
[email protected]
www.cesl.umass.edu
413-545-2015
(Stem ED next)
[email protected]
Office of Research Development
545-5023
Mort Sternheim
STEM 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, ….
[email protected] www.umassk12.net
413-545-190
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”
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
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.
[email protected]
www.caite.info
413-577-4431
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
(video services next)
[email protected]
Office of Research Development
545-5023
Ed Blaguszewski, Executive Director
UMass 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.
[email protected]
www.umass.edu/newsoffice
413-545-0444
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
(IT Minor next)
[email protected]
Office of Research Development
545-5023
IT (Information Technology) Minor
http://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
[email protected]
IT (Information Technology) Minor -2
http://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
[email protected]
IT (Information Technology) Minor -2
http://www.umass.edu/itprogram/index.html
Patricia Galvis-Assmus
[email protected]
(Extension next)
[email protected]
Office of Research Development
545-5023
UMass Extension/MA Center for Agriculture
William 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
[email protected]
extension.umass.edu
413-545-5017
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
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 <[email protected]>
(MAS next)
[email protected]
Office of Research Development
545-5023
Peg Riley/ Jenna Farrell
Massachusetts 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
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
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