Board # 27 : Promoting STEM Education in Community College Students via Research

Nichol, Carolyn; Obenland, Carrie A.; Chow, Alice; Crawford, Christina; Avendaño, Carolina

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“…Participants are selected by the program leads from their application packages using a rubric developed by Rice's Nano REU [1]. The rubric considers the number of STEM courses taken by the candidates, their grades, two letters of recommendation (at least one from a faculty member), and a personal statement on the candidate's interest in the program.…”

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“…This program is a ten-week summer internship where local community college students conduct research in laboratories at one of the NEWT partner institutions. The NEWT REU is based on the Nanotechnology REU with a Focus on Community College which has been running successfully at Rice University since 2010 [1].…”

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“…At Rice University, the lead NEWT institution, the Office of STEM Engagement has run an REU program since 2010 [1]. This program served as the basis for NEWT's REU and its expansion to two additional institutions, Arizona State University (ASU) and the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), and both programs are run in parallel at Rice.…”

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Assessing Objective Attainment in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program Focused on Community College Students

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Center (ERC) in January 2016 as a lecturer and became NEWT's Associate Director of Education in January 2017. Jorge coordinates and runs NEWT's Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at ASU, Rice and UTEP, and a training program for the REU mentors. He developed and runs NEWT's Core Course, offered to the center's first-year graduate students. Jorge collaborates with NEWT's Industry Liaison Officer and Innovation Ecosystem Director, and the Student Leadership Council in the planning of educational opportunities for NEWT graduate students and postdocs with the center's industry partners and other professional development activities. At Rice, Jorge is an Adjunct Professor in the Civil & Environmental Engineering and Bioengineering Departments, where he developed and teaches CEVE/GLHT 314: Sustainable Water Purification for the Developing World, a project-based course on sustainable strategies for safe water supply in low-income and developing regions of the world. He collaborates in other project-based courses at Rice, such as Introduction to Engineering Design, advising undergraduate students in the development of water-related projects. He also works with Rice's Center for Civic Leadership in the development of activities to promote student community engagement, such as Alternative Spring Breaks and summer experiences with water-related NGOs in Mexico. Jorge's previous research and teaching experience as a postdoctoral scholar and professor fall within the areas of water quality assessment, water and wastewater treatment, emerging organic pollutants, and ecotoxicology. He holds a B.

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Assessing Objective Attainment in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program Focused on Community College Students

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Board # 27 : Promoting STEM Education in Community College Students via Research

Abstract: Engagement. She conducts research in K-12 STEM education on topics such as impact of teacher professional development programs on student achievement and attitudes.

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Assessing Objective Attainment in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program Focused on Community College Students

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