Please join us on Friday, February 8th, at 3 p.m. in the Hatfield Room for our third Faculty Colloquium of this semester.
Presenter: Alison Fisher, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Title: Fostering equity, support, and community for underrepresented STEM students: Year 1 of Willamette’s S-STEM project funded by the National Science Foundation.
Abstract: In February 2018 Willamette University was awarded its first grant from the Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program of the National Science Foundation. In addition to funding scholarships for low-income academically talented students majoring in STEM fields, the S-STEM program provides funding for Institutions of Higher Education to study and implement curricular and co-curricular activities that support the recruitment, retention, transfer, student success, academic/career pathways, and graduation in STEM fields. As Principal Investigator of Willamette’s S-STEM project, I will provide an overview of the project and its goals, discuss accomplishments we’ve made to date with our first cohort of 25 STEM Scholars and Fellows, and outline where we are headed for the next four years of this exciting project.
Students are welcome and coffee and treats will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there.
Bill Kelm and Daniel Rouslin
Faculty Colloquium Coordinators