Undergraduate Spotlight: Leading from the Middle
Posted: Feb 21 2013
As a GLISTEN USL, Rhiannon served as a bridge between ECC faculty and staff from community-based organizations that benefited from the service-learning components of those environmental science courses.

New Backgrounder Addresses Service-Learning and Engagement at Community Colleges
Posted: Oct 30 2009
An anthropologist and leader in the community college and service-learning fields, Franco was commissioned by SENCER to write a backgrounder on how service-learning and the SENCER approach integrate goals of research, teaching and service, especially for faculty at community colleges.

Seven New Models Added to SENCER Digital Library
Posted: Apr 29 2009
The most recent additions to the SENCER Digital Library are the seven courses and programs selected to be part of the SENCER Model Series during the summer of 2008. The diverse group of resources includes international collaborations, single courses, and course clusters, and focuses on issues such as sleep, HIV/AIDS, food, and pregnancy.

SENCER Classrooms: Small Changes, Big Effects
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, June 2003, Volume 2, Issue 1 SENCER Classrooms: Small Changes, Big Effects Terry McGuire, associate professor of genetics at Rutgers and an SSI-2002 advance representative, reports how two ...

Science and Community Outreach
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, August 2003, Volume 2, Issue 2 "They (students) are invited to pursue academic excellence, to discover, and develop fully their personal and professional goals, and to contribute actively ...

Report From Campus Partners: Francis Marion University
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, October 2003, Volume 2, Issue 4 To address the need for more environmentally-literate citizens, two professors in Environmental Science and Professional Writing (respectively) developed an ...

Field Report: Application of SENCER Approaches in the Teaching of Science in Wagner College's First Year Program
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, December 2003, Volume 2, Issue 6 Wagner College's First-Year Program is comprised of learning communities (LCs). A typical LC includes two lecture courses from different disciplines that ...

The University of Cincinnati CoNSEPTS Project
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, January/February 2004, Volume 2, Issue 6 A team of A&S and Education faculty from the University of Cincinnati (UC) attended the SENCER Summer Institute in Santa Clara August 2003. This ...

Philadelphia University Receives Notice of CCLI Award
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, June 2004, Volume 3, Issue 1 We are pleased to share the news that Anne Bockarie, Jeff Ashley, John Pierce, and Faye Ross of Philadelphia University School of Science and Health will receive ...

Tuberculosis: Ancient Foe, Modern Scourge
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2004, Volume 4, Issue 1 A reasonable person might well ask, "If we know the cause of TB, how to prevent it, etc., then what's the deal? Why not just take care of the ...

Environmental Chemistry and Ethnicity: Uranium and American Indians
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, November 2004, Volume 4, Issue 3 Catherine Middlecamp and Omie Baldwin, University of Wisconsin - Madison In 2002, Environmental Chemistry & Ethnicity (3 credits) was created as a new ...

Greater Student Engagement and Additional NSF Funding Mark the Success of University of Montana's SENCER Program
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, March 2005, Volume 4, Issue 7 By: Garon Smith, University of Montana Civic Engagement Activities On the Rise at UM Chemistry 151, the introductory chemistry for applied science majors and the ...

Riverscape
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, April 2005, Volume 4, Issue 8 By: Anne L. Pierce, George Burbanck, Barbara Abraham, and Judith Davis, Hampton University Riverscape is an innovative science curriculum designed for potential ...

Chemistry of Daily Life: Malnutrition and Diabetes
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, July 2005, Volume 4, Issue 11 By: Matthew Fisher, Saint Vincent College This laboratory course for non-majors has been taught since 1998 and explores basic concepts in chemistry through two ...