Northland College Students and Faculty Assess Pre-mining Environmental Baselines
Posted: Apr 3 2013
Quietly, in order to ensure that the decision-making and environmental impact determination processes are based on sound science, students and faculty from Northland College in Ashland have been gathering baseline data on local water and air quality both in and around the reservation, in partnership with citizen science efforts of the non-profit Bad River Watershed Association.

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.

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.

African University Teams at SSI 2002
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, June 2002, Volume 1, Issue 2 Through a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) under the University ...

Announcing the SSI 2003 Representatives
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, June 2003, Volume 2, Issue 1 We are pleased to announce that representatives from the following colleges, universities, and institutions will be attending the SENCER Summer Institute - 2003: ...

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 ...

SENCER's Impact on Teaching Industrial Chemistry At The University of Montana
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, August 2003, Volume 2, Issue 2 When I attended the SENCER Summer Institute last summer (SSI-2002), I was immediately struck by how well the concept of engaging students in the evaluation of ...

SENCER and General Education at Meredith
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, August 2003, Volume 2, Issue 2 On the Meredith College campus and among other small liberal arts colleges and universities there is a lack of educational tools and methodologies that provide ...

Linking SENCER Courses in Kenya
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, August 2003, Volume 2, Issue 2 Linking SENCER Courses in Kenya - By: Sherryl Broverman During the 2002 SENCER Summer Institute, I developed a collaboration with Rose Odhiambo and colleagues at ...

SENCER International Partners - African Educators Propose Increasing SENCER Collaborations
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2003, Volume 2, Issue 3 By its very design SENCER has taken a larger view of issues that link science and civic engagement. It is no surprise, then, that, while focused on efforts to ...

SENCER Co-Sponsors Symposium at NSTA Meeting
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, March 2004, Volume 2, Issue 7 Environmental Literacy and Decision Making: an Interdisciplinary Goal for the 21st Century In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the Society for College Science ...

SENCER International Partnernships: IWISE and the Republic of Georgia 2-Year Pilot Program
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, May 2004, Volume 2, Issue 8 Representatives from the Republic of Georgia will be attending SSI 2004, with support from the National Science Foundation. We have gotten word that a supplemental ...

SENCER Symposium VIII Held on Staten Island
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, June 2004, Volume 3, Issue 1 Foundations on Scientific Inquiry Program in the Morse Academic Plan, New York University On June 3, 2004, Wagner College hosted the most recent SENCER Symposium. ...

Implications of Learning Research for Teaching to Non-Science Majors
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2004, Volume 4, Issue 1 This backgrounder discusses ways in which learning research has affected conceptualization of how people learn science, and then discusses the implications of ...

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 ...

Progress Report: Loyola University Chicago
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2004, Volume 4, Issue 1 John P. Pelissero, Associate Provost for Curriculum and Professor of Political Science, Loyola University Chicago In May 2003, Loyola University Chicago (LUC) ...

Sustainability and Human Health: A Learning Community
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, October 2004, Volume 4, Issue 2 Donald E. Stearns and Kim Worthy, Wagner College Designed for non-science majors, this learning community considers the impact of humans on the environment, ...

Progress Report: Saint Mary's College of California
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, October 2004, Volume 4, Issue 2 Steven J. Bachofer, Professor of Chemistry, and Phyllis Martinelli, Professor of Anthropology - Saint Mary's College of California RETUrN (Renewable ...

SENCER Workshop at the Association for Integrative Studies (AIS) Conference
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, October 2004, Volume 4, Issue 2 By: Ellen Goldey, SENCER Senior Associate and Associate Professor of Biology, Wofford College Several SENCER associates facilitated a three-hour pre-conference ...

SENCER Developing Online Instrument to Simplify Communication and Reporting
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, November 2004, Volume 4, Issue 3 SENCER Developing Online Instrument to Simplify Communication and Reporting SENCER Fastlane Available in Spring 2005 For many years, the NSF has used Fastlane, ...