Butler University Incorporates Civic Engagement into Core Curriculum
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, July 2007, Volume 6, Issue 10 Joseph Kirsch, Robert Holm, Donald Braid, Margaret Brabant, Travis Ryan, William Beranek, and Olujide Akinbo Civic engagement is becoming an important part of ...

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 ...

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 ...

More Than Just a Chemistry Course
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, March 2004, Volume 2, Issue 7 By: Garon C. Smith, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT, garons@selway.umt.edu As a civically engaged faculty member in a ...

Chemistry and Policy: A Course Intersection
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2004, Volume 4, Issue 1 This Vassar Course Intersection brings two classes together, a Chemistry course in Instrumental Analysis, the other an Introduction to Urban Studies, around ...

The National Center Needs Your Help in the Development of a New Project: The STEM of Democracy
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, October 2004, Volume 4, Issue 2 By: Wm. David Burns As I write this, it's just two weeks from November 2, our next national election day. Voting has already begun and serious ...

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 ...

Severe Weather Phenomena and Cancer, Genes, and the Environment Courses at The College of New Jersey
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, November 2004, Volume 4, Issue 3 Professors Marty Becker, Danielle Dalafave, Bonnie Dixon, Marlene Kayne, Sharon Sherman and Dean Gail Simmons, The College of New Jersey The College of New ...

Forensic Investigation: Seeking Justice Through Science
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, February 2005, Volume 4, Issue 6 Gregory Miller, Southern Oregon University In recent years, dozens of individuals have been exonerated of capital crimes and released from lifeimprisonment, ...

Half an Hour Away from the End of Civilization
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, February 2005, Volume 4, Issue 6 Teaching Nonproliferation to Understand Present and Safeguard Future Washington & Lee University to Host 2005 Teaching Nonproliferation Summer Institute ...

What Difference Does Teaching a SENCER Course Make?
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, July 2005, Volume 4, Issue 11 Recently, we asked a group of SENCER participants and colleagues at their institutions to tell us about the courses and programs that they have developed. We were ...

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 ...

Teaching Introductory Statistics Through Community Based Projects at Metropolitan State University
Posted: Mar 1 2008
SENCER E-Newsletter, March 2008, Volume 7, Issue 5 Cindy Kaus, Associate Professor and Chair of Mathematics Rikki Wagstrom, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Civic engagement is a core value at Metropolitan State ...

Global Science: Discourse and Collaboration
Posted: Feb 1 2008
SENCER E-Newsletter, February 2008, Volume 7, Issue 4 Dr. John A. Mecham, Department of Biology and Health Sciences, Meredith College Dr. Erica Kosal, Department of Biology, North Carolina Wesleyan College Dr. ...

SENCER Launches Digital Library Program
Posted: Dec 1 2007
SENCER E-Newsletter, December 2007, Volume 7, Issue 2 Chuck Gahun - Program Manager, SENCER Digital Library The SENCER national office is undertaking a major initiative to identify, categorize and deliver digital ...

NCSCE Funds Projects to Improve Teaching and Learning
Posted: Dec 1 2007
SENCER E-Newsletter, December 2007, Volume 7, Issue 2 NCSCE has funded a promising group of projects that emerged from discussions at the 2007 SENCER Summer Institute. Teams of 4-6 people who attended SSI 2007 ...

SSI 2007 Participants Work to Improve Education for All Students
Posted: Sep 1 2007
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2007, Volume 6, Issue 11 The 2007 SENCER Summer Institute passed quickly, as always, with full days, much discussion, and hard work done by all who spent the early part of August in ...

Assessment Designs for SENCER's Future: The SSI 2007 Assessment Plenary
Posted: Sep 1 2007
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2007, Volume 6, Issue 11 Richard P. Keeling - Senior Fellow, NCSCE More than 60 SENCER leaders and alumni gathered during this year's Summer Institute at the University of ...