New Initiative to Harvest and Disseminate Pearls of Practice from the SENCER Community
Posted: May 2 2013
Over the next three years, a team of SENCER practitioners will identify and refine such "Pearls of Practice," which will be published electronically in "strings" by civic themes.

Stony Brook University Hosts SCI-Midatlantic Spring Conference
Posted: Apr 17 2013
More than 80 educators and administrators from New York and New Jersey gathered at Stony Brook University on March 28 to discuss methods of improving STEM education.

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.

Science, Human Rights, and Your Involvement
Posted: Apr 3 2013
It is my hope that this series will serve as a prelude to an ongoing and engaged discussion about our role in overcoming the barriers, creating the applications, testing the value, articulating the benefits and educating the next generation in how to further human rights through science and technology.

Science, Human Rights and the Expanding Role of the Private Sector
Posted: Mar 20 2013
What are the implications of this for the significant and increasing role of private companies and institutions in research and development?

New Issue of Journal Now Available
Posted: Mar 20 2013
We are pleased to announce the Winter 2013 issue of Science Education and Civic Engagement: An International Journal. This issue continues our mission of publishing articles that share innovations, insights, and assessment results with an international community of educators.

Washington Symposium Highlights Campus Achievements, Student Leadership, and New Initiatives
Posted: Mar 20 2013
The overarching Symposium theme of reaching 'a tipping point' in the transformation of STEM education was addressed by Dr. Martin Storksdieck, director of the Board on Science Education, Dr. Mel Schiavelli, executive vice president of Northern Virginia Community College, David Burns, executive director of NCSCE, and presenters across sessions during the program.

Washington Symposium Speakers to Address Communication, the New Standards, Science and Human Rights: Deadline to Register is March 6
Posted: Mar 6 2013
The annual National Center for Science and Civic Engagement (NCSCE) Washington Symposium and Capitol Hill Poster Session brings together educators, students, community members, and policy leaders to discuss the connection of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics course content to civic issues and implications of public policy on curricula; as well as to recognize campus work and consider new initiatives.

Connecting Where You Live With What You Teach â The Alaska SCEWest Node
Posted: Mar 6 2013
Larry reports that, "the SENCER network and SCEWestNet node for Alaska are making an impact with rural and minority students in Alaska, where place-based science courses and activities about current issues are valued." He believes that, "where you live should have something to do with what you teach."

Save the date: SENCER Midatlantic Center for Innovation Regional Conference Bringing SENCER to SEBS
Posted: Oct 11 2012
The Fall Conference for the MidAtlantic SCI will be on November 16, at Rutgers University on the Cook Campus, the location of the School for Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS).

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 ...

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 ...

Structural Support for Improved Learning in Sciences and Mathematics
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, March 2004, Volume 2, Issue 7 Joseph Voelker, now dean of the college of arts and sciences at the University of Hartford, was associate dean at Franklin and Marshall College (F&M) when he ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Coal in the Heart of Appalachian Life: A Learning Community
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, December 2004, Volume 4, Issue 4 Phillip J. Mason, Judy Byers, Debra Hemler, Andreas Baur, Galen Hansen, and Noel Tenney, Fairmont State University Coal in the Heart of Appalachian Life is ...

The Evolution of the Model: Science, Society, and Global Threats
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, March 2005, Volume 4, Issue 7 The course, "Science, Society, and Global Catastrophes" was originally introduced as a SENCER Model in 2001. We recently asked model developer, Theo ...

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 ...

SENCER Selects Seven Courses and Programs for 2008 Model Series
Posted: Jul 1 2008
SENCER E-Newsletter, July/August 2008, Volume 7, Issue 9 SENCER is pleased to announce the selection of seven courses and programs as additions to the 2008 SENCER Model Series. SENCER Featured and Emerging Model ...