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- Biofilms - FRI Research Assistant Professor
The First-year Research Immersion (FRI) program at Binghamton University invites applications for a one-year renewable, full time Research Assistant Professor for our Microbial Biofilms in Human Health research stream (open to Ph.D.'s with microbiology background). Review of applications will begin March 30th. - FRI Research Assistant Professor - Environmental Visualization
The First-year Research Immersion (FRI) program at Binghamton University invites applications for a full time Research Assistant Professor position for the Environmental Visualization research stream (open to Ph.D.'s with a geospatial, geophysical, and remote sensing background on research in one or more fields in the broad discipline of Earth and Environmental Sciences). - Assistant Director, First-Year Research Immersion
The First-year Research Immersion (FRI) program, a three-semester sequence of CUREs that enrolls 300 science and engineering first-year students each year, is searching for an assistant director. The assistant director will play a key role in planning, overseeing and tracking results of the FRI program as well as aid in imagining future program trajectories such as post-FRI experiences and program enhancements, which in turn will assist with overall recruitment, alumni relations, educational assessment and grant proposals. - Drug Discovery Research Educator, First-year Research Immersion
The First-year Research Immersion (FRI) program at Binghamton University invites applications for a one-year renewable, full time Research Assistant Professor (also known as the Research Educator) position, to begin August 2023. This is a unique 10-month non-tenure track faculty position that directly combines teaching and research.
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Campus Centers in STEM Education
STEM education centers and related offices are the hub of campus-based efforts leading the transformation of undergraduate STEM education at their institutions and beyond. While there is large variety in the structure and identity of STEM education efforts, they all have common functions and goals. Read more »
The Network
NSEC is an organization of campus-based centers and offices that serve as catalysts for educational transformation in STEM. The network allows center leadership, university and college administrators, and state and national policymakers to have a central hub for their communal efforts. Read more »
Network Resources
Together with partners, NSEC has developed a number of resources that can assist STEM Education Centers in their missions and development. The STEM Ed Center Toolkit, Research Action Clusters, Center Profiles, and other resources are available to help spread expertise around the network Read more »
Join us at the Transforming Institutions Conference.
NSEC is co-hosting the Transforming Institutions Conference with ASCN, which is June 12-13, 2023 in Minneapolis. We encourage STEM education center directors and staff and the broader NSEC community to submit proposals to this biannual national conference. It has been a long time since we have had the chance to gather together to share our work and learn from one another. The TI Conference brings together researchers, practitioners, change agents, center staff and directors, university leadership, and policymakers to focus on transforming undergraduate education. Participants will have the opportunity to identify critical questions facing institutional change, foster connections with colleagues interested in change, and address important topics related to transforming institutions in higher education. We look forward to seeing you all this summer!
Center Roles in Undergraduate STEM Education: A Guide for Self-Evaluation
We are excited to share the Center Roles in Undergraduate STEM Education: A Guide for Self-Evaluation with the NSEC community! This publication provides a guide for STEM Education Centers (SECs) and Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTLs) to carry out a self-assessment process focusing on their roles in undergraduate STEM education. The guide and The Model for Center Practices in Undergraduate STEM Education developed and authored by Dr. Deborah Carlisle, is informed by research carried out at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as part of an APLU and NSF-funded project for NSEC by Dr. Gabriela C. Weaver and Dr. Deborah L. Carlisle. As part of the culmination of this research, we offer this guide to support the NSEC community, and the center community broadly, in their mission to improve undergraduate education.