InTeGrate News and Announcements

• New Publication: Interdisciplinary Teaching About Earth and the Environment for a Sustainable Future
  A new book, Interdisciplinary Teaching About Earth and the Environment for a Sustainable Future, presents the outcomes of the InTeGrate project, a community effort funded by the National Science Foundation to improve Earth literacy, and build a workforce prepared to tackle environmental and resource issues. The book describes InTeGrate's instructor-developed curricula, which reaches a wide audience, sustainability and program level courses, and provides a framework for creating curricula, including rich examples of specific large program use, as well as tools for implementing multi-scale approaches to educational change.
• David McConnell Publishes Article on InTeGrate in Earth Magazine
  David McConnell of North Carolina State University published an article on InTeGrate in the latest issue of Earth magazine. Titled, "Making the first (and last) geoscience class count," the article calls attention to opportunities within introductory geoscience courses to address grand societal challenges that are rooted in the geosciences, thus helping students develop "an appreciation for the global perspective, cultural sensitivity and scientific insight that inform decisions regarding the challenges humans will face in the future."

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InTeGrate in the News

• AAC&U article on how institutions are designing, implementing, and assessing civic learning in their major. The geology and Earth science department at Wittenberg University for sharing their experience using InTeGrate materials
• News coverage of Pennsylvania State University's online teaching course Coastal Hazards.
• Professor Sarah Fortner, Wittenberg University (lead on an implementation program and co-author of a teaching module) is highlighted in the cover story of Wittenberg's Fall Magazine
• Penn State online InTeGrate courses highlighted in Penn State's Daily Collegian
• Professor Patricia Stapleton (co-author of the Major Storms and Community Resilience module) pens opinion piece in the Worcester, MA Daily Telegram
• Blog post by Professor Callan Bentley Mountain Beltway
• Mercer University organizes STEAM (STEM+Art) Day
• Blog post by Professor Callan Bentley Mountain Beltway
• Mercer University organizes Second Annual Mercer STEAM (STEM+Art) Day
• Blog post by Professor Laura Guertin in GeoEd Trek
• News coverage of Shippensburg University Implementation Program in local media as well as in Shippensburg University Magazine
• News coverage of Gustavus Adolphus College Implementation Program
• News coverage of Washington State Implementation Program From the Washington University Press Office, From the Ellensberg Daily Record, From the Ellensberg Daily Record
• News coverage of University of South Dakota Implementation Program
• Follow up news coverage from Carleton College Helping the Next Generation Save the Planet
• Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) provide member highlight
• Professor Sarah Fortner, Wittenberg University (lead on an implementation program and co-author of a teaching module) has done some excellent work with the City of Springfield around stormwater runoff. Here are a couple of news items resulting from her efforts: From WYSO at Antioch College, from Wittenberg College, and from the Springfield News-Sun
• News of the NSF Award Announcement
• News of the award announcement from Carleton College