InTeGrate News and Announcements
- New Articles from the InTeGrate Project
Teaching for Earth Resilience: A Strategy for Increased Diversity and Equity by Sarah K. Fortner, Cathryn Manduca, Laura Guertin, David Szymanski, and Joshua Villalobos. This article calls attention to the importance of improving diversity and inclusion in the geosciences, and highlights the potential benefits of geoscience educators focusing on Earth resilience in an effort to equitably, justly, and sustainably manage, plan and adapt to resource challenges at local to global scales.
Classroom Observations Indicate the Positive Impacts of Discipline-Based Professional Development by Karen Viskupic, Katherine Ryker, Rachel Teasdale, Cathryn Manduca, Ellen Iverson, Dori Farthing, Monica Bruckner, and Rory McFadden. This article presents the observation results of instructor participation in professional development courses, and highlights the effectiveness of discipline-specific PD in impacting teaching practices.
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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