Connecticut State University System Programs

The four campuses of the CSU System fund, obtain outside funding for, and participate in various STEM-related educational programs, which include by campus:

1. College Board AP Biology Training Program. Eastern CT State University , Program provides training to high school teachers throughout Connecticut and New England on how to do the types of laboratory and field research activities needed to provide a high school AP Biology course and prepare high school students to pass the AP Biology College Board exam. Ann ual summer institutes provide the hands-on training to teachers with follow-up Eastern campus visits by teachers and the ir high school students, as well as visits to the participating high schools College Board master teacher partners in Connecticut . Contact, Adele Swart at Eastern Connecticut State University : ASwart@eastconn.org
   
   
2. Institute for Sustainable Energy. Eastern CT State University : Located at Eastern Connecticut State University , the Institute's mission is to identify, develop and become an objective energy and educational resource regarding the means for achieving a sustainable energy future. Currently, the Institute for Sustainable Energy is involved in four types of sustainable energy education initiatives: a) educational outreach to K-12 schools/ universities and professional development for individuals in the energy industry, b) maintaining a clearinghouse of energy sustainability information, c) developing energy solutions for communities and d) helping with public policy on energy issues throughout Connecticut . The Institute for Sustainable Energy is involved in a variety of K-12 energy education curriculum development and implementation initiatives, while providing seminars, workshops and symposiums for professional development to the energy industry. The Institute is assisting Connecticut communities in the development of sustainable energy plans, has developed the “Green Campus” initiative at Eastern. Contact Laurel Kohl KOHLL@eastern.edu
   
   
3. Chlamydomonas Teaching Center . Eastern CT State University : CSU-AAUP grant. A Web site with information on tested laboratory protocols, methods, resources, and links to other educational sites for undergraduate teaching and research with the unicellular green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii – one of the most used organisms in the world for molecular and cell biology undergraduate teaching and research . Contact, Dr. Michael Adams, Department of Biology at Eastern Connecticut State University . See http://149.152.32.229/~mikeadams/
   
   
4. Project Wonderwise. Eastern CT State University : Funded Toyota USA Foundation. A long-running NEA award-winning program that collaborates with national 4-H programs in a variety of states and U.S. territories to provide multimedia bilingual (Spanish/English) hands-on science learning experiences in many types of ecological issues to 4-6 th grade teachers/students. One of the nine science education video/CD-ROM/ and teacher activity packages, “The Urban Ecologist”, was developed by Dr. Carmen R Cid, wetland ecologist and Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Eastern Connecticut State University. http://wonderwise.unl.edu .
   
   
5. Learning Tools in Earth Science. Eastern Connecticut State University and Southern Connecticut State University : Program funded by a Connecticut State University System gran t. A multimedia resource developed by Eastern and Southern Connecticut State University faculty to improve learning in Earth Science. This WEB-based video learning tool can be used to: a) practice mineral identification skills by manipulating images of identified minerals and unidentified rocks (seeing state-of-the-art 360o views of all major minerals), and b) to take video-based virtual geology education field trips to sites in Connecticut, Greenland and Georgia. http://www.easternct.edu/depts/LTES/LTES-ver5 .
   
   
6. ConnCAP Program: Nellie Mae Foundation - $87,508 grant to support long-term summer and after school academic support program for minority students in grades 7 – 12 low-income communities in the Hartford area.
   
   
7. ConnCAPP Program: Department of Higher Education and o the r private funding . Windham and New London region. This nationally-recognized long-running program exposes students to science and technology learning during the campus residential component of the program. Contact Rob Pote, Assistant Director poter@wcsu.edu

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