Stephen Thomas – STEM Education @ State

STEM+ Teaching Essentials

The STEM+ Teaching Essentials workshop series is focused on helping current, new, and future STEM faculty and academic staff (including post-docs and graduate students) develop their instructional practices. MSU faculty lead these lunchtime workshops that explore essential topics in teaching and learning. The series is sponsored by the APUE Please click here to be added […]

MSU STEM+ Meet and Greet This Friday (Sept. 23rd)

Come join your STEM+ colleagues from across campus for a slice of pie, a cup of coffee or tea, and an informal discussion about STEM+ education and education research at MSU. When: 3-5 pm, Friday, September 23rd Location: 2130 STEM Building In addition to refreshments we are hoping you will fill out one of our […]

Equitable Pedagogy Learning Community

For many instructors, COVID revealed unintentional barriers to learning in the classroom. Perhaps it was inflexible attendance policies, or grading policies that focused on behavior and concealed true learning, or hidden curriculum that privileged students who were willing to ask for more time / credit / help over students too embarrassed to do so. The […]

STEM+ Ed@State Fall 2022 Offerings

Dear Dear STEM+ Teaching, Ed Researcher & STEAM Enthusiast Colleagues, Welcome to the Fall Semester! Hopefully, you had some time to refresh over the summer. There are many new opportunities that have been added to our fall line-up to connect you to the larger community of STEM+ faculty and education researchers across campus. We look forward to learning with […]

Art and Science Film Festival Hosted by MSU Museum

MSU Museum Collaborates on a New Outdoor Film SeriesExploring Humankind’s Understanding of the World After two years of social distancing and other precautions due to the ongoing pandemic, the MSU Museum is pleased to bring the local community together in an outdoor public setting for an exciting new films series that will entertain, enlighten, and […]

Giraffe Skulls and Graphite Pencils

Recently comparative anatomy students at Michigan State University found themselves in a room with art graduate students and other members of the community participating in a new series of activities promoting the intersection of arts and sciences. Specimens from the MSU Museum were on loan and displayed for an open drawing session where both artists […]

NEW COURSE OFFERING IN ART AND SCIENCE

Course Title: Art and Science in the LaboratorySTA 491LGiltner Hall, RM 255TTH 3-5:30 ‘Bacteria perform processes. Scientists perform experiments. Algorithms perform actions. Humans perform gender and sex. The question is who or what nowadays doesn’t perform?’ – Chris Salter Why is this course Needed? The integration of arts into science practice has resulted in a […]

STEM ED – 3D Learning

3-Dimensional Learning Three-dimensional learning (3DL) in STEM education is a model described in the National Research Council’s Framework for K-12 Science Education, a recent document outlining a research-based approach toward facilitating a coherent, in-depth understanding of the sciences for K-12 students. 3DL posits that teaching and learning of a scientific discipline should involve three features: disciplinary […]

NEWS – $17 million gift creates MSU undergraduate scholars program and supports faculty in Engineering

Alumnus Martin Vanderploeg supports first-generation students and expands engineering research EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University has received a $17 million gift from an alumnus that will create a signature program to help first-generation students succeed in college and will fund additional endowments to attract and retain faculty leaders in engineering. Martin J. Vanderploeg, a technology pioneer […]

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