{"id":4349,"date":"2012-08-30T18:52:20","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T22:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=4349"},"modified":"2016-12-21T09:41:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T14:41:44","slug":"cos-and-cecs-collaborate-for-stem-education-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/cos-and-cecs-collaborate-for-stem-education-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"COS and CECS collaborate on STEM education initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The College of Sciences and the College of Engineering and Computer Science have agreed to collaborate on STEM education initiatives.<\/p>\n

This collaborative effort, Initiatives in STEM<\/em> (iSTEM), is intended to promote and enhance COS and CECS collaboration on STEM education and STEM education research.<\/p>\n

“We hope to make it easier for faculty with an interest in these matters to find one another, form new or better collaborations, and increase their ability to get external funding,” said\u00a0Michael D. Johnson,\u00a0College of Sciences Dean.<\/p>\n

“We will also seek to include other colleges and units at UCF who are involved in STEM education and STEM education research,” Johnson said.<\/p>\n

Initiatives in STEM (iSTEM<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Faculty in CECS and COS are very active in STEM education, including outreach, recruitment, programs to improve student success, and research. To build on this success, and expand collaboration, the two colleges have agreed to work together on multi-disciplinary STEM education research, programs, and outreach efforts. Therefore, the CECS\/COS Initiatives in STEM (iSTEM<\/em>) effort has as its core mission to promote and enhance CECS and COS collaborative efforts on STEM education and research. iSTEM <\/em>will help us develop close ties with other colleges, centers, and institutes on campus, as well as other stakeholders with a similar interest in STEM initiatives. This includes both STEM and non-STEM units with an interest in STEM-related education.<\/p>\n

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