Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy, attended the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) summer conference last week. He presented a workshop, “Demo Kit in a Box: Sound and Wave” and presided over the “Physics and Society: Climate Change” session that he had organized. Both the workshop and session were well attended and generated good discussions amongst participants. In addition to […]
Lisa Nawrot (Psy), Sumali Pandey (Bio) and Donna Stockrahm (Bio) attended the CUR Undergraduate Research Programs conference June 27-29 at the Ohio State University. You might know CUR from its signature student programs — Posters on the Hill and NCUR, the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. But there are more resources and events for both faculty and students. CUR divisions […]
Twelve psychology students enrolled in Psychology 390: Animal Assisted Therapies each completed eight hours of service and experiential learning activities at Red River Equestrian Center north of Moorhead this summer. Students learned about what goes into taking care of therapy horses, observed a special needs riding lesson and learned about horse communication and herd behavior. Students also had the opportunity […]
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) hosted the 2019 Noyce Summit: The Role of Teacher Preparation Programs in STEM Teacher Retention in High-Need School Districts in Washington DC July 10-12. In attendance were Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy, and Alison Wallace, Biosciences, co-principal investigators with Tim Harms, Mathematics, for MSUM’s Noyce […]
Tim Harms, Mathematics Department, attended the Cognitively Guided Instruction Research & Policy Forum June 24. This was held in Minneapolis, MN as part of the National CGI Conference.