Halmos Biological Sciences Team Shares STEM Innovations

The Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS) Department of Biological Sciences Team shared innovations in undergraduate STEM education at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2022 Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference,  https://www.aacu.org/event/2022-stem

The presentation highlighted STEM education outreach work that is a partnership between NSU’s Department of Biological Sciences, Broward County Public Schools, and the non-profit, Science Alive www.sciencealivefl.org.  Additional funding came from Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society (https://www.sigmaxi.org/) . The team included students and faculty from NSU, University of Central Florida (UCF), and Nova Blanche Forman Elementary School, Broward County Public Schools. The work presented was by: Emily Schmitt Lavin, Carol Manikkuttiyil, Alina Poothurail, Alexander Lavin, Philopatier Ibrahim, Aleessa Celestin, Michele Parsons, and Aarti Raja and was titled, Science Buddies: A sustainable, scalable, and relatable afterschool STEM program led by college students.

Current and alumni team members were able to share experiences through the meeting of the NSU Biology Alumni and Community Advisory Group while at the conference in D.C. Specifically, current undergraduate students were able to collaborate with our alumni (BS Biology Class of 2018) Valentina Ramirez, M.D., Uniformed Services University (Class of 2022) and currently a Navy Orthopedic Surgeon in Training and Sophia Nguyen, soon to be D.O. from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Georgia (Class of 2023).

Posted 12/11/22