The Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (the RiSE Center) is now accepting applications for undergraduate student employment as Maine Learning Assistants (MLAs) in the Faculty Course Modification Incentive Grant - Maine Learning Assistant (FIG-MLA) Program for Fall 2022. The FIG-MLA Program aims to strengthen instruction and learning outcomes in undergraduate courses. Instructors submit grant proposals […]

Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center) Colloquia & Seminar Series Presents Mindi Summers, Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Calgary Monday, April 11, 3:00–4:00 p.m. Zoom only (link and password available by email) Engaging students as scientists: Designing community-based research and experiential learning in biology Abstract: In this session, I will […]

Eliza Jacobs, a candidate for Master of Science in Teaching, will be defending her thesis titled, “Middle School Science Teachers’ Vulnerability in the Written Discourse of a Professional Learning Community.” Zoom meeting: for the Zoom link and password, please contact Professor Beth Hufnagel. Abstract Vulnerability is omnipresent in personal and professional human experiences (Gilson, 2011; Lasky, […]