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UVA-Wise Faculty and Student Outreach to Primary-Secondary Education in SW Virginia Challenge: For the socioeconomic populations served at the College, higher education may be perceived as unattainable or connately divergent. Challenge:

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UVA-Wise Faculty and Student Outreach to Primary-Secondary Education in SW Virginia

Challenge: For the socioeconomic populations served at the College, higher education may be perceived as unattainable or connately divergent.

Challenge: Remind students and teachers in our region that UVA-Wise is an excellent nearby resource. Three Examples of Outreach: 1-Girls Day in STEM, 2-Pedagogical Workshops, 3-Biodiversity Institute

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1 1 - Girls Day in STEM EM-H

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  • Provide local 6th grade girls with the
  • pportunity to learn more about and

get hands-on exposure to Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Health (STEM-H) fields

  • 2016 – 414, 6th graders
  • 2017 – 516, 6th graders
  • 2018 – 548, 6th graders
  • 2019 – planned

Madelyn Shell

  • Assoc. Prof.

Psychology Alexandria Reynolds

  • Asst. Prof.

Psychology Cahoon - UVA BOV, June 2019

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1 1 - Girls Day in STEM EM-H

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  • American Electric Power

Foundation awarded a grant to fund the event for three years

  • $75,000.00 grant
  • 2018 - 2020

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2 2 - Pedagogical O Outreach

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  • The science education faculty and

NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) student chapter visit schools in Wise, Lee, and Dickenson Counties.

  • During 2018-2019
  • 27 events were offered

Adriana Undreiu, Science Education Teaching Fellow David Goodman NSTA chapter president

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2 2 - Pedagogical O Outreach

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  • STEM and STREAM

events

  • preK – Middle School
  • 100-300 students and

parents

  • Teacher Workshops
  • Ideas and tools to

implement science in elementary lesson plans

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3 3 - Biodiversity Institu tute

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  • Purpose: provide continuing education credits to

science teachers in the SW VA region at no cost.

  • Week long course
  • 3 undergraduate credit hours
  • Stipend
  • Materials, lodging, meals
  • Began in 2016, 10 High School and Middle School

teachers each year.

  • The class fills immediately and has a waiting list.
  • Many participants want to return

Adrienne Hood Executive Director SW VA Public Education Consortium and Foundation

  • Funded by the Anne Carter and Walter R. Robins, Jr.

Foundation, $20,000.00 yearly grant

  • Adrienne Hood is currently seeking funding for a second course for

past participants

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3 3 - Biodiversity Institu tute

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  • The course is primarily field biology (botany,

herpetology, and vertebrates) using Stan’s Woods with a modern molecular species identification component.

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3 3 - Biodiversity Institu tute

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  • With this summer’s cohort, 40 local teachers have been

introduced to, or reminded of our college and faculty.

Bruce Cahoon, UVA BOV, June 2019

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Summary

  • Although student recruitment is led by the UVA-

Wise Office of Admission, faculty and students at the college lead outreach activities to increase awareness of our institution.

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