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Partnership Awards
South Carolina State University
The SCSU NRTS (CNRT) continued to shift the emphasis of the project from a largely
computer and Internet orientation toward greater involvement with NASA research, education
and public outreach programs. While support was provided for programs from all NASA
enterprises, the greatest support at the lead institution was for space science, in order to build
upon existing, related programs.
Faculty Support:
The CNRT provided the following for MSET faculty members in Year 5:
 Provided funds for release time for one mathematics faculty member for two semesters to
continue to integrate the use of the commercial software package Mathematica into calculus
courses.
 Provided funds for release time and travel for one physics faculty member for two
semesters to develop coursework in cosmology for non-science majors.
 Provided staff support and took the lead in writing two major proposals to NASA for
curriculum enhancement and research in space science. One proposal was funded for $1.2
million over four years and the other $750,000 proposal is pending.
 Provided summer faculty salaries for three physics faculty members and one mathematics
faculty member to carry out research and curriculum development related to space science.
 Provided technical support, assistance and advice for four faculty members considering
submission of a proposal to the South Carolina Space Grant Consortium. Two of the faculty
members did submit proposals and one of those was funded for $3,600 for curriculum
enhancement of a biology course.
Student Support:
 The URIA summer program in astrophysics for 10 students is believed to be the only one of
its kind in the country, which specifically supports undergraduate student researchers in
astrophysics, who underrepresented minority students. See
www.cnrt.scsu.edu/projects/astro00/astro2000.htm.
 CNRT supported academic year and summer positions for six students in business
management, physics and computer science. Work experience included astrophysical
research, mentoring of other MSET students enrolled in mathematics courses, plus PC and
UNIX system support as well as computer hardware and software support
 An additional 2-4 undergraduates in MSET were not funded during the academic year
because of cash flow problems with incremental funding and delays in receiving funds from the
funding agency.
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 Additional student training and support was planned for the summer of 2000 but had to be
canceled because of the late arrival of the final installment of funds from the funding agency.
Specific programs which were cancelled included:
o Two undergraduate student researchers from SCSU were to be funded to carry
out research at partner school FIU.
o Two undergraduates from partner schools were to be funded to attend the URIA
summer research program at SCSU.
o Six high school students were to be funded to conduct research during the
summer.
Infrastructure Support:
 CNRT installed $50,000+ new videoconferencing equipment in the existing MUSPIN
computer training lab for use for group videoconferencing as well as training.
 CNRT upgraded or replaced computers or printers for 10 faculty members in physics and
engineering technology.
 CNRT transferred older computer equipment from the training lab or faculty offices to three
faculty members and an outside astronomical group (PARI - see below under partnerships) to
interface with laboratory equipment or to be disassembled and reassembled by students for
training purposes.
 CNRT converted MUSPIN Pentium computers in the training lab to dual-boot systems
supporting Windows and Linux. UNIX and Linux training as well as astrophysical image
processing in the MUSPIN lab at SCSU are now possible.
Technical Support:
The CNRT staff provided the following support to specific faculty members and/or their projects
during the past year:
 Web publishing training, software support and color laser printing for 40 high school
students attending a summer camp at SCSU funded by the U.S. DOT.
 Web publishing support, software support, networked color and black and white printing
support for 4 faculty members in the Industrial Technology Education Program at SCSU.
 Hardware and software support for the recently funded NASA PAIR program at SCSU.
 Computer hardware and web assistance for SCSU's NASA-funded MURED-MASTAP
program.
 Disk space on the CNRT server for the undergraduate field station in environmental
science (www.cnrt.scsu.edu/fieldstation).
 System and network support for Allen University.
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Presentations:
CNRT provided funding for the following presentations during Year 5:
 Three SCSU faculty posters at the national MUSPIN national meeting in Sept. 1999.
 Five student posters (with a total of 7 student authors) at the MUSPIN national meeting in
Sept. 1999
 The CNRT PI was one of the presenters in the MUSPIN Space Mission Involvement
Workshop via videoconference in December 1999. His presentation was the only remote
presentation as all others were being broadcast from a single location.
 Funded an undergraduate physics major to present his MUSPIN-funded astrophysics
research at the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) meeting in Tallahassee,
Florida, in January 2000.
External Partnerships & Collaborations:
The CNRT was instrumental in establishing the following new external partnerships and/or
collaborations in Year 5. Additional partnerships, which were already in place at the beginning
of Year 5, are listing in Section VIII of this report.
 SCSU became a charter member of the Robotically Controlled Telescope Consortium
(RCT), which will take over management of the Kitt Peak 1.3 meter telescope. See Section
VIII for more details.
 SCSU physics faculty members developed a working relationship with their counterparts at
the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI). They partnered with UVI on one proposal to NASA
which was awarded (PAIR) and one, which is pending (OSS).
 CNRT developed a working relationship with a planetary geologist at the College of
Charleston (CofC). She is providing one of the URIA 2000 students with access to geology
laboratories and other resources at the CofC for research purposes during the summer of
2000. The results of this collaboration will be included in the student poster at the MUSPIN
national meeting in September 2000.
 In conjunction with the NASA PAIR project, the CNRT PI and other SCSU physics faculty
members are developing a working relationship with a privately owned, non-profit organization
known as the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI - see www.pari.edu). This radio
astronomy facility in North Carolina is on the site of a former NASA satellite tracking station.
Future student research projects in radio astronomy as well as teacher training and outreach
projects are anticipated.
 Numerous other partnerships on awarded or pending proposals with government labs,
universities and private industry are described in detail in Section VIII of this report. This
includes active or future partnerships with the Goddard Space Flight Center, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, Kitt Peak National Observatory, Western Kentucky University,
Clemson University, National Instruments and Kansas-based A Tech.
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Workshops Hosted or Co-hosted by CNRT:
 The November 9-10, 1999, Fall NRTS Workshop in conjunction with the ECSU and TSU
NRTS. Space Science and Earth Science researchers and educators as well as NOVA
educators were presenters.
 The November 10, 1999, OSS Research Workshop, was sponsored by the SCSU NRTS at
the request of and in partnership with the South Carolina Space Grant Consortium. NASA and
university speakers gave presentations.
 The SCSU NRTS was the site of the regional broadcast of the MUSPIN Space Mission
Involvement Workshop via videoconference in December 1999.
 The SCSU NRTS co-hosted the NOVA workshop in Hampton, VA, in March 2000, sending
four teams from its partner schools.
 The SCSU NRTS participated in the Prairie View A&M NOVA workshop in April 2000 by
sending three teams from its partner schools.
 CNRT and partner school Orangeburg-Wilkinson (OW) High School sponsored a 1-day
workshop on March 17, 2000, at OW. Presenters included SCSU faculty members, K-12
teachers and NASA-related speakers from NASA Quest and the Center for Education
Technology (managers of NASA's Classroom of the Future).
 CNRT and the Biology Department at SCSU funded a traveling museum exhibit, which
covered discoveries, inventions and contributions by African-Americans to the fields of science
and technology.
 CNRT and the NASA PAIR program sponsored a 1-week workshop on campus, which
introduced the commercial software package LabView. A commercial vendor provided
training.
Travel and Training for Faculty, Staff and Students:
 Travel to the MUSPIN National Meeting in Sept. 1999 was partially or fully funded for the
PI, 4 CNRT staff members, 4 SCSU faculty members and 8 students (3 from SCSU and 5 from
other schools)
 Two of the SCSU faculty members who traveled to the MUSPIN national meeting in Sept.
1999 where new to MUSPIN. They were biology faculty members and part of an attempt on
the part of CNRT to involve life-science faculty members at SCSU with NASA programs.
 Additionally, CNRT provided funds for travel and registration by SCSU faculty members to
the following meetings or workshops:
o 1 faculty member to JPL for the NASA National ERC meeting.
o 1 faculty member to Greenbank, WV for an NSF short-course on radio
astronomy.
o 1 faculty member to Harvard University for an NSF short-course on cosmology
o 1 faculty member to a national meeting on the effects of high-energy particles on
space-based electronic circuitry and chips.
o 1 faculty member to a national meeting on signal processing.
 One CNRT staff member traveled to Austin, TX, for training in the use and maintenance of
the new CNRT VTEL videoconferencing lab.
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 Two SCSU faculty members, 1 CNRT staff member and 10 URIA summer students
traveled to Arizona and New Mexico to tour astronomical observatories.
In-Service Teacher Support:
 CNRT funded 4 high school and middle school teachers to assist with the space science
summer camp for middle school students, Academy One.
 CNRT funded travel for 3 K-12 teachers to the MUSPIN National meeting in Sept. 1999.
 CNRT had to cancel two programs it intended to fund in the summer of 2000 because of
the late arrival of the final installment of funds. These programs were to be:
o A summer NASA GLOBE training workshop for 20 K-12 teachers.
o Two K-12 teachers were to be funded to serve as mentors for 6-8 high school
student who would carry out a summer research project related to the NASA
Classroom of the Future (COTF) software BioBlast.
Camps and Institutes:
The following camps and institutes were supported in Year 5 by MUSPIN funding. Details
about the programs can be found at the listed web sites.
 The Undergraduate Research Institute in Astrophysics (URIA) involved 2 SCSU faculty
members and 10 underrepresented minority undergraduate students from six universities
around the country for eight weeks in the summer of 2000. For more details,
see (www.cnrt.scsu.edu/program/astro00/astro2000.htm).
 The Space Science and Technology Academy One program for middle school students
involved 20 middle school students, four K-12 teachers, plus several SCSU faculty members,
students and CNRT staff members. One highlight of the program was a live videoconference
with Dr. Aprille Ericsson-Jackson from the Goddard Space Flight Center. More details can be
found at: www.cnrt.scsu.edu/projects/academy00/
Allen University
Allen University has used the MUSPIN support to greatly improve its computer and network
capabilities over the past year. All MUSPIN infrastructure continues to reside in the J. S.
Flipper Library, a central location on campus and a natural place for use of the WWW in
research and for course work. During the past year, through the MUSPIN project:
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Installation of cabling for the computers was completed by Lucent Technologies.
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Five new Pentiums have been added to the curriculum lab.
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Sent a team to the NASA NOVA workshop and submitted a NOVA proposal.
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Benedict College
Benedict sent a team to the NASA NOVA workshop.
Bowman Middle/High School
Bowman continued to participate in the NASA GLOBE Program. Additionally, Bowman
participated in the CNRT Academy One program. Ms. Lillie Robinson served as the Faculty
Coordinator for Academy One.
Claflin College
Claflin College has been an active collaborating member of the NASA/CNRT Project. The
main purpose of this project is to provide infrastructure, technical support, and training in the
use of Internet and related technology for educational research programs in SMET fields by
the faculty, staff, and students. It also provides some services to the community.
Goals of Claflin Project:
The primary project mission is to educate the disadvantaged student population for advancing
global knowledge of the sciences (math, computer technology, Internet, etc.)
NOVA: Claflin sent a team to the NASA NOVA workshop and submitted a NOVA proposal.
Achievements:
Claflin has established a strong information and computer technology center with eleven labs,
consisting of 200 MHz to 350 MHz processors. All administration buildings and classrooms
are networked with a backbone of fiber optic technology, and each building has its own bridge
for network connectivity. The college has completed its web server installation as well as a
DNS server, DHCP server and e-mail server, also the school has established a UNIX lab with
a Sun Ultra server, printer server, and application server using its own funds. It is providing
training workshops for faculty, staff, and students for a wide variety of topics in the use of the
Internet and related technologies. The college offered three training workshops in the fall of
1998, additional workshops will be offered during 1999 spring semester. Student training has
increased on use of the Internet and related technology through a variety of activities and
funded programs. Two of the five resident halls are connected to the fiber backbone and there
are scheduled for connectivity during the summer of 1999. This will provide a part/pillow for all
students in these resident halls. Additionally, the backbone hardware is currently being
upgraded from a shared 10 Meg to switched 100 Meg, and all thin net cabling will be replaced
with Cat five UTP cabling in all buildings on campus.
CS200:
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This is a computer concept course, required of all freshmen. It is a basic course, which
improves the computer skills of the students. The student is introduced to the Internet, World
Wide Web, FTP, and email. In this course, students learn research skills and use computer to
make personal web pages.
BIO 102:
This course is an introduction to the characteristics of biodiversity, with emphasis on cell
structure and function. Sexual reproduction, human health, and inter-ecological relationships
are discussed. Students are encouraged to do research through the World Wide Web, with
email being the most efficient way of sending and receiving
information in a given field. Students research and make individual web pages as
assignments of the biological interactions.
Chem. 103 Earth Science:
This course is an introduction to the Principles of Geology, Meteorology, and Astronomy. By
using the Internet facilities, students are able to understand the nature of the environment of
the universe and become capable of sustaining continuous healthy human development.
Students by retrieving information from Internet are able to identify pollution problems in the
groundwater, surface water, air, and soil systems.
GIS:
The GIS required for data acquisition and analysis has been installed at Claflin College. The
funds required for this work were provided by CDC/HUD grant.
MUSPIN Mission:
The project mission is to strengthen the science, math, and engineering facilities at MUSPIN
institutions. The resources of this grant make it easy and enjoyable to educate students. As a
result, research capacity and capability of the college have improved during the tenure of this
grant.
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Science students are receiving internships and research opportunities as the Network
provides easy access to available resources and information.
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Biology, chemistry, math, computer faculty and engineering can collaborate with
researchers at other universities, Savannah River Site, Clemson, USC, MUSC, and SCSU
corporations through email and the World Wide Web.
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Faculty members are writing proposals and mailing them electronically, saving time and
minimizing work such as photocopying.
The Department of Computer Science uses the Internet and has developed several research
techniques for different studies. The college faculty is conducting research
Claflin has several collaborating programs with the University of Georgia, (Savannah River
Site), Dr. Gary Mills, and Dr. Paul Burch. These key persons are working with Dr. S. Sandhu.
Students are also taking part in environmental research.
Dr. Dillard, Dr. Sandhu, and Mrs. Leslie Robertson have collaborating activities with Dr. Debra
Kayle at MUSC. The objective of this project is to study the toxicity of jet fuel on pregnant
mice.
Summer Science Camp:
Several summer projects, funded by DOE, NSF, etc., enroll a large number of pre-college
students for preparing them to select careers in science, math, engineering, and technology.
The participants range from 7th graders to rising high school seniors. The CNRT project
prepares these students in computer science, math, biology, and chemistry, and it is very
successful. Students stay on campus during six weeks of summer and take CS 200, Math
111, and English 102 college level courses.
Saturday Academy:
It is a continuation of summer activities for 7th and 8th graders. To participate in this project,
students must have a 3.5 GPA or higher. They attend classes every second Saturday and are
taught computer science, mathematics, typing, and standard test taking skills. Upon
successful completion of the Saturday Academy, students are given a small stipend.
Project Life Positeen:
This provides tutoring for pre-college students from 5th to 8th graders through out the year.
One of the several objectives of this project is to provide computer literacy to disadvantaged
student population at an early stage.
Prizm Project:
The project prepares pre-college students for careers in SMET. Participants in this project
must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Students are trained in the fields of science, using Internet
facilities. Two faculty and the counselors are involved in this project. Science study for
minority students is the main focus of the Department of Education.
Health Career Opportunity Program (HCOP)
HCOP Bridge:
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It enrolls twenty-five (25) freshmen that are interested in health careers. They are offered CS
200, English, and math courses to improve their academic skills.
HCOP Preliminary:
It enrolls twenty-five (25) current freshman and sophomores who are interested in health
careers. They are offered statistical computing, and technical writing for improving their
academic skills. They use computer-assisted revision and preparation for MCAT and GRE.
HCOP Summer Research Internships:
The students search the Internet for available summer research activities with larger
universities and medical schools. Normally, 25 Division of Science students end up in
receiving summer internships.
SCAMP Bridge:
Enrolls 20 freshman SMET students. They are offered computer science 200, pre-cal and
English courses to enhance their academic skills.
SCAMP Summer Research:
Three of SMET students have been working under SCAMP project every year.
CDC:
This project funded by HUD will empower the Orangeburg City residents to become
homeowners, businessmen, well educated in worldly affairs, which may lead to a crimeless
society.
Relevance to MUSPIN Mission and Contribution to CNRT's Consortium:
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Claflin College has sponsored training programs for its faculty and staff for the past 10
months. At least four hours a week are given for training. Having been somewhat behind in
terms of Internet Connectivity, we are now doing very well in the training area.
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Faculty and staff attended UNIX and Windows NT installation and administrative courses,
funded by MUSPIN.
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Every faculty member has a personal computer with Internet connectivity, and they are
working and learning on their own.
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Claflin College has a pre-college outreach program, funded by USDOE for four years, at a
cost of $1.3 million. This program involves using the Internet and World Wide Web for
student research and learning computer skills.
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UNIX training sessions were conducted for all CS and MIS students as well as some
faculty.
Edward Waters College
Edward Waters College continues to implement bold plans to upgrade its capabilities to deliver
educational services to its students. This year the Jacksonville City Council approved a $9
million industrial bond issue to finance facilities improvements and new construction.
EWC also announced plans to bring a football team to the campus again after a 34-year
absence. The College kicked off the capital fund-raising campaign during the February, 2000
homecoming week activities.
Another returning program for the Summer of 2000 is the Upward Bound college preparation
program for low-income and first-generation college students. In addition to it's own program,
EWC will serve as the residential site for the FCCJ summer Upward Bound Program.
EWC and the Jacksonville Urban League entered into collaborative partnership to train and
educate Head Start staff and recruit more students to major in Early Childhood Development.
EWC as part of the agreement will become a Head Start satellite campus, providing the
technical facilities needed to effectively train employees and parents seeking a college degree.
Enrollment is also on the increase for the accelerated degree program for full time employees,
the Credentials for Leadership in Business and Management (CLIMB). Bell South participates
as a corporate sponsor for the CLMB program in that all of the courses are held in their
downtown Jacksonville corporate office building.
The College's aggressive recruitment approach is complemented by such activities as the
ongoing "Success Express" campaign sponsored by CSX Transportation and the World Wide
Web presence that have manifested a steady increase in enrollment. The CSX program
features a special train car for recruitment that features EWC and promotes the benefits of a
college education for minority youth. The nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show
broadcast several times from EWC for purposes of recruiting and promoting participation in the
2000 Census.
Here are the major highlights of the year:
1. A wireless LAN was replaced with an under ground fiber link across a State Road to
connect the Tookes Communication Building and the Hatcher Stewart Math and Science
Buildings, thus physically joining two major sections of the campus.
2. Another major part of the infrastructure was completed with the establishment of a new
Fiber connection between a quadrant of buildings: Lee Adm, Tookes Communication &
Assessment Center.
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3. A new computer lab with a network server, 2 printers, and 10 workstations was established
in the student Assessment Center.
4. UNCF support provided infrastructure assessment consulting and significant equipment
upgrades for the computer labs and faculty. EWC is currently receiving 23 network
printers, fifty (50) 450 MHz desktops, and 19 network servers. Through other grant funding
the College has on order fifteen (15) 500 MHz Gateway computers for administrative
upgrades.
5. SDSL Internet connectivity has been contracted to upgrade the College to 2.3 MBPS.
6. EWC faculty and staff participated in the Fall, 1999 CNRT workshops and began the
process of applying for the NOVA grant to be funded through CNRT.
7. The MIS staff implemented support for campus wide connectivity so that students and staff
can now access respective network files from anywhere on campus and all students
registered are automatically assigned a network account and email account.
8. During the 1999-2000 academic year, a full-time Coordinator was employed to manage all
activities involving the various campus computer labs. This facilitated smooth scheduling,
maintenance and supervision of student assistants.
9. EWC and SCSU jointly submitted a proposal under the Space Telescope Science institute
IDEAS program, which unfortunately was not funded this year.
10. EWC sent a team to the NASA NOVA workshop and submitted a NOVA proposal.
Florida International University
Florida International University (FIU) has purchased and set up the SGI high performance
computing platform (supercomputer) to serve the university community under the sponsorship
of the NASA/MUSPIN Project. This high performance computing platform is used as a
centralized network server for Internet access and for running numeric intensive applications,
simulations, and modeling to enhance and strengthen the research capabilities in the sciences
and engineering at FIU and other schools. FIU is designated as a Historically Black College
and University/Minority Institution with a student population of over 30,000 students, of which
approximately 51% are Hispanic and 14.6% are African-American.
FIU Activities:
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FIU faculty, research staff, and students are currently using the MUSPIN-funded
supercomputer to perform research activities and projects, teach courses, train
students, and serve private industry. FIU's research and expertise areas are diverse.
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FIU faculty, research staff, and students are performing several projects for other
federal agencies. Due to the high performance computing capabilities, FIU has been
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able to leverage over ½ million dollars in funding from NSF and DOE. These projects
have exposed our minority students to modeling and simulation activities and to
supercomputing environment.
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The research staff at FIU's Hemispheric Center for Environmental Technology (HCET)
is performing numerical applications, simulations, and modeling in the area of
environmental energy and earth sciences, including decontamination and
decommissioning, bioremediation, thermal sciences, and computational fluid dynamics.
Furthermore, HCET's staff and students are currently conducting several projects for
private companies (LTC Americas) on the high performance computer, a good example
of how MUSPIN infrastructure will assist in technology transfer at FIU. HCET was able
to compete and obtain funding for this project due to the high performance computing
capabilities.
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FIU's Mechanical Engineering Department faculty is currently conducting research in
the areas of material sciences, robotics, and applied mechanics. Also, a Mechanical
Engineering professor is teaching a course to students (PRO-E software) on the SGI
computer. This course is exposing students to the supercomputing environment and
enhancing their knowledge and understanding of the engineering curriculum.
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FIU's Computer Information Center has conducted several training sessions on the SGI
computer for students, faculty, and staff. The sessions have included topics such as
email, Netscape, numerical simulation, etc.
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FIU’s VISION (Very Intensive Scientific Intercurricular Onsite Education) project was
established to institutionalize change among the 7th grade science and mathematics
teachers at participating public middle schools. VISION uses vast quantities of high
quality learning modules, lessons, hands-on experiments and other educational
materials available at NASA and other scientific repositories. Learning modules are
presented to students, teacher, and parents/guardians and then, training sessions are
provided to teachers on how to implement the learning modules. This year, Project
VISION has identified over 155 learning modules and has trained 155 teachers from 50
schools.
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The acquisition of the high performance computer is already enhancing FIU’s
competitive edge, especially for minority teachers. FIU graduates the largest number of
Hispanic engineers in the continental U.S. Therefore, many of those students will enter
the workforce with the experience in the areas of modeling and simulation performed on
a high performance computer.
CNRT Consortium:
FIU hosted and participated in MUSPIN’s Ninth Annual Users’ Conference on September 2124, 1999. The theme of the conference was “Preparing for MUSPIN 2000: a New MUSPIN for
the New Millennium.
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Robert E. Howard Middle School
The Howard Connection is still in effect. The community can access and browse through
Internet sites. Parents are taught (1) how to utilize the Internet to access information to help
with parenting; (2) how to make the Internet as safe as possible for their children to surf the
net; (3) a list of good educational and game sites is being compiled and updated and
disseminated to those who are interested. We basically answer and tell them where to find the
answer to their technology problems.
The computer club’s main goals this year were to keep the website updated, compile and
distribute websites that feature science fair projects and experiments and distribute them to the
teachers, and continue compiling and updating educational websites that would interest
students and teachers.
The GLOBE Project activities have been used in science and math classes even though the
entire concept of GLOBE is not being utilized as it was designed.
The STOPS persons on campus offer a variety of courses during work days and after school
on Power Point, Utilizing the Internet, Excel, and Microsoft Word. The courses concentrate on
using the tools to create effective teacher-related materials.
18 teachers who bring their classes to teach Internet lessons have utilized the lab in F-1. The
lessons have ranged from doing a scavenger hunt on Martin Luther King to comparing and
selecting their car (options, expenses, discounts, obtaining loans, etc.) they will own in the
future.
Internet access is school wide and district wide. We now send our memorandums via email.
Morris College
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As a result of Internet connectivity, funding from NASA/MUSPIN and other resources,
all faculty, staff and students have access to the Internet via their offices, library,
computer laboratories or dormitories.
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Training workshops for introductory Internet, web page development and other
computer-related use were offered as needed or requested.
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Began to work on upgrading and maintaining our own web page.
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Obtained other technology-related grants to compliment the equipment on hand and to
complete the fiber optic cabling project throughout the campus, develop a videoconferencing center, upgrade computers in the laboratories to Pentium IIIs, integrate
technology into science and math courses, and to develop several multimedia
classrooms (see curriculum initiatives).
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The network administrator attended the Administering Microsoft Systems Management
Server 2.0 workshop.
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An introductory computer course began in Fall 1999. All freshmen are required to take
this course as part of the general education component. This action eliminated the need
for Internet workshops for students.
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Upgraded all workstations in the laboratories to Pentium III machines.
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Sent a team to the NOVA workshop and submitted a NOVA grant proposal.
Morris Brown College
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Campus Coordinator attended the MU-SPIN 9th Annual Conference at Miami.
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Campus Coordinator attended Regional Center Fall Workshop, Orangeburg, SC.
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Campus Coordinator attended NOVA Workshop at Hampton VA and submitted a NOVA
proposal.
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Established homepage, www.morrisbrown.edu.
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Provided all faculty and staff with e-mail accounts on SMETnet.
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Over 150 faculty and staff have Internet and E-mail access in their own offices.
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All SMET students who desired and applied for e-mail accounts are supported
Provided Internet and e-mail access in three laboratories each with 25 stations.
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configured with windows95 on Pentium processor pcs.
Dial-up connections for remote access available to interested faculty and staff
Designated each Friday as “surfing day” as a means of providing continuous
assistance to faculty, staff and students in the laboratories.
Implemented Morris Brown College/Atlanta University Center Connectivity Solution to
enable Morris Brown College access to BANNER, the administrative Software System
for the Center.
Facilitated the fiber connection from SMETnet to the Cyberlab (a college-wide lab
equipped with 200 networked pcs).
Chemistry Department:
Student class assignments in organic and physical science courses on the
Internet.
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Access to Chronicle of Higher Education for news and research.
Using the Internet to develop the “Inquiry Method” of teaching physical
Science.
Environmental Chemistry Program Review and Development.
Review and downloading RFPs for grant proposals.
Literature search for faculty and student research projects.
Student assignments in Organic Chemistry courses relating to
biologically active molecules research.
GC/mass Spectrometer, FTIR and FTNMR are inter-phased to the Internet
for vendor and technical Support and BBS access.
Biology Department:
Used in General Biology courses as a resource supplement to course
materials.
The Health Careers Opportunity Program, HCOP, uses the Internet as a
means of communicating information to program participants and funding
Agency, HHS
In Microbiology, it was used both for background materials and class
demonstrations.
Students’ assignments were assigned and responded to via e-mail.
Mathematics Department:
The department has used the Internet to:
1. establish and maintain contact with Foundations and other funding
agencies.
2. help students search for information on assigned topics such as Euclid
and his contributions to geometry.
3. arrange for summer internships for the students and faculty
4. update students on the progress and programs going on in the mathematical
sciences; tapped into the research work at the Geometry Center in
Minnesota.
Psychology Department:
Professional Development:
Mailing list on the teaching of psychology
Use of statistical packages in Statistics courses
Test construction and grading policies
Working with the disabled students
Roles for and training of undergraduates teaching assistants
Active Learning Exercises
Curriculum Development:
SCSU NRTS Year 5 Annual Report
Located online data files for use in the statistics series
Searches for conferences, literature, professional organizations
Downloaded databases and bibliographies
Research issues on CompMed BBS
Product vendor location
MBRI:
Information exchange and sharing between and with business partners and
potential customers
Research: CBD announcements, RFPs
Product specifications and purchase
Prototype website for MBRI marketing developed
New Business Development proposal research and information
Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School
Additional technology purchases were made by the district with the current e-rate plan. O-W
has grown from the initial interconnectivity of 20 computers provided by the NASA/MUSPIN
grant to more than 200 IBM 300 GLs at this time. All hardware is connected to the Internet,
with every room having at least six drops for more hardware.
125 IBMs were purchased and installed in January 1999 and another 75 were installed in July
1999. These PCs have allowed classes access to science and math related websites.
Hosted the CNRT Regional Spring workshop “NASA K-12 Day” on March 17, 2000.
Voorhees College
Voorhees sent a team to the NASA NOVA workshop.