NH HIGHER EDUCATION
STEM AUDIT
11/20/2015
Partnerships & Activities (DRAFT)
Colby-Sawyer College
STEM Faculty/Contact:
Nick Baer
Chair of Natural Sciences
nbaer@colby-sawyer.edu
603-526-3066
Semra Kilic-Bahi
Associate Prof of Natural Sciences | Math Circle coordinator for NH
skilic-bahi@colby-sawyer.edu
603-526-3633
Leon Malan
Professor, Environmental Studies
lmalan@colby-sawyer.edu
603-526-3632
Program
Circle Around Math
Summer Camp
Sequencing and analysis
of the gut microbiome of
flat headed mayflies and
brook trout from a
mercury-impacted stream
of the Lake Sunapee
watershed.
Soil Science and Service
Learning at the
Sycamore Community
Garden in Concord, NH
Website
https://sites.google.com/s
ite/circlearoundmath/ho
me
(In Development:
https://circlearoundmath.
wordpress.com/)
Description
One week summer camps for middle school students
held at Academy for Science and Design. Each day
students will explore one theme and its relation to
mathematics through interactive, fun-filled activities.
Circle Around Math is an outreach and enrichment
program designed to provide an informal setting for
college and pre-college students to explore,
communicate, learn, appreciate, and enjoy
Mathematics. This initiative is a part of the National
Association of Math Circles organization.
A collaboration between CSC, Keene State College,
University of NH, and Dartmouth College to study
microbiomes of Mayflies and Brook Trout in a
mercury impacted stream. Presented a workshop for
high school science teachers on environmental
genomics in biology. Won a grant from NH EPSCoR
in 2012 to help fund the program. KSC is the lead
institution.
This project is a collaboration between Colby-Sawyer
and NHTI: Concord's Community College, in which
students will have the opportunity to learn field
collection methods by collecting soil and water
samples at the Sycamore Community Garden at
NHTI.
The garden's mission is to enhance
opportunities for growing organic food and provides a
place for refugees to do so. Won a grant from NH
EPSCoR in 2015 to help fund the program. NHTI is
the lead institution.
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Contact
Semra Kilic-Bahi
Nick Baer
Leon Malan
Dartmouth College
STEM Faculty/Contact:
Alden Adolph
Ph.D. Student, Environmental Engineering
alden.c.adolph@dartmouth.edu
Celia Chen
Research Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Celia.Y.Chen@gartmouth.edu
603-646-2376
Kim DeLong
Greenhouse Curator and Manager
greenhouse@dartmouth.edu
603-646-2382
Ann Lavanway
Research Support Specialist
Department of Biological Sciences
ann.m.lavanway@dartmouth.edu
603-646-2679
Tracy Moloney
Administrative Assistant
Department of Mathematics
tfmoloney@math.dartmouth.edu
603-646-2415
Amy Potter
Graduate Program Administrator
Department of Mathematics
Amy.L.Potter@dartmouth.edu
603-646-2415
Carol Renshaw
Principal Investigator, Chair, Earth Sciences
Carl.Renshaw@dartmouth.edu
603-646-2655
Sarah Riordan
Science Outreach Coordinator
sara.a.riordan@dartmouth.edu
603-646-0397
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Dartmouth College
Nancy Serrell
Director of Science and Technology Outreach
nancy.serrell@dartmouth.edu
603-646-9756
Karen Thurston
Administrative Assistant, Academic Assistant
design.it.build.it@dartmouth.edu
603-646-3276
Cindy Tobery
Associate Director, Professional Development Programs at DCAL
cindy.tobery@dartmouth.edu
603-646-9750
Haley Tucker
Administrative Assistant, Academic and Student Affairs
Haley.Tucker@Dartmouth.edu
603-646-2606
Douglas Van Citters
Assistant Professor of Engineering
douglas.van.citters@dartmouth.edu
603-646-6406
Kathy Weaver
Assistant Director, Undergraduate Advising and Research
kathy.s.weaver@dartmouth.edu
603-646-3685
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Dartmouth College
DMAX
Digital Music and Arts Expo
dmax@dali.dartmouth.edu
GWISE
Graduate Women in Science and Engineering
gwise.dartmouth@gmail.com
ISTS
Institute for Security, Technology, and Society
info.ists@dartmouth.edu
603-646-0700
LEGO
Dartmouth LEGO League
Dartmouth.LEGO.League@Dartmouth.edu
NACLO
North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad
naclo@cs.dartmouth.edu
TNCD
Neuroscience Center at Dartmouth
tncd@dartmouth.edu
603-650-8561
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Dartmouth College
Program
Cell Biology and Light
Microscopy Lab
Website
http://www.dartmouth.ed
u/~academicoutreach/pro
grams/scienrichment.html
School Science Café
http://www.dartmouth.ed
u/~academicoutreach/pro
grams/scienrichment.html
Mini-Poster Sessions
http://www.dartmouth.ed
u/~academicoutreach/pro
grams/scienrichment.html
GK-12 Project-Fostering
Scientific Creativity
http://www.dartmouth.ed
u/~academicoutreach/gk
12/index.html
The Department of
Biological Sciences
Greenhouse
Exploring Mathematics
Workshops
http://www.dartmouth.ed
u/~grnhouse/index.shtml
Junior Solar Sprint
http://www.dartmouth.ed
u/~academicoutreach/pro
grams/scienrichment.html
Design It! Build It!
Summer Engineering
Workshop
http://engineering.dartm
outh.edu/summerworkshop/index.html
Security, Technology &
Society High School
Summer Workshop
http://www.ists.dartmout
h.edu/events/summerca
mp.html
http://www.dartmouth.ed
u/~academicoutreach/pro
grams/scienrichment.html
Description
The 60 -90 minute sessions - lead by graduate
students, faculty, and staff - are developed in
collaboration with the classroom teacher and can be
designed for middle school or high school students.
These classes work well for students who are learning
about cell biology and how microscopes are used to
study cells.
School-based program for sixth to high school level
students held in a school cafeteria during lunch period
or classroom time. These sessions involve a guest
scientist — a Dartmouth graduate student or postdoc
in the “STEM” disciplines — who talks with students
about his or her research and career path in science.
This science enrichment activity is designed to
support students who are learning to create highschool level science posters describing their research
projects. Involves five to six graduate students and
postdoctoral who give a short (5-6 minute) poster talk
then respond to student questions.
Dartmouth’s GK-12, is focusing on fostering
scientific creativity in school children and in graduate
students. Graduate Fellows will also develop afterschool activities, arrange field trips and visits from
Dartmouth faculty, and facilitate other STEM
enrichment.
Funded by the National Science
Foundation, through its Graduate STEM Fellows in
K-12 Education (GK-12) program.
The living botanical museum is available for
community and school tours.
Contact
Ann Lavanway &
Nancy Serrell
Two week-long summer programs open to all
interested students in the region who have had at least
1 year of high school algebra. Instructors are currently
enrolled as Ph.D. candidates in mathematics, have
completed their Masters degree, and have had two
years of tutoring experience.
Junior Solar Sprint is a model solar car competition
for middle school students that is sponsored by the US
Army Educational Outreach Program. The Thayer
School of Engineering chapter of Tau Beta Pi works
with engineers in the local community to host the
competition for Upper Valley schools.
High school students will work collaboratively with
Dartmouth faculty, staff, and students to design, build,
and test engineering prototypes. This is primarily a
residential program but a few students will be
admitted as day students.
Summer day workshop for high school students. The
workshop explores current interdisciplinary research
in cyber security and privacy. The program is a
mixture of lectures with hands-on and interactive
activities, augmented with field trips and guest
speakers. Members of the College's computing
services staff will provide a "behind the scenes" look
at security.
Amy Potter
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Sarah Riordan &
Nancy Serrell &
Cindy Tobery
Nancy Serrell
Carol Renshaw
Kim DeLong
Douglas Van
Citters
Karen Thurston
ISTS
Dartmouth College
After School Science and
Engineering
http://engineering.dartm
outh.edu/afterschoolscie
nce
Science Day at
Dartmouth
https://gwisedartmouth.
wordpress.com/scienceday-at-dartmouth-2015/
Upper Valley Brain Bee
http://geiselmed.dartmou
th.edu/ncd/brainbee/
Karen E. Wetterhahn
Science Poster
Symposium
http://www.dartmouth.ed
u/~ugar/wetterhahn
Dartmouth LEGO
League
http://engineering.dartm
outh.edu/lego/
Thayer School of
Engineering Annual
Open House
http://engineering.dartm
outh.edu/events/openhouse/
Sonia Kovalevsky Math
Day
https://math.dartmouth.e
du/~orellana/SKMD201
2.html
North American
Computational
Linguistics Olympiad
(Upper Valley)
Digital Music and Arts
Expo at Dartmouth
(DMAX)
http://www.cs.dartmouth
.edu/~naclo/
Sequencing and analysis
of the gut microbiome of
flat headed mayflies and
brook trout from a
mercury-impacted stream
of the Lake Sunapee
http://www.cs.dartmouth
.edu/~dmax
1 hour hands-on sessions once a week in an attempt to
increase exposure and spark an interest in science
related topics. Thayer School students have been
running this program at local elementary and middle
schools since 2007.
Graduate students from Dartmouth College invite area
6th-9th grade students (with an accompanying adult)
to visit labs on campus, meet real scientists-intraining, and learn about a wide variety of fields of
scientific research.
A fun and educational neuroscience competition for
high school students living in the Upper Valley.
Show students the fun in learning about the brain and
provide an opportunity to experience what the field of
neuroscience is all about!
Dartmouth College celebrates scientific research on
campus with a science symposium. The Symposium,
usually held the last Thursday in May, features a
prominent woman scientist as keynote speaker and
showcases the work of 80-100 enthusiastic
undergraduate Dartmouth women and men across all
of the sciences and engineering. Open to the public.
Dartmouth LEGO League, which is run by students
from the Thayer School of Engineering, sets up
mentoring partnerships between Dartmouth students
and local FIRST LEGO League teams (grades 4-8)
each year for the entire season — September through
November.
Each spring Thayer School welcomes the public into
their laboratories and work areas to see how
engineering prepares students to innovate in medicine,
public policy, law, architecture, design, technology,
entrepreneurship, and more.
This is a program of hands-on workshops and talks for
middle and high school female students and their
teachers, both women and men. The purpose of the
day is to encourage young women to continue their
study of mathematics and to assist the teachers of
female mathematics students.
NACLO is an olympiad consisting of language
puzzles, conducted across the US and Canada for
students in grades 6-12. 2015 is the first time a test
site will be hosted in the Upper Valley.
The Dartmouth FAB Lab and Make-A-Thon, are part
of the DMAX Festival. The FAB Lab offers an
opportunity for students and adults from the Upper
Valley to participate in a variety of hands-on
workshops related to technology, fabrication,
electronics, science, music and art. It will culminate
in a 24 hour Make-A-Thon event.
A collaboration between DC, Keene State, Colby
Sawyer, and University of NH to study microbiomes
of Mayflies and Brook Trout in a mercury impacted
stream. Presented a workshop for high school science
teachers on environmental genomics in biology. Won
a grant from NH EPSCoR in 2012 to help fund the
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Alden Adolph
GWISE
TNCD
Kathy Weaver
LEGO
Haley Tucker
Tracy Moloney
NACLO
DMAX
Celia Chen
watershed.
program. KSC is the lead institution.
Granite State College
STEM Faculty/Contact:
School of Education
603-822-5431
Program
Ed Tech Symposium
Website
http://www.digitalopport
unityforall.org/nh-edtech-symposia.html
Ed Tech Workshops
http://www.granite.edu/a
cademics/teachers/profes
sionaldevelopment.php
Description
Professional development about exciting strategies for
utilizing open educational materials in both K12
instruction and teacher education, mobilizing the
community's linguistically diverse youths to lead the
charge in closing the digital divide at home for lowincome children and families while developing their
own STEM skills and careers.
FREE Professional Development Workshop for
Educators focused on the use of technology in the K12 classrooms, with specific emphasis on
Mathematics.
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Contact
School of
Education
School of
Education
Great Bay Community College
STEM Faculty/Contact:
Deb Audino
Co-Program Coordinator/Professor - Biotechnology
daudino@ccsnh.edu
603-427-7659
Natalie Girouard
Admissions Counselor
ngirouard@ccsnh.edu
603-427-7607
Mary Rudis
Associate Professor of Mathematics
mrudis@ccsnh.edu
603-427-0000
Program
College STEM Club
Website
https://www.facebook.co
m/gbccstem
Camp College
N/A
Moody's Math Challenge
http://greatbay.edu/about
/news/gbcc-professorprepares-high-schoolteams-to-compete-innational-math-challenge
Description
The Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics (STEM) Club provides a forum to learn
more about the exciting and growing STEM fields and
careers. The club also provides student leadership
opportunities related to the sciences. The STEM
mentor program with Seacoast School of Technology
(SST) allows GBCC STEM students to serve as
mentors to SST Biotechnology students.
The goal of camp college is to expose 8th graders to
college (specifically GBCC).
This is done by
following an agenda that includes attending 2 of a
variety of career demos (programs asked to come up
with an interactive demo) and 4 sessions/workshops
each, during the day long event.
Internet based math challenge for teams of 3-5 high
school juniors & seniors in 46 states to solve a 14
hour open-ended problem using applied math
modeling and mind mapping. GBCC to help prepare
first 6 responding teams through 2 day long "camps"
& host High School teams for Moody's Math
Challenge. Free to participate.
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Contact
Deb Audino
Natalie Girouard
Mary Rudis
Keene State College
STEM Faculty/Contact:
Christopher Brehme
Assistant Professor of Geography
cbrehme@keene.edu
603-358-2197
Loren Launen
Associate Professor of Biology
llaunen@keene.edu
603-358-2574
Donna Paley
Associate Professor of Architecture
Department of Technology, Design, and Safety
dpaley@keene.edu
603-358-2312
Kristen Porter-Utley
Professor of Biology and Assistant Dean of Sciences
kporterutley@keene.edu
603-358-2576
Bartlomiej Sapeta
Assistant Professor of Architecture
Department of Technology, Design, and Safety
bsapeta@keene.edu
603-358-2847
Nora Traviss
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
ntraviss@keene.edu
603-358-2974
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Keene State College
Program
Building Excellence in
Science and Technology
(BEST) program
Sequencing and analysis
of the gut microbiome of
flat headed mayflies and
brook trout from a
mercury-impacted stream
of the Lake Sunapee
watershed.
Scaled Testing Bay for
the Technology, Design
and Safety Department
Center
Keene Air Quality
Project
Website
http://www.keene.edu/ac
ademics/liberal-arts/best/
Description
Students in Keene State’s BEST program, will have
access to mentoring, one-on-one contact with faculty
in their field of study, transformative teaching
practices,
community
service,
leadership
development, alumni networking, and field trips.
A collaboration between KSC, Colby Sawyer College,
University of NH, and Dartmouth College to study
microbiomes of Mayflies and Brook Trout in a
mercury impacted stream. Presented a workshop for
high school science teachers on environmental
genomics in biology. Won a grant from NH EPSCoR
in 2012 to help fund the program. KSC is the lead
institution.
Allows Architectural faculty members, working with
students in the design and technology related
programs, to test sensors and software for training
purposes. Successful completion of the scaled version
will allow members to apply for necessary funding of
a full scale Testing Bay module which will expand the
applied and experiential learning opportunities. Won
a grant from NH EPSCoR in 2012 to help fund the
program.
The study addresses data gaps in previous air
pollution studies by connecting STEM students and
community stakeholders to develop effective policy
relevant scientific research addressing the issue of
wintertime air pollution in Keene, NH. Engaged
students from Keene High School who made videos to
raise awareness of the found issue. Won a grant from
NH EPSCoR in 2012 to help fund the program.
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Contact
Kristen PorterUtley
Loren Launen
Bartlomiej Sapeta
& Donna Paley
Nora Traviss &
Christopher
Brehme
Lakes Region Community College
STEM Faculty/Contact:
Kalene Barney
Running Start Coordinator
kbarney@ccsnh.edu
603-366-5272
Andrew Duncan
Energy Trainings Manager
aduncan@ccsnh.edu
603-524-3207 x6629
Program
Advisory Board
Website
http://www.lrcc.edu/abo
ut-lrcc/adivsory-board2013-2014
Project Running Start
http://www.lrcc.edu/acad
emics/running-startprogram
On Campus Meetings for
HS Faculty
H.S. student field trips
H.S. Summer
Scholarship
Lakes Region
Curriculum, Instruction
& Assessment
Committee
Energy and
Sustainability
Collaboration
http://www.nhsaa.org/
Description
Some twenty-odd local technology companies are
members of LRCC’s advisory boards, and routinely
send representatives to oversee the programs in
Advanced Manufacturing, Computer Technologies,
Automotive Technologies, Marine Technology,
Energy Service Technologies, and Electro-Mechanical
Technologies. In many cases LRCC reciprocates by
having workshops and certification activities for their
employees.
Running Start courses where students receive college
credit for STEM courses.
Bringing H.S. faculty onto the campus for meetings
including STEM.
H.S. student field trips where LRCC highlights
programs including STEM.
Conducting a H.S. Summer Scholars program wherein
two-dozen students take a course in Anatomy &
Physiology with LRCC - this is sponsored by Lakes
Region General Hospital.
Member of the New Hampshire School
Administrators Association - Lakes Region
Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment Committee to
bring awareness of STEM to 17 local SAUs.
The collaboration will broaden participation in STEM
fields and develop research capacity at LRCC and
Plymouth State University.
The project would
specifically strengthen energy and environmental
science ties between students and faculty at both
institutions. It endeavors to broaden participation in
STEM among women students and those from rural
communities. Won a grant from NH EPSCoR in 2015
to help fund the program. LRCC is the lead
institution.
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Contact
Kalene Barney
Andrew Duncan
Manchester Community College
STEM Faculty/Contact:
Deborah Booker
MCC Camp Director, Child Development Center Director
dbooker@ccsnh.edu
603-206-8098
John Cook
Vice President of Academic Affairs
jcook@ccsnh.edu
603-206-8010
Kathy DesRoches
Director, Workforce Development Center
kdesroches@ccsnh.edu
603-206-8161
Kate Guerdat
Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs
kguerdat@ccsnh.edu
603-206-8010
Todd Guerdat
Life Sciences Professor
tguerdat@ccsnh.edu
603-206-8063
Pamela Lamontagne
Science, Engineering, & Mathematics Department Chair
palamontagne@ccsnh.edu
603-206-8075
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Manchester Community College
Program
Girls Technology Day
Website
https://sites.google.com/s
ite/gtd2015nh/
Camp Construction
http://www.mccnh.edu/s
ummer-camps
Science Camp
http://www.mccnh.edu/s
ummer-camps
Camp Invention
http://www.mccnh.edu/s
ummer-camps
Girl's Career Camp
http://www.mccnh.edu/s
ummer-camps
Graphic Design Camp
http://www.mccnh.edu/s
ummer-camps
Nuts, Bolts and
Thingamajigs
http://www.mccnh.edu/s
ummer-camps
Advanced Nuts and Bolts
http://www.mccnh.edu/s
ummer-camps
Robotics Camp
http://www.mccnh.edu/s
ummer-camps
STEM Camp
http://www.mccnh.edu/s
ummer-camps
Description
The NH Department of Education co-sponsors the
annual Girls Technology Day in partnership with the
NH Community College System. Freshman and
Sophomore girls have a chance to participate in
workshops led by educators and industry leaders from
the local community, attend a vendor fair, and learn
about college options.
Week long day camp for children entering grades 1
through 5. Campers will build with materials ranging
from Legos and K’nex to real wood.
Week long day camp for children entering grades 1
through 5. Campers will explore science topics such
as geology, meteorology, astronomy biology and
chemistry in this fun-filled hands-on week!
Week long day camp for children entering grades 1
through 5. Campers will use their creativity and
imagination in this hands-on camp creating their own
inventions from blueprints to the tangible invention!
Week long day camp for youth entering 6th through
8th grades. Girls will explore Computer-Aided
Design (CAD), 3D printing, automotive technology,
reverse engineering, and app programming for an
exciting and varied experience.
Week long day camp for youth entering 6th through
8th grades. Campers will develop their own “mock”
pet or sport-supply company. Students will perform
market research, create a company logo, and a sale
flyer using Adobe Illustrator. The culminating project
is to design, print, and assemble a shopping bag.
Week long day camp for youth entering 6th through
8th grades. Campers will design their own projects as
well as manufacture and assemble their creation. This
camp includes an introduction to blue print reading,
use of solid works to design 3D models, work with
robotics, and CNC lathes. Students will also tour
Manchester-area companies.
Week long day camp for youth entering 6th through
8th grades. In this advanced camp (designed for
students who have successfully completed the Nuts,
Bolts and Thingamajigs camp) students will work
with 3D modeling and printing, as well as ER9
Robotics.
Week long day camp for youth entering 6th through
8th grades. Campers will construct and program a
robot to compete in an agility-style activity. This
team-based activity will follow the design,
construction, electronics, control systems, gearing,
and programming of a robot.
Week long day camp for youth entering 6th through
8th grades. Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Math (STEM) camp uses fun activities to explore
engineering design. Students will learn about thermal
dynamics, insulation, and food technology.
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Contact
Kate Guerdat
Deborah Booker
Deborah Booker
Deborah Booker
Kathy DesRoches
Kathy DesRoches
Kathy DesRoches
Kathy DesRoches
Kathy DesRoches
Kathy DesRoches
Manchester Community College
Minecraft Designers
http://www.mccnh.edu/s
ummer-camps
Make Your First Video
Game!
http://www.mccnh.edu/s
ummer-camps
Minecraft Modders
http://www.mccnh.edu/s
ummer-camps
Make Your First 3D
Video Game!
http://www.mccnh.edu/s
ummer-camps
App Attack!
http://www.mccnh.edu/s
ummer-camps
Video Game Odyssey
http://www.mccnh.edu/s
ummer-camps
Code Breakers
http://www.mccnh.edu/s
ummer-camps
App Adventures
http://www.mccnh.edu/s
ummer-camps
Project to create a mini
Camp-Design-Lab
Cold-water Stream
Vulnerability to Climate
Change
Week long half-day camp for youth entering 6th
through 8th grades. Campers will learn the basics of
creating 3D models using a new software to design
their very own objects, create skins for characters, and
import them into their favorite Minecraft games.
Week long half-day camp for youth entering 6th
through 8th grades. Make a first video game in this
one-of-a-kind class that shows students the keys to
designing ones first 2D game. Conceptualization,
play experience, challenge levels, graphics, sounds,
and simple coding are concepts that will be explored.
Week long half-day camp for youth entering 6th
through 8th grades. Campers learn scripting and logic
statements as they create their first mod! Introductory
coding will be taught through a simulated
environment inspired by Minecraft.
Week long half-day camp for youth entering 6th
through 8th grades. Students will learn the physics
behind 3D games, explore beginner event scripting,
level design, controlling flow of gameplay, and story
telling.
Week long half-day camp for youth entering 6th
through 8th grades. Using a specialized app and game
development tool, students will explore the world of
web-based apps. In addition to learning the basics of
mobile app design and game development, they will
also see firsthand how the world of App publishing
functions.
Week long half-day camp for youth entering 6th
through 8th grades. Unlike any other Black Rocket
game design course, students in this program will
make special top-down adventure games like
Pokemon or Zelda to compete with their friends.
Week long half-day camp for youth entering 6th
through 8th grades. Campers learn the basics of
coding languages like HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
through a series of web projects and design challenges
each day.
Week long half-day camp for youth entering 6th
through 8th grades. All students will choose from a
selection of different mobile app types and explore
more in-depth programming concepts.
Week long "mini" Camp-Design-Lab (MCC-CDL) in
the Summer for Manchester public school students in
grades 6th through 8th, offering exposure to the
Advanced Manufacturing Lab. Also fosters a deeper
partnership between MCC and the Manchester School
of Technology. Won a grant from NH EPSCoR in
2012 to help fund the program.
Joint project between Saint Anselm College and MCC
to build research capacity and student opportunities by
networking faculty scientists and students. The
project will broaden student participation in STEM
research and educate students and the community
about climate change science and the impact on river
health. Won a grant from NH EPSCoR in 2014 to
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Kathy DesRoches
Kathy DesRoches
Kathy DesRoches
Kathy DesRoches
Kathy DesRoches
Kathy DesRoches
Kathy DesRoches
Kathy DesRoches
John Cook &
Pamela
Lamontagne
Todd Guerdat
help fund the program. SAC is the lead institution.
MCPHS-University
STEM Faculty/Contact:
Carroll Goldsmith
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Carroll-Ann.Goldsmith@mcphs.edu
603-314-1719
Program
McLaughlin Middle
School Event
Website
Description
Each year in the fall, members of the student body,
staff, and faculty host up to forty under-represented
7th graders from Manchester's McLaughlin Middle
School on the MCPHS campus. The 7th graders
spend a half-day of hands-on learning and discussion
about careers in the allied health sciences with
members of the MCPHS community. McLaughlin
students learn how to make gummy bears (without
medicine) in the Pharmacy lab and how to conduct
some physical assessments (such as checking blood
pressure, pulse, reflexes) in the Physician Assistant
(PA) lab. McLaughlin students also spend time
talking with PA and Pharmacy students about their
experiences, backgrounds, and educational goals.
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Contact
Carroll Goldsmith
New England College
STEM Faculty/Contact:
Cyndy Carlson
Associate Professor of Environmental Science
ccarlson@nec.edu
603-428-2272
Maria Colby
Part Time Lecturer/Greenhouse Manager/Lab Assistant
mcolby@nec.edu
603-428-2464
Debra Dunlop
Associate Dean of Natural & Social Sciences Division
ddunlop@nec.edu
603-428-2233
Mark Mitch
Associate Professor of Environmental Science
mmitch@nec.edu
603-428-2354
James Newcomb
Associate Professor of Biology
jnewcomb@nec.edu
603-428-2374
Eric Simon
Professor of Biology
esimon@nec.edu
603-428-2271
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New England College
Program
Henniker Community
School Fourth Grader
Science Field Trips
Snacking on Science
Seminars
Spring or Winter Harvest
Fest
2013-2014 EPSCoR
River Study
NH Envirothron
participation
Website
http://nhenvirothon.org/
Army Corps of
Engineers Summer
Forester program
participation
NH Lotic Volunteer
TECS (LoVo TECS)
http://lovotecs.sr.unh.edu
/
Henniker Conservation
Commission Lake
Monitoring participation
http://www.henniker.org/
general/page/conservatio
n-commission-247
Deering Conservation
Commission Member
http://www.deering.nh.u
s/public_documents/Dee
ringNH_Conservation/in
dex
Well School Science
Fair, Peterborough, NH
Contoocook and North
Branch Rivers Local
Advisory Committee
http://www.townofjaffre
y.com/Pages/JaffreyNH_
Bcomm/CNBR/index
Description
Biannual visits from 4th graders for hands-on work in
the NEC Science laboratory.
Contact
James Newcomb
Bimonthly seminars for campus and community on
science topic.
Environmental Action Committee hosts biannual
community event to show case local farm products.
NEC partnership with John Stark High School river
macroinvertebrate study. Won a grant from NH
EPSCoR in 2013 to help fund the program.
NEC faculty member involvement. Every year,
volunteer advisors coach teams with assistance from
local conservation districts, forestry associations, and
participating natural resource agencies. Students are
tested on their knowledge in five topic areas: aquatics,
forestry, soils and land use, wildlife, and current
environmental issues.
NEC faculty member involvement.
James Newcomb
NEC faculty member involvement. The network is
coordinated by a group of researchers, staff and
students at Plymouth State University and
implemented by a broad group of partners, including
educators, researchers, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and citizen scientists. The goal is
to improve the understanding of NH's water resources
and help develop a technically advanced workforce by
providing educational opportunities to interact with
large data sets.
NEC faculty member involvement.
The
Commission's role is to ensure the proper utilization
and protection of the natural resources of the town.
The Conservation Commission is the only local board
specifically charged with protecting Henniker’s
natural resources.
NEC faculty member involvement. The Conservation
Commission is responsible for:
Walking and
monitoring the town easements annually, Care of the
duck boxes, Submitting and reviewing wetland
applications, Town-wide spring clean-up, and Lake
water testing.
NEC faculty member involvement as head judge.
Students will have their science projects on display
and will also have science projects that children from
preschool through eighth grade can participate in.
NEC faculty member involvement. The CNBRLAC
meets the 3rd Monday of each month, except when a
holiday falls on that Monday, at the Monadnock Paper
Mills in Bennington, NH at 7:00PM.
Cyndy Carlson
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Mark Mitch
Debra Dunlop &
Cyndy Carlson
Maria Colby
Maria Colby
Mark Mitch
Eric Simon
Eric Simon
Mark Mitch
NHTI
STEM Faculty/Contact:
Bob Arredondo
MET Department Head
rarredondo@ccsnh.edu
603-271-6484 x4105
Liaquat Khan
Architectural Engineering Technology Department Head
lkhan@ccsnh.edu
603-271-6484 x4221
Tracey Lesser
Interim Department Chair
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Tlesser@ccsnh.edu
603-271-6484 x4423
Chuck Lloyd
Associate Vice President of Student Affairs
clloyd@ccsnh.edu
603-230-4045
Mary Snyder
Running Start Coordinator
msnyder@ccsnh.edu
603-230-4029
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NHTI
Program
Girls Technology Day
Website
https://sites.google.com/s
ite/gtd2015nh/
FIRST and VEX
Robotics Competitions
www.robotevents.com/re
-vrc-15-2515.html &
www.usfirst.org
https://www.nhti.edu/ad
missions/generaladmissionrequirements/collaborati
ve-high-schoolprograms/project-leadway-and
http://www.tracrides.org/
Project Lead the Way
(PLTW) & Running Start
TRAC (Transportation
and Civil Engineering)
Bridge Building
Competition
Soil Science and Service
Learning at the
Sycamore Community
Garden in Concord, NH
Description
Hosted by NHTI for freshman & sophomore H.S.
girls, run by the NH Dept. of Education, and includes
participation by engineering, gaming and graphics
programming, and IT departments at NHTI. Female
faculty and students in these departments participate
in the program and serve as positive role models for
female students.
NHTI engineering programs participate in these
robotic competitions, which involve both middle and
high school students.
This K-12 engineering program seeks to introduce all
students to engineering fields and to increase the
number of female students taking courses in and
becoming involved with STEM programs.
Contact
Chuck Lloyd
This bridge building competition is held at NHTI with
the NHDOT and exposes many non-traditional
students to the architectural and civil engineering
fields.
This project is a collaboration between NHTI and
Colby-Sawyer College in which students will have the
opportunity to learn field collection methods by
collecting soil and water samples at the Sycamore
Community Garden at NHTI. The garden's mission is
to enhance opportunities for growing organic food and
provides a place for refugees to do so. Won a grant
from NH EPSCoR in 2015 to help fund the program.
NHTI is the lead institution.
Liaquat Khan
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Bob Arredondo
Bob Arredondo &
Mary Snyder
Tracey Lesser
Plymouth State University
STEM Faculty/Contact:
Ben Amsden
Director, Center for Rural Partnerships
blamsden@plymouth.edu
603-535-3276
Cheryl Baker
Graduate Teaching Lecturer, Educational Leadership
Graduate Program Coordinator for Curriculum and Instruction Programs and Partnerships
cbaker@plymouth.edu
603-535-2737
Rebecca Basanich
Associate Director of Plymouth State University’s Center for Active Living and Healthy Communities
rlbusanich@plymouth.edu
603-535-2043
Marcia Blaine
Professor of History
Department Chair, Department of History and Philosophy
Interim Director of the Museum of the White Mountains
mblaine@plymouth.edu
603-535-2347
Joe Boyer
Director, Center for the Environment
jnboyer@plymouth.edu
603-535-2926
Mardie Burckes-Miller
Professor of Health Education
Director of the Eating Disorders Institute
Graduate Program Coordinator for Eating Disorders
margaret@plymouth.edu
603-535-2515
Kathleen Bush
Senior Management Analyst
Bureau of Public Health Statistics and Informatics, Division of Public Health Services
kfbush@mail.plymouth.edu
603-271-1106
Dan Caron
Bedford High School Technology/Engineering Teacher
dwcaron@hotmail.com
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Plymouth State University
Chris Chabot
Professor of Biology
chrisc@plymouth.edu
603-535-2864
Sarah Cormeia
Lisa Doner
Research Assistant Professor, Center for the Environment
ladoner@plymouth.edu
603-535-2245
John Donovan
Associate Professor of Mathematics Education
jedonovan@plymouth.edu
603-535-2881
Doug Earick
Research Assistant Professor
dlearick@plymouth.edu
603-535-2343
Brian Eisenhauer
Associate Professor of Sociology, Social Science Department
bweisenhauer@plymouth.edu
603-535-2497
Kelsey Gadwah
Graduate Student ('16G)
Mark Green
Associate Professor of Hydrology
mbgreen@plymouth.edu
603-535-3095
Thaddeus Guldbrandsen
Vice Provost for Research and Engagement
tcguldbrandsen@plymouth.edu
603-535-3434
Shawn Hackshaw
Contract Faculty, Mathematics
s_hackshaw@plymouth.edu
603-535-2729
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Plymouth State University
Eric Hoffman
Professor of Meteorology
ehoffman@plymouth.edu
603-535-2321
Linda Levy
Undergraduate Program Director
Department of Health and Human Performance
levy@plymouth.edu
603-535-2577
Rachelle Lyons
Agriculture and Environment Coordinator
rllyons@plymouth.edu
603-535-3270
Dennis Machnik
Associate Professor of Physics
Director, Mark Sylvester Planetarium
dennisma@plymouth.edu
603-535-2748
Barbara McCahan
Director of the Center for Active Living and Healthy Communities and Chair
Associate Professor, Department of Health and Human Performance
bmccahan@plymouth.edu
603-535-2578
James McGarry
Professor of Psychology
jamesm@plymouth.edu
603-535-2365
Mark Okrant
Professor of Tourism Management
mokrant@plymouth.edu
603-535-2364
Julie Panus
STEM Teacher at Plymouth Elementary School
JPanus@pes.sau48.org
603-536-1152 x192
Laurie Reed
Administrative Assistant, Nursing Department
lreed@plymouth.edu
603-535-2115
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Plymouth State University
Christian Roberson
Associate Professor of Computer Science, Department Chair
caroberson@plymouth.edu
603-535-2307
June Hammond Rowan
Associate Director and Research Assistant Professor
jhammondrowan@plymouth.edu
603-535-3218
Mike Son
Assistant Professor of Microbiology
msson@plymouth.edu
603-535-3199
Jamie Stalnaker
Administrative Assistant
Department of Health and Human Performance
jvstalnaker@plymouth.edu
603-535-2293
Evelyn Stiller
Professor of Digital Media
estiller@plymouth.edu
603-535-2531
Vlad Vascak
Computer/Integration/STEM educator at Gilford School District
Natalya Vinogradova
Associate Professor of Mathematics Education K-12
nvinogradova@plymouth.edu
603-535-3235
Errin Volitis
Research Technician
ebvolitis@plymouth.edu
603-960-4413
Marsi Wisniewski
Administrative Assistant
Department of Atmospheric Science & Chemistry
marsi@plymouth.edu
603-535-2325
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Plymouth State University
Kerry Yurewicz
Associate Professor of Ecology, Department of Biological Sciences
klyurewicz@plymouth.edu
603-535-3197
CfALHC
Center for Active Living & Healthy Communities
603-535-2578
Healthy PSU
healthy-psu@plymouth.edu
603-535-2195
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Plymouth State University
Program
Center for the
Environment
Website
https://www.plymouth.e
du/center-for-theenvironment/projects/
Center for the
Environment:
LoVoTECS Network
https://www.plymouth.e
du/center-for-theenvironment/projects/eco
systems-and-society-nhepscor/nh-lovotecsnetwork/
Center for the
Environment:
Ecosystems and Society
(NH EPSCoR)
https://www.plymouth.e
du/center-for-theenvironment/projects/eco
systems-and-society-nhepscor/
Center for the
Environment:
Understanding
Aluminum Mobilization
in the White Mountain
National Forest
https://www.plymouth.e
du/center-for-theenvironment/projects/mo
nitoring-aluminummobilization-in-thewhite-mountainnational-forest/
https://www.plymouth.e
du/center-for-theenvironment/projects/usi
ng-community-basedsocial-marketing-toimprove-anglerretention-in-newhampshire/
Center for the
Environment: Using
Community Based Social
Marketing to Improve
Angler Retention in NH
Center for the
Environment: STEM K12 Project
https://www.plymouth.e
du/center-for-theenvironment/educationoutreach-2/stem-k-12/
Center for the
Environment: Science
Colloquium
https://www.plymouth.e
du/center-for-theenvironment/educationoutreach-2/sciencecolloquium/
Description
The Center for the Environment is engaged in a
number of research projects. Work with partners,
both on and off campus, to define ways in which PSU
work can help address regional issue.
The network is coordinated by a group of researchers,
staff and students at Plymouth State University and
implemented by a broad group of partners, including
educators, researchers, government agencies, nonprofit organizations and citizen scientist. Goal is to
improve understanding of NH’s water resources and
help develop a technically advanced workforce by
providing educational opportunities to interact with
large data sets.
Environmental Education: The data collected from
NH LoVoTECS is being used to assist local schools in
environmental education and the dissemination of the
science. Through teacher summer institutes and
partnerships with other 2-year/4-year institutions,
public/private and formal/non-formal education
providers throughout the state.
Aluminum from forest soils can enter stream water
and harm aquatic biota. CFE is working with the U.S
Forest Service Northern Research Station, Keene
State College, and White Mountain National Forest
(WMNF) to understand how this aluminum is
liberated in soils and then transported to forest
streams.
Partnered with the Recreational Boating and Fishing
Foundation (RBFF), New Hampshire Fish and Game
Department (NHFGD) to conduct research to assist
the NH angler program in more effectively reaching
fishing participants to encourage license sales to
promote conservation.
This project involves a
focused assessment of the NH angler population to
identify perceived barriers to and attitudes about
purchasing a license. This work will contribute to an
understanding of the specific dynamics of fishing
license purchasing and perceptions of NHFGD
conservation efforts in NH.
The STEM K-12 Project links PSU students and
faculty with teachers and youth scientists in the
community. Ideas for this project include: giving a
science-based lesson to a class at Plymouth
Elementary School or nearby elementary/middle
schools, acting as a “science fair judge,” taking part in
a “Science Nights” at a nearby elementary school, and
helping with an after school program involving
faculty and STEM related activities.
Each term the Center for the Environment sponsors a
science colloquium series. Talks are on Wednesday
afternoons in Boyd Science Center Room 001 at 4 -5
pm. Sessions are free and open to the public.
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Contact
Joe Boyer & June
Hammond Rowan
Errin Volitis &
Mark Green
Doug Earick
Mark Green
Brian Eisenhauer
Joe Boyer
Lisa Doner
Plymouth State University
Center for the
Environment: Science
Brew Café
https://www.plymouth.e
du/center-for-theenvironment/educationoutreach-2/science-brewcafes/
Center for the
Environment:
Hydrology Workshops
Center for the
Environment: 20%
Project
https://www.plymouth.e
du/center-for-theenvironment/educationoutreach-2/asdf/
Center for the
Environment: E & O
Videos
https://www.plymouth.e
du/center-for-theenvironment/educationoutreach-2/videos/
https://www.plymouth.e
du/center-for-ruralpartnerships/
https://www.plymouth.e
du/center-for-ruralpartnerships/cooscounty-outreachinitiative/2011/03/17/the
-program-acommitment-to-coos/
Center for Rural
Partnerships
Center for Rural
Partnerships: Coös
County Outreach
Initiative
Center for Rural
Partnerships:
Community Research
Experience Course
https://www.plymouth.e
du/center-for-ruralpartnerships/academics/
Center for Rural
Partnerships: Field
Engagement Program
https://www.plymouth.e
du/center-for-ruralpartnerships/ruralcommunity-field-studiespromoting-citizenengagement/
Science Brew Cafés are an informal way to
communicate research with the public. Sitting down
in a cozy atmosphere, drink in hand, and holding a
conversation on a scientific topic is a relaxing and
intellectually stimulating way to spend an evening.
CfE Hydrology workshops for K-14 educators
provide an opportunity for teachers and students to
participate in research experiences through the
gathering and analysis of water quality data,
promoting important scientific process skills and
inquiry.
The “20% Project”, links Plymouth State University
students and faculty with teachers and youth scientists
in the community. Expect to learn new modes of
communication through hands-on projects, develop
collaborative and organizational skills, and contribute
in significant ways to environmental science through
inquiry and engaging with the K-12 youth who
represent the future of science.
Informational YouTube videos enable communication
of scientific research to a broad audience, that can be
tapped at any place and time with internet access.
Links to videos created by PSU students and faculty.
The Center for Rural Partnerships connects the needs
and goals of rural communities to the research,
outreach, and educational capacity of the University.
The Coös County Outreach Initiative (CCOI) program
supports PSU’s faculty, staff, and students in
innovative economic development partnerships in
Coös County. The project types range from business
and tourism development, to strategic educational
programming,
economic
indexing,
impact
assessments, and cultural heritage artifact restoration,
preservation, and exhibition—as well as general
project assistance for Coös County partners.
PSU students in the Community Research Experience
class receive focused training in applied research,
team-based problem solving, and professional
communications.
Each week, students meet in
seminar that operates as a quasi-consulting firm and
think tank, while student teams work in collaboration
with off-campus “clients” (nonprofit organizations,
community groups, government agencies, private
companies, etc.) to conduct research, craft educational
materials, or address a problem of regional concern.
The Center for Rural Partnerships, Field Engagement
Program is designed to help students and faculty
enthusiastically create learning experiences that serve
the region while acknowledging the experience,
perspective, and success of PSU partners. Working
with communities and professional partners, and more
than 30 students from 5 different majors.
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Joe Boyer
Joe Boyer
Doug Earick
Joe Boyer
Ben Amsden &
Rachelle Lyons
Ben Amsden
Mark Okrant &
Thaddeus
Guldbrandsen
Ben Amsden &
Rachelle Lyons
Plymouth State University
Summer Science
Explorers
https://www.plymouth.e
du/communityeducation/2731/summerscience-explorers/
Jr. Lego Engineering
Camp
https://www.plymouth.e
du/communityeducation/2734/jr-legoengineering-camp/
Summer Science
Investigators
https://www.plymouth.e
du/communityeducation/2736/summerscience-investigators2015/
https://www.plymouth.e
du/communityeducation/2758/legoengineering-camp/
Lego Engineering Camp
Mindstorm Madness
Camp
https://www.plymouth.e
du/communityeducation/2760/mindstor
m-madness/
Aviation Exploration
Camp
http://thisweek.blogs.ply
mouth.edu/2014/05/19/a
viation-adventure-anfaa-ace-academy/
http://thisweek.blogs.ply
mouth.edu/2014/05/19/di
gital-animation-for-highschool-girls/
Animation for High
School Girls
Engaging Young Minds
at PES through Science
Mindflight Summer
Enrichment Program
http://jupiter.plymouth.e
du/~msson/Mike_Sons_
Webpage/News/News.ht
ml
http://mindflight.plymou
th.edu/mindflight.html
A one-week summer science camp designed to
introduce kids entering grades 1 through 3 to the
world of science. They will explore everything from
growing plants and amazing animals that you can see,
to the magic of chemistry and the world of germs you
can not.
Using advanced Lego parts, campers going into
grades 2 & 3 will learn about working in partnership
with fellow participants and experiment with power
systems, sequence and control, pressure prototyping,
kinetic and potential energy. The day is balanced
with walking field trips, including an outing to the
PSU Ice Arena. Campers leave tired and excited for
more.
An intense week of summer science designed to
introduce students in grades 6 through 8 to a world of
microorganisms. Takes place in a fully functional
research laboratory on the PSU campus in the Boyd
Science Center.
Campers going into grades 3 & 4 will be challenged
to use science, engineering, problem solving, critical
thinking skills, and ingenuity to solve a variety of
challenges using Lego systems that include solar
power, simple machines, pneumatics and more
through design builds and real world challenges. The
end of the week will culminate with an introduction to
Lego Mindstorm robotics and a showcase for parents.
A week of science, engineering, and fun for campers
going into grades 5 through 7. Using the LEGO
Mindstorms, teams will be challenged to solve realworld problems with their ‘bots, in both cooperative
and competitive challenges. The week will culminate
with a grand challenge designed to showcase the
ingenuity and engineering skills of the campers!
Students going into grades 6 through 9 will spend 5
days exploring STEM related careers in aviation.
Mike Son
Students going into grades 9 -12 will learn how to
create graphic artifacts to be used in animation; the
basic elements of animation software including
timelines, frames, key frames, the stage, and drawing
tools and more.
STEM related workshops at Plymouth Elementary
School to engage the young students and promote
Science as part of PSU’s STEM Outreach.
Evelyn Stiller
Mindflight is a residential program at PSU for middleschool students.
Mindflight offers enriching,
interdisciplinary experiences taught by teams of
university faculty, classroom teachers, and artists.
Mindflight is open to high achieving, motivated
students currently completing the 6th, 7th, and 8th
grades. Selection for participation will be based on
each student’s academic performance and teacher
recommendations.
James McGarry
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Kelsey Gadwah &
Sarah Cormeia
Mike Son
Kelsey Gadwah &
Sarah Cormeia
Julie Panus
Dan Caron &
Vlad Vascak
Mike Son
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Plymouth State University
Integrated Curriculum &
Education Technology
(ICE-T)
http://mindflight.plymou
th.edu/icet/icet.html
Squam Lake crayfish
contamination project
Collaborations to
advance research in
climate change and
human health
Energy and
Sustainability
Collaboration
Center for Active Living
& Healthy Communities
(CfALHC): Healthy
PSU
https://www.plymouth.e
du/healthy-psu/
Center for Active Living
& Healthy Communities
(CfALHC): Conference
Presenter & Author
Center for Active Living
& Healthy Communities
(CfALHC): Adaptive
Sports Partners of the
North Country
https://www.plymouth.e
du/center-for-activeliving-and-healthycommunities/research/di
sability-adaptive-sports/
The ICE-T program is an intensive week-long
professional development opportunity for teams of
teachers to develop interdisciplinary, multimedia
curricular materials for use in their classrooms. The
program is a three credit graduate course in computer
education and consists of pre-training in the various
applications that the teams will use during an
intensive summer institute in July as well as follow-up
technical support during the school year.
Collaboration with biologists at the Loon Preservation
Committee and PSU faculty and students. Research
contaminant levels in crayfish from different loon
territories in Squam Lake. Results presented to the
broader public through multiple means. Won a grant
from NH EPSCoR in 2012 to help fund the program.
Collaboration between PSU - Center for the
Environment, NH Department of Health and Human
Services (NH-DHHS), and White Mountain
Community College (WMCC) STEM Health Camp.
STEM research and education partnership focused on
increasing understanding of climate change and
human health in NH. Won a grant from NH EPSCoR
in 2013 to help fund the program. PSU is the lead
institution.
The collaboration will broaden participation in STEM
fields and develop research capacity at PSU and
Lakes Region Community College. The project
would
specifically
strengthen
energy
and
environmental science ties between students and
faculty at both institutions. It endeavors to broaden
participation in STEM among women students and
those from rural communities. Won a grant from NH
EPSCoR in 2015 to help fund the program. LRCC is
the lead institution.
The CfALHC took the lead in developing, managing,
and evaluating a worksite wellness program at
Plymouth State, which was awarded the American
Heart Association Gold Fit Friendly Award in June
2014
Dr. Rebecca Busanich has been actively involved in
cultural health and exercise psychology research and
published 1 book chapter, 4 scholarly journal articles
and presented at 2 national conferences in FY13 and
FY14. She was awarded the Outstanding Paper of the
Year in 2013 from the Journal of Aggression, Conflict
and Peace Research for one of her co-authored
publications.
Undergraduate research project working with
Adaptive Sports Partners of the North Country,
studying narratives around disability and adaptive
sport.
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James McGarry
Kerry Yurewicz
Kathleen Bush
Brian Eisenhauer
Healthy PSU
Rebecca Basanich
Rebecca Basanich
Plymouth State University
Center for Active Living
& Healthy Communities
(CfALHC): Healthy
Eating Active Living
(HEAL-NH)
Center for Active Living
& Healthy Communities
(CfALHC): Plymouth
Area Senior Fitness &
Balance Testing Project
Center for Active Living
& Healthy Communities
(CfALHC): health
promotion consulting,
education, and resources
Nursing Department:
Regional Flu Clinics
Nursing Department:
STEM Fair and
Academic Showcase
Nursing Department:
Operation Vaccine
http://www.healnh.org/
https://www.plymouth.e
du/center-for-activeliving-and-healthycommunities/
Dr. Barbara McCahan, participates in regional public
health networks through consulting and professional
workshops and has acted in a consulting role for the
HEAL-NH 5-year Strategic Plan (Healthy People
Healthy Places Plan) focusing on health, equity and
statewide policy changes to guide healthy eating and
active living in NH.
Twelve students were supervised in the fall of 2014 in
a community project providing Senior Fitness Testing
and balance assessments for older adults followed by
personalized exercise program design.
Barbara McCahan
Provided to various local non-profit organizations and
community schools. This includes nutrition consulting
at the Holderness School, physical self-esteem
workshops at the Plymouth Elementary School,
community trail mapping to increase access to
outdoor recreation, and serving on various advisory
boards (i.e., Local Foods Plymouth, Circle Program).
Such collaborations led to the CfALHC and the Circle
Program being honored with the Presidents’
Community Partner Award in 2014.
Students under the supervision of faculty and in
conjunction with their Community Clinic participated
in Flu Clinics at regional public schools. Nursing
students were responsible for reviewing health care
information of students and administering the flu
vaccine. The Flu Clinics are part of NH’s primary
prevention initiatives to reduce the incidence of flu
across the state. The clinics are planned and funded by
the Public Health Network of Central New Hampshire
through the Regional Public Health Administrator’s
Office.
Faculty were asked to participate in the Plymouth
Elementary School
STEM Fair activities by
volunteering as reviewers for 5th grade infomercial
projects on infectious diseases. The reviewers were
given a rubric and provided student groups feedback
on their projects. Mary Bantell participated as one of
the reviewers.
PSU in collaboration with the Central NH Public
Health Network planned and implemented a
community flu clinic. The flu clinic served as a
vaccination drill to determine the number of people
who can be vaccinated in one hour. The drill is
significant to the health and well-being of NH
communities should an epidemic or other incidents
arise where large populations need to be vaccinated in
a short period of time. PSU nursing students,
supervised by nursing faculty, participated in the
vaccination drill by staffing some of the vaccination
stations and administering the vaccinations. The flu
shot immunization was free to the university
community as a result of a grant obtained through the
Central NH Public Health Network.
CfALHC
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Barbara McCahan
Laurie Reed
Laurie Reed
Laurie Reed
Plymouth State University
Nursing Department:
Bone Marrow Donor
Drive
Health and Human
Performance
Department: Athletic
Training
Health and Human
Performance
Department: Exercise &
Sport Physiology Senior
Research Class
Health and Human
Performance
Department: Exercise &
Sport Physiology hosts
Holderness School
Health and Human
Performance
Department: Health
Education & Promotion
Eating Disorder
Conference
Health and Human
Performance
Department: Health
Education & Promotion
Eating Disorder Team
Training
Biological Sciences
Department: Chris
Chabot's Outreach
https://www.plymouth.e
du/department/biology/fa
culty/profile/christopherc-chabot/
Students in the PSU Student Nurses’ Association
planned and implemented a Bone Marrow Drive at
PSU to determine potential donors for bone marrow
diseases.
Throughout the athletic training curriculum, students
complete 5 clinical education experiences providing
injury care to various populations. Students complete
these clinical education experiences with the PSU’s
athletic teams, with 4 local public and private high
schools, and with students at PSU Health Services.
Students and Dr. Linda Levy provide workshops to
the Elliot Hospital Medical Explorers where
participants learn about the field of athletic training
and concussion assessment.
Engaged in a service learning project with a local
middle school where they assessed the functional
movement of approximately (160) 7th and 8th grade
physical education students using the Functional
Movement Screen. Following a pretest conducted in
October, the middle school physical educator
incorporated a variety of stretching and mobility
exercises to improve students’ functional movements
and the senior research class performed a reassessment in December. A follow up assessment
scheduled for April.
The Exercise and Sport Physiology (ESP) program
hosts The Holderness School twice a year. The senior
students from ESP conduct physiological testing
including aerobic and anaerobic assessments on the
student athletes. This opportunity gives the ESP
students experience working with community
members and it provides data to the Holderness
student athletes which they can use to improve their
understanding of physiology.
Dr. Mardie Burckes-Miller and students in the Health
Education & Promotion major host the annual NH
Eating Disorders Conference. This 2-day conference
attracted therapists, physicians, nurses, dieticians,
therapists, and school professionals for eating
disorders knowledge and skill acquisition.
Eating Disorders team training took place on Sept. 1517, 2014. This 100 hour eating disorders education
trains professional teams in Plymouth, Conway,
Berlin, Colebrook, and Littleton, NH. The teams
include three professionals, including a therapist, a
medical provider, a registered dietician/nutritionist
and possibly a school professional.
Conveys his research to a middle school in
Littlestown, PA. Has given several interviews about
his research to media outlets, including an interview
by Philip Sherwell, the Chief US Correspondent for
The (London) Daily Telegraph. A student from
Plymouth Regional HS "shadowed" him. Has been
contacted to help out with efforts “aimed at
recovering horseshoe crab and shorebird populations
while building public support” by Joe Smith, who is
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Laurie Reed
Linda Levy
Jamie Stalnaker
Jamie Stalnaker
Mardie BurckesMiller
Jamie Stalnaker
Chris Chabot
working with Larry Niles and several non-profits.
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Plymouth State University
Biological Sciences
Department: Quincy
Bog
Computer Science
Department: Senior
Projects
https://www.plymouth.e
du/department/computerscience/senior-projects/
STEM Professional
Development Activities
Research Experiences for
Teachers (RET) Program
STEM Professional
Development Institute
Annual State
Mathematics Contest
MATHCOUNTS
Museum of the White
Mountains
https://www.plymouth.e
du/museum-of-thewhite-mountains/
Kerry Yurewicz serves on the Board of Directors for
Quincy Bog Natural Area/Pemi-Baker Land Trust, a
local non-profit conservation organization whose
tagline is “Conserving Land, Connecting People with
Nature.” As a member of the Program Committee,
she helps plan and host the annual series of naturethemed public talks at Quincy Bog (in Rumney, NH)
each summer. She also serves as co-editor of the
biannual newsletter that is distributed to friends and
supporters of the organization regionally as well as
across the country.
Students have done senior projects working with
organizations like FORGES Inshuti, Optical Design
Manufacturing, Inc., Ringit Manchester, TotalScope
Marketing, and Fabyoulous Breast Cancer Survivors
Online Exchange.
Cheryl is working with PSU faculty and with Schools
and SAU’s across the state to identify and develop
innovative professional development opportunities
and to custom design professional development to
meet contextualized SAU and school based needs.
Please contact Cheryl with ideas, needs, and
opportunities for collaboration.
NH Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive
Research (EPSCoR) program, funded by the National
Science Foundation. RET gives teachers experience
into how scientific research is conducted and where
knowledge comes from. Knowledge comes from this
scientific practice of collaboration, critical thinking,
trial and error, frustration—all of the things that go
into research. RET brings teachers onto college
campuses to experience that.
Shawn Hackshaw is being trained to become a train
the trainer and instructor for a new PSU STEM
PEDAGOGY Institute in partnership with Parametrics
Corporation that will address Pedagogy and
Curriculum for integrative K-12 STEM education
across disciplines. Innovative software that
complements the curricula will be provided to
participants by Parametrics.
Mathematics Contest (sponsored by NHTM) held at
Plymouth State University. This event has been held
annually at PSU since 1998 for HS students from
around the state. 55 high schools compete in the 42nd
competition in 2014.
MATHCOUNTS regional and state competition for
middle school students held at PSU.
The Museum preserves and promotes the history,
culture, and environmental legacy of the region; as
well as provides unique collections-based, archival,
and digital learning resources serving students,
researchers and the public. Provides a monthly STEM
lecture series for middle school home-schoolers.
Speakers have a range of backgrounds.
Each
presentation is followed by lively Q and A sessions.
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Kerry Yurewicz
Christian Roberson
Cheryl Baker
June Hammond
Rowan
Shawn Hackshaw
John Donovan
John Donovan
Marcia Blaine
Plymouth State University
The Judd Gregg
Meteorology Institute
(JGMI)
https://www.plymouth.e
du/department/asc/jgmi/
The Judd Gregg
Meteorology Institute:
The Plymouth State
Weather Center
The Judd Gregg
Meteorology Institute:
K-12 Field Trips
The Judd Gregg
Meteorology Institute:
Projects and Partnerships
http://vortex.plymouth.e
du/
The Judd Gregg
Meteorology Institute:
NHDOT Agreement
The Judd Gregg
Meteorology Institute:
Teacher Workshops
Mark Sylvestre
Planetarium
NH Impact Center
https://www.plymouth.e
du/department/asc/planet
arium/
https://www.plymouth.e
du/outreach/impactcenter/
The JGMI is a center for applied atmospheric science
research and outreach focused on serving and
educating the New England region to provide
knowledge that improves people’s lives. Through a
diversity of expertise, faculty and staff work
independently and in collaboration with partners to
address real-world weather and climate issues. JGMI
activities regularly involve students, providing
graduates with a strong foundation in atmospheric
science, and preparing them for diverse range of
careers.
One of the most sophisticated weather centers in the
country, which provides comprehensive weather
information, including observations, tutorials, satellite
and radar data, and more.
Field Trips for K-12 students.
Eric Hoffman
Projects and partnerships with the National Weather
Center, University of New Hampshire, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Air
Force, National Center for Atmospheric Research,
Federal Aviation Administration, Mount Washington
Observatory, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research
Engineering Laboratory and many other agencies
A 10-year agreement with the New Hampshire
Department of Transportation to deploy over 50
weather observation stations throughout the state to
measure road surface and subsurface temperature and
ozone concentrations
Workshops for K-12 teachers.
Eric Hoffman
The Planetarium in Boyd Science Center provides a
window on the universe. With programs presented by
NASA Solar System Ambassador Sally Jean Jensen
and Planetarium Director Dennis Machnik, the
planetarium is a resource for the entire community.
Portable planetarium for off-site presentations at
schools and other organizations (made possible by a
gift from Verizon)
The NH Impact Center offers a wide array of services
to schools and districts including:
Professional
development programs in mathematics that increase
teacher content and pedagogical knowledge and
improve classroom instruction; assistance for school
districts in the selection and implementation of
standards-based,
research-based
curricula;
a
Curriculum Resource Room for mathematics; direct
or participate in grant-funded projects that aim to
improve mathematics instruction.
Dennis Machnik
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Eric Hoffman
Marsi Wisniewski
Eric Hoffman
Eric Hoffman
Natalya
Vinogradova
River Valley Community College
STEM Faculty/Contact:
Bonnie Akerman
Associate Professor - Science
bakerman@ccsnh.edu
603-542-7744 x5404
Jo-Ann Clifford
Professor of Science, Department Chair of Math & Science
jclifford@ccsnh.edu
603-542-7744 x5407
Program
Family Science Night
STEM day camp
Website
http://www.rivervalley.e
du/rvcccommunity/campusnews/family-sciencenight
Description
Generally 2x per year, to encourage family
engagement over fun topics in science it is for all
ages. The activities are geared for ages 3-15yrs.
Contact
Jo-Ann Clifford
A STEM day camp for middle schoolers. (Started
summer 2014.)
Bonnie Akerman
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Rivier University
STEM Faculty/Contact:
Susan Barbaro
Associate Professor of Biology
sbarbaro@rivier.edu
603-897-8261
Ben Philip
Associate Professor of Biology
bphilip@rivier.edu
603-897-8585
Joel Stake
Biology Department Coordinator, Associate Professor
jstake@rivier.edu
603-897-8291
Program
Bicentennial Elementary
STEM NIGHT
Presentation of Mary
Academy Science Fair
Judging
Website
http://www.nashuatelegr
aph.com/news/999255469/bicentennial-stemnight-aims-toinspire.html
Description
Elementary STEM Night held to encourage students
to get involved in science, technology, engineering
and math.
Contact
Joel Stake &
Ben Philip
Science Fair Judges.
Joel Stake &
Ben Philip &
Susan Barbaro
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Saint Anselm College
STEM Faculty/Contact:
Dan Forbes
Director, Meelia Center for Community Engagement
meeliacenter@anselm.edu
603-641-7108
Rajesh Prasad
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
rprasad@anselm.edu
603-641-7145
Carol Traynor
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
ctraynor@anselm.edu
603-656-6021
Program
Access Academy:
Environmental Studies
(formerly
GPS/Biodiversity) After
School Program
Website
http://www.anselm.edu/
meelia
Access Academy:
Computer Construction
and Literacy After
School Program
http://www.anselm.edu/
meelia
Cold-water Stream
Vulnerability to Climate
Change
Description
On campus based educational programming for
refugee, immigrant, and underrepresented H.S.
students in Manchester. Provides students with a
basic, functional understanding of ecology and
environmental studies with some exploration of
environmental issues and their importance in the
world. Won a grant from NH EPSCoR in 2012 to
help initially fund the program.
On campus based educational programming for
refugee, immigrant, and underrepresented H.S.
students in Manchester.
Learn about basic
technology, maintenance, simple programming.
Students will build their own personal computers with
help from computer science professors.
Joint project between SAC and Manchester
Community College to build research capacity and
student opportunities by networking faculty scientists
and students. The project will broaden student
participation in STEM research and educate students
and the community about climate change science and
the impact of climate change on river health. Won a
grant from NH EPSCoR in 2014 to help fund the
program. SAC is the lead institution.
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Contact
Dan Forbes &
Carol Traynor &
Rajesh Prasad
Dan Forbes
Rajesh Prasad
Southern New Hampshire University
STEM Faculty/Contact:
Center for Community Engaged Learning
serve@snhu.edu
603-314-7965
Program
Rain Garden: ServiceLearning Project with
Beech Street Elementary
School
YMCA STAY program
Service-Learning course:
Math for Elementary
Education
Website
http://academicarchive.s
nhu.edu/handle/10474/2
460?show=full
Description
Led by a team of faculty and service staff and
provided SNHU students with opportunities to
complete valuable fieldwork, mentor local elementary
schoolchildren, and address a pressing environmental
need.
Focused on increasing science education for kids and
also on providing opportunities to bring the kids to
campus so they’re exposed to campus life.
SNHU students enrolled in this course provide math
support at several after school programs for kids who
have been identified as in need of support by their
teachers.
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Contact
Center for
Community
Engaged Learning
Center for
Community
Engaged Learning
Center for
Community
Engaged Learning
University of New Hampshire
STEM Faculty/Contact:
Carmela Amato-Wierda
Associate Professor, Materials Science Program
ccaw@unh.edu
603-862-2526
Malin Clyde
Project Manager, Stewardship Network: New England; UNH Cooperative Extension Specialist
malin.clyde@unh.edu
603-862-2166
Sandy Coit
Program Support Assistant
sandy.coit@unh.edu
603-862-0718
Lara Gengarelly
Extension Specialist, Science Education & Outreach
lara.gengarelly@unh.edu
603-862-2995
Sarah Grosvenor
Field Specialist, Youth & Family – Science Literacy
sarah.grosvenor@unh.edu
603-641-6060
Stephen Hale
Research Associate
steve.hale@unh.edu
603-862-4758
Karen Jin
Lecturer, Department of Computer Science
jin@cs.unh.edu
603-862- 2980
Tara Hicks Johnson
Outreach Specialist
Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center
tjohnson@ccom.unh.edu
603-862-1417
Carolyn Kirkpatrick
Administrative Assistant, Department of Computer Science
carolyn@cs.unh.edu
603-862-3778
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University of New Hampshire
Cathy Leach
UNH Summer Youth Programs
Assistant Athletic Director for Academic Support/Compliance
cathy.leach@unh.edu
603-862-3205
Subhash Minocha
Professor of Plant Biology and Genetics
Director of Biology Program, Director of Project Smart
sminocha@unh.edu
603-862-3840
Claes Thelemarck
Extension Field Specialist, 4-H/Youth & Family
claes.thelemarck@unh.edu
603-447-3834
Kelley Thomas
Hubbard Professor in Genomics and Director
Kelley.Thomas@unh.edu
603-862-2470
Ruth Varner
Director, Associate Professor, Biochemistry
ruth.varner@unh.edu
603-862-0718
Dari Ward
Program Associate, Youth & Family/Marine Science Education
dari.ward@unh.edu
603-862-6701
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University of New Hampshire
GIS
Geospatial Technologies Training Center
gis@unh.edu
603-862-1029
Reception Desk
The Children's Museum of NH
questions@childrens-museum.org
603-742-2002 x100
State Office
UNH Cooperative Extension
ce.webinfo@unh.edu
603-862-1520
STEM-TC
stem.teachers.collaborative@unh.edu
UNH-IOL
UNH InterOperability Laboratory
"Contact Us" form on website
603-862-0090
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University of New Hampshire
Program
SPIRALS
Website
http://www.spirals.unh.e
du/
Family Creative
Learning
Inquiry Teaching
Methods: Grounding
STEM programs in
Inquiry
Stream Safari: an
outreach program of NH
EPSCoR and UNH
Cooperative Extension
http://nhepscor.org/strea
m-safari
4-H Makers Challenge
Sea Treks
SeaPerch
UNH Tech Camp
(Engineeristas,
Techsplorers,
Techventures)
http://seagrant.unh.edu/s
eatrek
http://ccom.unh.edu/seap
erch
http://ceps.unh.edu/unhte
chcamp
Climate and Carbon
Investigations for STEM
teachers
Joan and James Leitzel
Center
http://leitzelcenter.unh.e
du
Leitzel Center:
KEEPERs for Kids
http://leitzelcenter.unh.e
du/keepers/index.html
Description
SPIRALS stands for Supporting and Promoting
Indigenous and Rural Adolescents' Learning of
Science. Outreach program focused on environmental
sustainability for 11-14 year olds.
A workshop series that engages children and their
parents to learn together, as designers and inventors
through the use of creative technologies. Partnering
with Families in Transition on this project.
Workshops offered to informal and formal educators
that focuses on using the NGSS science and
engineering practices with inquiry in their classrooms
and programs.
The Stream Safari program is designed to reach youth,
their adult mentors, teachers and their families,
particularly from underrepresented audiences,
primarily through informal education settings such as
afterschool and summer and youth group programs.
Stream Safari investigations include hands-on
learning experiences in the field and the afterschool
site/classroom.
A yearly summertime STEM event. Families and 4-H
clubs are encouraged to “make” a contraption (2014
was trebuchets, 2015 is water rockets) and bring what
they have made to a friendly competition.
Marine education outreach program for upper
elementary school students.
An underwater ROV program offered through the
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Center for Coastal
and Ocean Mapping on the Durham Campus. This
program is offered to be run by classroom teachers,
after-school organizations, 4-H clubs, homeschoolers,
etc. Teachers attend a training and are provided
materials and support. Statewide. Sarah Grosvenor
teaches a program yearly to youth in the Manchester
area.
Engineeristas is a one-week camp experience for girls
entering grades 6 and 7. Techsplorers is a two-week
coed camp for first-time campers entering grades 6 8. Techventures is a two-week coed camp designed
for returning UNH Tech campers and new campers
entering grades 9 - 10. All camps explore a wide
range of engineering and science topics.
A professional development week-long workshop for
secondary science teachers focused on bringing
authentic research on terrestrial ecosystem carbon
cycling into the classroom.
The Joan and James Leitzel Center works to transform
education in mathematics, science, and engineering at
the University of New Hampshire, in elementary and
secondary schools, and in informal settings through
high quality research, carefully examined practice,
and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Summer weeklong, half-day camp experience
involving hands-on, minds-on challenges focused on
engineering for campers entering grades 2-5.
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Contact
Claes Thelemarck
Sarah Grosvenor
Sarah Grosvenor
Sarah Grosvenor
Sarah Grosvenor
Dari Ward
Tara Hicks
Johnson
Carmela AmatoWierda
Lara Gengarelly
Ruth Varner
Sandy Coit
University of New Hampshire
Leitzel Center:
KEEPERSs for Teachers
http://leitzelcenter.unh.e
du/keepers/index.html
Leitzel Center: Research
Experiences for Teachers
(RET)
http://www.epscor.unh.e
du/research-experiencesteachers
Litzel Center: STEM
Teachers Collaborative
http://leitzelcenter.unh.e
du/STEM-TeachersCollaborative/index.html
EPIC Week of Computer
Camp
http://www.cs.unh.edu/E
PIC-camp-2015
#GoCode
http://www.unh.edu/unht
oday/2014/12/codecomfort-0
http://www.cs.unh.edu/hi
gh-tech-day
High Tech Day
UNH Cooperative
Extension
http://extension.unh.edu/
The Stewardship
Network: Citizen
Science and Internships
(EPSCOR and UNH
Cooperative Extension)
http://newengland.stewar
dshipnetwork.org/
Geospatial 101 (UNH
Cooperative Extension)
http://extension.unh.edu/
Geospatial-101-2015
Writing Geospatial
Lessons (UNH
Cooperative Extension)
http://extension.unh.edu/
Geospatial-LessonDesign-2015
One-week professional development experience for
K-8 teachers, held in conjunction with KEEPERS for
Kids camp. Teachers attend KEEPERS for Kids
camp, interacting with campers and staff while
learning about the design process, gauging student
understanding, testing, and making literature
connections.
Funded by NH EPSCoR, 6-8 week summer program
that builds learning communities and assists middle
school, high school, and 2-year college teachers with
incorporating research into classroom curriculum.
STEM-TC is an interdisciplinary effort across the
University to coordinate and enhance capacity to
strengthen the STEM pipeline, with the primary goal
of increasing K-12 teachers’ expertise in computing,
engineering and technology and extending the impact
of excellent STEM teachers to more students
throughout the state.
Week long Elementary Program Introducing
Computing (EPIC) summer camp for students
entering Grades 4-6 in the Fall. The camp will show
why computer science is fun and how it helps in
everyday life through innovations and technologies.
Event during Computer Science Education Week in
December for elementary school students, hosted by
the computer science department.
The goal is to portray to high school students, through
demonstrations and hands-on workshops, how
exciting high-tech projects and careers can be. The
day takes place in March and will consists of five, 50minute sessions plus a free lunch.
UNHCE provides NH citizens with research-based
education and information to enhance their ability to
make informed decisions that strengthen youth,
families and communities, sustain natural resources,
and improve the economy. UNHCE specialists and
Extension educators serve as an outreach arm for
UNH with a network of professionals located in all 10
NH counties.
This NH EPSCoR Internship is an opportunity to
work with staff and researchers from the University of
New Hampshire, the New England Sustainability
Consortium, the Stewardship Network: New England,
NH Sea Grant, and UNH Cooperative Extension on 1)
Citizen Science Field Work; 2) Coastal Pollution Lab
Work; and 3) Community Engagement.
Geospatial 101 will provide an introduction to
geospatial tools such as GPS, GIS and remote sensing,
primarily for elementary and middle-school teachers
(with adaptations for older students). The institute will
also introduce participants to local data collection
projects and local data sets.
This institute is designed to support experienced
geospatial educators as they develop content and skill
focused lessons for classroom implementation.
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Sandy Coit
Stephen Hale
STEM-TC
Karen Jin
Karen Jin
Carolyn
Kirkpatrick
State Office
Malin Clyde
GIS
GIS
University of New Hampshire
Mapping with Mobile
Devices (UNH
Cooperative Extension)
http://extension.unh.edu/
Mapping-MobileDevices-2015
Watershed Ecology
Institute (UNH
Cooperative Extension)
http://extension.unh.edu/
Watershed-EcologyInstitute-2015
ArcGIS Online for
Organizations (UNH
Cooperative Extension)
http://extension.unh.edu/
ArcGIS-Online-2015
Geospatial Curriculum
Development (UNH
Cooperative Extension)
http://extension.unh.edu/
Geospatial-CurriculumWork-Days-2015
Civil War Era History &
GIS (UNH Cooperative
Extension)
http://extension.unh.edu/
US-History-GIS-2015
Project SMART
http://www.smart.unh.ed
u/
Robo-Palooza
http://childrensmuseum.org/cmnh2010/
content.aspx?id=748
Sequencing and analysis
of the gut microbiome of
flat headed mayflies and
brook trout from a
mercury-impacted stream
of the Lake Sunapee
watershed.
Use the power of smartphones and tablets to make
maps! In this institute, teachers will learn how to take
thier students into the field and have them collect data
about a variety of topics.
Teacher Workshop. In the field: learn data gathering
protocols for water quality, macroinvertebrates, fresh
water fish, and coastal rocky shore plants and animals.
In the classroom: learn how to use ArcGIS online
accounts (free to all NH educators) to map, analyze
and share data within and between watersheds.
Teacher Workshop. This institute will help fully
understand how ArcGIS Online can be used in
classroom and in school! The use of ArcGIS Online
through a subscription account (free for all K-12
schools or K-12 informal programs) expands basic
online mapping to include tools using analysis,
collaboration, and the creation of engaging interactive
maps.
This institute provides the perfect environment for
designing ones approach to using GIS and GPS in
their teaching. This institute will feature teachers
experienced with GIS offering guidance on
integration of geospatial topics into their classes. It
will also provide teachers with help planning their
Community Atlas projects.
This workshop will provide teachers with GIS skills
and effective lessons to use in a U.S. History
classroom, with a summer institute focus on Civil
War–era history.
Discover ready-made history
lessons available through ArcGIS Online—free for
NH educators—and learn to collect and create ones
own historic data layers.
Project SMART is a Summer Institute at the
University of New Hampshire (UNH) that challenges,
educates, and motivates talented high school students
in science and mathematics while acquainting them
with the environment and resources of the University
as a place for higher education and research.
Co-hosted by Seacoast Robotics and the University of
New Hampshire’s Luna Cats at the Children’s
Museum of NH in Dover. The annual event serves as
a venue for introducing children to concepts of STEM
while also allowing college students, graduates, and
other professionals who are involved in robotics a
chance to network.
A collaboration between UNH, Keene State College,
Colby Sawyer College, and Dartmouth College to
study microbiomes of Mayflies and Brook Trout in a
mercury impacted stream. Presented a workshop for
high school science teachers on environmental
genomics in biology. Won a grant from NH EPSCoR
in 2012 to help fund the program. KSC is the lead
institution.
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GIS
GIS
GIS
GIS
GIS
Subhash Minocha
& Cathy Leach
Reception Desk
Kelley Thomas
University of New Hampshire
University of New
Hampshire
InterOperability
Laboratory (UNH-IOL)
https://www.iol.unh.edu/
STEM Educators
Summit
www.
leitzelcenter.unh.edu
Tests networking and data communications products.
The UNH-IOL is the only full-scale, non-profit test
lab in the world that balances industry expertise with
the real-world training of future engineers. Offer
graduate and undergraduate students employment,
internships for High School students, and offers
STEM outreach to classrooms.
Day long conference for STEM educators with
Keynote Speaker, morning and afternoon workshops,
and Panel Discussion. Sponsored by the UNH Joan
and James Leitzel Center for Mathematics, Science,
and Engineering Education. First annual summit held
spring 2015.
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UNH-IOL
Sandy Coit
University of New Hampshire at Manchester
STEM Faculty/Contact:
Melissa Gould
STEM Discovery Lab, Operations Coordinator
Melissa.Gould@unh.edu
603-641-4320
Patricia Halpin
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Patricia.Halpin@unh.edu
603-641-4140
R. Michael Pugh
Senior Lecturer in English and ESOL
Robert.Pugh@unh.edu
603-641-4155
Mihaela Sabin
Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of Computer Science
Mihaela.Sabin@unh.edu
603-641-4144
Karen Sullivan
Education Consultant and coordinator of the FIRST WIST Forum
ksullivan@usfirst.org
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University of New Hampshire at Manchester
Program
UNH STEM Discovery
Lab
Website
http://manchester.unh.ed
u/outreach/stemdiscovery-lab
FIRST Women in
Science and Technology
(WIST) Forum
http://www.usfirst.org/ro
boticsprograms/firstplace
/first-women-in-scienceand-technology-forum
STEM Ambassadors
http://manchester.unh.ed
u/outreach/stemdiscovery-lab/upcoming
Design Made Code
http://manchester.unh.ed
u/outreach/stemdiscovery-lab/upcoming
Mobile App Inventor
http://manchester.unh.ed
u/outreach/stemdiscovery-lab/upcoming
STEM Foundations Explore Earths Wonders
http://manchester.unh.ed
u/outreach/stemdiscovery-lab/upcoming
Description
The STEM Discovery Lab is a challenging, hands-on
learning community where K-12 students and their
teachers engage in the authentic integration of STEM
and language arts through a research-based
curriculum. The STEM Discovery Lab just started in
2014/15. Conducted at UNHM campus and at local
schools.
The FIRST WIST Forum, offered every other year
since 2000, is a one day networking opportunity for
high school girls to learn more about careers in
science and technology directly from successful
women in STEM fields. Presented in conjunction
with FIRST Place & sponsored by NH Space Grant
Consortium.
This year-long enrichment program takes place onsite at Manchester School District’s Memorial and
Central High Schools for academically at-risk,
English Language Learner (ELL) students in grade
10. The program builds and supports STEM pathways
for talent currently underrepresented in the STEM
fields.
Design Make Code engages 6th-8th grade students in
exploratory activities to design and prototype their
own computing and engineering inventions. Focusing
on collaborative and project work, students will learn
how to create mechanical models with simple
machines and mechanisms; design digital fashion
using the Scratch programming environment; create
electronics inventions with littleBits; and control
Finchrobots to test computational designs. There are
two, week long day sessions. This is a partnership
with the Granite United Way’s BRING IT!!!
9th through 12th grade students experience
computational practices and discover foundational
concepts of computer science by inventing their own
mobile apps. Using App Inventor development
platform and Android devices, students will design
and prototype apps that solve real problems. Students
will also be introduced to computing careers and
college fields of study by meeting engineers and
computing professionals from Manchester high-tech
companies. There are two, week long day sessions.
In the STEM Foundations program, students in grades
K-2 learn through the eyes of the Quinks, alien
creatures exploring earth for the first time, exciting
STEM concepts such as motion, force and materials
through hands-on learning experiences. There are four
morning sessions.
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Contact
Mihaela Sabin
Karen Sullivan
Melissa Gould
Melissa Gould
Melissa Gould
Melissa Gould
University of New Hampshire at Manchester
EXCELL in STEM
http://manchester.unh.ed
u/outreach/stemdiscovery-lab/upcoming
Ecosystem Computing
Challenge
http://manchester.unh.ed
u/outreach/stemdiscovery-lab/upcoming
Aspirations in
Computing - ME, NH,
VT Affiliate Award
http://www.aspirations.o
rg/aspirationscommunity/maine-newhampshire-vermont
Texas Instruments Kids
Technology Day
http://manchester.unh.ed
u/outreach/stemdiscovery-lab/upcoming
PhUn Week (Physiology
Understanding)
http://www.theaps.org/mm/Education/K
12/EducationProjects/Ph
Un-Week
Girls Technology Day
https://sites.google.com/s
ite/gtd2015nh/
EXCELL in STEM brings middle school and high
school English Language Learners to the UNH
Manchester campus and STEM Discovery Lab for a
five-week program that combines hands-on science
and computing activities with pre-college English
Language practice. Students conduct Biology
experiments, solve Computer Science challenges, and
take part in STEM-focused field trips, all emphasizing
inquiry, observation, analysis of data, design, and
coding. Each STEM leaning activity incorporates
English Language tasks in academic reading and
research, vocabulary building, writing, listening, and
speaking. Won a grant from NH EPSCoR in 2013 to
help expand the program.
Ecosystem Computing Challenge (ECC) is a New
Hampshire-wide professional development (PD)
program for Career and Technical Education (CTE)
teachers committed to teach a rigorous and engaging
computing curriculum to a diverse student population.
The ECC curriculum is introduced through 5-day
ECC summer camps and ECC-enhanced coursework
during the academic year at participating CTE centers.
Aspirations in Computing is a national and regional
award competition of the National Center for Women
and Information Technology (NCWIT). STEM
Discovery Lab sponsors the award ceremony of the
NCWIT’s Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont
Aspirations in Computing Affiliate. The event is
scheduled in May and includes an invited speaker’s
presentation, two-hour workshop of design and
computing activities, panel discussion with
participation of women professionals, luncheon, and
award ceremony.
Half-day event held yearly in August by Texas
Instruments (TI) in conjunction with the STEM
Discovery Lab for the children of TI employees to
explore UNH Manchester, future STEM field
experiences, and STEM programming.
During PhUn Week elementary school classroom
visits in November, APS members engage students in
interactive, hands-on physiology activities. Through
this real-life, face-to-face encounter with practicing
biomedical researchers, students learn about how their
bodies function and how scientific discoveries are
made.
Originally hosted at NHTI for 8th, 9th, and 10th grade
girls, through a collaboration between UNHM,
Information Technology and Manufacturing (ITM)
Partnership, and the NH DOE Career Development
Office. Objective to engage the girls in meaningful
activities that demonstrate STEM competencies and
showcase academic and career opportunities. Won a
grant from NH EPSCoR in 2013 to help continue and
expand the program.
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R. Michael Pugh
Melissa Gould
Melissa Gould
Melissa Gould
Patricia Halpin
Mihaela Sabin
White Mountains Community College
STEM Faculty/Contact:
Tamara Roberge
Project Manager, Community and Corporate Affairs
troberge@ccsnh.edu
603-752-1113 x3062
Rachel Whitaker
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science
rwhitaker@ccsnh.edu
603-752-1113 x3023
Program
Women in Science and
Technology (WIST)
STEM-Health Careers
camp
STEM-Creator camp
Collaborations to
advance research in
climate change and
human health
Website
http://www.wmcc.edu/w
orkforcedevelopment/stemactivities
http://www.wmcc.edu/w
orkforcedevelopment/stemactivities
http://www.wmcc.edu/w
orkforcedevelopment/stemactivities
Description
WIST showcases achievements by women working in
STEM fields. High School girls meet and talk with
successful New Hampshire women, who encourage
the girls to pursue their own STEM interests.
STEM-Health Careers camp, designed for students
entering grades 6 through 8, provides hands-on, funfilled activities that are meant to be introductory,
interactive, and project - based in the areas of Science,
Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Health
professions.
Campers entering grades 9 through 11 will learn how
to do CAD design and operate a CNC Plasma Table,
weld, and operate other manufacturing equipment.
They will also tour a local manufacturing facility &
more.
Collaboration between Plymouth State University Center for the Environment, NH Department of
Health and Human Services (NH-DHHS) and WMCC
STEM Health Camp. STEM research and education
partnership focused on increasing understanding of
climate change and human health in NH. Won a grant
from NH EPSCoR in 2013 to help fund the program.
PSU is the lead institution.
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Contact
Rachel Whitaker &
Tamara Roberge
Rachel Whitaker &
Tamara Roberge
Rachel Whitaker &
Tamara Roberge
Rachel Whitaker