University of West Georgia Institutional STEM Excellence (UWise)
Session Format
Poster Session (60 minutes)
Session Format
Presentation Session (45 minutes)
Target Audience
Research
Location
Holiday Inn
Second Time and Location
Friday, March 4 from 1:10-1:40 p.m. at the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center
Abstract for the conference program
UWise, funded by the Georgia BOR STEM II initiative, provides support to STEM majors through a summer bridge program. UWise also supports faculty members with mini-grants that focus on improving student success in STEM courses and involving them in faculty-directed undergraduate research. Students in the summer bridge program outperformed non-bridge students in English and STEM courses, as well as the overall GPA. A total of 30 STEM majors participated in UWise-funded research projects, which resulted in 14 student presentations and seven peer-reviewed publications. In conjunction with a Complete College Georgia (CCG) Grant, we have expanded the STEM to STEAM based ENGL 1101/1102 sections from 10 to 12 each term in 2015-2016. A total of 25 faculty members took part in the mini-grant projects, which focused on reducing DFW rates, and resulted in positive gains for students. Ten conference presentations and two peer-reviewed SoTL publications resulted from activities supported by mini-grants.
Proposal Track
Non-research Project
Proposal Track
T2: Applied STEM Education
Start Date
3-3-2016 7:00 PM
End Date
3-3-2016 9:00 PM
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Mruthinti, S. Swamy; Harrison, Rebecca; Sykes, Scott; and Khan, Farooq, "University of West Georgia Institutional STEM Excellence (UWise)" (2016). Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019). 23.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2016/2016/23
University of West Georgia Institutional STEM Excellence (UWise)
Holiday Inn
UWise, funded by the Georgia BOR STEM II initiative, provides support to STEM majors through a summer bridge program. UWise also supports faculty members with mini-grants that focus on improving student success in STEM courses and involving them in faculty-directed undergraduate research. Students in the summer bridge program outperformed non-bridge students in English and STEM courses, as well as the overall GPA. A total of 30 STEM majors participated in UWise-funded research projects, which resulted in 14 student presentations and seven peer-reviewed publications. In conjunction with a Complete College Georgia (CCG) Grant, we have expanded the STEM to STEAM based ENGL 1101/1102 sections from 10 to 12 each term in 2015-2016. A total of 25 faculty members took part in the mini-grant projects, which focused on reducing DFW rates, and resulted in positive gains for students. Ten conference presentations and two peer-reviewed SoTL publications resulted from activities supported by mini-grants.
