Events/Announcements
November 18 12:00 noon 1:00 p.m. Science Brown Bag - Dr. Eric Pyle
December 3 - 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Motivating Students in STEM Disciplines
Dr. Ken Barron and Dr. Chris Hulleman
December 4 - 8-9:30 a.m.
Motivating Students in STEM Disciplines
Dr. Ken Barron and Dr. Chris Hulleman
December 4 - (BRCC) - 8:30 - 10 am (JMU) - 2:30 - 4 pm
Motivating Students in STEM Disciplines
Dr. Ken Barron and Dr. Chris Hulleman
March 9, 2010 (snow date, March 10, 2010) The 51st annual Shenandoah Valley Regional Science Fair is scheduled at James Madison University
March 18-19, 2010 The 17th Virginia Junior Science and Humantities Symposium is scheduled at James Madison University.
News
Center Co-Directors Bob Kolvoord and Eric Pyle were part of a panel on science education on the 30 March edition of WMRA's Virginia Insight radio program. Download a recording of the show.
Bridging the Valley: A STEP Ahead for STEM Majors
James Madison University has partnered with Blue Ridge Community College (BRCC), Bridgewater College (BC), Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), SRI Inc., and the Shenandoah Valley Partnership to address the challenges of building additional STEM major enrollments and retaining students to program completion. The National Science Foundation awarded the partners nearly $1.5 million to meet this goal.
Higher Education
The Center provides links to workshops and professional development opportunities for JMU and other faculty, along with connections to the different facilities available on campus.
Opportunities for University Faculty
Upcoming fall and spring STEM Center events
- Faculty Workshops
- May Symposium
- Brown Bag Lunches (see the calendar for details)
- VCTM Conference - March 2010
The 2010 Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference will be held at JMU March 12-13, 2010. The conference is for PreK-12 teachers and supervisors of mathematics as well as those engaged in teacher education of PreK-12 teachers of math. Proposals to speak at the conference are due by Oct. 15, 2009. The proposal form can be found at: http://www5.rockingham.k12.va.us/vctm/proposal.html.
