Professors Receive Grant to Train Minority Science and Math Teachers

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $352,938 grant to Dr. Leon Dickson Jr., associate professor, Department of Biology; and Dr. Marilyn M. Irving, associate professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education, to increase the number of underrepresented minorities teaching mathematics and science in a partnering school district. The project, “Science and Mathematics for All” (SMA), will train and certify 30 graduate students (10 per year) with exceptional content knowledge in mathematics and science to become teachers. Students will receive a $10,000 stipend toward pursuing and completing a Master of Arts of Teaching (M.A.T.) degree and full certification – initial licensure. While completing their degree, they will work full-time for two years in the Prince George’s County Public School District under the guidance of Howard faculty advisors.

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Howard Joins with Three HBCUs to Create a STEM Learning Community

The Graduate School has joined with Jackson State University, Talladega College, and Xavier University for the “Learning Communities for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Academic Achievement” (LCSAA), a major initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education to provide an opportunity for current and future faculty members to improve and create new teaching and learning strategies to enhance student academic achievement in STEM.

Only 50 grants were awarded from among 1,377 applications. This highly competitive initiative will be led by Dr. Orlando L. Taylor, vice provost for research and Graduate School dean, and Dr. Terrolyn Carter, an alumna of Xavier and acting coordinator of Howard’s nationally recognized Preparing Future Faculty program.

For further information on the project, visit the Graduate School Web site: www.gs.howard.edu.

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Symposium Addresses Pharmacist’s Role in Global Health

The Howard University Continuing Education’s (HUCE) Pharmacists and Continuing Education (PACE) Center hosted a symposium, “A Dialogue --Pharmacists & Pharmacy Leadership: Making a Difference in Global Health,” on Nov. 12.

The program, organized and moderated by Dr. Rosalyn King, director of the PACE Center, was designed for the internationally-represented participants to be able to identify global health issues to which pharmacists and their networks can respond; develop responses from U.S.-based pharmacists to possibilities for global health practice and contribution in health and development; as well as to engage in greater dialogue on human resource capacity issues associated with specific U.S. strategies in global health.

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