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STEM University Snapshot 2015 - 2018 STEM University Is the Student Engagement Component of the UNM STEM Collaborative Center (STCC) STEM University Snapshot 2015 - 2018 STEM University is the student engagement component of the UNM STEM Collaborative Center (STCC). The STCC is currently in the fourth year of a five year $2.6 million US Department of Education grant focused on improving science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduation rates at the University of New Mexico, especially Hispanic and low-income students. 2015 STEM University provides outside-of-classroom STEM-based So, you want to be a STEM intern? Spring 2015 student engagements through three formats: Discover STEM, This workshop series taught students how to land a and . STEM Leadership STEM High-Engagement Events competitive STEM internship. Faculty/Partner: Kathryn Bellis Talent TVC Discover STEM events are designed to provide students with a brief introduction to STEM majors, research, technology, and faculty Donut Days Spring 2015 members. These short sessions are often part of larger events or A mixer for all UNM students, staff, faculty and various conferences. Notable examples include: 1) presentations at the members of the local Albuquerque science and Shared Knowledge Conference, 2) Discover Your Science Day engineering community. for incoming first-year students, and 3) undergraduate research introduction sessions at Opt-In for New Student Orientation. Introduction to Caving & Bioinformatics: Field Day at El Malpais & Data Labwork Summer 2015 STEM Leadership engagements are designed to provide students Students joined the drug discovery team of the Northup with more extensive support for their STEM educational goals. Lab for an expedition to caves at El Malpais. Ara Kooser Our most successful STEM Leadership engagement is the STEM taught students how to utilize bioinformatics software Mentorship program that pairs UNM undergraduates with scientists and explore bacterial chemical interactions. and engineers at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Faculty/Partner: Ara Koser, Dr. Diana Northrup Sandia National Laboratories. Department of Biology UNM STEM High-Engagement Co-Curricular Events provide students Field Days at Bosque del Apache the opportunity to dig deeper into a particular research arena, or to & Parasite Laboratory Research Summer 2015 engage further with faculty members or other scientists/engineers. Students traveled to the Bosque del Apache National This booklet details many of the STEM high-engagement events Wildlife Refuge to collect hosts (mostly aquatic snails), held over the past three years. and examined them for parasites. After the samples were processed, they were entered into the Museum The three STEM University formats have one important element of Southwestern Biology’s Division of Parasites for in common: partnerships. STCC staff do not create or implement preservation and future work. events in isolation. As you look through this booklet, you will notice Faculty/Partner: Dr. Sara Brant Department of the many UNM, AFRL, Sandia and other scientists, engineers and Biology UNM educators who have lent their expertise to UNM’s undergraduate STEM students. Without their generous contributions of time and Ancient History: Introduction to Archeology knowledge, this booklet would be empty, the STCC would not exist, Research at the Valles Caldera Summer 2015 and students would not have such tremendous access to state-of- On a trip to Valles Caldera National Preserve, students the-art STEM. discovered how anthropologists and archaeologists are putting the pieces together to understand the people who resided in New Mexico during the last 11,000 years To our partners, a heartfelt ago. They visited a prehistoric obsidian quarry in the Caldera, to explore how obsidian tools were crafted. Thank You! Faculty/Partner: Dr. Ana Steffen Department of Anthropology UNM 2 3 Exploring a Supervolcano: Intro to Geology Conducting Field Transects and Bird Surveys: Field & Hydrology Research at the Valles Caldera Day at Bosque del Apache Summer 2015 Summer 2015 Dr. Yadéeh Sawyer took students to the Bosque Students traveled to Valles Caldera, Jemez Springs, del Apache National Wildlife Refuge where they where they visited various geology and hydrology systematically walked and recorded observations of research sites located throughout the Preserve. birds and other flora and fauna of the area (also known Faculty/Partner: Dr. Laura Crossey Department of Earth as field transects). and Planetary Sciences UNM Faculty/Partner: Dr. Yadéeh Sawyer Stem Gateway UNM Tour of Wastewater Restoration Plant Considering a Career in Medicine Summer 2015 & Water Quality Lab Summer 2015 Dr. James McKinnell helped students explore medicine Students toured Albuquerque’s Southside Wastewater as a profession through the use of selected readings Reclamation Plant (SWRP) and Water Quality Lab. and discussion with practicing professionals. In addition, After the full plant tour, students visited the Water he shared tips on developing a strong medical school Quality Laboratory. application. Faculty/Partner: Sharon Sivinski Albuquerque Bernalillo Faculty/Partner: Dr. James McKinnell Office of County Water Utility Authority Pre-Health Professions Student Development UNM Peering into Distant Galaxies: Behind the Observing Life Zone Changes at the Scenes at the Very Large Array Summer 2015 Sandia Mountains Summer 2015 On a trip to Socorro, NM students toured the Very Large On a trip to the Sandia Mountains, students learned Array (VLA) radio astronomy observatory. The learned about scientific observation via a scavenger hunt and by how Dr. Trish Henning studies galaxies hidden behind documenting observations, both written and illustrative. the Milky Way, and heard how her undergraduate Faculty/Partner: Dr. Yadéeh Sawyer Stem Gateway UNM experience helped shape her research. Faculty/Partner: Dr. Trish Henning Department of Understanding the Impact of Invasive Species on the Physics and Astronomy UNM Rio Grande Summer 2015 On a trip to the Rio Grande Valley Nature Center, ABQ Start-Up Tour Summer 2015 students examined and identified microorganisms Students learned more about entrepreneurship and within the Discovery Pond. They also investigated the toured exciting start-up accelerators in the Albuquerque impact of invasive species on the riparian habitat along Innovation District, FatPipe and ABQid. the bosque trail. Faculty/Partner: Talent TVC Faculty/Partner: Dr. Yadéeh Sawyer Stem Gateway UNM Forest Restoration 101: Data Collection Tour of Air Force Research Laboratory & Research & Field Day at the Valles Caldera Summer 2015 Presentations Summer 2015 Students spent the day as a forest ecologist at the Students learned more about internships and careers Valles Caldera National Preserve, and were taught at the Air Force Research Laboratory, as AFRL Scientists lessons in forest health, restoration, and management. led them on tours of various laboratory facilitates. Faculty/Partner: Brittney Van Der Werff Valles Caldera Faculty/Partner: AFRL Scientists Sandia Day at the Advanced Materials Lab Exploring the Geologic Time Record in the Summer 2015 Rocks of New Mexico Summer 2015 Students learned more about careers at a Department The three day excursion included several stops to of Energy national laboratory from a panel of Sandia’s look at different types of rocks in New Mexico, and an current STEM interns. Sandia’s scientists also talked overnight camping trip. about their cutting edge research and gave a tour the Faculty/Partner: Dr. Jason Ricketts The University of Advanced Materials Laboratory. Texas at El Paso Faculty/Partner: Sandia’s Scientists and Interns 4 5 STEM Career Fair 101 Fall 2015 Tour of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Students learned how to research employers, build Starfire Optical Range Spring 2016 an impressive resume, communicate strengths and Students toured research facilitates at the Starfire interview like a professional. Optical Range (SOR), at the Air Force Research Faculty/Partner: Office of Career Services, Laboratory (AFRL) with scientists. The SOR operates Local Scientists and Engineers UNM one of the world’s premier adaptive-optics telescopes capable of tracking low-earth orbiting satellites. STEM Public Policy Undergrad Fellowship Fall 2015 Faculty/Partner: AFRL Scientists With this fellowship, students learned how public policy is created, and studied current research into Make Smart-phones Smarter: Design an App STEM education, while exploring their own personal Spring 2016 experiences as a STEM student. 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