Penn State STEM Education Outreach Opportunities a Comprehensive Listing of Outreach Opportunities Provided by Penn State University
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Penn State STEM Education Outreach Opportunities A comprehensive listing of outreach opportunities provided by Penn State University. This is an evolving document and includes, but not limited to, many opportunities offered at the University. (ES – Elementary MS – Middle School HS – High School UGS – Undergraduate Students GS – Graduate Students PD- Professional Development) Penn State Outreach Domains/Target Audience Education Community & General K-12 Students K-12 Educators Higher Education Industry & Workforce Public Penn State Center for Young Scholars Academic Year Broader Impacts PIPELINE in STEM Science & the Schools Program Workshops Resources and Industry, School District, College of Education HS One-day PD workshops Support PSU Commonwealth 6 week summer research integrating STEAM Faculty resource to Campus program to experience with PSU imbed broader impacts integrate science and STEM researchers Summer Workshops into research grants engineering practices, st Week long PD workshops 21 century skills, and Kid Wind Challenge Navigate Education in research practices into schools ES, MS, HS Research Experiences for PA Database interdisciplinary wind Teachers Database to help faculty turbine design challenge 6 week summer research explore education Host a RET experiences with PSU STEM entities throughout PA Host a 6 week research researchers and industry, experience for a teacher in industry including PD to integrate classroom research projects Host a RET 6 week research experience for teachers GS Transferable Skills Agricultural Sciences Community & General K-12 Students K-12 Educators Higher Education Industry & Workforce Public Penn State Agriculture Community Watershed Community Watershed Engaged Scholarship Research and and Environment Center Engagements Engagements UGS, GS Extension College of Agricultural Working with local ES, MS, HS Student engaged Conservation tools and Sciences residents at specific Stream teams and 4-H opportunities with training for practitioners watershed areas to bring club projects with specific watershed management, awareness and adopt watershed areas internships, exposure to careers watershed management practices Penn State Northeast Community Capacity Resources for Resources for Region for Rural Building Researchers Practitioners Development Resources, trainings to Economic resources, Emphasizing College of Agricultural assist residents of the articles, and research on entrepreneurship and Sciences Northeast rural areas sustainable community other resources for rural development areas Local and Regional Food Systems Trainings and Local and Regional Analysis, training and Conferences Food Systems assistance with nutrition Analysis, training and and food safety assistance with nutrition and food safety Training and Conferences Trainings and Conferences Northeast Woody/Warm Webinars Teacher Summer Undergraduate Short Courses Season Biomass Workshops Bioenergy Scholars for biomass energy Consortium MS, HS Teachers Program industry College of Agricultural Week long PD workshops at UGS summer research Sciences PSU and WVU experiences with Willow Equipment researchers in bioenergy Access Program equipment trainings and Graduate Distance loan program for willow Education Program growers Scholarship opportunities with bioenergy courses Penn State Center for Educational Resources for Pollinator Research Opportunities and family Beekeepers College of Agricultural events Field guides, bee keeping Sciences Great Insect Fair, Wings in courses and more the Park, Arbor Day and more! Penn State Center for Undergraduate and Forest Landowner Private Forests Graduate research and natural resources, College of Agricultural outreach projects conferences, and Sciences legacy planning Penn State Center for CASE Institute: Global Teach Ag! Professional Personnel Ag teachers Initiative Development week-long summer PD PD, K-12 consulting, College of Agricultural workshop evaluations of global Sciences & College of student learning Education ACES: initiatives Ag teachers PD Workshops State Legislative Leadership Conference: Ag teachers PD Workshops DIY Professional Development: Series for Ag Educators Penn State Center for Home Lawns Professional Turf Grass Turf grass Management how to develop and grow, Management College of Agricultural renovation, managing Sciences home lawn resources, pest Cultivar Evaluations management control Athletic Fields Plant ID identification of plants Golf Courses related to turf grass industry Diagnostic and Testing Diagnostic and Testing Services Services water quality, soil testing, disease water quality, soil testing, diagnosis, etc. disease diagnosis, etc. Penn State Schatz Center Undergraduate for Tree Molecular Research Projects Genetics College of Agricultural Post Doc Fellowship Sciences Visiting Scholars Program visitors to engaged in research, short-term projects from 3 months to 3 years Arts and Architecture Community & General K-12 Students K-12 Educators Higher Education Industry & Workforce Public Penn State College of Marcellus By Design Architecture and Energy Efficient Arts and Architecture educational workshops, Landscape Architecture Research Group Overview seminars to better Camps UGS, GS understand Marcellus HS projects engaging Shale Week-long residential students in designing camp energy efficient housing Institute for Arts and Humanities Events Visual Arts Camp Arts and Design HS Research Incubator Week-long residential funding, technical camp support, and workspace for high impact arts and design projects Borland Project Space workspace for arts research Penn State Center for the Events School-Time Matinees School-Time Matinees In-Class Experiences Performing Arts ES, MS, HS i-STEAM PD workshops Infusing arts experiences College of Arts and with CSATS with field trip into UGS and GS classes Architecture funding support Communications Community & General K-12 Students K-12 Educators Higher Education Industry & Workforce Public Science Communication Public Communication Faculty and Graduate Alumni Outreach Program Campaign Strategy & Student Media Implementation Training Strategic Communication Campaign Evaluation Research Support Partnerships Networking & Collaboration Earth and Mineral Sciences Community & General K-12 Students K-12 Educators Higher Education Industry & Workforce Public Earth and Mineral Lecture Series Weather Camps PA Drilling and Sciences Community lectures in HS Blasting Conference Overview mineral engineering Week-long residential for industry camps professionals Penn State Sustainable Research Experiences Climate Risk for Undergraduates Management and Recent Graduates Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI) Conferences, Earth and Mineral Workshops and Sciences Seminars Summer School on Sustainable Climate Risk Management GS and Post Docs Residential PD Workshops Penn State Marcellus Marcellus By Design Top Courses for Center for Outreach and educational workshops, Regulators and Policy Research seminars to better Makers for Oil and Gas Earth and Environmental understand Marcellus Industries Systems Institute (EESI) Shale Earth and Mineral Sciences Engineering Community & General K-12 Students K-12 Educators Higher Education Industry & Workforce Public Engineering Overview Engineering Engineering Engineering Student Educational Ambassadors Ambassadors Organizations Opportunities MS, HS MS, HS UGS, GS Partner with UGS Connect students with Connect students with Academic Engineering students on first year engineering engineering opportunities Organizations for and capstone projects opportunities and and explore career fields student engagement explore career fields Engineering Professional Development PD for Engineering Professionals – short courses, seminars, workshops etc. Center for Engineering Girl Scout Engineering Engineering Ahead Outreach and Inclusion Workshops UGS Engineering ES, MS, HS Six summer programs to One-day workshops to prepare underserved earn engineering badges and underrepresented for all levels students in engineering Make the Machine Multicultural Engineering Camp Engineering Program HS UGS One week summer camp Bridge programs, for girls workshops, seminars to prepare underserved and underrepresented students in engineering REU Programs UGS Research experiences for undergraduates Facilities Engineering Workshops Institute HVAC, Electrical, Boiler Engineering Plant and Water for interested professionals Larson Transportation GREATT Resources GS Research Continuing and Institute With CSATS, curricula Opportunities Distance Education Engineering resources available from K- For transportation 12 Education Outreach Student Employment professionals program GS student projects Research Facilities Faculty research facilities for a variety of transportation testing Leonhard Center Assessments and Engineering Instructional Support For faculty and graduate assistants Communications UGS, GS Supports in communicating research through assertion- evidence approaches Faculty Workshops Teaching Intern Program UGS Working with faculty to become a teaching intern during junior year Center for Acoustics and Workshops, Seminars Workshops, Seminars Vibrations and Short Courses and Short Courses Engineering UGS, GS, Faculty Corporate sponsors, international liaisons, and government liaison opportunities Center for Innovative Workshops, Seminars Sintered Products and Short Courses Engineering for industry professionals Center for Health Workshops for Workshops for Organization Academia and Industry Academia and Transformation