Friday, June 28, 2013

Academy instructors build curriculum

A special THANK YOU to our new STEM Academy instructors who are hard at work building curriculum and learning experiences for the fall courses! Also Thank You to Gary Smith and Audriana Stark for conducting a great course design workshop for our new Academy instructors.

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Dr. Aurora Pun wins prestigious William P. and Heather W. Weber Award for Teaching Excellence in Science or Math


STEM Gateway would like to congratulate Dr. Aurora Pun, who works with our Peer Learning Facilitator program, for her William P. and Heather W. Weber Award for Teaching Excellence in Science or Math.

This award honors Lecturers or Part Time Instructors who exemplify excellence in teaching of any science or math discipline within the College of Arts and Sciences at the undergraduate level.


Read the full UNM news article here.
Learn more about our PLF program here.

Congratulations, Dr. Pun!

We are proud and thankful for the opportunity to work with you!

Thursday, June 6, 2013

New STEM Gateway Courses

Starting this fall, STEM Gateway will be partnering with El Centro, CEOP and the Women's Resource Center to offer STEM Academies for students who are new to science, technology, engineering or math disciplines.

Be sure to check here for more information regarding these helpful and exciting courses!

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Congratulations, PLFs!


We have some wonderful updates from our PLFs both past and present:

- Yushi Yeap is spending her summer working in UNM's MCAT+ Program!

- Chelsey Thorpe is relaxing before beginning her UNM Master's in Public Administration Program!

- Jordan Schurter visited Nicaragua!

- Jacob Ketcham went road tripping to the Grand Canyon before returning to PLF this summer!



Speaking of which...

PLFs are working this summer in Earth and Planetary Sciences 101, Math 121, and Math 264!