USI awarded $500K for STEM programs
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The Indiana Commission of Higher Education has awarded two grants totaling $528,000 to the University of Southern Indiana.
The university’s Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education plans to use the funding to improve the quality of STEM instruction in Indiana, according to a USI press release.
One $240,000 grant will support USI’s Teaching Eagles Scholarship Program, which provides stipends to students studying education and STEM fields.
The other grant — a $288,000 award — will fund the New Experience in Mathematics Education program, which offers support to public school teachers in Indianapolis seeking dual-credit credentialing. This grant will also support elementary teachers looking to further grow their understanding of mathematics and will continue funding an annual high school teachers’ Quantitative Reasoning Conference.
More information about the Teaching Eagles Scholarship Program is available by contacting elly Sparks at kmsparks1@usi.edu. And, more information about the New Experiences in Mathematics Education program is available by contracting Rick Hudson at rhudson@usi.edu.