- Who: GraSUS (short for Graduate Student University School) fellows.
- What they do? Enhance student learning in area math and science classes while providing in-class professional development opportunities to science and math teachers.
- How they work: NDSU graduate and advanced undergraduate students are paired with local 6-12 teachers to plan class activities that focus on inquiry-based learning, problem-solving skills, creative thinking and teamwork.
- It's like a perpetual teaching machine: The National Science Foundation funded GraSUS from 2001 to 2009. The project was so well received, local schools and the South East Education Cooperative chipped in a combined $110,000 to keep it running this year. The deans of NDSU'sColleges of Science and Mathematics, Engineering and Architecture, andHuman Development and Education contributed an additional $20,000 to fund a total of four graduate students and six advanced undergraduate students known as fellows.
- What one GraSUS fellow says:
"It's a good opportunity to hone your skills on teaching or lecturing to different audiences," said Will Clark, doctoral candidate in biological sciences. "I've lectured and taught at the university and it's different than teaching at a high school. It's a good skill to have especially since I'm going to go into teaching."
For more information about GraSUS, contact:
Dogan Comez, dogan.comez@ndsu.edu, 701.231.7490
or
Kim McVicar, kim.mcvicar@ndsu.edu, 701.231.7336.
