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Ƶ selected for transformative grant to advance inclusion and belonging in STEM fields
December 5, 2022
The $377,800 grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute is designed to improve introductory science experiences for undergraduate students and increase retention of talented STEM students.
Students in the inaugural ABSN class celebrate with themed escape room
December 2, 2022
The first class of Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) students graduate next week from Ƶ. The faculty in the nursing department wanted to send them off in style and so they created an Oscar-themed escape room as a summative evaluation tool.
Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education among 55 educator prep programs recognized for national excellence
December 1, 2022
Ƶ's Teacher Education Program has earned national accreditation by demonstrating excellence in the areas of content and pedagogy, clinical partnerships and practice, candidate recruitment, progression and support, program impact and quality assurance and continuous improvement from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation.
Death of Dave Turnage, developer of Faculty Innovation and Creativity Fund for the Study of Political Communication
November 30, 2022
Turnage created the fund in collaboration with retired Professor Laura Roselle to help further the study of political communication and media literacy, with grants supporting speakers, research and dialogue at Ƶ.
Amy Overman publishes three grant-funded articles on associative memory
November 30, 2022
The professor of psychology and assistant dean of Ƶ College, the College of Arts and Sciences, recently co-authored three peer-reviewed scientific journal articles that were supported by her funding from the National Institutes of Health.
Six Ƶ students join Stanford d.school’s University Innovation Fellows program
November 30, 2022
Joshua Mason ’24, Emmet Owen ’24, Ashley Josey ’25, Eddie Keefe ’25, Nathaniel Lerman ’25 and TJ Mathis ’25 will work to increase Ƶ campus engagement with innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and design thinking.
Solar flair: Lumen Scholar, drum major, engineering leader Mallory Poff ’23 finds a way to do it all
November 30, 2022
“Ƶ provides a lot of different opportunities for students, no matter their major or area of interest. That’s something that’s unique about this school and why I love it here.”
2021 Religion at the Borders Symposium proceedings published
November 29, 2022
The International Journal of Religion will publish a special issue about the CSRCS symposium in 2022.
Project management students earn Professional Scrum Master credential
November 28, 2022
Students in Ƶ’s Agile Project Management course successfully passed the Professional Scrum Master I certification exam, proving their knowledge, understanding and ability to apply Scrum in the real-world.
Nursing faculty presents at national conference
November 28, 2022
Elizabeth Van Horn presented her research on the evaluation of competence in new graduate nurses at the 2022 National League for Nursing Education Summit in Las Vegas.