Iowa State part of $10 million effort to encourage a diverse faculty in STEM fields

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09/11/2018

A Des Moines Area Community College instructor in the background works with students in the robotics lab on the schools Ankeny Campus. Photo courtesy of Des Moines Area Community College

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Craig Ogilvie, Graduate College, Physics and Astronomy, 515-294-2219, cogilvie@iastate.edu.

Mike Krapfl, News Service, 515-294-4917, mkrapfl@iastate.edu.

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Iowa State researchers are part of a national alliance that won a $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The alliance will develop programs that increase the diversity and effectiveness of faculty teaching science, technology, engineering, and math. Iowa State's part of the project focuses on working with community colleges to recruit and prepare a diverse group of graduate students for teaching careers at community colleges.

“These are grassroots, nitty-gritty collaborations among faculty, graduate students and the community colleges.” Craig Ogilvie