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"Facilitating Long-Term Changes in Student Approaches to Learning Science"
HHMI EXROP Awardee: Elischa Sanders
Levinson Emerging Scholar: Marvin Nayan
President's Achievement Awardee: Denise Della
Bank of America Scholar: Jose Mario Pineda
Wells Fargo Vice President’s Achievement Awardee: Erica Chavez Santos
McNair Scholar: Elizabeth Emau, Chinonso Opara, Martha Zepeda Rivera
Mary Gates Scholar: Justin De Leon, Denise Della, Mauna Edrozo, Brittany Harding, Shereen Khorami, Megan Lacy, Helen Lai, Nathan Ma, Kevin Magnaye, Chantal Murthy, Alex Nelson, Kien-Thiet Nguyen, Jose Pineda, Claire Powers, Neela Ramanujam, Keiko Weir, Yue Xiang, Simon Zhou, Jessie Zou
S.M.A.R.T. Challenge Winning Team: Alexis Brendible, Veronica Rodriguez, Yesenia Rosales, and Erica Chavez Santos
Emerging Researchers National Meeting Presentation Awardees: Klondy Canales and Thien-Y Le
Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Presenters: Nadya Ali, Jennifer Cross, Rebecca de Frates, and Cynthia Wainaina
About the NW HHMI Net
The Northwest HHMI Network, or NW Net, was a collaboration between the HHMI Biological Science Education Programs in Oregon, Montana, and Washington. The partnership was initiated in 2006 with four founding members: Oregon State University (OSU), Montana State University (MSU), the University of Montana (UM), and the University of Washington (UW). In 2009, Gonzaga University joined as a newly funded HHMI college program in our region. This five-way partnership continued with HHMI support until 2010.
NW Net was designed to maximize the HHMI investment in our region and expand the reach of each individual program. Through the network, we shared best practices to improve the quality of science education and broaden training opportunities for participants of our undergraduate, faculty development, and K-12 outreach programs.
Opportunities for Students and Program Organizers
Through the NW Net, UW students were eligible for HHMI-funded summer research experiences at partner institutions. Our UW students also attended undergraduate research symposia and presented their research results to scientists at Oregon State University, University of Montana, or Montana State University. Our UW-HHMI program also hosted undergraduates from OSU, UM, MSU and Gonzaga University.
The NW Net student exchange program provided 25 undergraduates with opportunities to interact with scientists at other universities, and explore graduate training opportunities. As a result, a UW undergraduate who participated in the UM summer research project co-authored a research paper with her UM faculty mentor. In addition, two NW Net sponsored students visited partner institutions and were successfully recruited into OSU and UW graduate programs.
The NW Net held four meetings that brought faculty and staff from each program to UW, OSU, MSU, and UW Friday Harbor Laboratories. These meetings enabled program organizers to share best practices and resources for program development, faculty training, and curricular and program assessment.
To learn more about the opportunities provided by NW Net, see the web site:
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