Membership

• Marilyn Bellert
  Center for P-20 Engagement
• Jon Carnahan   
  Chemistry
• David Changnon*   
  Geography
• Brianno Coller
  Mechanical Engineering
• Ken Gasser
  Biological Sciences
• Penny McIntire
  Computer Science
• Jon Miller
  Biological Sciences
• Lesley Rigg
  Geography
• Kurt Schultz
  Art
• Federico Sciammarella
  Mechanical Engineering
• Earl Seaver
  Vice Provost
• Masih Shokrani
  Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
• M. Cecil Smith
  Educational Psychology
• Julia Spears*
  Engaged Learning Office
• John Wolfskill
  Mathematics
• C. Sheldon Woods
  Teaching and Learning

*Co-Chairs

2010-2011 STEM Work Group Priorities and Sub-committees

Action Plan #3:  Adopt policies and practices that aggressively promote high-quality teaching STEM programs at NIU.

Sub-committee Members:
Cecil Smith, Educational Psychology
Brianno Coller, Mechanical Engineering
Ken Gasser, Biological Sciences
Jon Miller, Biological Sciences

Action Plan #5:  Make scientific literacy the fourth core competency for NIU students and adopt strategies for effective implementation of this policy.

Sub-committee Members:
Jon Carnahan, Chemistry
David Changnon, Geography
Masih Shokrani, Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
John Wolfskill, Mathematics

Action Plan #11:  Expand the size, academic quality and diversity of the STEM candidate pool through aggressive outreach and targeted recruitment of high-value students in regional high schools and community colleges.

Sub-committee Members:
Marilyn Bellert, Center for P-20 Engagement
Penny McIntire, Computer Science
Lesley Rigg, Geography
Federico Sciammarella, Mechanical Engineering
Pati Sievert, STEM Outreach
Julia Spears, Engaged Learning