Professor of Chemistry Timothy Elgren has been appointed as a SENCER leadership Fellow by the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement. He is one of 76 educators elected to the inaugural class of Fellows by the members of the National Fellowship Board. SENCER – Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities – is the National Science Foundation-supported signature program of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement, a research center affiliated with Harrisburg University of Science and Technology.
SENCER is a faculty development and science education reform initiative that engages students in science and mathematics by focusing coursework on real world problems. This method extends the impact of student learning across the curriculum to the broader community and society.
SENCER Leadership Fellows are distinguished educators whose leadership and commitment to the improvement of science, technology, engineering or mathematic education in exemplary. Following a nomination and application review, Fellows are appointed to 18-month terms during which they work to expand on their existing campus work, mentor colleagues, and disseminate results regionally and nationally.
Elgren initiated and coordinated the involvement of a team from Hamilton in the 2002 SENCER Summer Institute. The team created a course called Scientific and Social Perspectives on HIV/AIDS. He wants to expand SENCER-connected work by creating a stand-alone laboratory course at the intersection of chemistry, biology and earth science focused on environmental analysis. If the project is successful he hopes to propose it as a national model.
SENCER is a faculty development and science education reform initiative that engages students in science and mathematics by focusing coursework on real world problems. This method extends the impact of student learning across the curriculum to the broader community and society.
SENCER Leadership Fellows are distinguished educators whose leadership and commitment to the improvement of science, technology, engineering or mathematic education in exemplary. Following a nomination and application review, Fellows are appointed to 18-month terms during which they work to expand on their existing campus work, mentor colleagues, and disseminate results regionally and nationally.
Elgren initiated and coordinated the involvement of a team from Hamilton in the 2002 SENCER Summer Institute. The team created a course called Scientific and Social Perspectives on HIV/AIDS. He wants to expand SENCER-connected work by creating a stand-alone laboratory course at the intersection of chemistry, biology and earth science focused on environmental analysis. If the project is successful he hopes to propose it as a national model.
