NY HSI STEM Hub

New York HSI STEM Hub: Building Community College Capacity in Student-Centered Professional Development and Grantsmanship Mentoring

SUNY Westchester Community College hosts the New York HSI STEM Hub

Principal Investigator: Dr. Vanessa Smith Morest, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, SUNY WCC

SUNY Westchester Community College received a $3M grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF “Due” 2311235) to support the New York HSI STEM Hub, which focuses on impacting STEM workforce development at 2-year colleges. The New York HSI STEM Hub contributes new knowledge about transformation of practice and high-impact practices across a culturally rich and diverse 2-year HSI community in the lower New York State region and supports the education of a diverse STEM workforce.

Participating campuses include SUNY Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Suffolk and Sullivan community colleges, and The SUNY System Office, and CUNY Borough of Manhattan, Bronx, Guttman, Hostos, Kingsborough, and LaGuardia community colleges, and The CUNY System Office.

The proposed Hub intervention builds on previously-funded NSF projects and provides:

  • mentored professional development
  • grantsmanship mentoring
  • participatory action research
  • webinars featuring culturally relevant practices and grantsmanship topics of interest
  • annual regional peer-sharing forums
  • proactive information sharing and communication among an engaged advisory council of participant college leaders.

 

About the New York HSI STEM Hub

Support for the New York HSI STEM Hub Focusing on impacting STEM workforce development at 2-year colleges.

The New York HSI STEM Hub focuses on impacting the pursuit of STEM majors by students at 2-year colleges and ultimately positively impacting and increasing the STEM workforce around the nation.


More Information on the New York HSI STEM Hub

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The New York HSI STEM Hub leads systemic improvements for 14 diverse and highly enrolled SUNY and CUNY HSI and emerging HSI (eHSI) community colleges in the lower Hudson Valley, Long Island, and the New York City area. This is a three-year program that includes:

a) professional development in Student Centered Instruction (SCI) methods to advance STEM success for all undergraduate students and
b) grantsmanship mentoring to increase the capacity of STEM faculty and colleges to competitively pursue NSF HSI funding to further accelerate STEM student success and related program improvements.

Funding for this project was awarded by the National Science Foundation, Award # 2311235 to the SUNY Westchester Community College, in partnership with the Center for Broadening Participation in STEM at Arizona State University

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SUNY WCC is partnering with The Center for Broadening Participation in STEM at Arizona State University

Arizona State University’s Center for Broadening Participation in STEM, “Kick Starter” Program, and “Student-Centered Instruction Program” are partners on this project.

Center for Broadening Participation in STEM

Center for Broadening Participation in STEM

The NY HSI STEM Hub builds upon the work previously done at SUNY WCC; these activities include:
NSF Award Search: Award # 2055362 – Collaborative Research: HSI ATE Hub Professional Development for Culturally Responsive Technician Education.
NSF Award Search: Award # 2055362 – Collaborative Research: HSI ATE Hub 2: Professional Development for Culturally Responsive Technician Education HSI ATE Hub program.

SUNY WCC Team

  • Dr. Vanessa Morest, PI, NY HSI STEM Hub and Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
  • Dr. Laurie Miller McNeill, Director of Institutional Advancement
  • Mary Hegarty, Network Coordinator, NY HSI STEM Hub
  • Dr. Juan Rodriguez, Co-PI, NY HSI STEM Hub and Cybersecurity Professor
  • Sarah Belnap, Co-PI, NY HIS STEM Hub and Math Associate Professor