UNE’s announced as recipient of AAAS K-12 STEM Volunteer Program Grant

The Â鶹´«Ã½ was announced as a recipient of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s K-12 National Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Volunteer Program grant on the AAAS website on April 29, 2014.

Â鶹´«Ã½was among seven winners of the grant.  Each organization received approximately $12,000 to develop and implement programs that will connect STEM professionals with local K-12 educators.

Specifically, UNE’s Center for Excellence in Neurosciences (CEN), directed by Edward Bilsky, Ph.D., vice president for Research and Scholarship, and the Marine Science Center, directed by Barry Costa-Pierce, Ph.D., Henry L . and Grace Doherty Chair of the Department of Marine Sciences, will receive the grant funding.

According to the AAAS’ website, “The Â鶹´«Ã½ program will seek volunteers from community foundations and local technology companies in addition to university faculty, staff and students.â€

Michael Burman, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and faculty in CEN, serves as the Outreach Coordinator for UNE’s K-12 program.

About the Â鶹´«Ã½

The Â鶹´«Ã½ is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.