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SENCER - Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities

SENCER

Education for Civic Engagement: Beyond Science and Across Disciplines
Arts and Sciences Interdisciplinary Forum - April 29th, 2008

SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities) is a faculty development and science education reform program supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF). SENCER has established and supported an ever-growing international community of faculty, students, academic leaders, and others to improve undergraduate STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education by connecting learning to critical civic questions. SENCER is the signature program of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement.

In April 2008, Wm. David Burns, Executive Director of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement, spent two days on the TWU campus speaking to students and faculty about education for civic engagement -- both in science, as well as in other disciplines across Arts and Sciences.

SENCER

Left to Right: Ann Staton, Arts and Sciences; Ann Hughes, School of Management; Cynthia Maguire, Chemistry; David Burns (Speaker), Executive Director of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement; Richard Sheardy, Chemistry; Penny Hanstein, School of the Arts; Reg Rezac, Accounting; David Rylander, Management; Mark Sandel, Social Work; Claire Sahlin, Women's Studies.