{"id":38676,"date":"2015-09-23T13:39:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T23:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=38676"},"modified":"2021-07-22T14:20:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T00:20:09","slug":"national-science-foundation-grant-benefits-uh-west-oahu-stem-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/09\/23\/national-science-foundation-grant-benefits-uh-west-oahu-stem-education\/","title":{"rendered":"National Science Foundation grant benefits <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> West O\u02bbahu <abbr title=\"Science, Technology, Engineering and Math\">STEM<\/abbr> education"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_38678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38678\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/west-oahu-stem-class.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"334\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/west-oahu-stem-class.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/west-oahu-stem-class-260x140.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>&#8211;West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> Associate Professor Joseph Bariyanga discusses the causes of obesity with students and faculty during a Math+Science+x Seminar. (photo by Evelyn &ldquo;Fenny&rdquo; Cox)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"clear-photo\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhwo.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>&#8211;West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/a> was awarded a $746,278 grant from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5483\">National Science Foundation&#8217;s Tribal Colleges and Universities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The grants will be used to: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Support curriculum development for the new <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhwo.hawaii.edu\/academics\/degrees-and-certificates\/bachelor-of-applied-sciences\/natural-sciences\/\">bachelor of applied science in natural sciences program<\/a> and the development of a bachelor of applied science in applied mathematics with an emphasis on recruiting and retaining Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander <abbr>STEM<\/abbr> students\n<\/li>\n<li>Develop undergraduate research opportunities for <abbr>STEM<\/abbr> students\n<\/li>\n<li>Develop middle and secondary science and math education programs at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li>Hire additional peer academic leaders to grow the existing mentoring program in math and supplemental math instruction by and for students\n<\/li>\n<li>Create professional development opportunities for <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> faculty to incorporate Native Hawaiian and Pacific Island knowledge and understanding as part of science and math courses\n<p>&ldquo;The math and science faculty are excited about this opportunity to help UH West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> students succeed in math and science,&rdquo; said Evelyn &ldquo;Fenny&rdquo; Cox, <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> biology professor and principal investigator. &ldquo;This grant will provide funding for peer mentors and support for undergraduate research at the university&#8212;two critical components for building interest and competence in students pursuing STEM programs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Interested STEM students will work on undergraduate research projects together with <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> math and science faculty. The students will receive stipends for the research and will be provided with travel fees to attend conferences and present research results.<\/p>\n<p>The National Science Foundation Tribal Colleges and Universities Program provides awards to Tribal Colleges and Universities, Alaska Native-serving institutions and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions to promote high quality science, technology, engineering and mathematics (<abbr>STEM<\/abbr>) education, research and outreach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhwo.hawaii.edu\/ekamakanihou\/?p=1352\"><em>From E Kamakani Hou<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Julie Funasaki Yuen<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>东精影业 West O&#699;ahu was awarded a $746,278 grant from the National Science Foundation&#8217;s Tribal Colleges and Universities to promote STEM education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[33,554,313,59],"class_list":["post-38676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-hawaiian","tag-mathematics","tag-stem","tag-uh-west-oahu","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38676"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145413,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38676\/revisions\/145413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}