Goal of project is to identify and understand key challenges facing PK-12 schools in Michigan's rural areas. To understand how current state policies relate to these challenges, and identify potential changes in policy that would improve circumstance...

The Michigan Good Food Fund is a $30 million loan fund to support entrepreneurs, particularly women and BIPOC owners, grow their healthy food businesses. Serving low income communities in Michigan is a priority. MSU CRFS provides technical assistance...

This activity involves quarterly meetings focused on fostering innovation and entrepreneurship within mid-Michigan, generally by identifying and or fostering problem-solving partnerships, educating ecosystem partnerships and connecting existing busin...

As a community-based researcher, I participate in and serve on multiple community groups including the groups working on issues related to tobacco use, opiate drug use, gun safety and suicide prevention, and early educational opportunities in my rura...

goal is to present golf courses as community assets and are a value to communities irrespective if they engage in the sport of golf. Values are described as ecosystem services and include stormwater management, flood risk mitigation, carbon sequestra...

This community-partnered study will scale a community, provider, and system-level implementation intervention to reduce African American maternal morbidity and mortality disparities in two Michigan counties (Genesee and Kent). We will test the interv...

The U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad is a multi-tiered chemistry competition. I assisted with organizing and administering this event.

My summer 8 week program will involve teaching advanced high school students (those having had AP Chemistry), real world process chemistry (organic) activities. They will be working with an industrial sponsor on this research who has contracted MSUSA...

This "project" is part of the Capstone course ITM444 (offered every Spring) where organizations with IT-related needs submit their own project proposals to be staffed by student teams of 4-5 students. We usually attract a range of organizations from...

Audience: Class of 2026 for both Lansing School District & Waverly Community Schools Purpose: Career Exploration is one of the pillars of the federal GEAR UP Grant, and the work plan we follow. Goals: Created and exhibited an original slide show, ...

This study aims to investigate educational, organizational, and computational factors to mitigate human replacement by robots in manufacturing settings. The results from this study will inform the development of new robotic technologies that enable a...

My position is as an academic specialist for outreach, and I am the Program Coordinator for Michigan State University’s Enviroweather, which is a network of over 100 research-grade, automated weather stations that collect data which are transmitted t...

This project conducted 60 interviews with stakeholders in Michigan from the areas of public policy, agriculture, energy, affected communities, and experts in agriculture and entomology. It was part of a fall 2020 capstone project for the Science, Tec...

On 14 Michigan organic farms tested with the farmers 4 cover crops, two single species and 2 mixtures ( one combo was selected by each farmer for the farm). Looked at these for production and nutrients contribution to the soil and next years plants.

The primary goal of the project is to recover the people of the historical slave trade and make the information available to general public, researchers, and students. We also conducted workshops and presentations. The underlying technology is also k...

The goal of the project is to supply up to date geo-located data for disaster relief and mitigation.

Worked with middle school science teachers (and other motivation researchers and science education experts) to co-design and test professional learning to aid middle school science teachers in supporting students' motivation in engagement.

Data Nuggets are free classroom activities, co-designed by scientists and teachers, designed to bring contemporary research and authentic data into the classroom. Data Nuggets include a connection to the scientist behind the data and the true story o...

Data Nuggets are free classroom activities, co-designed by scientists and teachers. When using Data Nuggets students are provided with the details of authentic science research projects, and then get to work through an activity that gives them practi...

Review of educational materials directed at middle school and high school age students to raise awareness of chemical toxins in the environments and their impacts. Discussion with high school students about pursuing careers in research that impacts ...

ACS-Project SEED, who I have been running at MSU since 2012, gives the opportunity to economically disadvantaged high school students to work for 8 weeks during the summer in a MSU Chemistry lab.

This activity broadly encompasses the problem of the appearance, emergence, expansion, and spread of mosquito and tick borne diseases regionally and within the state of Michigan; how to survey for these processes meaningfully; how to engage local pub...

Pre-college students participating in the Detrpit Area Pre-College Engineering Program were invited for a 2 h per day two day workshop at the Plant reserach Lab. Workshop was on photosynthesis. Students were also given a tour of the PRL.

K-12 STEM education with 3D printing and coding focus on Midland and cross the state

The Apple Developer Academy is a partnership between MSU and Apple Individuals 18 or older have the opportunity to become a world-class developer using Apple’s iOS ecosystem. The Academy focuses on coding, design, entrepreneurship, and essential prof...