The mission of the MSU Science Festival is to celebrate the many ways science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (the STEAM disciplines) touch our everyday lives and shape our future, broaden public access to informal learning environment...

Online training for poultry producers and workers to teach the various methods that are approved for euthanasia of birds

Stakeholder Input for Redeveloping Belle Isle Park Old Zoo Area NCI facilitated a series of online engagements for a partnership between the Michigan Department of Natural Resource’s Parks and Recreation Division (DNR) and the Landscape Architecture ...

Despite impact of the COVID 19 activity restrictions, 10 farm energy audits and 11 renewable energy assessments were completed while 2 audits are on-going. The economic hardship faced by Michigan agricultural operations and the on-field person-to-per...

Our efforts in Michigan has resulted in the dramatic reduction of mutually unresolved instances while surrounding agricultural states have continued to incur multiple case in recent years. Don’t get the wrong impression that stray voltage has gone aw...

Developed an Anishinaabe resource manual with assessed and recommended resources (books, articles, podcasts, videos, etc) that align with the State of Michigan Social Studies Standards; to assist and enhance the role K-12 education plays in respectfu...

Monthly virtual 8th grade classroom meetings via google classroom in classroom in the Lansing School District. Program goals: Help participants reach their goals. Provide information about educational opportunities beyond high school Show alterna...

Provided information gypsy moth, tactics to reduce defoliation and other topics via online and hard copy publications, in -person and online webinars, and direct conversations to assist residents, landowners, forestry professionals, arborists, townsh...

Together, Michigan State University and Wayne State University are addressing the need for Addiction Medicine specialists in the state of Michigan and beyond. Communities across the nation need Addiction Medicine specialists to address the addiction ...

Held on-line and in person forums attended by local officials. Goal was to inform on the parameters of how ARPA funds could be spent and better understand community needs.

Participated in a series of meetings facilitated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in response to flooding in certain areas of central and NE MI due to a dam collapse. The goal was to bring together local and regional agencies involved in pr...

Provide research support services to a group of 13 mayors from Michigan, known as the Urban Core Mayors. Group is facilitated by the Michigan Municipal League and includes mayors from the cities of Detroit, Lansing, Saginaw, Bay City, Pontiac, Flint,...

The Capital Area College Access Network is a regional organization in mid-michigan working to with K-16 education, workforce development, and various non-profits with the goal of increasing the percentage of high school graduates with a degree or cer...

Teach, Talent, Thrive (T3) serves as the Career and Educational Advisory Council for Prosperity Region 7. its mission to build a community committed to lifelong learning led by business and community stakeholders to ensure regional prosperity in the ...

Nematode management

Provide training to Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program technicians and Conservation District staff members about Michigan's water resources and how to conduct an on-farm risk assessment.

This non-profit youth support service has been committed to the development of purpose-driven individuals through education, personal growth, arts, industry and sports for many years. I have worked with them to implement a curriculum, together with t...

Suggested the novel and then facilitated a discussion among all of the employees of this non-profit organization based in Detroit. Toni Morrison's SULA led to a wonderful discussion of literature, the genre of the novel, and issues of gender, sexuali...

This project addresses production, market, financial, and legal risk management issues, and seeks to better inform beginning, limited resource, and socially disadvantaged (SD) specialty crop producers how to identify and mitigate risk, navigate disas...

The project addressed management and mitigation approaches related to production, financial, and human risks and provide information available to beginning, Latino, limited resources (LR), and socially disadvantaged (SD) specialty crop producers on h...

A research project conducted with Latino farmers.

Provided logistical and teaching support to faculty/ practitioners who include community engaged teaching and learning in their classrooms.

Science Olympiad is an olympics style competition consisting of 24 individual competitive events for 6-8 grade and 9-12 grade students. STEM focused events in biology, physics, chemistry, and engineering.

On behalf of MSU, I maintain a partnership role in this multi-university effort to leverage and coordinate university resources in support of neighborhood initiatives in the HOPE Village community. It is an innovative model of community–campus collab...

The MSU Detroit Center Director worked with faculty from the DOE-PRL to design and conduct focus groups to inform their efforts to develop pipeline projects to expose diverse middle and high school youth to research careers and STEM with a concentrat...