Earlier this year, Patricia Marin, an assistant professor in Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education (HALE) at Michigan State University, examined the changing nature of Hispanic-Serving Institutions, with a focus on graduate students, leadership, and institutional culture. Marin’s findings suggest that instead of asking whether an institution is Hispanic-serving, it may be more appropriate to ask about the extent to which an institution is Hispanic-serving.
Michigan State University is one of several institutions that support the preparation of leaders in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.
Last fall, a STEM project at Michigan State University was one of 17 to share a $51-million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) program.
The NRT program aligns with NSF’s 10 Big Ideas for Future NSF Investments: 10 that identify areas for future NSF investment at the frontiers of science and engineering.
Michigan State University received $3 million to develop graduate education trainee models in STEM. According to a Michigan State release, the project anticipates training 70 doctoral students, including 38 funded trainees from plant biology and computational data science programs.
The grant follows a $25 million grant from the NSF back in 2010 to build the Biocomputational Evolution in Action Consortium science and technology center.
When completed in the fall of 2020, the STEM facility will house classrooms and laboratory spaces that will support gateway courses in biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, physics, and engineering.
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