In brief
UMSL elementary education seniors (left to right) Danielle Brown, Amber Klemp, Stephanie Huebner and Danielle Elliott experiment with “popcubes” in the Sigma-Aldrich Science Education Lab. The lab is part of the Math Science Education Central, which opened March 12. The popcubes are used as a teaching method for measuring volume, area and probability. (Photo by August Jennewein)
Education College unveils center for math, science The College of Education at the University
tion and MasterCard Math Manipulative
of Missouri–St. Louis opened the Math
Lending Library. The primary collabora-
Science Education Central on March 12.
tive partner in the MSEC project is the
Located in Marillac Hall on UMSL’s South
Saint Louis Science Center.
Campus, the $900,000 facility is an extension of the college’s E. Desmond Lee Technology and Learning Center – the technological hub of the college since April 2000.
Charles Schmitz, dean of the college, says the new center is a model space for education students to learn the best practices in science, mathematics and technology education.
Funding for MSEC included major gifts from Boeing, Sigma-Aldrich, Monsanto and Master-
“The college simply couldn’t succeed in projects
Card. UMSL Chancellor Tom George and the
such as these without the support of St. Louis
college also made significant contributions.
corporations,” Schmitz says. “Corporate gifts
The MSEC facility consists of the Boeing Auditorium, Monsanto Education Bio-Lab,
are essential, and the college is incredibly grateful for their support.”
Sigma-Aldrich Science Education Lab, Jean
The College of Education at UMSL is the largest
Craighead George Children’s Science Collec-
preparer of educators in Missouri.