TEMPLE UNIVERSITY DR. SUSAN JANSEN VARNUM Associate Dean for Science Education & Professor of Chemistry Gladfelter Hall Room 628 (025-28) 1115 W. Berks St., Phila., PA 19122 suebee@temple.edu Office: (215) 204-4073 Fax: (215) 204-2654
MS. TIFFANY GILLES, M.ED.
Science Education Programs Manager Gladfelter Hall Room 628 (025-28) 1115 W. Berks St., Phila., PA 19122 tgilles@temple.edu Office: (215) 204-3379 Fax: (215) 204-2654
PROFESSOR KATHLEEN MCKINLEY
TUteach Mathematics Master Teacher Gladfelter Hall Room 631 (025-28) 1115 W. Berks St., Phila., PA 19122 Kathleen.mc.kinley@temple.edu Office: (215) 204-9252 Fax: (215) 204-2654
Impact Statement Temple College, founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, became Temple University in 1907 and has evolved into a comprehensive urban research and academic institution. With more than 300 academic programs, the institution offers something for everyone – rigorous courses, innovative research opportunities, outlets for creative expression and much more. Temple University has the distinction of being the lead institution of the Greater Philadelphia Region Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation at the inception of the initiative. With extraordinary leadership from Dr. James England, former Provost, programmatic support from Dr. Antonio Goncalves, Professor of Chemistry and former Associate Vice Provost for Science and Technology, and Dr. Allan Thomas, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, we launched the Greater Philadelphia Region LSAMP initiative which over 20 years later is still having a major impact on the region. The LSAMP program at Temple provided academic advising, a pre-freshmen bridge program, tutoring, faculty and peer student mentoring, learning communities, undergraduate research, preservice teacher preparation, and supplemental instruction in gatekeeper courses. In the Summer of 1997, the LSAMP also supported the development of COW (Calculus on the Web), an internet utility for learning and practicing calculus which was designed at Temple by two members of the Temple University Mathematics Department, Gerardo Mendoza and Dan Reich. COW is still operational today. Through the years, the Temple LSAMP program continued to thrive under the guidance of Dr. Bruce Conrad, Professor of Mathematics and former Senior Associate Dean for the College of Science and Technology Dr. Douglas Baird, former Assistant Dean for Science Education & Special Projects for the College of Science and Technology, Dr. Jamie Bracey, Director of STEM Education, Outreach and Research for the College of Engineering,
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