PHOTOS: Albany State Honors Program to present at the Boys and Girls Club

Photos by Reginald Christian

Albany State University (ASU) received $199,997 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) CATALYST Program. The grant ‘Technically Speaking: Building Scientific Communication Self-Efficacy’ will focus on improving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students’ academic competency and science efficacy.  The project’s goal is to support and retain undergraduate STEM students, and improve scientific communication skills. 

The grant will utilize two learning communities, the Analyzing the Rhetoric of Chemistry (ARC) Learning Community and the Raising the BAR (Biology and Rhetoric) Learning Community. The ARC pairs a chemistry class with a public speaking class to coincide with speeches on experiments conducted in a chemistry lab, while the BAR pairs a biology class with a public speaking class to coincide with speeches on experiments conducted in a biology lab. At the end of the semester, students in the ARC will present their final research to the Albany Boys & Girls Club at the Speaking of the STEM Symposium.

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Special Photo: Reggie Christian