Jody Riskowski Awarded NSF/Discovery Learning Fellowship

Jody Riskowski, a graduate student working with Professors Hillberry and Burr, has been selected to receive a fellowship in the National Science Foundation/Discovery Learning Center GK12 Program.

The one-year fellowship for doctoral students in the STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) offers a unique opportunity for students to serve as a "visiting scientist" in order to instill the excitement of learning science into middle school classrooms. Teamed with 6th, 7th, and 8th grade science and math teachers, fellows will develop lesson plans and teach interdisciplinary-focused experiments geared toward science in everyday life.

This program is being coordinated through the Discovery Learning Center at Discovery Park.