The IDEA Institute Meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m via Teams. Please join us as we introduce the 2025 GIANT awardees and learn about the ways to support the exciting work to come from their efforts! This will also be a great time to reconnect, understand what is happening across the college and campus within the DEI landscape, and get to know the various initiatives you all are doing.
2025 GIANT Awardees
Integrating Python Programing with Language Arts In Public Middle and High School, PI: Yael Gertner
Engineering for Health: A Middle School Computational Thinking and Engineering Design Curriculum Using the Micro:bit Hummingbird Kit, PI: Marcia Pool
Amplifying the Voices of Marginalized Physics Students through Focus Groups, PI: Katie Gifford
Instructional Needs of Students with Disabilities, PI: Colleen Lewis
Mobile Bioengineering Lab: Increasing Multilingual STEM Outreach for Local Schools, PI: Caroline Cvetkovic
Impacting High School Youth to Foster Underrepresented Identities in Higher Education, PI: Gerardo Paramo
Fostering a Sense of Belonging in the Children of Persian-Speaking Immigrants Through Multimodal and Gesture-Based Language Learning Pedagogy- Phase 2, PI: Sharifa Sultana
Engaging Students in Human-Centered Design to Improve Engineering Internship Experiences for Women- Phase 2, PI: Yuting Chen
Making Mathematics and Other STEM Content More Accessible in Engineering Courses- Phase 2, PI: Hongye Liu