The campus community is invited to attend an announcement and celebration of a $3.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to launch STEM CONNECT, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln partnership with state community colleges aimed at bolstering Nebraska's science, technology, engineering and mathematics workforce.
The event is at 11:00 a.m. in the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St., Platte River Room.
Featured speakers include Chancellor Ronnie Green; Paul Illich, president of Southeast Community College; Bob Wilhelm, vice chancellor for research and economic development; Jim Lewis, Aaron Douglas Professor of mathematics and the project's principal investigator; and other project leaders.
"We will be working with academically gifted, low-income students, and help them to successfully enter the workforce or pursue graduate education," Lewis said. "We know that finances are not the only hindrance to student success. This grant will also allow us to build out academic communities, establish faculty mentors and adapt curricula here and at our partner institutions that ensure success, based on existing research."
