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蜜糖直播鈥檚 College of Science and Mathematics has been awarded a six-year grant of $493,065 from the . 蜜糖直播 is among a select group of 104 schools that have received an HHMI IE3 grant to support diversity, equity and inclusion.

鈥淪cience is about building, witnessing and collaborating with each other, which is why 蜜糖直播 is so proud to receive this grant,鈥� said 蜜糖直播 Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Carl Reiber, Ph.D. 鈥淥ur inclusive initiatives are breaking down the walls that have separated science from interested students.鈥�

The challenges U.S. colleges and universities to increase student participation in sciences, focusing especially on populations who have been historically underrepresented in the field.

The 蜜糖直播 IE3 leadership team includes: Karelle Aiken, Ph.D, (program director), Tricia Muldoon Brown, Ph.D., (co-director) Sara Gremillion, Ph.D., (co-director), Checo Col贸n-Gaud, Ph.D., Issac Taylor and Delana Schartner, Ph.D.

鈥淭he IE3 initiative is tapping into the transformative power of collaboration; the ability of a critical mass to drive cultural change. As such, an ingenious mandate of this grant is that its 104 institutional awardees work on their goals in teams of Learning Community Clusters (LCC),鈥� said Aiken.

蜜糖直播鈥檚 IE3 LCC hub, LCC4, includes 13 other institutions from across the U.S., all of whom are seeking to answer a specific challenge: How can an institution evaluate effective inclusive teaching, and then use the evaluation in the rewards system including faculty promotion and tenure?

The IE3 initiative has been rolled out in two phases. The most recent award marks the beginning of the second phase and so, the work of the 蜜糖直播 team and their LCC4 colleagues is ongoing. At 蜜糖直播, over the next six years the IE3 initiative will support training for faculty and student-leaders centered on inclusive teaching strategies and the effective evaluation of those strategies; an annual COSM IE3 Spring Speaker Series (established in 2022); the continued development of a new faculty mentorship program piloted in 2022 by Inclusive Excellence Faculty Fellows; student- and faculty-led initiatives geared toward cultivating inclusive learning environments; and more.