2018 Teaching, Learning & Student Development Conference

Increased emphasis on STEM education is a mixed blessing for individuals overseeing STEM programs. This session will provide opportunity for STEM professionals to share their unique experiences and perspectives balancing demands of credit programming, students, remediation and workforce interests.

It is a documented and overwhelming fact that 25% of the people in the world who are incarcerated, are incarcerated in the United States, although the U.S. has only 5% of the worlds population.  Some of these people move in and out of the criminal justice system and some manage to escape the cycle and return to our communities.  Education can be a significant tool for restorative justice and rehabilitation for those formerly incarcerated. How are these potential students identified, recruited and encouraged to join our campus communities?  Strategies and programs in progress will be discussed.

This workshop will introduce a method of combining course requirements with real-world field experience. After an indoor summary, participants will head outdoors to find mock-turtles and collect pertinent field data that is used to help direct local land management and region-wide conservation efforts.