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Free USF Noyce STEM Camp for Area Students

Joliet, Ill. – Area students entering grades 6 through 9 are invited to join University of St. Francis (USF) Noyce Scholars and local middle school teachers for a free STEM summer camp experience from July 11 through 15, 2022.

This year’s camp will focus on the environment. Participants will learn about local environmental issues, such as ​declining biodiversity, habitat loss, and water quality. Participants will then use science, technology, engineering, and math concepts and approaches to develop ways to tackle these issues. Come learn science and mathematical problem-solving approaches for environmental topics.

The camp will take place on USF’s main campus (in classrooms and labs), and will also include travel (via USF shuttle bus) to Codo Prairie and​/or Pilcher Park for field-based work.

“Research suggests that the middle school years are a time when kids start thinking about jobs,” said Lisa White-McNulty, Ph.D., USF Noyce STEM Educators Program Director. “Our program exposes campers to STEM experiences and hopefully motivates them to pursue careers in STEM fields.”

“With this camp, we aim to grow the pipeline of students who are interested in STEM, fostering a passion for mathematics and science. If we can do this we will open doors for students in a variety of exciting and in-demand careers,” she added.

The camp will meet daily from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Daily drop-off and pick-up will take place at the Brown Science Center, which is located at 530 Wilcox Street in Joliet (on USF’s main campus, across from the Pat Sullivan Center). Box lunches will be provided.

To register for this free camp experience and for additional information, please visit stfrancis.edu/noyce. Space is limited and registration requests will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. If you have specific questions about the experience, please contact camp director Dr. Chloe Lash at clash@stfrancis.edu.

The USF Noyce STEM Educator Scholarship and Noyce STEM Educator Stipend are made possible through the generous support of the National Science Foundation, grant #1755631. Its goal is to help recruit, prepare, place, and mentor excellent STEM educators in high needs schools in Joliet and the surrounding communities.

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The University of St. Francis, in Joliet, Ill., serves close to 4,000 students nationwide and offers undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and certificate programs in the arts and sciences, business, education, nursing and social work. There are over 53,000 USF alumni across the globe. For information, call 800-735-7500 or visit stfrancis.edu.

University of St. Francis: Bigger thinking. Brighter purpose.

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First Group of Noyce STEM Education Scholars Chosen at USF

Joliet, Ill. – In June 2018, the University of St. Francis (USF) shared news that it had been awarded the Robert Noyce Educator Scholarship grant through the National Science Foundation. USF is now using the grant, worth close to $1 million, to help recruit, prepare, place, and mentor excellent STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) educators in high needs schools in Joliet and the surrounding communities. In celebration of Bobbi Cummings, Seth Diaz, Ashley Hatz, Lissett Leija, Lizbeth Perez – USF’s first group Noyce STEM Educator Scholarship recipients – the University recently held a special Noyce STEM Education Scholars signing event.

“We are so excited to be working with this talented group of scholars and putting them on the path to be excellent STEM educators in schools where they are needed most,” said Lisa White-McNulty, Ph.D., USF Professor of Education and Noyce STEM Educator Program Director.

The Noyce STEM Educator Program provides scholarships for qualifying students who major in Biology or Mathematics with Secondary Licensure at USF. Scholarships are awarded for recipients’ junior and senior years and the one-year Master of Education with Secondary Licensure program. Noyce Scholarship recipients are required to teach in a high needs school for four (4) years after graduation. Scholars are selected based on qualities that indicate their potential to become exemplary teachers.

The Three-Year Noyce STEM Educator Scholarship provides: tuition and fees up to $12,000 per year of unmet need, as determined by FAFSA; opportunities for STEM teaching and research experience, with a stipend of up to $2000 for at least one summer; funding for conference travel in the senior year; advising support for academic and professional success; and mentoring for new teachers for their first two years.

Visit stfrancis.edu/noyce/ for more information on USF’s Noyce STEM Educator Scholarship.

The University of St. Francis, in Joliet, Ill., serves over 4,000 students nationwide, offering undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and certificate programs in the arts and sciences, business, education, nursing and social work. There are over 50,000 USF alumni across the globe. For information, call 800-735-7500 or visit stfrancis.edu.

University of St. Francis: Bigger thinking. Brighter purpose.

(Photo caption – The University of St. Francis’ first group of Noyce STEM Educator Scholars include: (left to right) Bobbi Cummings, Ashley Hatz, Seth Diaz, Lissett Leija, and Lizbeth Perez.)

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