In 2020, the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (DOL/ETA) released the Strengthening Community Colleges Grants Program (referred to as Strengthening Community Colleges or SCC) that aims to build the capacity of community colleges to collaborate with employers and the public workforce development system to meet local and regional labor market demand for a skilled The grants also build the capacity of community colleges to address challenges associated with the …
News and Updates
Spotlighting Another of Our NSF ITEST Grants
Glad to share our piece published by the STELAR - NSF ITEST Community at Education Development Center spotlighting one of our National Science Foundation-funded ITEST R&D grants with the University of Central Oklahoma focused on Computer Forensics. The STEM CareerBuilder grant has two main goals: 1. Explore strategic government-university-industry partnerships 2. Study how technology-enriched interventions can encourage and support high school girls with their pursuit of STEM education …
FREE Webinar on Grant Evaluation and Role of an Evaluator in Grants Development – March 5th, 3PM EST
Very excited to share this FREE opportunity for anyone in the grants world. Erika Cottingham, M.Ed., CRA, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs, Columbus State University, is hosting me to do a virtual session on Grant Evaluation and Role of an Evaluator on Friday March 5th, 3-4.30PM EST. It is open to all. Registration link- https://lnkd.in/de7MGA5 Hope to "see" you then! …
Spotlighting One of Our NSF ITEST Grants
We are very glad to share a short article that is featured as a Project Spotlight in this month's newsletter published by the Education Development Center's STELAR resource group. The Early College Early Career grant with the MAGNET OH group is one of our ongoing National Science Foundation's ITEST grants that focuses on providing Early College, Early Career opportunities in advanced manufacturing for several Cleveland-and surrounding area's high school students. The MAGNET’s ECEC project …
S-STEM Grant Evaluation No. 5 In The Books for MNA
We are excited to announce a new venture with the West Chester University of Pennsylvania. On February 9, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded nearly $1 million to WCU in the S-STEM grant program to increase academically-talented & underrepresented STEM scholars in the nanoscience health and technology areas. Over the next four years, a total of 18 talented STEM majors will come together as student scholars throughout their four years at WCU through a multidisciplinary range of …
MNA Partners with AAAS!
We are glad to announce that we will be working with the American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as the project evaluators on a recently awarded 3-year NSF-funded grant focused on identifying best practices to enhance making and innovation capacity for students and faculty at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) via an inclusive community of practice (CoP). This project builds upon 3 years of work focused on providing resources, information, and training in …
Career Day Talk At The Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware
Someone once asked: Why did you become an evaluator and a small-business owner? For the big money and thrill? I said: Well, not really! I have always wanted to work with people. I like numbers. Definitely maybe had the entrepreneurial itch too. Super stocked to be invited by Vidhika Damani and Tory Welsch to share my very non-linear education, training, and work/business journeys with the very bright and talented graduate students in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at …
MNA Signs Up To Work With Morgan State University
Today feels like a really good day filled with new energy and great beginnings, building trust, and most importantly, restoring HOPE. Also glad to start our new partnership with Morgan State University (MD) for the newly-funded National Science Foundation's ECR: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research competition of the EHR Core Research program. The project is titled Maryland Collaborative for Research in Urban STEM Education (MD-CRUSE). MD-CRUSE is a partnership involving the …
Conducting Culturally-Relevant Evaluation for NSF Grants
As our society becomes increasingly diverse racially, ethnically, and linguistically, it is pivotal that program planners, designers, implementers, researchers, and evaluators understand, appreciate, and employ cultural contexts in which these programs exist and operate to their work on a daily basis. To even ignore or nullify the reality of the existence of culture and to be agnostic or unresponsive to the needs of the population within their ecosystems is to do the people a disservice, put …
A Conversation With Ann-Murray Brown On Evaluation As a Career and Business
1. (But) how do I find my first evaluation job? 2. Who will hire and then train an absolute novice? 3. Will anyone want to hire a career switcher? So many questions, so little time. Super stoked to be in a conversation with Ann-Murray Brown to talk about evaluation--the career, business, journey, learning, and so much more. Do plan to attend if you have an hour on January 13, 1PM EST. Registration link -https://my.demio.com/ref/5i3N9i6Ew7eb6Omz …