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February 20, 2007
University gets giant check
The university received a grant of nearly $2.3 million from the Minnesota Department of Education last week to provide free educational training and licensure for K-12 science teachers throughout the state.
JacQueline Getty, media relations director, says that the grant will help K-12 science teachers who may have a degree or specialty in a field they are not currently teaching. She says the grant will reach up to 1,000 teachers and may allow up to 100 teachers to become fully licensed in chemistry or physics.
“It’s pretty exciting that we’re a part of something that will really benefit the entire state,” she said.
The grant is part of the Minnesota Science Teachers Education Project, a statewide collaborative partnership headed by the Center for Global Environmental Education at Hamline. Over the next three summers, Hamline will provide 10 training institutes all over Minnesota. Each will have one of five specific programs: chemistry, physics, earth science, biology and inquiry. Hamline will provide professors for the chemistry and physics programs.
“Science and research can have a big impact on our statewide economy and our competitive advantage in this global society,” President Linda Hanson said. “I am pleased that Hamline University can help provide this valuable resource to our state.”
Hamline received the largest of the grants awarded through the state’s Mathematics and Science Partnerships program.
Posted by dwright at February 20, 2007 11:41 AM
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