STEM SENC (Southeastern North Carolina) is a regional effort in surrounding counties to bring together individuals, organizations, schools, institutions, and businesses for the purpose of supporting STEM learning in southeastern North Carolina.
STEM SENC is proud to announce our new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leaders
[pictured in photo, left to right]- LaTerri Underwood, Wallace-Rose High School, Duplin County School District
- Asia Rogers-Burney, Central Middle School, Whiteville City Schools
- Vanessa-Williams, Central Middle School, Whiteville City Schools
- Phyllis King, Lumberton Junior High School, Public Schools of Robeson County Schools
- Kemeka Sidbury, D.C. Virgo Preparatory Academy
- Claire Primrose, St. Mary Catholic Schools
This effort is generously sponsored by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and is being conducted in response to the challenge to increase the diversity of the educator workforce articulated by the North Carolina Developing a Representative and Inclusive Vision for Education (DRIVE) Task Force. It aligns with the Professional Development System Educators of Color network at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
2021-22 STEM SENC Education Mini-Grants
Please join us in congratulating the 2021-22 STEM SENC Education mini-grant recipients! Click HERE to read an article about the awards in the Watson Chronicle. Click HERE to read an article about the STEM SENC Mini-Grants Celebration.
2021 Corning Foundation Excellence in Volunteerism Award
Tiffany Lindstrom, recipient of the 2021 Corning Foundation Excellence in Volunteerism Award, has generously designated her $1,000 grant award to STEM SENC. Thank you, Tiffany and congratulations! Click here to read the full article in the Watson Chronicle.
STEM SENC Partners with Kenan Fellows
Thanks to the generous support of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, STEM SENC is excited to welcome our new Kenan Fellow, Susan Miller-Hendrix, an educator with the Public Schools of Robeson County. Susan will be working on the STEM SENC Diversity and Equity Asset Mapping Project. Click here to read an article about Susan in the Watson Chronicle.
The review committee was so impressed with the candidates who applied for this fellowship. They truly illustrated the hard and important work being done by educators in our region. Congrats, Susan!
Click here to read an article about the STEM SENC Diversity and Equity Asset Mapping Project in The Watson Chronicle.
2021 PBL Workshop
The North Carolina Science Leadership Association (NCSLA) partnered with the Center of Excellence for Research, Teaching and Learning (CERTL) at the Wake Forest School of Medicine to provide two 3-day workshops this summer. Both workshops were designed to provide K-12 teachers with inquiry-based lessons in Problem-Based Learning that integrate science, math, language arts and other areas of the curriculum.
STEM SENC and the UNCW Watson College of Education’s Center for Education in STEM (CESTEM) and STEM Learning Cooperative provided support for the workshop held at UNCW on June 21-23. Click here to read an article about the workshop in the Watson Chronicle.
