Welcome to the second PROSPECT S-STEM newsletter for Fall 2023--I hope your semesters have gone well and you are wrapping up final grades! The feedback we’ve gotten this fall from using our whole group meetings to work in small groups to discuss selected topics has been positive, and we plan to continue this format in the spring semester. Please contact me or Camilla if you have suggestions for other topics you’d like to see offered for small group discussion. Some of the groups from this fall will continue--those that have had ongoing interest from our members, such as measuring STEM identities, partnerships, and mentoring. I always appreciate the times we have in conversation because I always learn something new and take away new ideas to apply.
Finally, I want to issue a call to all of you to share stories: we want to feature you in a future PROSPECT S-STEM newsletter. What fun things has your S-STEM project done? Has your S-STEM project made progress with advising across institutions, sharing data, or offering courses in common? Has your S-STEM engaged in propagation efforts such as writing a manuscript or presenting a poster at a conference? Please contact Theresa (jorgensen@uta.edu) to share your stories and be featured in a future newsletter. Your story doesn’t have to be written out, but could be bullet points or a video, or you telling us the story and having us write it.
Thanks for reading and I look forward to seeing you at a future PROSPECT S-STEM meeting!
Wendy Smith