RCC Receives NASA Funding
LUMBERTON, NC (September 2009) —RCC has received $412,244 from NASA's Curriculum Improvements Partnership Award for the Integration of Research to help strengthen STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) academic fields and technical programs. This is RCC's first award from NASA.
RCC's AIMS (Acquiring Interest in Math & Science) Project will provide professional development for both PSRC teachers as well as RCC's faculty members, summer STEM academies for middle and high school students, curriculum enhancement and articulation agreements with universities, informational sessions on college admission procedures and career opportunities and many other STEM related activities.
RCC's Jennifer Brown (biology) is the Principal Investigator for the project and David Gavasci (mathematics) is the Co-Principal Investigator. Project partners are PSRC and UNC Pembroke.
Congressman Mike McIntyre was on campus this morning for the official NASA grant announcement press release, along with Dr. Johnny Hunt (PSRC) and Dr. Charles Jenkins (UNCP).
Congress McIntyre emphasized the critical need for more STEM discipline majors and praised the AIMS Partnership for their efforts in attracting and retaining students in the math and science areas.
