Applications now open for Academic Year 2025-26
STEM Advancement through Collaboration in Teacher Preparation (STEM-ACT) is a partnership between Westfield State Unversity and school districts in Western Massachusetts dedicated to a world where all students experience belonging, engagement, and success in learning spaces dedicated to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Additional scholarship opportunites open to Westfield State University students? Check out Westfield's "Scholarship Resources."
February / March 2025: Applications now open for scholarships for the 2025/2026 Academic Year
February 3 & March 3: Community of Practice - Theme: Social Justice and STEM - Inviting all STEM licensure students
• Feb 3rd 4:30-5:30: Dr. Alexander Moore: Education Does Not Exist and Mathematics is Its Symptom
• March 3rd 4:30-5:30. Dr. Jessica Stephens: The Hidden Messages in STEM Classrooms
February 2025: "Try Teach!" Interns selected!!
Oct '24 - May '25: Ongoing collaborations with Holyoke STEM Teachers
November 27 2024: Now accepting Applications for our "Try Teach! Internship Program which will take place over Spring Break 2025.
December 5, 12:45-2:00 PM: Community of Practice @ RIDE Center (Science and Geometry of Snowflakes - slides)
October / November 2024: Advising for Spring 2025 - Scholars connect with their STEM-ACT advisors.
November 7-9 2024: STEM-ACT scholars and faculty at the Northeast Noyce Regional Conference - Boston 2024
November 6 2024: Community of Practice - Classroom Relationships (Reframing Classroom Management - A Toolkit for Teachers)
November 2024: STEM-ACT Web site launches!
October 2024: Holyoke High School, North Campus - STEM-ACT participation in Mathematics Professional Learning Sessions
September 2024: Scholar meeting with the STEM-ACT Team and the Financial Aid Office
September 2024: Welcome! Launch Party for Scholars!
June 2024: Scholars selected! Congratulations! 🎉🎈
June 2024: Applications due for Scholarships for Academic Year 2024/2025
Summer 2023: Noyce grant proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation
Fall 2022-Summer 2023: STEM-ACT Team develops, conceptualizes and articulate our shared work, in close collaboration with our school partners.
This work is supported by the National Science Foundation through the Robert Noyce Scholarship Program in the Division Of Undergraduate Education(DOE) under NSF award 2344950.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
