Educational Outreach at Rose-Hulman

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Educational Outreach at Rose-Hulman strives to empower professionals through dynamic professional development events, fostering collaboration and innovation in STEM education. Rose-Hulman seeks to provide impactful learning experiences and resources that drive meaningful change and elevate educational practices across the state, inspiring and preparing students to solve the problems of a complex global society. 

Educational Outreach at Rose-Hulman seeks to fulfill three overarching goals:

EXEMPLIFY A GRASSROOTS APPROACH TO EDUCATIONAL REFORM

Educational Outreach at Rose-Hulman aids professionals in meeting new state and national reform guidelines that call for less dependence on textbooks, lectures, and de-contextualized lab work and more emphasis on inquiry-based learning containing real-world, problem-based scenarios.

PROVIDE A SUITE OF SERVICES AND RESOURCES

Educational Outreach at Rose-Hulman addresses the classic organizational problem of a knowledge gap: new methods of operating advance more rapidly than members of the organization can meaningfully assimilate and implement them. Educational Outreach at Rose-Hulman mediates instructional standards and the ability of educators to meaningfully integrate these advancements into their work. 

CONTRIBUTE TO INDIANA WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENT

Educational Outreach at Rose-Hulman fosters quality learning experiences by empowering educators and professionals with the information and communication technology (ICT) literacies necessary for careers in the modern workplace, helping Indiana graduate young people who are knowledgeable, responsible, productive, and employable.

Workshops

In 2023, Educational Outreach at Rose-Hulman received a nearly $230,000 grant from the Indiana Department of Education to help Indiana elementary and secondary school teachers implement computer science educational programs into their own subject, discipline, and grade level.

Through the Designing for Impact program, Rose-Hulman faculty provide in-person professional development workshops to Indiana educators utilizing computer science principles. Some examples include teachers learning how to program robots and teach robotic programming through Botball and applying principles of the Python computer programming language.

Previous workshops have included sessions on cybersecurity, integrating computer science principles into the classroom, and utilizing artificial intelligence and virtual reality tools. Educational Outreach at Rose-Hulman has also previously coordinated the EMERGE mentorship program to encourage high school girls to explore STEM professions.

Check out more of our resources for educators and their students!

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Grand Challenges Unit Studies

Show students how they can use science and mathematics to change the world with these classroom materials focusing on the National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges. These units were developed by our engineering students to help you engage young learners with STEM study by showing them how these disciplines can be used to solve some of the world’s toughest problems.

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Speakers Bureau

Want a Rose-Hulman professor as a guest speaker in your high school classroom? Our Speakers Bureau is committed to inspiring high school students to explore science, engineering, and mathematics.
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AskRose Homework Help

For more than 25 years, AskRose Homework Help has been providing an academic lifeline to Indiana students in grades 6-12 with free math and science tutoring. Its tutors are Rose-Hulman students who can help your students understand STEM concepts through friendly, one-on-one tutoring sessions via phone or live chat.

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Summer Programs

Rose-Hulman offers an entire suite of summer programs that are sure to pique the interest of high school students who love STEM. Learn more about our programs, including Rose Power, Project Select, Operation Catapult, Creation Crates, and Rose Accelerate.

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Spark!

At Spark! (Student Projects Advocating Resourceful Knowledge), high school students have fun collaborating with other teens and Rose-Hulman students as they complete science, engineering, and math challenges for bragging rights and to win spectacular prizes. 

The free design competition has been organized by Rose-Hulman Building Undergraduate Diversity (Rose-BUD) program since 2015 to increase high school students’ interests in engineering and computer science, regardless of their current background or their future plans.

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Sonia Math Day

If you are a girl with an interest in mathematics, this event is for you! Each year, Rose professors and math majors invite girls to campus to participate in engaging and interactive sessions, which pay tribute to Sonia Kovalevsky – a pioneer for female mathematicians. 

The free event is sponsored by the Department of Mathematics and the Rose-Hulman Student Chapter of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), and open to those who are currently in a high school-level mathematics class.

Nicki Manion

Nicki Manion

Want to know more about teacher resources? Contact Nicki Manion, Designing for Impact Program Manager, at 812-877-8662 or manion@rose-hulman.edu.

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Contact Us

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
5500 Wabash Avenue
Terre Haute, IN 47803
812-877-1511

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