Summer 2003Shodor's newest project, The Mentor Center at Shodor, will bring talented interns to Shodor for a variety of mentorship opportunities. These students, mostly from the Triangle area, will participate in hands-on, research driven explorations in computational science and scientific visualization. This program is funded by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, which has also supported SUCCEED. Learn more about the Mentor Center at its website.Spring 2003Shodor welcomes new staff members Matt Des Voigne, John Hefferman, Matt Lathrop, and former research apprentice Allyson West.Shodor is now a member of the Gateway to Educational Resources (GEM) consortium. GEM is a U.S. Department of Education Initiative based at Syracuse University to collect and disseminate high quality education resources on the internet. Shodor's tools, including Interactivate, are being incorporated in this resource of over 24,000 records from over 350 sources. Shodor's Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD) will field computational science questions for GEM's Virtual Reference Desk (VRD). Find out more about the GEM at its website Shodor's online tools have also been selected to be included in MathTools, which is run by the Math Forum, a widely used internet resource based at Drexel University. June 2002The Shodor Scholars Program, a new SUCCEED workshop, will bring advanced high school freshmen and sophomores to Shodor this summer. During the three-week program, the students will use advanced computational science tools and techniques and will work on extended research projects. Learn more about this program at the Shodor Scholars website.May 2002This summer, Shodor will be working with the Duke University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering on an exciting new project. The Web-Based Educational Framework for Analysis Visualization and Experimentation (WEAVE) will provide a way for physical experiments and simulations to be performed through a common website, allowing users to be in direct control of their own labs. Shodor interns will be updating and refining the online resources. Visit the WEAVE website.
February 2002Shodor would like to welcome back to its staff Joyce South, an old friend of Shodor, who will be resuming her position as Shodor's administrator. We are also lucky enough to have two former Shodor Research Apprentices on staff; Alton Patrick, and Kirstin Riesbeck.
December 2001We are proud to announce that Shodor has been awarded 2.7 million dollars to fund the National Computational Science Institute (NCSI). Shodor's newest initiative, NCSI will work to integrate computational science into the undergraduate curriculum across the United States. NCSI will introduce undergraduate faculty at small-to-medium sized universities, community colleges, and minority serving istitutions to using hands-on computational science, numerical models, and data visualization tools across the curriculum.
Spring 2001Shodor research apprentice, Monte Evans, has won two very prestigious awards. Monte was awarded a highly coveted "Front Page Award" in technology by the Herald-Sun newspaper this spring. He was also awarded a scholarship for his college education from the Durham Rotary Club. We are very proud of his continuing accomplishments.
Winter 2000-2001Shodor would like to welcome our new staff members Bethany Hudnutt; Math Education Specialist, Kevin Rumsey; Development Officer, and Garrett Love; Engineering Science Educator. We are also very pleased that we have expanded our offices to encompass the upstairs of our building on 923 Broad Street. Likewise we have renovated our training lab to facilitate more students in our workshops.
August 2000 -- Shodor's Web site Named 'Best of the Web' by Forbes.comThe Shodor Web site was given the honor of being named "Best of the Web." In particular Forbes noted Shodor's Master Tools.
June 2000 -- Price, Shodor Education Foundation Announce $450,000 Grant to Help Teach Technology to Hearing-Impaired ChildrenU.S. Rep. David Price (D-4th) and the Shodor Education Foundation today announced a $450,000 grant to help teach computational science and technology to children with hearing impairments. With this National Science Foundation grant, Shodor will develop technical sign language, teaching materials, and activities that make computational science accessible to hearing-impaired students. Full text of the press release is available. June 1999 -- Interactions NewsletterInteractions provides an avenue of communication between the Shodor Foundation and educators, parents and students. It is our hope that, through this newsletter, we can provide information and support to the community. Please let us know what you would like to see in upcoming newsletters. E-mail your feedback and ideas to the newsletter staff or call 286-1911.
August 1998 -- Project InteractivateThe goals of Project Interactivate are the creation, collection, evaluation, and dissemination of authentic courseware for middle school mathematics explorations. "Interactivated" lessons, discussions, and activities enable the teacher to extend hands-on activities and to teach new content areas with professional competence and confidence, incorporating technology in appropriate ways.
August 1998 -- Online Chemistry and Mathematics ReviewThe UNC-Chapel Hill Chemistry Fundamentals Program is designed for anyone who wants an introduction or review of the fundamentals of chemistry that are used in freshman level chemistry classes. While maintaining the reviews of mathematics and calculator fundamentals from last year's course, we have significantly expanded the review sections of high school chemistry. In addition, we have added a number of "advanced" sections on the use of numerical methods in chemistry. Be sure to try out the online conversion calculators! March 1998 -- Math Explorations club begins. On March 7th, 1998, Math Explorations club begins. As a part of Project Succeed, Shodor offers a series of advanced mathematics workshops for ages 9 through 15. January 1998 -- Computational Chemistry course beginsOn January 5th, 1998, a course in computational chemistry began. Shodor is working in conjunction with the North Carolina Supercomputing Center to offer this course free of charge to chemistry faculty at North Carolina community colleges, small colleges, and universities (as well as non-North Carolinians for a fee) . In this way, faculty who usually use non-computational techniques can broaden their range of knowledge and perhaps incorporate a computational angle into their own classes. October 1997 -- Medicine and the Biosciences course beginsShodor welcomes the high school students taking a course in Medicine and the Biosciences with a computational angle. This course meets two afternoons a week over the course of three months, during which time the students build and use computer models to study various biomedical topics. September 1997 -- Computational Atmospheric Sciences goes onlineThe Computational Atmospheric Sciences course went online in late September, as part of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) technology transfer project. The course deals with basic environmental sciences from a computational perspective, and includes sections on tropospheric and stratospheric chemistry. It is a companion course to the Air Quality Meteorology course. August 1997 -- Project SUCCEED and MASTER Tools updated and onlineShodor 's new Project SUCCEED and MASTER Tools sites were unveiled August 12th. These new sites aim to clearly establish a uniform look for the various projects implemented by the Foundation. Specifically, this redesign seeks to unify the MASTER Tools, which were constructed independently of one another, and facilitate easier navigation through Shodor's popular SUCCEED programs. August 1997 -- Shodor programmers win Apple Computer education AwardTwo applets created by Danny Grasse, Alton Patrick, and Michael South of Shodor were selected as the "most interesting" educational objects submitted in a contest sponsored by Apple Computer's Research Division. The winning applets submitted by Shodor are designed to help students and teachers explore fractals in a challenging, interactive environment. You may try out our winning applets if you have a java enabled browser. They are the Mandelbrot Set Animation and Snowflake Fractal Generator. More information about the Educational Object Economy project can be found on-line. July 1997 -- TIP is in the houseThe Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., has been selected as the site for the summer session of Modeling Our World. Modeling Our World, a program sponsored by Duke University's Talent Identification Program, provides an opportunity for gifted students to learn about computer-based scientific modeling through on-line and stand-alone modeling programs. In addition to creating and working with their own models, students will also be exposed to a variety of computer applications and user techniques. The three-week TIP session begins today, July 21. July 1997 -- Internet Explorers Club is underwayThe Internet Explorers Club (now the Internet Science Club) of Project SUCCEED, sponsored in-part by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, begins its 1997 session on July 7. The two-week, four-session program provides students from throughout the triangle with an opportunity to explore science-based Internet applications and computational models. Students will have an opportunity to look at a variety of the latest collaborative Internet tools and participate in a live chat session with scientists from around the country. IEC is being offered for the weeks of July 7-11 and July 14-18. Students can request applications or apply on-line and full or partial scholarships are available. June 1997 -- Shodor unveils new websiteThe Foundation placed a new web site on-line on June 24, 1997. The new site is intended to provide easier navigation, a more logical structure, and a more efficient and attractive interface. This is our third update of this website and its first major redesign in more than a year. April 1997 -- Computational Chemistry course scheduled for August.On August 11, Shodor will begin offering Explorations in Computational Chemistry. This one week course is designed to introduce high school students to the investigation of chemical structure and behavior through the application of computational chemistry techniques. Computational Chemistry is being offered twice, once from August 11-15 and again from August 18-22. A few spots are still available and you can apply on-line. Don't delay! February 1997 -- BWF awards Shodor $177,000 for Project SUCCEED.The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has awarded Shodor a $177,000 grant for Project SUCCEED, a three-year program encouraging the development of scientific interests in middle school and high school students through exploration, discovery, and interaction with other students and Foundation scientists. Project SUCCEED encompasses the Internet Science Club, Computational Science Classes and Workshops, and Research Apprenticeships. 1996 Education: Top Priority Award FinalistThe Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce and the Durham Public Schools honored the Foundation as a Finalist in the non-profit division of the awards. The awards are given to businesses that go beyond their mission statement to contribute to education and to implement policies that promote education in the work force. The foundation met or exceeded nearly every criteria of possible contribution or influence, including employing local students as apprentices, providing training for local teachers, and volunteering for other community efforts.
October 1996 -- Y. E. Smith ties for First at the NC State
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