Teachers from five states will travel to Washington, D.C. to
begin a year-long professional development opportunity
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) and CH2M are partnering
with the Smithsonian Science Education Center to empower 34
teachers from five states to participate in the 2016 Dow-CH2M
Smithsonian Teacher Scholar Program. The six-day program, part of
the Smithsonian Science Education Academies for Teachers (SSEATs),
will be held in Washington, D.C. and is designed to heighten STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) teachers’ ability to
inspire and enlighten their students. Following the program this
summer, the teachers will take their experiences back to their
classrooms, while continuing their professional growth through peer
networking, mentoring and interaction with Dow and CH2M employee
volunteers.
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Since 2007, Dow has supported approximately 240 teachers through
this partnership with the Smithsonian Science Education Center of
the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum, education,
and research complex. This year, Dow is partnering with a strategic
business partner, CH2M, to support the program, in an effort to
reinforce the companies’ aligned Global Citizenship strategies of
building the future STEM workforce, engaging employees to cultivate
positive community impact, and collaborating as a driver for
creating sustainable communities.
“Dow is committed to building the workforce of tomorrow. We
understand the importance of collaborations to empower educators so
that they can inspire students in STEM subjects, and then channel
that excitement into STEM careers,” said Rob Vallentine, director
of Global Citizenship at Dow and president of The Dow Chemical
Company Foundation. “We are extremely proud to expand our
collaboration with the Smithsonian Science Education Center to
include a key business partner, CH2M, in order to further our
support for these educators.”
“We’re excited to partner with Dow to build upon our aligned
Global Citizenship strategies by providing this wonderful
opportunity to deserving teachers in our local communities,” said
Ellen Sandberg, executive director, CH2M Foundation. “When you
consider how many students each of these teachers will reach, you
begin to understand the broad impact of this collaboration.”
Each teacher will participate in one of three professional
development sessions in Washington, D.C.:
- Biodiversity: June 19-24
- Energy’s Innovations and Implications:
July 10-15
- Earth's History and Global Change: July
17-22
The following selected teachers for 2016 are from strategic Dow
and CH2M communities:
California:
Dylan Bland, College Park High School, Mount Diablo Unified School
District, Pleasant Hill, CA Shaw’sae Dodson, Martin Luther King Jr.
Junior High School, Pittsburg Unified School District, Pittsburg,
CA Michelle Howisey, Mt. Diablo Elementary, Mt. Diablo Unified
School District, Clayton, CA Lindsey Nakashima, Valle Verde
Elementary School, Mt. Diablo Unified School District, Walnut
Creek, CA Cindy Novello, Gregory Gardens Elementary, Mt. Diablo
Unified School District, Pleasant Hill, CA Corey Rose, Liberty High
School, Brentwood, CA Nyssa R. Ton, Black Diamond High School,
Pittsburg Unified School District, Pittsburg, CA
Louisiana:
Joshulan Allen, Iberville Elementary School, Iberville Parish
School Board, Plaquemine, LA Erika Augustus, Iberville Elementary
School, Iberville Parish School Board, Plaquemine, LA Lolita
Chatelain, Lukeville Upper Elementary School, West Baton Rouge
Parish, Brusly, LA Kassie Cusachs, Kenner Discovery Health Sciences
Academy, Metairie, LA Alexis Daniels, Port Allen High School, West
Baton Rouge Parish, Port Allen, LA April Languirand, Lakewood
Elementary, St. Charles Parish Schools, Luling, LA LaToya
Samuels-Eugene, R.K. Smith Middle School, St. Charles Parish,
Luling, LA Tanya K. Taylor, MSA-West Academy, Iberville Parish
School District, Plaquemine, LA
Michigan:
Gordon Culver, Frankenmuth High School, Frankenmuth School
District, Frankenmuth, MI Mary Jo Griffin, Adams Elementary,
Midland Public Schools, Midland, MI Jonathan Massung, Hartley
Outdoor Education Center, St. Charles, MI Shelley Rieger, Kolb
Elementary, Bay City Public Schools, Bay City, MI Victoria
Stoddard, Bay City Western High School, Bay City Public Schools,
Auburn, MI Laura Trombley, Shields Elementary, Swan Valley School
District, Saginaw, MI
Pennsylvania:
Natalie Kline, Willow Dale Elementary School, Centennial School
District, Warminster, PA Allison Penaranda, North Penn School
District Educational Service Center, Lansdale, PA Pamela
Sime-Cummins, Unami Middle School, Central Bucks School District,
Chalfont, PA William R. Smith, Bristol High School, Bristol, PA
Texas:
Michaela Bratsch, Angleton High School, Angelton ISD, Angelton, TX
Phyllis Chappell, West Columbia Elementary, Columbia Brazoria ISD,
West Columbia, TX Kaitlin Eighme, Stephen F. Austin STEM Academy,
Brazosport ISD, Jones Creek, TX Juana Thomas, Stephen F. Austin
STEM Academy, Brazosport ISD, Jones Creek, TX Jennifer Janis, Clute
Intermediate, Brazosport ISD, Clute, TX Colleen Knight, Sweeny High
School, Sweeny Independent School District, Sweeny, TX Megan Land,
Rasco Middle School, Brazosport ISD, Lake Jackson, TX Danielle
McDonald, Velasco Elementary School, Brazosport ISD, Freeport, TX
Rhonda Wendel, Danbury Elementary, Danbury, TX
Following the program in Washington, the participating teachers
will form close local cohorts that will meet throughout the school
year. Dow and CH2M will organize opportunities for the teachers to
maintain their connection and receive additional support tailored
to each community.
“We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Dow and now
begin a new partnership with CH2M to bring teachers to the nation’s
capital for a week of scientific discovery and advanced
professional development. This experience affords teachers the
opportunity to engage in authentic STEM experiences by working
directly with scientists and going behind the scenes at our
Smithsonian museums and research centers,” said Carol O’Donnell,
director of the Smithsonian Science Education Center. “We are
grateful to both companies for their commitment to empowering
teachers to prepare and inspire the next generation of our STEM
workforce.”
In addition, Dow STEM Ambassadors, one of the Company’s
innovative employee volunteer programs, along with CH2M employee
volunteers, will provide ongoing engagement to the teachers in
their classrooms by offering continued support on various topics
including safety, how to bring technical expertise to life for
students, and by offering in person STEM-related classroom
demonstrations and career talks.
This collaboration is a strong example of both companies’
efforts to connect employee engagement with sustainability. Dow’s
2025 Sustainability Goal, Engaging Employees for Impact, has
committed to using employee volunteerism to impact the lives of 1
billion people; and CH2M’s sustainability priority areas highlight
the importance of employee engagement to address global
challenges.
To learn more about SSEATS and the Smithsonian Science Education
Center, visit https://ssec.si.edu/professional-development
More information about Dow’s commitment to building the
workforce of tomorrow can be found at:
http://www.dow.com/en-us/science-and-sustainability/global-citizenship/building-the-workforce
More information on CH2M’s education and Global Citizenship
strategy can be found at:
http://www.ch2m.com/who-we-are/ch2m-foundation
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines the power of science and technology to
passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The
Company is driving innovations that extract value from material,
polymer, chemical and biological science to help address many of
the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean
water, clean energy generation and conservation, and increasing
agricultural productivity. Dow's integrated, market-driven,
industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced
materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad
range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in
approximately 180 countries and in high-growth sectors such as
packaging, electronics, water, coatings and agriculture. In 2015,
Dow had annual sales of nearly $49 billion and employed
approximately 49,500 people worldwide. The Company's more than
6,000 product families are manufactured at 179 sites in 35
countries across the globe. References to "Dow" or the "Company"
mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
unless otherwise expressly noted. More information about Dow can be
found at www.dow.com.
About CH2M:
CH2M leads the professional services industry delivering
sustainable solutions to clients working on the world’s most
complex challenges. CH2Mers make a positive difference providing
consulting, design, engineering and management solutions for vital
infrastructure and resources serving diverse public- and
private-sector clients. With $5.4 billion in revenue and ~22,000
people, the firm has offices in 50 countries and four business
groups: water; environment and nuclear; transportation; and energy
and industrial. Known for managing global events such as the
Olympic Games, CH2M ranks among Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical
Companies; number-one in environmental consulting and program
management by Engineering News-Record; and among sustainability
leaders by independent analyst Verdantix. CH2M in 2016 was selected
to receive the World Environment Center’s Gold Medal Award for
International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development, and
in 2015, received the Stockholm International Water Institute’s
highest Industry Water Award for advancing innovative potable reuse
technologies. To learn more about the CH2M difference, connect with
the firm at www.ch2m.com; linkedin.com/company/ch2m;
twitter.com/ch2m; facebook.com/ch2mhill; and search for jobs at
www.ch2m.com/careers.
About the Smithsonian Science Education Center
The mission of the Smithsonian Science Education Center is to
transform and improve the learning and teaching of science for K-12
students in the United States and throughout the world. Established
in 1985 as the National Science Resources Center (NSRC) under the
sponsorship of two prestigious institutions—the Smithsonian
Institution and the National Academy of Sciences—the Smithsonian
Science Education Center is dedicated to the establishment of
effective science programs for all students. To contribute to that
goal, the Center has developed and published a comprehensive K-8,
science curriculum program: Science and Technology Concepts™ (STC
Elementary and Secondary); and, it supports the systemic needs of
schools, districts, and states through its Leadership and
Assistance for Science Education Reform (LASER) model, proven to be
efficacious in a large 5-year randomized control trial funded by
the US Department of Education. To learn more visit:
http://ssec.si.edu.
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Sara SteeleThe Dow Chemical
CompanySmsteele@dow.com202-429-3428orAlberto
Lopez-TorresSmithsonian Science Education
Centerlopeztorresa@si.edu202-633-2999orEllen
SandbergCH2MEllen.sandberg@ch2m.com720-286-4984
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