Interdisciplinary STEM for the Public Good Learning Community

STEM faculty across ISU have expressed a strong interest in learning with and from colleagues across the institution as they explore new ways to strengthen teaching and scholarship in interdisciplinary contexts. The Interdisciplinary STEM for the Public Good Learning Community, supported by the Excellence by Design Strategic Initiative Fund, builds on this interest by bringing together faculty from multiple departments to explore how civic and community contexts can enrich STEM courses and research. Participants will meet regularly to engage in conversation around foundational ideas in STEM civic engagement, share works in progress, talk through challenges, and offer peer feedback while co-developing civically engaged course modules and civically engaged research projects. A central goal of the community is for participants, either working independently or in partnership with institutional and/or community collaborators, to develop course modules to pilot in the 2026–27 academic year or to move engaged research projects toward internal or external funding. Join us in shaping cutting-edge, impact-driven STEM work at ISU. Faculty, staff with teaching responsibilities, and graduate students from across the university are welcome to participate.  

While participation is open, the content and examples will be designed with STEM disciplines in mind. Registration is required.