CASL Congratulates Dr. Margaret Kanipes. Dr. Kanipes received the William C. Friday Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes individuals who have exhibited exemplary service to students of a UNC system institution.
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Research Convening
The Research Convening aimed to advance the development of a national HBCU Soul of Leadership for STEM Excellence research assessment. This convening informed the CASL STEM Leaders Study assessment development process and product.
Mental Health Summit for HBCU STEM Leaders: A Call to Action
The Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership (CASL) hosted a Mental Health Summit in Arlington, Virginia from June 8-10, 2023. The Summit increased the knowledge and understanding of STEM faculty from a select group of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) leaders of mental health issues associated with the COVID pandemic. The participants for […]
CASL launches The Journal of STEM Leadership and Broadening Participation in 2023!
The Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership (CASL) recently announced the launch of The Journal of STEM Leadership and Broadening Participation (JSLBP). The JSLBP publishes scholarly works related to the reflections, practices, styles, and strategies of STEM leaders from all professorial and administrative levels who are particularly focused on increasing the representation of minoritized […]
Inside CASL: New Senior Research Scientist
The Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership (CASL) is excited to announce the hiring of a new Senior Research Scientist. Below are a brief biography and some insight into what makes Dr. Askew a great addition to our team. Dr. Askew is an Educational Psychologist with 14 years of research and program evaluation experience […]
Inside CASL: New Director of Operations
The Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership (CASL) is excited to announce the hiring of a new Director of Operations. Below are a brief biography and some insight into what makes Dr. Moreland enthusiastic about our work. Dr. Nicole Moreland serves as the Director of Operations/Project Manager for CASL. Prior to joining the CASL […]
CASL Fellow Named to New Leadership Post
Dr. Josiah J. Sampson, a 2019-2020 CASL Leadership Development Fellow, was recently named Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Saint Augustine’s University. Read more here.
Say It LOUD
As part of our investment into developing HBCU STEM Leaders during Residency III, the Knowledge Transfer and Outreach arm of the Center hosted a Twitter chat to empower our Faculty Fellows to be public scholar-leaders. Will you be joining us for our inaugural #HBCU_CASL Twitter chat “Say It Loud”📢 on Sunday, February 2 from 9:30-10:30 EST? […]
Residency 3: Sustaining Leadership that Advance Broadening Participation in STEM
From January 30 to February 2, CASL brought our twelve faculty fellows to Atlanta, GA for our third residency. The focus for this session was on strategies that facilitate the well-being of leaders seeking to broaden participation in STEM and included a discussion on research strategies for documenting leadership behaviors that advance broadening participation in STEM at your institutions. […]
Residency 2: Transforming the HBCU Campus and Faculty Culture to Broaden Participation in STEM Programs
From November 21 to November 24, CASL brought our twelve faculty fellows to the North Carolina A&T State University campus in Greensboro, NC for our second residency which included an immersion into the history of activism at HBCUs, opportunities and challenges to the transformation of STEM programs, and more. Key learning outcomes in Section 2 […]