Assistant Professor Kate Warpeha named National Academies Education Fellow

Assistant Professor Kate Warpeha was named National Academies Education Fellow in the Life Sciences for the 2013-2014 academic year. "This honor was bestowed by virtue of her selection to and enthusiastic participation in the 2013 National Academies Northstar Summer Institute on Undergraduate Education in Biology that was held from July 7-12, 2013 at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities."

"The Summer Institute included workshops, discussions, intensive team work and analysis, all focused on enhancing undergraduate education, with themes of active learning, assessment and diversity as the primary foci." Teams created or adapted a unit of teaching activities that they could take back and implement at their universities.