Morton College STEM Initiatives
Engineering Degree
Expansion of full-time STEM faculty and staff
- Two additional full-time math faculty members
- One additional full-time physics faculty member
- Three additional full-time biology faculty members
- Dedicated STEM advisor
Expansion of STEM-based student clubs
- SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers)
- Community outreach
- Professional development (speakers, site visits, conferences, etc.)
- Science Club
- STEM speakers, field trips (Argonne, etc.)
STEM classroom improvements
- Nursing, PTA, and health science classrooms and labs
- State-of-the-art astronomy classroom
- Cadaver-based anatomy and physiology lab
- STEM-specific tutoring space
- Mac Coding Lab
- STEM Resource Center
Expansion of STEM tutoring
- New full-time math and science tutor
- Dedicated nursing tutor
- Expanded hours in chemistry, biology and math tutoring
- New STEM-specific tutoring room
- Nursing/PTA Retention Specialist
New math initiatives
- Two college readiness math initiatives at the high school (i.e., for Morton College’s General Education Math and College Algebra respectively)
- Greatly expanded math dual credit programs: Statistics, College Algebra, Transitions Math (portable credits)
- New dual enrollment math program (Calculus III, Differential Equations)
- Co-Requisite Math program (Math 102, 105, 121, and 141) College level math simultaneously with support course (096, 097, 098)
- Multiple Measures Math placement (using grades, ACT, SAT, along with placement testing…not JUST placement testing)
- Math Boot Camp (Summer 2021)
Expansion and improvement of health science and CTE STEM programs
- Improved health science programming
- Additional full-time nursing and PTA faculty members
- Dual credit CNA program
- New CARE retention initiative
- Expanded CTE STEM programming
- New CIS full-time faculty in network security
- New CIS network security degree and mobile app certificate
Increased STEM grant funding
- Formal STEM-centered collaborative projects with Purdue University Northwest and the University of Illinois at Chicago
- NSF Louis Stokes STEM Pathways and Research Alliances
- CREST Hispanic Serving Institutions Co-Enrollment for STEM ($800,000)
- MC-Success Stronger Undergraduate Courses, Enrollment, and Enhanced Student Services ($2,100,000)
- New Math Transitions grant ($15,000)