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ree-year $895,000 logy and Support Resources. Nursing program students (100) are assigned an iPod Touch; giving them access to current information on a patient’s condition or diagnosis at the bedside. This technology assists students in making accurate assessments, which minimizes medical errors in patient healthcare. Program faculty also utilize the device to support student learning. “Students are eager to use the device and we’re finding this is an appropriate, interactive teaching tool.”

Gaoyin Qian, Associate Dean, Division of Education

Lehman College

Mathematics & Science Teacher Education Recruitment is a four-year $870,000 NSF award designed to attract undergraduate students who excel in the fields of mathematics and science and prepare them for careers as middle school science and mathematics teachers in urban communities. Professor Qian recruited a cohort of 24 students for the competitive three-year program—one year as college seniors and two years as Master‘s level students. “Students receive training, utilize the current technologies to conduct classes, and participate in middle school clinical internships from their first year in the program.”

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