New Institute Established

Georgia Southern Launches i²STEM^e

Georgia Southern University has established a new Institute for Interdisciplinary STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Education (i²STEM^e) (pronounced “I two STEM e”) that will support thematic grant writing, research and outreach. The Institute is committed to excellence in primary, secondary and higher education STEM teaching and learning.

The Institute will create a broad range of partnerships across academia, business, education and research centers in southeast Georgia, support professional development, outreach, curricular development, the creation of innovative courses and research in STEM education through grant funded projects. The Institute, one of the first of its kind, will be distinctive in that it will focus on serving rural southeastern Georgia.

The STEM Institute was established through a unique collaboration of core partners: Georgia Southern’s new Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Information Technology (CEIT), the College of Science and Mathematics (COSM), the College of Education (COE) and the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS).

COE research professor Robert Mayes, Ph.D., serves as the first i²STEM^e Director alongside Institute Fellows Joy Darley, Ph.D. and Jim LoBue, Ph.D., both from COSM; and Shonda Bernadin, Ph.D., from CEIT.