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October 26, 2010
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UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School names the 2010-11 Noyce Scholars

2010 Noyce Scholars

The Gevirtz School at UC Santa Barbara has named its 2010-11 Noyce Scholars, 15 students working on their teaching credentials in mathematics and science. The funding for the Noyce Scholars comes from a $900,000 grant awarded to the Gevirtz School in 2009 from the National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Division of Undergraduate Education. The funding, being made available as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will over a five-year period provide $10,000 fellowships for 75 teacher candidates pursuing their Masters Degree.

The 2010 Noyce Scholars are:

Christopher Agh – Math
Kevin Ahlers – Math
Brian Aspell – Science
Natalie Behr – Science
Victoria Boden – Math
Kelly Bohne – Math
Sean Castillo – Math
Daniel Diamond – Science
Marianna Elefant – Math
Kristina Hill – Math
Peter Marshall – Science
Ashley Ockey – Science
Desiree Partlow – Math
Macie Rizzo – Science
Jacob Sproule – Math

A 16th Noyce Scholar in the Teacher Education Program, Grace Pender, became one as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley.

The Noyce Scholars are one component of Cal Teach at Santa Barbara (CTSB), part of a statewide UC effort to reinvigorate science and mathematics teaching in order to prepare California students for the ever-more demanding 21st century workforce and marketplace. CTSB has three objectives: 1) to use the rapidly expanding undergraduate program at the Gevirtz School – which includes a new Minor in Science and Mathematics Education – to recruit students, particularly underrepresented ethnic minority students, into science and mathematics teaching; 2) to increase the overall number of science and mathematics credential candidates in UCSB’s Teacher Education Program; and 3) to build cohorts of students through shared activities so as to prepare and retain student-centered, reform-minded science and mathematics teachers. These objectives are all the more crucial given the increasing need for qualified science and mathematics teachers and the lack of support at the state level due to California’s budget crisis. The Noyce Scholarships are a direct way to address that teacher shortage.

“It is an honor and pleasure to work with these teacher candidates,” says Susan Johnson, coordinator of CTSB. “Their passion for developing the skills to get students to think richly about science and mathematics is infectious. I am certain they will make inspiring teachers and be pivotal mentors of the next generation of California’s students.”

[Susan Johnson is available for interviews; contact George Yatchisin at 805 893 5789]
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