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STEM Learning Center radio spot - February 28, 2025
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Shauna Johnson: At West Virginia University Mountaineers go first. Now open to students on the downtown area of campus as part of the Foundational STEM Collaborative, the STEM Learning Center offering drop-in and appointment-based academic assistance study space and more for all majors.
Stephanie Young: The goal is to make sure that WVU students can be as successful as possible in STEM, whether that's a STEM major or a STEM course. We are here to support students, especially in their first two years.
Shauna Johnson: Stephanie Young, a teaching professor in the Department of Biology, is the director of what is a hub for all foundational university STEM courses required by more than 47 science focused undergraduate degree programs.
Stephanie Young: Part of the Foundational STEM Collaborative is devoted to working with our students, but we also are making a community of our STEM professors within Eberly College so that we can support one another, learn from one another, and do what we need to do to collaborate to make the student experience better.
Shauna Johnson: In its second semester, the STEM Learning Center's team works collaboratively with students and faculty members selecting learning consultants from each Eberly college department and responding to specific course needs.
Stephanie Young: We are here to serve all students in our introductory STEM classes, not just those. Within Eberly College, we welcome all students to join us for learning consultations, for workshops, and for any other types of social events that we offer. We are here to help.
Shauna Johnson: Here to help in Young's words, the whole student.
Stephanie Young: I have always loved working with students. I, in the biology department, work mainly with freshmen, and I appreciate that half of my job is to teach biology, and half of my job is to teach students how to college. So in this position, I have the opportunity to not only work with students in my biology classes, but students across the university.
Shauna Johnson: So let's go. Follow our stories at wvutoday.wvu.edu.
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