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RISE partners with animal science on transfer student experience study
January 7, 2018
RISE to develop survey to understand transfer student expereince in the Department of Animal Science.
RISE partners with agronomy to inform curriculum development and departmental assessment
December 20, 2017
RISE to conduct 5-year study in partnership with Department of Agronomy.
RISE to support initiative for global action at the William Davidson Institute
December 15, 2017
RISE to assess program to provide solutions to low- and middle-income countries.
RISE to evaluate Iowa Space Grant Consortium project at Iowa State
December 13, 2017
RISE awarded $2,000 to evaluate curriculum development for the Department of Industrial Engineering at Iowa State University.
Iowa State researchers find positive impact of Women in Ag extension program in 14 states
December 6, 2017
RISE staff members Cori Hyde and Arlene de la Mora published an article with three Iowa State University Extension and Outreach colleagues in the Journal of the NACAA (National Association of Country Agricultural Agents).
Researchers awarded grant to study international education and study abroad
November 2, 2017
Robert Reason and Joshua Mitchell awarded three-year, $286,185 U.S. Department of Education research grant to study global competence and social responsibility outcomes in postsecondary education.
RISE research assistant presents at National Conference
October 11, 2017
Graduate research assistant Jeanne Connelly presented poster about Tier II Supports at National PBIS Leadership Conference in Chicago, IL.
RISE to evaluate new graduate program at the University of Vermont
September 21, 2017
RISE staff will serve as the evaluators for a $3 million grant awarded to the University of Vermont to develop a graduate program through the NSF's Research Traineeship (NRT) Program.
RISE research assistants selected for Emerging Leaders Academy
September 13, 2017
Graduate research assistants Garrett Gowen and Kevin Hemer were among those selected to participate in the 2017-2018 Graduate College Emerging Leaders Academy.
Iowa State shares expertise at national education research event
April 24, 2017
Mari Kemis, Arlene de la Mora, and Brandi Geisinger, of RISE, are among nearly 50 Iowa State graduate students, faculty, and staff members who will share their expertise at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting this weekend.
RISE presents on developing a scale to assess effective mentoring at ICERI in Seville, Spain
November 22, 2016
Mari Kemis, Brandi Geisinger, and Arlene de la Mora, of RISE, in conjunction with Raj Raman, an ISU faculty member, presented the article, "Developing a scale to understand the key actions of effective graduate student mentors" at the International Conference for Educational Research and Innovation in Seville, Spain.
Research to drive systemic change in STEM diversity
November 7, 2016
Iowa State University is a leader in bringing more diversity to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) - not only through outreach, partnerships, scholarships, and conferences, but also with research aimed at systemic change across colleges in the Midwest and nationwide.
RISE researchers present strategies for handing negative evaluation results
November 1, 2016
Brandi Geisinger, Vincent Genareo, Mari Kemis, and Joshua Mitchell, of the Research Institute for Studies in Education, presented Avoiding the sinking ship: The evaluation of multi-million dollar failures at the 2017 annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association in Atlanta, Georgia.
Research based on GPI data wins award at national conference
June 28, 2016
The International Association of International Educators recognized Chris Glass, Old Dominion University, and colleagues with the NAFSA 2016 Innovative Research in International Education Award. Their research focused on international student belonging and used data from the Global Perspective Inventory.
Mari Kemis on team awarded $2 million National Science Foundation grant
June 24, 2016
RISE awarded $50,000 to evaluate Research Experiences for Teachers at Notre Dame
May 20, 2016
Mari Kemis, interim director of RISE, and Brandi Geisinger, research and evaluation scientist in RISE, were awarded $50,000 from the University of Notre Dame to conduct an evaluation of their Research Experiences for Teachers program.
ELPS has strong showing at CSCC, AACC conferences
April 1, 2009
Colleagues recognize excellence from ISU faculty, students