Spring 2022

May 31, 2022

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CREWS News

• Two CREWS Undergraduate Students Awarded Goldwater Scholarships
• Montana Tech Receives $24M Grant for Rare Earth Elements Research
• Bob Hall Named ASLO Fellow for Aquatic Science Excellence
• CREWS NRSS & Judith River Teams Publish New Research

Project Highlights

• Year 3 Workforce Development Seed Grants
• Ashley Beck (Carroll College): Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience
• Georgia Smies (Salish Kootenai College): Wetland Characterization Research

Education and Outreach

• CREWS Graduate Students Present at Diving into Data Workshop
• SMRC Participation in MSU Family Science Day
• spectrUM Discovery Area Family Science Night in Anaconda
• CREWS Junior Researcher Activity at Chief Joseph Middle School

Shoutouts and Announcements

• Spring 2022 Ph.D. Graduates
  • Paul Hegedus
  • Katie Duncan
  • Nida Shaikh
• Dr. Ann Marie Reinhold Joins MSU Gianforte School of Computing

Upcoming Events

• UCFWG Topic Discussion (June 9)
• CREWS & BREWS (June 10)
• CREWS All-Hands Meeting (September 7–8, 2022)
• 27th EPSCoR National Conference (November 13–16, 2022)

Other Resources

• CREWS-U Workforce Development Resource
• New SMRC Report on DEI in Youth STEM Outreach