Boise State Among 42 Institutions Nationwide Selected as HP Technology Grant Recipient
$68,000 grant includes HP wireless equipment and faculty stipend to improve student achievement
Boise State University was selected as one of 42 colleges and universities in the United States and Puerto Rico to receive a 2007 HP Technology for Teaching grant, which is designed to transform teaching and improve learning in the classroom through innovative uses of technology.
During the 2007-2008 academic year, HP Technology for Teaching grant projects will impact more than 6,000 higher education students. Boise State’s College of Engineering will receive an award package of HP products and a faculty stipend valued at more than $68,000.
Each of the HP Technology for Teaching grant recipients will use HP wireless Tablet PCs to enhance learning in engineering, math, science or computer science. Boise State’s Department of Civil Engineering will use the PCs as part of hands-on learning modules to engage students in computer modeling. The modeling could be used to organize data for air quality forecasts, to determine predator-prey relationships, assess ground water contaminants, and for many other environmental issues.
“HP’s generous support will enhance our efforts to provide students with sophisticated tools and the opportunity to choose the direction and pace of their learning,” said Sondra Miller, a civil engineering professor at Boise State and the grant’s principal investigator. “Environmental modeling has emerged as an essential and widespread tool. This project’s innovative blending of HP Tablet PCs with modeling software will help familiarize, recruit and engage students in addressing environmental concerns.”
In 2007, HP is awarding 172 K-12 public schools and two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States and Puerto Rico more than $7 million in mobile technology, cash and professional development as part of its 2007 HP Technology for Teaching grant program. Since 2004, HP has contributed a total of $36 million in HP Technology for Teaching grants to more than 650 schools worldwide. During the past 20 years, HP has contributed more than $1 billion in cash and equipment to schools, universities, community organizations and other nonprofit organizations around the world.
“HP empowers students and teachers to succeed through innovative uses of technology and training,” said Sidney Espinosa, director, Philanthropy Program, HP. “We invest in schools to increase educational attainment and contribute to the development of a skilled, diverse workforce in the future.”
More information about the 2007 HP Technology for Teaching program and grant recipients is available at www.hp.com/go/hpteach.
More information about Boise State’s College of Engineering is at http://coen.boisestate.edu.