Phone: (989) 964-4058

Email: acole@svsu.edu

The Director of STEM@SVSU is to connect K-12 educators, parents and students with university programs and area businesses in the STEM fields. Specifically, I align and support STEM initiatives and camps at Saginaw Valley State University, including the Chief Science Officers program, the annual STEM educator dinner, Hour of Code events, and many more! I also work to connect SVSU faculty, staff, and students with volunteer STEM opportunities throughout the Great Lakes Bay Region.

Phone: (989) 964-2934

Email: bldiegel@svsu.edu

The STEM Mobile Lab Coordinator works to schedule, create, and lead STEM programming on the Mobile Lab at school sites or research locations for K-6th grade students in the Great Lakes Bay region and beyond.

Phone: (989) 964-4292

Email: sbrouet@svsu.edu

Stephanie Brouet is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at SVSU and the lead coordinator of the Dow Corning Foundation/SVSU STEM Community Partnership. The program targets attitudes about STEM in the local community. It brings teachers to SVSU for a two week workshop and provides the teachers with funds for a scientific research project that will be conducted with their students in conjunction with SVSU faculty and Dow Corning professionals. Dr. Brouet holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and has worked in the pharmaceutical and oil & gas industries before joining SVSU.

Phone: (989) 964-2609

Email: jdmccull@svsu.edu

The Director of Undergraduate Research oversees the SVSU Undergraduate Research Program (UGRP). This program serves to integrate the university’s teaching and research missions through the creation and facilitation of faculty/student research partnerships. By offering students and faculty three distinct opportunities for funding, the UGRP serves to increase student engagement in learning, develop students’ research competency, and strengthen students’ post-graduation educational and professional opportunities.

Phone: (989) 964-4115

Email: tarizola@svsu.edu

My role is director of the SVSU Regional Mathematics and Science Center. Our Center offers professional development and student enrichment activities. In addition, we house a resource clearinghouse with materials that may be checked out at no cost.

Phone: (989) 964-4193

Email: rmuralee@svsu.edu

Dr. Muraleedharan collaborates with local industrial partners on undergraduate capstone projects to provide students the opportunity to conduct research and hands-on real-world experience to become world-class engineers of tomorrow. She is also the faculty advisor of SVSU Society of Women Engineers (SWE), which focuses on inspiring and empowering young women engineers. SVSU SWE promotes and volunteers for many outreach activities to encourage and engage local middle, and high school students in the field of STEM.

Phone: (989) 964-4191

Email: pdharam@svsu.edu

Poonam Dharam (Ph.D.) is an assistant professor of Computer Science and Information Systems at SVSU. She is also the faculty advisor of Girls Who Code (GWC) club, which is a FREE after school program for 5th-8th grade students. In GWC club, students work in teams to design and build a Computer Science Impact Project that solves real world problems they care about through code.