Students First Grants
Students First Grants advance Farmingdale State College as a learner-centered institution by providing support that enhances classroom teaching, applied learning, co-curricular activities, and assessment.
This is a competitive internal peer-reviewed grants program beginning in 2011 with support from a Title III “Strengthening Institutions” Grant awarded to Farmingdale State College by the U.S. Department of Education. This successful and important program now continues with support from the Provost's Office.
Apply for a 2019 Students First Campus Grant, grant announcement can be accessed here
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, February 15
Previous Winners of Students First Grants .....click below to see what they have done with their awards!
Publications by Students First Grant Winners
- Learning by Doing: CSI Comes Alive By David S. Byrne, Ph.D.
- Peer Tutoring Program for Academic Success of Returning Nursing Students By Jennifer Bryer.
- Writing and Designing Your Future: A Learning Community that Combines English Composition with Art and Graphic Design By George Fernandez, Laurie Rozakis.
- Teaching First-Year Architecture Students Sustainable Construction Technology through Active Problem-Based Learning and a Field Trip to a Sustainable Building By Orla LoPiccolo.
- Testing Jigsaw Learning Against a Traditional Lecture (page 455 - page 463) By Orla LoPiccolo.
- Using Robotics to Improve Retention and Increase Engagement in an Undergraduate Freshman Programming Logic and Design Course By Marie Pullan.
- A Foundations for Growth: A Learning Community Pairing (EGL 101 - Composition: Rhetoric and BUS 109 - Management Theories & Practices) By Sarbjit "Sab" Singh, Anthony Sovak, Ann Shapiro.
- A Dynamic Social Feedback System to Support Learning and Social Interaction in Higher Education By Brian Thoms.
- Teaching Shakespeare - HENRY GOES TO HIGH SCHOOL (page 13-16) By Howard Gold.
- Improving Intercultural Competence in the Classroom: A Reflective Development Model By Jing Betty Feng.
Students First Grant Winners
| Name | Project Title | Filter |
|---|---|---|
| Supriya Karmakar | Enhancing Electrical Engineering Students' Learning Using Combination of Demonstration and In-Class Activities | 2019 |
| Glen Hinckley | Pilot of a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience in Chemistry | 2019 |
| Travis Holloway | Two New Gen Ed Philosophy Courses with Student-Centered Pedagogy that Replace Upper-Level PHI Electives | 2019 |
| Chiara De Santi | Italian Food Culture and History | 2019 |
| Timothy Nicholson and Clare Forstie | Critical Thinking in the Age of Fake News: A Learning Community | 2019 |
| Kathleen Cino | Redesign of NUR 216 Art of Nursing | 2019 |
| Alexandra Giordano | The Use of Emerging Technologies in Humanities/Art History Curriculum | 2019 |
| DonnaMarie Flumignan | Peer Mentoring Nursing Student Outreach and Civic Engagement Program | 2019 |
| Wei Hay | An Integrated Learning Approach of Strategic Communication | 2019 |
| DonnaMarie Flumignan | Lessons from the Holocaust: Ethics and Leadership for Nursing Students | 2019 |
| Christine Antonetti and Jean Acton | WED Ed (Writing, Entertainment, Design Education) | 2019 |
| Dylan Gafarian | RAM Alternative Spring Break | 2019 |
| Erwin Cabrera | Research Beyond FSC | 2019 |
| Grace Zhao | 3D Printing, Applied Learning and Creative Thinking | 2019 |
| Kelsey Russell and Kristy Nix | Leadership Academy | 2019 |
| Jill O'Sullivan and Brandon Barroca | Learning By Doing Through Challenges in a Hackathon | 2019 |
| Mohamad Zoghi Moghadam | Engineering Student Poster Presentation | 2019 |
| Fatoma Rad and Kathryn Machin | Beyond the Book: Non-traditional library collections student success | 2019 |
| Amitabha Bandyopadhyay | Assessing Team Work with Extended Applied and Natural Science of ABET Requirements | 2019 |
| Heather Kirkwood | Student Perceptions of Online Course Delivery Mechanisms | 2019 |
| Orla Smyth LiPiccolo | Assessment of the Architectural Engineering Technology Program | 2019 |
| Marya Howell-Carter and Jennifer Nieman-Gonder | Writing Across Psychology Department Courses | 2019 |
| Gonca Altuger-Genc | Enhancing Student Learning with Revised Bloom's Taxonomy-based Hands-on Exercises | 2018 |
| Jennifer Brady & Margery Brown | Identity and Self Discovery — a first year writing composition course that centers on the theme of identit | 2018 |
| Susan Candia & Jeanifferer Vila | Exploring Cultural Myths in America – a Learning Community | 2018 |
| Dandan Chen | Screening Asia: Global Asian Cultures in the Digital Age | 2018 |
| LaNina Cooke | Law Enforcement and Community Relations Project-Based Learning | 2018 |
| Tanya Maurer & Brian McFadden | Enhancing Teaching by offering a Learning Community in which entering students examine US Society through the study of English and Speech | 2018 |
| Stephen Patnode & Katelynn DeLuca | E Pluribus None? Studying American Principles and Society | 2018 |
| Manju Prakash & Lloyd Makarowitz | Engaging Non-Science Majors in a Stimulating Physical Science Laboratory Course | 2018 |
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Marie Pullan |
Programming for Non-Programmers: Developing IOS 10 Apps Using Xcode and Swift | 2018 |
| Daniel Weinman & Jeff Hung | Improve teaching in MET freshmen courses, MET104 Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) and MET117 Manufacturing Processes, by means of a learning community and project based learning | 2018 |
| Worku T. Bitew | Mathematical Modeling and Optimization in Resource and Environmental Management | 2018 |
| Michaela Porubanova | Applied Learning through a Study Abroad Class: History of Psychology: A European Journey through Germany and Switzerland | 2018 |
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Jessica Bernadotte & Michelle Kriegel |
Enhancing Social Engagement Through a Peer to Peer Mentorship Program | 2018 |
| Erwin Cabrera | Application Preparedness Workshop | 2018 |
| Erica Feldherr | RAM Freshman Experience Summer Transition | 2018 |
| Megan Margino | Student Research Poster Day | 2018 |
| Kim O'Hara & Jennifer Bryer | Building Interest in the Nursing Profession Among Students from Underserved Groups: A Mentorship Approach | 2018 |
| Dipendra Regmi & Chunhui Yu | Promoting Mathematics Learning through Math Club Activities | 2018 |
| Michael Veracka | Student Poster Presentation Competition in Landscape Sustainability and Design | 2018 |
| Qing Ai | Teaching Category: Active Language Learning in Elementary Spanish Classroom | 2017 |
| David Byrne | Teaching Category: Learning by Doing: CSI Comes Alive | 2017 |
| Lorraine Goldsmith & Stuart Chaskes | Teaching Category: Engaging New Biology Majors in the Study of Biological Principles I & II | 2017 |
| Angela Jones | Teaching Category: Visual Sociology: An Experiential Learning Course on Social Justice | 2017 |
| Jie Li | Teaching Category: Employ Virtualization Technology in Introductory Operating System Course to Enhance Experiential Learning | 2017 |
| Evan Cooper | Co-Curricular Category: Student Presentation of Original Research at 2017 Eastern Sociological Society Meeting | 2017 |
| George Fernandez | Co-Curricular Category: The Role of "Propaganda" and American Illustrators in Shaping a Nations Decisions to Enter WWI | 2017 |
| Vicki Janik & Howard Gold | Co-Curricular Category: 21st Century Digital and Professional Communication | 2017 |
| Mihaela Radu | Co-Curricular Category: Mentoring Students Research in Fault Tolerant Digital Systems | 2017 |
| Christine Sacco-Sanchez & Mohamad Zoghi | Co-Curricular Category: Transitional Pipeline: Connecting Education to Industry | 2017 |
| Sarbjit Singh | Co-Curricular Category: A Time to Lead: A Sports Career Exploration Workshop for FSC Women | 2017 |
| Lynette Tiger | Co-Curricular Category: Alpha Eta Rho Field Trip | 2017 |
| Noel H. Brathwaite & Aaron Howell | Exploring the Impact of Culture Ecologies on Individual Culture Identity (Two-course Learning Community) | 2016 |
| Danden Chen | Encounter, Nationalism, and Trade in Modern History | 2016 |
| Jing Feng | Develop Inter-cultural Effectiveness through Reflective Learning | 2016 |
| Saman Talib | Integrating Digital Citizenship[ in Culture and Communications Curriculum | 2016 |
| Lei Miao | Engaging Students in Microcontroller based Real-Time Sensing and Control | 2016 |
| Elizabeth Salnave & Angela McAleese | AAIC Moving Forward with Mobile Technology | 2016 |
| John Kubin | Student research project in vanadium redox flow batteries | 2016 |
| Susan Katz & Joanne Graham | Promoting Nursing Student Civic Engagement through National Certification as Child Passenger Safety Technicians | 2016 |
| Jeff Hung | Campuswide student poster presentation competition in Energy and Sustainability | 2016 |
| Jack Simonson | Manufacture and Assembly of 360° 3D Scanner Platform | 2016 |
| Doug Kim & Yeong Ryu | Fixture Design and Creation to Supplement Machining and Fuel Cell Education | 2016 |
| Donna Proper | Assessment of the Senior Project Capstone Courses of the Farmingdale State College Visual Communications: Art & Graphic Design Baccalaureate experience | 2016 |
| Abeba Mussa & Xu Zhang | The Assessment of Senior Students in Applied Economics Program of Farmingdale State College | 2016 |
| Erin Gonzalez & Margery Brown | EGL 101: Writing for Interpersonal Relationships | 2015 |
| Allison McGovern & Anjana Mebane-Cruz | Understanding Landscapes of Inequality on Long Island | 2015 |
| Thurlough M. Smyth & Jeffrey S. Gaab | Integrating Reacting Games in Freshman-level Introduction to Politics Course | 2015 |
| Gonca Altuger-Genc | Research Experience on Design and Development of Simulations for a Mechanical Engineering Technology Course | 2015 |
| Lawrence Lopez | Participation in National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) Regional Competition | 2015 |
| Orla LoPiccolo | Visit, Video, Verify and Win! | 2015 |
| Carla A Martin | Enriched Student Learning Through Directed Research: Examining the Correlation between Macrophage Maturation and Survival under Stress | 2015 |
| Michaela Porubanova | Involvement of a Psychology Major student in research in the area of human cognition | 2015 |
| Mihaela Radu | Developing Hands-On Experiments to Improve Students Learning via Activities outside the Classroom | 2015 |
| Nanda Viswanathan & Lorraine Greenwald | Enhancing Global Awareness Through Peer to Peer Mentoring | 2015 |
| Nancy Winters | Effects of a Super User Program | 2015 |
| Chunhui Yu & Worku T. Bitew | Career Development for Financial Mathematics Students | 2015 |
| Jeffrey Gaab | Reimagining Student Learning Outcomes Assessment for a New Millennium. | 2015 |
| Shane G. Owens | Assessment of the Effects of Focusing on Sleep Functioning in Campus Mental Health Services | 2015 |
| Tino Posillico | Computer Forensics – Making It Real | 2014 |
| Ilknur Aydin & Sheryl Schoenacher | Establishing a Women in Computing Association | 2014 |
| Patti Cantamessa | From rote learning to critical thinking: Preparing freshman nursing students for success. | 2014 |
| Eric Farina & Susan Sutton | Homecoming: The Veteran Experience in American Culture | 2014 |
| Victor Huang | Faculty-guided Student Research in Biochemistry | 2014 |
| Angela Jones | Making Gender Visible: A Lecture by Michael Kimm | 2014 |
| Frances Santiago-Schwarz | Mentoring FSC students in Immunology Research. | 2014 |
| Sarbjit Singh | Up Close and Personal - A Content-Rich Career Trip to the Brooklyn Nets | 2014 |
| Laura McMullin & Frank Rampello | Strengthening Student Engagement | 2014 |
| Annemarie Rosciano & Frances Cherkis | Does a Peer Review NCLEX-RN(National Council Licensure Exam) Course Increase the Pass Rate for Associate and Baccalaureate Nursing Student Graduates on the NCLEX-RN Exam? | 2014 |
| Christine Sacco-Sanchez | Supplemental Writing Program | 2014 |
| Robert Elgart & Joseph Laura | Discipline-related projects designed to substitute for the medical microbiology lab exercises taken by Dental Hygiene students. | 2013 |
| Luisa Nappo-Dattoma | The Redesign and Enhancement of the Existing Course DEN 203: Principles of Nutrition for the Oral Health Professional Utilizing Blended Learning (Hybrid Course). | 2013 |
| Stephen Patnode & Marcia Littenberg | This land is my land. Or is it? Studying the environment and society in a learning community. | 2013 |
| Xu Zhang | Engaging students through the use of discussion, problem solving, and I-clickers in Economics 156. | 2013 |
| John L. Browne & Uma Balaji | Design, fabrication, and evaluation of circuits in modern wireless communication systems. | 2013 |
| Michael De Castro | Demystifying organic chemistry. | 2013 |
| John Gao | Mentoring students in forensic criminal justice research database. | 2013 |
| M. Nazrul Islam | Enhancing student learning process through applied research projects in forensic and security imaging. | 2013 |
| Jill O'Sullivan | Formula SAE engineering, APICS and ERP collaboration. | 2013 |
| Janice Rivera | EOP summer institute 2012 pilot expansion program. | 2013 |
| Hazem Tawfik | Special training and research program planned for summer 2012 and beyond for MET Senior Students on the operation and utilization of Gas Chromatography (GC) in the implementation of their senior research projects. | 2013 |
| Jeff Hung | Strengthen the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) BS program through individual course assessment | 2013 |
| Rowland Ramdass | Assessment of a Study Abroad Course | 2013 |
| George Fernandez & Laurie Rozakis | Writing and Designing Your Future: A Learning Community that combines English Composition with Art and Graphic Design | 2012 |
| Orla Lopiccolo | Teaching First Year Architecture Students Passive House Technology through Active Problem-Based Learning and a Field Trip to Sustainable Buildings | 2012 |
| Larry Menna | Reacting to the Past: Teaching American History as Living History | 2012 |
| Marie Pullan | Building and Programming LEGO® MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Robotics in the Introductory Computer and Information Systems Course | 2012 |
| Ann Shapiro & Sarbjit "Sab" Singh | Foundations for Growth: A Learning Community that Combines English Composition with Introduction to Business Management | 2012 |
| Brian Thoms | Online Social Networking to Support Teaching and Learning at Farmingdale State College | 2012 |
| Adam Filios & Yeong Ryu | Enhancing Student-centered Learning through Undergraduate Research in Photovoltaics | 2012 |
| Sarah Gross | Engaging Bioscience Students in a Biomedical Research Project on the Herpesvirus Lifecycle | 2012 |
| Jonathan Lehrer | Enrichment of Horticulture Education through Student Involvement in Restoration of the Teaching Gardens Pinetum | 2012 |
| Mohammad Zoghi & Dimitrios Maltezos | Manufacturing Conference: Projects Designed and Manufactured by Freshman Students in Manufacturing Classes. | 2012 |
| Jennifer Bryer | Peer Tutoring Program for Academic Success of Returning Nursing Students | 2012 |
| Christine Sacco-Sanchez | FSC Writing Center's Live Chat Online Tutoring | 2012 |
| Robert Crocker | Assessing the effectiveness of virtual anatomy and physiology laboratory exercises in improving student learning. | 2012 |
Jennifer Jaiswal
Director of The Faculty Center