UKan Teach receives $25,000 gift

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

UKanTeach, a University program aimed at increasing the number of math and science teachers in Kansas, received a $25,000 gift from the Sprint Foundation, KU Endowment announced Thursday.

Jan Lariviere, coordinator of UKanTeach, said the gift would fund two part-time internships for students in the UKanTeach program. Any student in the program is eligible for a paid internship. Lariviere said students in the program often interned at local nonprofits such as museums and schools.

“Anything we can think of that will help students become better teachers,” Lariviere said, “we’re willing to fund an internship for.”

There are currently 105 students in the UKanTeach program. The program is a collaboration between the School of Education and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Lariviere said.

Unlike in the School of Education, students can receive a bachelor’s degree in math or science and a state teaching license in four years in the program. Students in the School of Education generally take five years to complete an education degree and a teaching license, Lariviere said.

“Both programs are excellent,” Lariviere said. “Our program just allows students to keep their options open.”

The first graduate of the UKanTeach program is expected to graduate in May.

UKanTeach is funded by a 4-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Math and Science Initiative, primarily funded by Exxon Mobil. As a stipulation of the grant, UKanTeach is required to raise $1 million of its own funding.

— — Edited by Melissa Johnson

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UKan Teach receives $25,000 gift

UKan Teach is a wonderful program.

Look into it folks!

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