Update From the Director

Joanne Olson, Principal Investigator and Research Director of Trinect, wants people to know one thing: The Trinect program is about improvement. “We’re improving the experiences and support that our prospective elementary teachers receive; we’re improving the support for …

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Trinect Featured by ISU News Service

The Iowa State University College of Human Sciences communications office published  a video by University Relations featuring how Iowa State and the Trinect program has assisted in bringing lessons about engineering into elementary schools, with the help of a $4.5 …

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Trinect Fellow Spotlight – Zach Njus

Standing in front of a classroom of third graders, Zach Njus found himself in unfamiliar territory. A graduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Zach didn’t grow up wanting to teach third grade and he admits he was …

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Cowles Montessori Visits Iowa State

Thursday, October 29, fifth grade students from Cowles Montessori visited Iowa State’s Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) with members of the Trinect triad that reside in their classroom. They were accompanied by their teacher, Mr. Egherman and …

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