First2’s Hannah Petronek awarded prestigious NSF GRF
Congratulations to First2’s Hannah Petronek for being awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship grant to fund her graduate studies and research on fungal diversity! Hannah…
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Your feedback matters!
This spring and summer you may be invited to participate in interviews and surveys conducted by the team from ICF evaluating the First2 Network. Be…
First2 Evaluation Group shares 3 New Podcast Episodes
We are always learning in the First2 Network, and our external evaluation team appreciates the contribution you all make in providing your feedback. In order…
Support SB228
We all know that college affordability is an obstacle to completing a degree. And it is hard, if a student needs to leave temporarily for…
Department of Education News
This just in my inbox from the US Department of Education. First2 certainly seems to be connected to several of these priorities! “On January 27,…
Fairmont State University Awarded $749,693 NSF S-STEM Grant to Support Low-Income STEM Majors
So proud of Fairmont State colleagues Bob Niichel, Jojo Joseph and Abby Chapman who were the PI’s on this newly awarded S-STEM grant proposal, entitled…
Shepherd University is latest WV university to receive NSF “S-STEM” award to offer STEM students scholarships and opportunities
Congratulations to Shepherd University and their faculty’s efforts to provide scholarships to students majoring in STEM at their university! Shepherd is a new recipient of…
State Science and Technology Plan Maps the Way for Vibrant WV STEM economy
All of us at the First2 Network should read and digest the Higher Education Policy Commission’s recently released Science and Technology Plan. First, the data…
Year 3 Evaluation Report is posted
Our marvelous external evaluation team works hard to tell us what is working and not working within the network. They have released the comprehensive evaluation…