Senate panel OK's $350K for VCSU's STEM center

July 30, 2010

The following news release comes from Sen. Byron Dorgan's office:

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) announced Friday that he has secured important federal investments that will give a boost to jobs and health and human services projects in North Dakota.

Dorgan, a senior member of the Senate’s Appropriations Committee, secured the funding in the fiscal year 2011 Labor, Health and Human Services bill (Labor-HHS) as part of the Congressional appropriations process. The legislation will next go to the full Senate for approval.

The bill provides $450,000 to continue Minot State University’s (MSU) Community Research and Service program, $400,000 to establish a North Dakota State College of Science Bioscience Industry and Training Center (NDSCS), $350,000 to continue efforts at Valley City State University’s (VCSU) STEM Center, and $300,000 for additions at Dickinson State University’s (DSU) Theodore Roosevelt Center.

“This legislation contains significant investments in our universities and health-related initiatives,” Dorgan said. “Funding will give a boost to high-tech training and improve health-related resources for North Dakotans.”

Valley City State University (VCSU) Great Plains STEM Education Center
$350,000

Funding will support VCSU’s Great Plains STEM Education Center aimed at boosting science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education through the development and delivery of courses, certificates, and programs. Through the project, VCSU will develop K-12 curricula and conduct in-service teacher training aimed at integrating STEM instruction in K-12 classrooms.