SENCER Center for Innovation
West
About SCI-West
The SCI-West has broad expertise among its members, but has a particular interest in sustainability with a focus on water resources, indigenous science, and undergraduate research. SCI-West initiatives are open to participants around the United States but are primarily designed to address the needs and interests of individuals in the regional area. SCI-West leadership members coordinate at least two symposia each year to complement national SENCER programs, including the following recent events:
Integrating Indigenous Science and Culturally Relevant Practices into the Science Curriculum
SACNAS National Meeting, 10/29/11
SENCER Symposium: Science Education and Civic Engagement
AAAS Pacific Division Meeting, 6/11
Resources, Energy, and Island Sustainability
SCI-West Fall Symposium, 10/7-9/10
About the Host Institution:
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University is a leading Jesuit, Catholic institution that has grown in size and stature during the last decade and is increasingly recognized as one of the most dynamic and successful private, nonprofit educational institutions in the West. Founded in 1851, Santa Clara University is California's oldest institution of higher learning.
The University has over 8,000 students and is organized into six academic units: the College of Arts and Sciences, the Jesuit School of Theology, the Leavey School of Business, the School of Education and Counseling Psychology, the School of Engineering, and the School of Law. Student learning takes place in an educational environment that integrates rigorous inquiry and scholarship, creative imagination, reflective engagement with society, a deep understanding of ethics, and a commitment to fashioning a more humane, just, and sustainable world. The vision of the University is to educate leaders and citizens of competence, conscience, and compassion.
Past Symposia
2012 SENCER Summer Institute
Santa Clara University, August 2012
SCEWestNet Organizational Meeting
Santa Clara University, March 2012
Energy, Resources, and Island Sustainability
Kapi'olani Community College (HI), October 2010
Symposium on Teaching Science and Engineering Through Civic Engagement
Santa Clara University (CA), October 2008
SENCER Summer Institute
Santa Clara University (CA), August 2008
Western Regional Conference
Chapman University (CA), April 2007
SENCER Summer Institutes
Santa Clara University (CA), 2001-2006
Photograph by K.Shade
More Information
Upcoming Events
SENCER Summer Institute
August 2013
Santa Clara University
Click here to visit the SSI 2013 page
West
Co-Directors
Dr. Amy Shachter
Santa Clara University
ashachter@scu.edu
Dr. Steven Bachofer
St. Mary's College of California
bachofer@stmarys-ca.edu
Leadership Council
Dr. Gary Booth
Brigham Young University
Dr. Stephen Carroll
Santa Clara University
Dr. Virginia Carson
Chapman University
Dr. Lawrence Duffy
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Dr. Robert Franco
Kapi'olani Community College
Dr. Garon Smith
University of Montana
Dr. Julia Smith
Holy Names University