It’s All Linked to Education

A focused session exploring funding opportunities for workforce development, student success initiatives, STEM education, industry partnerships, and capacity building at community colleges. Presenter(s): Shadei Laird and Jehnae Linkins Register

This webinar will examine the key trends shaping the future of HBCUs, including enrollment, funding, STEM innovation, technology, demographic shifts, and public policy. Participants will explore strategies that promote student success, institutional sustainability, workforce development, and emerging career pathways, while examining the value of partnerships among HBCUs, industry, government, alumni, and philanthropic organizations. Finally, attendees will gain practical insights into preserving the historic mission of HBCUs while adapting to the evolving demands of higher education and positioning their institutions for long-term excellence and impact. Presenter(s): Chaz Gipson and Karen Ford-Jackson Register

Jumping off a previous webinar on using the resources to find funding opportunities and address pre-submission questions, this webinar dives into how to use the available resources from NSF for proposal preparation. Topics covered include using the PAPPG and associated resources on NSF’s website to prepare proposals, and common questions and mistakes. This webinar is part of a series on NSF policies, guidelines, and review processes. Presenter(s): Sharmini Pitter Boghos and Jennifer Riehl Register

Data are transforming nearly every aspect of higher education, scientific discovery, healthcare, and workforce development. Yet many educators, researchers, and institutional leaders have had little formal preparation in applying data science to their teaching, scholarship, program evaluation, or strategic decision-making. Data to Impact is a four-part professional development series designed to build practical data science capacity among faculty, researchers, administrators, and education leaders. Rather than focusing solely on programming or advanced analytics, the series demonstrates how data science can become a powerful tool for solving real-world problems, strengthening research, improving student outcomes, informing institutional decisions, and increasing competitiveness for grants and partnerships. Through interactive webinars, participants will progress from foundational concepts to real-world applications in STEM, education, research administration, and institutional leadership. By the end of the series, participants will leave with practical tools, new perspectives and an action plan for applying data science within their own disciplines and organizations. Presenter(s): Amaka Nwankwo Register

Participants will learn about the history of the International Space Station, key accomplishments thus far, key lessons learned, and how the ISS is helping to jump start the next generation of space stations in low Earth orbit. Presenter(s): Aprille Ericsson, Yulia Goreva, and Ken Wright Register

A focused session highlighting federal, foundation, and capacity-building opportunities to strengthen research infrastructure, student engagement, institutional partnerships, and innovation at HBCUs. Presenter(s): Jehnae Linkins, Shadei Laird Register