1992• 1st TTU/HHMI Undergraduate Science

Education Grant; Phase I for $1.3 million, John Burns and Larry Blanton Co PI/PDs

• Founding 10 Undergraduate Research Fellows with DBS and HSC Mentors

• Outreach Program planning begins

1993• 23 more Undergraduate Research Fellows• Curriculum and Core Lab for DBS• Began TTU/HHMI Visiting Professor Program• TTU/HHMI Teacher Lab Training begins• Outreach through Science Day, Science Alive,

Small Grants

1994• 2nd TTU/HHMI Grant; Phase II for $1 million, John Burns

and Larry Blanton Co PI/PDs• 42 current Undergraduate Research Fellows in many

departments in the TTU system• NSF REU Site begins with TTU/HHMI Program• Microscopes for Biology I Lab courses• TTU/HHMI Teacher Summer Research Internships begin

with science mentors

1995• 46 current Undergraduate Research Fellows• 4 more journal publications by Fellows• 16 Fellows present research at regional and national meetings• Fellows won all HSC Research Week undergraduate awards• TTU/HHMI Traveling Lab Program begins• Shake Hands with Your Future partnership begins

1996• 44 current Undergraduate Research Fellows, 6 are

Goldwater Scholars• 6 more journal publications• TTU/HHMI Fellow Service Organization begins and

starts planning Research Days• Science Spectrum Anatomy & Physiology exhibit

created and goes interactive

1997• 147 Undergraduate Research Fellows to date• 30 total journal publications and 100 research presentations at

regional/national/international meetings to date• TTU/HHMI Fellows won all undergraduate awards at TTUHSC

Research week • TTU/HHMI Coordinated Thematic Institute and more Traveling

Labs and training for teachers• West Texas Education Network created with partner ESC 17

1998• 3rd TTU/HHMI Grant; Phase III for $2 million, Larry

Blanton PI/PD, first TTU match of $1 million from President Don Haragan

• 169 TTU/HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellows to date and here come the SEFs

• TTU/HHMI Research Days begin, organized and hosted by FSO as main service project

• 6200 high school students used our 7 Traveling labs

1999• 191 total Undergraduate Fellows, Science Education

Fellowships begin with first four SEFs• 40 total journal publications, many first authors• 16/18 total Goldwater Scholars at TTU are TTU/HHMI

Fellows• TTU/HHMI FSO teaches at Women’s Protective Services• Hosted STAT Conference for the Advancement of Science

Teaching (CAST), Skoog Cup award begins• Science Teacher Association of Region 17 (STAR *17) begins

2000• 232 total Undergraduate Research and Education

Fellows to date, presented at 140 professional meetings• TTU/HHMI Research Days expands to include the

Honors College’s new Undergraduate Research Fellows• Science It’s a Girl Thing with IDEAL begins• Teacher’s Master Degree in Multidisciplinary Science

with the Graduate School begins

2001• 245 total Undergraduate Research and Science Education Fellows with

over 50 scientific publications• TTU/HHMI Research Days expands to include McNair Scholars• 1st year for the Haragan Lecture Series in honor of BIG DADDY, Dr.

Don Haragan• TTU/HHMI Graduate Teaching Fellows Program begins• Increased from 10 to 16 fully equipped traveling labs for K-6

through 12 classrooms• M.S. Degree in Multidisciplinary Science second cohort of teachers

begins

2002• 1st TTU/HHMI Grant; Phase IV for $2 million, Larry Blanton PI/PD with

$1.2 million matching from TTU, establishing the Center for the Integration of Science Education and Research (CISER)

• 266 total Undergraduate Research and Science Education Fellows presented their research at 248 professional meetings

• Research Days expands to include CASNR and the College of Engineering with a record 82 total presentations

• Dr. Roman Taraban begins as the TTU/HHMI Assessment Coordinator • Traveling Labs visit 40 schools traveling 25,000 miles to serve 8,000 students • Program office and science education classroom space allocated to CISER in

the planning of the new College of Education building

2003• TTU/HHMI Phase IV grant gives TTU the most received in grant funds from

HHMI for Texas• TTU/HHMI FATHER, John Burns, returns as Program Director with 278

Undergraduate Fellows with 60 journal publications• 26 TTU High School Clark Scholars have continued as TTU/HHMI Research

Fellows to date• 1st TTU/HHMI Research Mentor Summit as mentor pool expands• TTU has had 21 Goldwater Scholars, 18 have been TTU/HHMI

Undergraduate Research Fellows• TTU/HHMI and DBS created and began the Introduction to Biomedical

Research course

2004• 289 Undergraduate Fellows presented at 260 professional meetings• 1st TTU Junction Campus Annual Fellow Retreat • TTU/HHMI Student Research Days expanded to include College of

Human Sciences• SACNAS 1st student Chapter in the nation begins• Teacher Small Grants Program awarded 44 teachers, reaching 9,000

students to date• Science Days attended by 800 teachers and 1,600 students to date, with

many events lead by TTU/HHMI Scholars and Mentors• 5 TTU/HHMI Teacher Partners do summer research at TTU

2005• 329 Undergraduate Scholars (changed from Fellows) with 75

journal publications, 22 first author papers• Lou Densmore becomes Associate Program Director• Dr. Taraban begins the Research Scholar Writing Assessment• 3rd cohort of M.S. Multidisciplinary Teachers begins, over 50 total

get their Masters• TTU/HHMI Curriculum Development Teams begin• Science Teacher Academy @ CISER begins• Kids in Physics with David Lamp begins

2006• 5th TTU/HHMI Grant; Phase V for $1.5 million, Michael San

Francisco PI/PD with $1.4 million matching from TTU, Technology Scholars Program begins (Fellows to Scholars)

• 1st CISER Conference “To Think and Act Like a Scientist” resulting in the book, Creating Effective Undergraduate Research Programs

• Michael San Francisco begins as Program Director• 1st Talkmitt Motivator Award given by TTU/HHMI Scholar Service

Organization• TTU SACNAS partners with Comanche Nation College

2007• 345 Undergraduate Scholars presenting at 284 professional meetings, 22

Goldwater Scholars• CISER publicity, annual assessments, and resource-sharing moves to a state-of-

the-art, single-source SharePoint Web Technology • CISER gets the Texas Regional Collaborative Grant• GLOBE site started by CISER and Interim Chancellor, Don Haragan• CISER teachers win all outstanding teacher awards at the STAT state conference

(CAST)• CISER partners with new TTU T-STEM Center• CISER adds a third Traveling Lab Program van, “traveling the frontiers of

science and stopping or teachers”

2008• 375 Scholars with 90 journal publications and presented at 300

professional meetings, Lou Densmore becomes Program Director• 16 Graduate Teaching, Technology, and Post-Doc Scholars to date• CISER website wins top award at regional Pod Cast Competition,

Melody Wainscott, CISER Technical Communicator• NSF Plains Bridges to Baccalaureate Grant Program, West Texas

Association for Women in Science (WT-AWIS) and the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUR) partnerships with CISER begin

• CISER gets a Texas High School Project Exemplar Grant

2009• 400 Undergraduate Scholars with 100 journal publications• 35 Scholars presented at professional meetings• Research Days becomes the Texas Tech Undergraduate Research Conference (URC)

hosted by CISER, CUR and Honors College• Haragan Lecture Series hosts HHMI Director, Tom Cech• Teacher Grants to 7 teachers for travel to state and national meetings and 25 Small

Grants for Equipment• Science Ed Scholars start Math Club at a local elementary school• 2 TTU/HHMI Teacher Research Partners work with research mentors• CISER leads in the development of the T-STEM FRAME Engineering Design Model

2010• 1st TTU/HHMI Phase V Grant Extension for $1 million, 1 of 5 given by HHMI to long

running Programs, Lou Densmore, Program Director• 53 Scholars supported who presented at 32 state, national and international professional

meetings• 1st TTU SACNAS Regional Conference lead by student officers• 1st WE Fund Scholar Research Award by Alumnus• CISER awards CUR with $50,000 each year until 2013 for support of undergraduate

research• Teacher Small Grants awarded to 10 area teachers for equipment and 2 as Summer

Research Teacher STEM Partners • Scholar receives the Outstanding Science Teacher Award for Texas• CISER implements first pre-college poster competition for the Texas High School Project

Best Practices Conference

2011• 491 Undergraduate Scholars supported to date• Science Ed Scholars lead the TTU student chapter of the

National Science Teachers Association

• CISER Teacher Partners elected as President and Secretary of the STAT

• Science Ed Scholars start after school Science Club at a local middle school

• Science Ed Scholar takes a lead in development of the newest TTU/HHMI Traveling Lab

2012• 32 Graduate Teaching, Technology, Doctoral and Post-Doc Scholars to date• 502 Undergraduate Scholars to date with 106 journal publications, 34 first

authors and 293 non-TTU abstracts• 3 Teach for America Scholars to date• CISER becomes the Center for Undergraduate STEM Education and

Research, thanks to Dean Scott Ridley• CUR primary host for the Undergraduate Research Conference with 180+

presenters from everywhere• CISER’s future is so bright we have to wear SHADES!