{"id":626,"date":"2018-04-27T19:19:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T19:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/?p=626"},"modified":"2018-04-27T19:19:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T19:19:16","slug":"oregon-state-physics-wins-national-award-improving-undergraduate-physics-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/2018\/04\/27\/oregon-state-physics-wins-national-award-improving-undergraduate-physics-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon State Physics wins national award for Improving Undergraduate Physics Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The American Physical Society has recognized OSU Physics for Improving Undergraduate Physics Education.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are one of three institutions to receive the award this year.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aps.org\/programs\/education\/undergrad\/faculty\/awardees.cfm\">https:\/\/www.aps.org\/programs\/education\/undergrad\/faculty\/awardees.cfm\u00a0<\/a> explains the award and lists previous winners<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/files\/2018\/04\/wiki-lizpointing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-627\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/files\/2018\/04\/wiki-lizpointing-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2237\/files\/2018\/04\/wiki-lizpointing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2237\/files\/2018\/04\/wiki-lizpointing.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a> For 21 years, the physics department at Oregon State has been a national model for its holistic approach to improving the educational experience for undergraduates, from the nationally recognized, upper division curriculum redesign\u2014Paradigms in Physics, through lower\u2010division reform, thesis research experiences for all majors, and attention to co\u2010curricular community\u2010building. We are dedicated to building a strong cohort group of students, prepared for a wide range of careers. For the broader community, we produce and freely share cutting\u2010edge curricular materials based on our own physics education research.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Physical Society has recognized OSU Physics for Improving Undergraduate Physics Education. We are one of three institutions to receive the award this year.\u00a0https:\/\/www.aps.org\/programs\/education\/undergrad\/faculty\/awardees.cfm\u00a0 explains the award and lists previous winners &#8220; For 21 years, the physics department at Oregon State has been a national model for its holistic approach to improving the educational&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/2018\/04\/27\/oregon-state-physics-wins-national-award-improving-undergraduate-physics-education\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6866,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2027,2368,173126,186942],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-faculty","category-teaching-and-learning","category-undergraduates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6866"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":628,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions\/628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/spectrometer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}