History

In 1991, the Southwestern Bell Foundation awarded the MU College of Education a $1 million gift to establish a model science teaching laboratory and programs to improve science education. In 1999, MU received Science Education Mission Enhancement funding to improve science education, K-16, through the collaboration of the College of Education and three science departments - Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, and Physics & Astronomy. Professor Sandra K. Abell joined the MU faculty in 2001 as the Director of the MU Science Education Center. Since then we have added 4 new faculty members. The Southwestern Bell Foundation endowment funds annual Science Education Center awards for graduate students.