{"id":227,"date":"2010-12-13T16:26:59","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T20:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/?p=227"},"modified":"2011-06-20T11:00:36","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T15:00:36","slug":"riechert-is-science-educator-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/2010\/12\/13\/riechert-is-science-educator-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Riechert is Science Educator of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eeb.bio.utk.edu\/riechert.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/DOCUME%7E1\/Owner\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/moz-screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Susan Riechert\" src=\"http:\/\/www.utk.edu\/tntoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/susan_riechert-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" \/>Susan Riechert<\/a>, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the Univ. of Tennessee and senior NIMBioS collaborator, was recognized for her \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/eeb.bio.utk.edu\/biologyinbox\/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Biology in a Box<\/a>\u201d program in her award Dec. 2 as Science Educator of the Year by the Tennessee Science Teachers Association Higher Education. Riechert directs the <a href=\"http:\/\/eeb.bio.utk.edu\/biologyinbox\/\" target=\"_blank\">Biology in a Box<\/a> program, co-funded by NIMBioS. The prestigious award, given by the state\u2019s major science education  organization, recognizes outstanding science teachers across the state. Biology in a Box consists of boxes that house scientific materials  such as preserved specimens, instruments, and audio and visual clips,  with corresponding exercises that integrate science and mathematics at  all grade levels. The program is currently employed in 80 school systems  across the state and has been successful in stimulating student  interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)  disciplines. Also this year, Gov. Phil Bredesen appointed Riechert to his STEM Advisory  Council, to help guide the state\u2019s efforts to improve STEM education.  The council\u2019s goal is to help promote the state\u2019s aggressive and  comprehensive public education reform plan, which is part of the federal  \u201cRace to the Top\u201d initiative. Congratulations Dr. Riechert!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Susan Riechert, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the Univ. of Tennessee and senior NIMBioS collaborator, was recognized for her \u201cBiology in a Box\u201d program in her award Dec. 2 as Science Educator of the Year by the Tennessee &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/2010\/12\/13\/riechert-is-science-educator-of-the-year\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[99],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":622,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions\/622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}