HOLLY SUZANNE GODSEY portrait
  • Director of STEM Initiatives, College Of Education-Dean
  • Director of Practice, Usable STEM Research & Practice Hub, Vp For Research
  • Director of Career-line Faculty Enhancement, Office for Faculty
  • Associate Professor (Clinical), Urban Institute for Teacher Education
  • Professor (Lecturer), Geology & Geophysics
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Professional Service

  • Teach For Utah. Role: Director. Oversee all aspects of the Scholarship program including recruiting, cohort meeting planning, plan of study development, advising, coordinating with schools/districts/master teachers, grant management, etc. 07/01/2021 - present
  • NSF Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. Role: PI. Oversee all aspects of the Scholarship program including recruiting, cohort meeting planning, plan of study development, advising, coordinating with schools/districts/master teachers, grant management, etc. Non-Scholarly Service. 07/01/2021 - present. 07/01/2021 - present
  • Utah State Board of Education (USBE). Science Standards Writing Team. 08/01/2018 - 07/31/2019
  • UPSTEM (Utah Pathways to STEM). Role: PI/Program Director. Oversee all aspects of program to build capacity at the U and at SLCC to support transfer students and marginalized students. Includes major college-wide climate assessment, overseeing faculty learning communities, organizing articulation teams, recruiting events, and other activities. 08/01/2017 - 08/31/2024
  • Utah State Board of Education (USBE). Science Standards Writing Team. 08/01/2014 - 07/31/2015

Internal Service

  • College of Education Scholarship Committee . 01/01/2024 - present. College service.
  • College of Education Scholarship Committee . 01/01/2024 - present. College service.
  • Career-line Faculty Affairs Committee. Co-Chair , 01/01/2024 - 05/31/2024. University service.
  • Career-line Faculty Affairs Committee. Co-Chair , 01/01/2023 - 05/31/2024. University service.
  • EDI Strategy Council. 08/01/2022 - 12/31/2022. University service.
  • Director of the Teach for Utah Program. 07/01/2021 - present. College service.
  • Dept. of Geology & Geophysics Curriculum and Teaching Committee. Member, 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022. Department service.
  • Noyce Teacher Scholarship program. Director, 06/01/2021 - present. College service.
  • CAID EDI committee. 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2022. College service.
  • Williamson Science Communication Fellows. Director, 08/01/2020 - 07/31/2021. Department service.
  • Geology & Geophysics Dept. Curriculum and Teaching Committee. Member, 07/01/2020 - 06/30/2021. Department service.
  • Undergraduate Affairs Committee. 01/01/2020 - present. Department service.
  • Utah Advisory Council for Teacher Education (UCATE). 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2022. College service.
  • Director of the Utah Pathways to STEM (UPSTEM) program. 09/01/2019 - present. University service.
  • Office of the Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs. Faculty Fellow , 01/01/2019 - 12/31/2020. University service.
  • General Education Curriculum Committee. Co-Chair, 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2022. University service.
  • General Education Brain Trust. Member, 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2022. University service.
  • Director of the MS for Secondary School Teachers (MSSST) program. 08/01/2010 - present. College service.

Honors & Awards

  • Award for Higher Education's "Educator of the Year" . Utah Science Teachers Association 2013 award for Higher Education's Educator of the Year, 02/2013

Outreach

  • Overseeing Williamson Science Communication Fellows. 08/01/2023 - 04/30/2024

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