The CIRTL NSF GRFLC is an NSF-funded Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) initiative to broaden CIRTL’s national impact by supporting STEM teaching and learning professional development for GRFs. CIRTL network co-leaders from Drexel University, Adam Fontecchio and Jennifer Stanford, who are the Director and Co-Director of The Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence (CASTLE), spearheaded this initiative. 

CASTLE Affiliates Dr. Monica Ilies and Dr. Chris Weyant are recipients of recent Provost Awards.

The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) has awarded Dr. Adam Fontecchio, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of CASTLE at Drexel University, the 2021 ASEE Benjamin Garver Lamme Award.

The Drexel University Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence (CASTLE) and the Greater Philadelphia Region Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (Philadelphia AMP) collaborated during Fall 2020 to support learning about and enthusiasm for STEM research experiences among undergraduate students traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields. CASTLE hosted a 5-week online Introduction to Research Workshop, supported by Philadelphia AMP. Eighteen (18) undergraduate students in diverse disciplines from Delaware State and Cheyney Universities participated in the workshop.