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Noyce Scholar Profile

Robert Vittoe

Undergraduate major or graduate field of study: Physics

Subject area(s) and grade level teaching focus: High School Physics

Category of scholarship/fellowship:
Fifth year or post-baccalaureate Noyce scholar

Name of Noyce institution:
IUPUI T2T

Current academic or teaching status:
1st year graduate student

School and school district:
n/a

Background:

I am a first generation college student. I started out my academic career as a Chemistry major working toward a Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education. After a couple of rough years personally, I earned a degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing Management from Southeast Missouri State University. I worked for over 15 years in management, mostly at the general manager level in restaurants. I went back to school part-time at Ivy Tech taking classes in accounting to facilitate a career change. This change allowed me to not have to work evenings and weekends. This gave me more time to spend with my daughter. After the completion of those classes I worked in corporate accounting and finance for over 7 years. Now I have completed another undergraduate degree. This time in physics and will start the T2T graduate program later this summer.

Why do you want to teach:

I would like to make a more substantial contribution to society. I think a good way to do this would be to teach high school physics and positively influence as many young people as possible. The one teacher I remember above all others from when I was in high school is the man that taught my physics and chemistry classes. I believe it is vital that our nation increases the number of STEM graduates, especially from a diverse base of students, if it is to remain relevant let alone continue to be a global leader. As teachers we need to learn to encourage and guide not just the brightest students but, all our students toward a higher level of competency in the STEM disciplines.

Describe a memorable teaching experience:

n/a

What does the Noyce program mean to you:

It allowed me transition to full time student status enabling me to complete my undergraduate physics degree and enter the T2T graduate program.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant Numbers DUE-2041597 and DUE-1548986. Any opinions, findings, interpretations, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of its authors and do not represent the views of the AAAS Board of Directors, the Council of AAAS, AAAS’ membership or the National Science Foundation.

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