ATHENS, W.Va. (Hinton News) – Concord University has recently signed on with Excel Together West Virginia, an education and workforce program of SeeMore Impact Labs that works in schools and colleges across the nation to improve math and literacy rates. The initiative offers a free online math course to anyone interested, which focuses on real-world problem solving, combats math phobia, and helps students persist through challenges.
Accredited by the American College of Education, the course has been incorporated into the Concord curriculum to serve as a substitute for Math 101. In addition to meeting educational requirements toward degree programs, the free online course also meets job search requirements for those on unemployment.
Jacob Abrams, Chief Organizational Development and Success Officer at Concord University, speaks highly of the program, “Excel Together WV is a game changer. We are so thrilled to be working with them to bring an incredibly impactful educational experience to our students and our communities. This course meets students where they are and demystifies mathematics in relevant, innovative, and practical ways. Quite simply, it makes higher education accessible and possible for all.”
CEO of SeeMore Impact Labs and Co-Director of Excel Together West Virginia, David Goldberg, recently visited Concord to discuss the benefits of the program. Goldberg holds a Bachelor of Science from Yale University, a PhD from Caltech, and completed postdoctoral work at Harvard and University of Cambridge in molecular biology, with additional postdoctoral work in artificial intelligence from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
David served as the initial co-architect of the CSM Course, the initial software developer of the CSM software platform. Goldberg is also an entrepreneur in several industries and technologies, including geophysics, image indexing, consumer electronics, medical diagnostics and more. He was among the first to transfer a gene back into a higher organism (curing fruit flies of alcoholism!).
For more information about this innovative program, please contact Jacob Abrams at 304-384-5395 or jabrams@concord.edu.
