Undergraduate Student Workers

Clara Baker, Librarian, Lending Library
412 Reid Hall
(406) 994-4173
smrc@montana.edu
Clara is a sophomore at Montana State University with a major of: "Secondary Education:
General Science Broadfield". She is an officer in the Science Olympiad Club, is a
student worker for the MSU History and Philosophy Department, as well as an SMRC intern.
She was raised in Kalispell. Montana, and grew up with a love for Montana and the
natural world. After she graduates she hopes to become a highschool science teacher,
and one day a professor of science at MSU.
As the center's STEM Education Intern, she works to give aid to current and pre-service
teachers, disseminate information about the center and partnerships, and help spread
STEM across Montana.

Sydney Sandifer, Science Olympiad Intern
427 Reid Hall
(406) 994-4173
mtscioly@montana.edu
Sydney is a senior at Montana State University studying chemistry education. She was raised in Morrison, CO and grew up with a love of chemistry thanks to her mom and grandfather who were both chemists and teachers.In her free time, Sydney loves to read, build puzzles, play ukulele and guitar, and travel. After she graduates, Sydney wants to teach high school chemistry and begin to look at and research chemistry curriculums and the way chemistry is taught. As the Science Olympiad intern, she helps with many different tasks before, during, and after the tournament.