Expanding Linkages Between Under-Represented Minorities and Careers in Aquatic Sciences

这是一项支持汉普顿大学继续与美国湖泊和海洋学学会(ASLO)合作的计划，以增加在水生科学领域选择职业并参与ASLO活动的少数族裔人数的更新奖项。该计划面向对水生科学感兴趣的少数族裔学生、教师和专业人员，以及在历史上少数族裔学院和大学(HMCU)工作的大多数教师。拟议的活动包括：在三年内免费成为本组织的会员并支持参加年会；为与会者积极参加会议做好准备的会前讲习班；以及在会议期间举行特别会议，让卫生与公众服务股的代表作陈述。HMCU和专业协会的共同努力应提供一个有效的机制来吸引少数族裔学生，并使他们对科学研究和专业协会活动产生积极的兴趣和参与。

This is a renewal award to support Hampton University to continue a program, in cooperation with the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), to increase the numbers of underrepresented minorities electing careers in aquatic sciences and becoming involved in ASLO activities. The program is targeted at minority students, faculty, and professionals with interest in aquatic sciences as well as at majority faculty working at Historically Minority Colleges and Universities (HMCUs). The proposed activities include: free membership in ASLO and support to attend annual meetings for three years; pre-meeting workshop to prepare attendees for active participation in the meeting; and special sessions during the meetings for HMCU representatives to make presentations. The combined efforts of an HMCU and a professional society should provide an effective mechanism to attract minority students and get them actively interested and involved in scientific research and in professional society activities.