UMEB: Scientific Research Experiences for Minority Undergraduates in the Sevilleta LTER Program: Career Enhancement and Training in Environmental Biology

9317454 Parmenter新墨西哥大学生物系将为少数族裔本科生建立一个环境生物学职业发展计划，该计划将使学生与来自新墨西哥州大学、桑迪亚国家实验室、美国鱼类和野生动物服务机构以及新墨西哥自然历史博物馆的研究生态学家建立更广泛的一对一关系。十名UNM生物系教职员工，以及来自合作组织的科学家，已经为拟议的项目承诺了他们的时间和专业知识。学生将在二年级招生，并将在毕业后参加该项目。随着每一批毕业生的毕业，他们将被一群新的大二学生取代。每个学生将在他们的项目期间选择一名或多名教职员工作为研究导师。该项目将包括学术和职业咨询，以及除了标准课程之外的结构化教育部分。这一强化课程将包括科学方法的实践和理论方面、假设的发展和检验、实验设计和统计分析、独立研究项目的实施、计算机化的数据管理以及为口头报告和书面期刊准备项目结果。学生将在他们的专业兴趣领域以及在UNM正在进行的其他生态学研究中获得个人经验。

9317454 Parmenter The University of New Mexico Department of Biology will establish a Career Development Program in Environmental Biology for minority undergraduates that will bring students into an extended one on one relationship with research ecologists from UNM, Sandia National laboratory, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History. Ten UNM Biology Department faculty members, along with scientists from collaborating organizations, have pledged their time and expertise to the proposed program. Students will be recruited in their sophomore year, and will participate in the program through graduation. As each cohort graduates, they will be replaced by a new group of sophomores. Each student will select one or more faculty members as research mentors during their program. The program will include academic and career counseling, and a structured educational component in addition to standard coursework. This enhanced curriculum will encompass practical and theoretical aspects of the scientific method, hypothesis development and testing, experimental design and statistical analysis, implementation of independent research projects, computerized data management, and the preparation of project results for oral presentation and a written journal. Students will gain personal experience in the area of their specialized interests as well as in other ongoing ecological research at UNM.