MPWG: Summer Program for Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics

9353780 Wall本提案描述了从密苏里州的学院和大学招募的科学、工程或数学（SEM）领域的15名本科女性的暑期实习计划。该项目旨在使实习生对SEM研究感兴趣并参与其中，并通过为实习生入学和成功进入研究生SEM教育项目做准备，作为从本科到研究生学习的过渡。SPWSEM'94将为实习生提供为期八周的研究经验，旨在提高实习生的自信心和他们对研究生院环境的熟悉程度。它还将提供指导、咨询和交流机会。SPWSEM'94将补充我们的国家科学基金会和教育部赞助的项目，其中包括女学生。然而，这一努力将专门为女性定制这些成功的项目。研究经历是暑期项目的基石。SPWSEM'94实习生将与来自学生选择学科的教师和研究生导师配对。此外，SPWSEM'94的教师和研究生导师将为实习生提供鼓励和培训，帮助他们学习在主要由男性主导的领域进行研究生学习的困难中坚持下去的方法。SPWSEM'94还旨在为教师、研究生和实习生创造非正式的个人互动机会，并培养有效的学习策略和沟通技巧。我们将提供一系列丰富的活动，包括研究人员的小组讨论，特定学科的计算机研讨会，以及与大学，政府和行业科学家，数学家和工程师就三个代表性领域的职业机会和创新进行的小组讨论。实习生还将获得经济援助咨询和研究生入学咨询。在研究结束时，实习生将在研究论坛上展示他们的研究论文，以供教职员工和同行评估。作为暑期活动的延伸，实习学生将与他们的导师一起参加当地或区域的专业会议，并鼓励他们在会议上提交一篇论文。实习生还将获得女性SEM专业组织的学生会员资格，以鼓励她们建立专业联系，为参与者在毕业和职业生涯中提供支持。SPWSEM'94的成功与否将通过对未参加干预项目的学生和SPWSEM'94实习生进行为期两年的比较研究来评估。＊＊＊

9353780 Wall This proposal describes a summer internship program for 15 undergraduate women in the fields of science, engineering or mathematics (SEM), recruited from Missouri's colleges and universities. The program is designed to interest and involve the interns in SEM research, and to serve as a transition from undergraduate to graduate study by preparing the interns for admission and successful matriculation in graduate SEM education programs. SPWSEM'94 will provide the interns with an eight-week research experience designed to increase the interns' self- confidence and their familiarity with the graduate school environment. It will also provide mentoring, counseling and networking opportunities. SPWSEM'94 will complement our NSF and Department of Education sponsored programs which include women students. However, this effort will tailor these successful programs specifically for women in SEM. A research experience is the cornerstone of the summer program. SPWSEM'94 interns will be paired with faculty and graduate student mentors from the students' chosen disciplines. In addition, SPWSEM'94 faculty and graduate student mentors will provide encouragement and training for the interns to help them learn methods for persisting through the difficulties of pursing graduate study in primarily male-dominated fields. SPWSEM'94 is further designed to create opportunities for informal personal interactions with faculty, graduate students and interns, and to foster effective learning strategies and communication skills. We will provide a number of enrichment activities including panel discussions by research faculty, discipline specific computer workshops, and panel discussions with university, government and industry scientists, mathematicians and engineers regarding career opportunities and innovations in three represented fields. Interns also will received financial aid counseling and graduate school admissions counseling. At the end of the research experience, i nterns will present their research papers at a research forum for evaluation by faculty members and their peers. As an extension of the summer activity, student interns will attend a local or regional professional meeting with their mentors and will be encouraged to present a paper at that meeting. Interns will also receive a student membership in professional SEM organization for women to encourage them to make professional contacts that can provide participants with support throughout their graduate and professional careers. The success of SPWSEM'94 will be evaluated by a two-year comparison study of students who did not participate in an intervention program and of the SPWSEM'94 interns. ***