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

9353780沃尔这份提案描述了一项针对15名理工科或数学系本科生的暑期实习计划，她们来自密苏里州的学院和大学。该计划旨在引起实习生对扫描电子显微镜研究的兴趣和参与，并通过为实习生进入研究生扫描电子显微镜教育项目并成功入学做准备，作为从本科生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体验，旨在增强实习生的自信和他们对研究生院环境的熟悉。它还将提供指导、咨询和网络机会。SPWSEM‘94将补充我们的NSF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SEM的女性量身定做这些成功的项目。研究经验是暑期项目的基石。SPWSEM‘94实习生将与来自学生所选学科的教师和研究生导师配对。此外，SPWSEM的94名教职员工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坚持攻读研究生的困难的方法。SPWSEM‘94旨在创造与教师、研究生和实习生进行非正式个人互动的机会，并培养有效的学习策略和沟通技能。我们将提供一系列丰富的活动，包括研究人员的小组讨论，特定学科的计算机工作坊，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领域的职业机会和创新进行小组讨论。实习生还将接受经济援助咨询和研究生入学咨询。在研究体验结束后，学员将在研究论坛上提交他们的研究论文，供教职员工和他们的同龄人评估。作为暑期活动的延伸，学生实习生将与他们的导师一起参加当地或地区的专业会议，并将被鼓励在会议上提交一篇论文。实习生还将获得女性专业结构管理组织的学生会员资格，以鼓励他们建立专业联系，在他们的研究生和职业生涯中为参与者提供支持。SPWSEM‘94的成功将通过对没有参加干预计划的学生和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. ***