Minority Participation in Keck Geology Consortium Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Program

9800619Manduca这个项目始于1991年，为任何机构中代表性不足的群体的学生提供参与非常成功的凯克地质联盟师生研究项目的机会。目标是鼓励这些学生追求地球科学的事业，并通过提供研究经验、未来机会的资历和支持网络来帮助他们取得成功。该项目允许有色人种学生在学术生涯的两个阶段参与师生合作研究项目：大二之后为期五周的暑期项目和大三开始的为期一年的暑期体验。每年将有10名大二学生参加两个研究小组，每个小组由10名学生和3名教职员工组成。来自两到三个成员团队的学生，他们设计和实施一个研究项目，解决小组研究兴趣的一个方面。每年有三名低年级学生参加五个研究小组中的任何一个，每个小组包括九名更高级的学生和三名教职员工。这些学生设计和实施个人研究项目，为小组的研究目标做出贡献。研究从为期四周的暑期项目开始，一直持续到整个学年。每年都会从代表性不足的群体中招聘四名教师来帮助领导研究项目。这些教师丰富了项目的科学专业知识，扩大了学生可以获得的职业咨询，并为学生提供了各种各样的榜样。学生在学年期间由一位校园赞助商指导研究，该赞助商可能会参观暑期研究项目。研究小组在学年期间使用电子邮件保持联系。所有学生在一年一度的凯克地质学研究研讨会上以口头或海报形式展示他们的成果，并在研讨会记录中发表一篇简短的论文。除了提供研究经验的总结，研究研讨会还允许学生与凯克地质联盟师生研究计划的100多名学生和教职员工建立联系。

9800619ManducaThis program, begun in 1991, provides opportunities for students from underrepresented groups at any institution to participate in the highly successful Keck Geology Consortium student-faculty research projects. The goal is to encourage these students to pursue careers in the geosciences and to help them succeed by providing research experiences, credentials for future opportunities, and a support network. The program allows students of color to participate in collaborative student-faculty research projects at two stages in their academic careers: a five-week summer program after the sophomore year and a year-long experience beginning the summer after the junior year. Ten sophomore students each year will join two research groups each involving ten students and three faculty members. Students from two to three member teams that design and implement a research project addressing an aspect of the group's research interest. Three junior students each year will participate in any of five research groups each involving nine more advanced students and three faculty. These students design and implement an individual research project that contributes to the group's research goals. Research begins during a four-week summer project and continues through the academic year. Four faculty from underrepresented groups are recruited each year to help lead the research projects. These faculties enrich the scientific expertise on the projects, expand the career counseling available to students, and provide a wide variety of role models for students. Students are guided in research during the academic year by an on-campus sponsor who may visit the summer research project. Research groups stay in contact during the academic year using e-mail. All students present their results at the annual Keck Research Symposium in Geology in either an oral or poster presentation and publish a short paper in the symposium proceedings. In addition to providing closure to the research experience, the research symposium allows students to network with over 100 student and faculty participants in the Keck Geology Consortium Student-Faculty Research Program.