HBCU: Preparing for the Future: Strengthening Basic Science, Mathematics, and Biochemistry at Tuskegee University

塔斯基吉大学通过这项名为“为未来做准备：加强塔斯基吉大学的基础科学、数学和生物化学”的倡议，将开展一系列广泛的活动，以提高学生在科学、数学、工程和技术（SMET）方面的成功。具体地说，这一中心目标将通过1。——为积极上进但科学和数学基础薄弱的大学二年级学生设立暑期项目；加强大学一年级的化学和数学课程，通过辅导和建立数学实验室；3 .扩大和加强生物化学课程，300级和500级，包括“细胞调控生物化学”的跨院系讲座实验室；4 .与在生物化学领域拥有强大多学科项目的学术机构建立合作关系，特别是乔治亚州立大学、爱荷华州立大学和密歇根州立大学；5 .通过外部咨询委员会加强行业伙伴关系，目标是为有前途的本科生提供奖学金；6 -建立一个资源中心/教室来提供指导。活动，联系塔斯基吉毕业生和其他目前在研究生院的人，一般解决不直接的学术问题，但这是学生未来的一部分；支持一名生命科学领域的博士候选人，该候选人将成为塔斯基吉大学第一批获得博士学位的毕业生。所有这些活动都将与塔斯基吉大学专门为此目的设立的办公室密切合作，并经常密切监测。为大学二年级学生开设的暑期项目CReATE（促进塔斯基吉教育科学家的化学与研究）将涉及这两名学生。-夏季，来自SMET各学科的20名科学专业学生以研究型方法进行普通化学教学，并有机会参与塔斯基吉校区的研究。数学实验室旨在帮助学生学习塔斯基吉大学提供的基础大学数学课程以及三个学期的微积分课程。数学实验室将在整个校园联网，并将维护一个互动网站。300级的生物化学课程将学生与更高级的课程联系起来，同时建立在学生的化学和数学背景之上。学术和工业伙伴关系对学生和教师的发展至关重要。此外，塔斯基吉大学和阿拉巴马州少数民族参与联盟（AAMP）之间的紧密联系将是这一努力不可或缺的一部分。塔斯基吉校园的NSF/CREST资助，支持了一项协助材料科学与工程博士学位发展的计划，为CReATE学生参与研究提供了一个环境，就像塔斯基吉大学NSF支持的高性能计算计划一样。其他非nsf项目也提供了类似的机会。在这些项目中注入积极的、合格的学生将提供学生和项目的协同增强。

TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITYThrough this initiative, entitled "Preparing for the Future: Strengthening Basic Science, Mathematics and Biochemistry at Tuskegee University," a broad range of activities will occur to enhance the success of students in, science mathematics, engineering and technology (SMET). Specifically, this central goal will be addressed through1. - establishing a summer program for rising college sophomores who are highly motivated but have weak backgrounds in science and mathematics;2 - strengthening of the first year college chemistry and mathematics courses, through tutorials and establishing a Math Lab;3 - expanding and enhancing the biochemistry curriculum, 300- and 500-level, including an interdepartmental lecture lab on the "Biochemistry of Cell Regulation";4 - developing partnerships with academic institutions having strong and multidisciplinary programs in Biochemistry, especially Georgia State University, Iowa State University, and Michigan State University;5 - strengthening industrial partnerships through an external advisory board, with the goal to develop a source of scholarships for promising undergraduate students;6 - establishing a resource center/classroom available for mentoring. activities, contacting Tuskegee graduates and others who are currently in graduate school, and generally solving problems which are not directly academic but are part of the student's future; and7 - supporting a Ph.D. candidate in the life sciences area who will become among the first to graduate from Tuskegee University with the doctorate degree.All these activities will be carefully monitored by working closely and often with the office at Tuskegee University designed for this purpose.The summer program for college sophomores, CReATE (Chemistry and Research for the Advancement of Tuskegee-Educated Scientists), will involve, each.-summer, 20 science majors from the various SMET disciplines in a research-oriented approach to the teaching of General Chemistry and the opportunity to be involved in research on the Tuskegee campus.The Math Lab will be designed to assist students in the basic college math courses as well as the three semesters of calculus offered at Tuskegee University. The Math Lab will be networked throughout campus and will maintain an interactive WEB site.The 300-level biochemistry course will link students to the more advanced courses, while building on the chemistry and math backgrounds of the students.The partnerships, academic and industrial, are essential to the development of the students and faculty. Additionally, the strong connections existing between Tuskegee University and the Alabama Alliance for Minority Participation (AAMP) will be integral to this effort. The NSF/CREST grant on the Tuskegee campus, which supports an initiative to assist in the development of the Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, provides a setting for the involvement of CReATE students in research, as does the NSF supported initiative in high performance computing at Tuskegee University. Other non-NSF programs provide similar opportunities. The infusion of motivated, qualified students to these programs will provide a synergistic enhancement of the students and the programs.