UMEB: Collaborative Research in Environmental Biology

詹姆斯麦迪逊大学（JMU）UMEB的目标是招募、指导和培训少数民族学生，使他们通过“动手”研究经验成为富有成效的科学家。 该计划将建立在与蓝岭社区学院（BRCC）和北方弗吉尼亚社区学院（NVCC）现有的合作伙伴关系。 从参与机构招募的学生将从执行JMU教师导师提出的实验到设计自己的可行实验，以解决雪兰多山谷的具体环境问题。学生和两名社区学院教师将被分配到一个实验室在住宅夏季计划。 此外，教师和参与者将参加由科学家提出的研讨会，每周小组研究会议，期刊俱乐部，科学写作，职业发展和研究生院录取过程中的研讨会，并实地考察选定的网站。暑期课程将以研究研讨会结束，学生将以口头和海报形式展示他们的研究。 在学年期间，哈里森堡地区的学生将继续他们的研究和研讨会将通过视频会议与NVCC参与者举行。该计划将提供一个支持网络，将开发成功的环境科学家所需的技能。

0103732WubahThe goal of the James Madison University (JMU) UMEB is to recruit, mentor and train minority students to become productive scientists through "hands-on" research experiences. The program will be built on existing partnerships with Blue Ridge Community College (BRCC) and Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC). Students recruited from the participating institutions will progress from performing experiments proposed by a JMU faculty mentor to designing their own workable experiments to solve specific environmental problems in the Shenandoah Valley. Students and two community college faculty members will be assigned to a laboratory during the residential summer program. In addition, faculty and participants will take part in seminars presented by scientists, weekly group research meetings, journal clubs, workshops in scientific writing, career development and graduate school admission process and field trips to selected sites. The summer program will end with a research symposium, where students will present their research in oral and poster formats. During the academic year, students in the Harrisonburg area will continue their research and seminars will be held through videoconferencing with NVCC participants. The program will provide a supportive network that will develop skills needed to succeed as environmental scientists.