UMEB: Environmental Biology at the University of Tulsa

塔尔萨大学生物科学系创建了一个项目，为本科生提供充足的时间、指导、财政支持和设施，以承担并完成环境生物学的实质性研究项目。该计划提供了激励措施，通过创造将本科工作与系里的科学硕士项目相结合的手段，或为在其他机构的研究生工作做准备，使攻读研究生学位成为一个非常有吸引力的教育途径。该项目的核心是通过与从事研究的教师一对一的指导关系，培养全年的独立研究，但它也包括各种旨在引导学生进入科学文化的体验。二年级/三年级的研讨会将现有的大一和大四的经验联系起来，不仅可以为学生提供时间和指导，让他们参与到与受邀演讲者系列相结合的批判性文献综述中，还可以为他们的工作和实践他们的演讲技巧提供一个重要的同行评审论坛。环境伦理和实验设计的新课程也将使UMEB的学生以及校园社区的其他人受益。每年将在一个研究研讨会上达到高潮，学生们将他们的工作展示给校园社区和他们的家人。作为研究经历的一部分，学生每年将参加科学会议。UMEB计划的目标群体是科学研究界代表性不足的群体。塔尔萨大学位于城市地区，是美国第二高的城市印第安人集中地。虽然俄克拉何马州以其土著人口而闻名，但它也有大量历史上的黑人城镇，最近俄克拉何马州的西班牙裔人口显著增加。生物学院还将利用UMEB项目改善对学生的指导，特别是在帮助少数族裔方面，因为许多少数族裔在科学界没有建立起榜样。这项工作的核心是参与对话，以提高教师的集体指导技能，这是基于其他院系和社区顾问的阅读和演讲。该项目将每年进行评估，以确定其目标是否实现，以及该项目如何影响参与的学生。评估过程不仅包括学生对课程和整体项目的评估，还包括pi通过审查每个参与者的进度和参与项目的学生类型对项目进行评估。这些结果将在国家会议上分享。

The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Tulsa has created a program that provides sufficient time, guidance, financial support and facilities for undergraduates to undertake and complete a substantial research project in environmental biology. The program provides incentives that make pursuing a graduate degree a very attractive educational path by creating the means to integrate undergraduate work with the Department's Master of Science program, or to prepare for graduate work at some other institution. The heart of the program is year-round independent research fostered through a one-on-one mentoring relationship with a faculty member engaged in research, but it also includes a variety of experiences designed to initiate students into the culture of science. A sophomore/junior-year colloquium that connects extant freshman and senior experiences will not only afford students time and guidance to engage in critical literature review integrated with an invited-speaker series but also will provide a forum for critical peer review of their work and for practice of their presentation skills. New course work in environmental ethics and experimental design will also benefit UMEB students as well as others in the campus community. Each year will culminate in a research symposium where students present their work to the campus community and their families. As part of the research experience, students will attend scientific meetings annually.The target group for the UMEB program is under-represented groups in the scientific research community. The University of Tulsa is positioned in a metropolitan area with the second highest concentration of urban Native Americans in the country. Although Oklahoma is known for its Native populations, it also has a large number of Historically Black Towns, and more recently Oklahoma has seen a significant rise in its Hispanic population. The Faculty of Biology will also use the UMEB program to improve its mentoring of students, particularly in helping minorities since many do not have established role models in the scientific community. The core of this endeavor involves engaging in a dialogue to improve the faculty's collective mentoring skills based on readings and presentations of consultants from other faculties and the community.The project will be evaluated yearly to discern whether its goals are being met and how the program is impacting participating students. That evaluation process will include not only course and overall program evaluation by students but also evaluation of the program by the PIs through review of each participant's progress and the type of students participating in the program. Those results will be shared at national meetings.