Louisiana State University Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Scholars Program [LA-STEM]

凭借这一奖项，路易斯安那州立大学的康妮·斯特利、桑德拉·麦奎尔、彭素成、格雷戈里·文森特和伊赛亚·华纳将领导路易斯安那州立大学研究学者计划(LA-STEM)的建立。LA-STEM是一项经过战略规划的、合作的、全面的活动，它将在路易斯安那州立大学建立一个系统，将增加获得科学、工程和数学本科学位并在这些领域获得研究生学位的少数族裔学生--主要是非裔美国人--的数量。LA-STEM的战略是：(1)发现有很高成就潜力的大学预科(高中)学生，并招收他们参加该项目；(2)促进这些学生在STEM学科本科教育之外发展必要的技能和能力；(3)为这些学生继续获得STEM学科的研究生学位做好准备。以广受好评的马里兰大学巴尔的摩县迈耶霍夫学者计划为蓝本，LA-STEM预计将在该活动的最初五年期间接触到约115名学生，包括：大学一年级秋季学期前的夏季桥梁计划；被该计划录取后与教师导师的联系；同龄人建议和咨询以及学术计划建议和咨询；每月的社会和信息会议；从大学一年级秋季学期开始的持续的校内实习/研究经历；密集的校内外暑期实习/研究经历；专业会议参与和演讲；辅导和研讨会，教授学术和个人成功的基本技能；沟通技能指导，帮助发展积极的自我概念和增强自信；指导应用学习技能和个人技能，成功完成本科课程；通过研究生准备研讨会(申请和面试过程，考试准备等)指导成功进入全国的研究生项目；以及职业规划工作坊。预计LA-STEM项目的结果将指导本科STEM专业的进一步多样化。

With this award, Connie Stelly, Saundra McGuire, Su-Seng Pang, Gregory Vincent, and Isiah Warner of LSU will lead the establishment of the Louisiana State University Research Scholars Program (LA-STEM). LA-STEM is a strategically planned, cooperative, comprehensive activity that will put in place at LSU a system that will increase the numbers of minority students - primarily African Americans - who obtain undergraduate degrees in science, engineering, and mathematics, and who go on to graduate degrees in these fields. The LA-STEM strategy is to (1) identify pre-college (high school) students with high potential for achievement and recruit them for the program; (2) facilitate the development of these students' necessary skills and competencies in addition to their undergraduate education in a STEM discipline that will (3) prepare these students to go on to earn graduate degrees in their STEM disciplines. Modeled after the widely-acclaimed University of Maryland - Baltimore County 'Meyerhoff Scholars Program,' LA-STEM is projected to reach ~ 115 students in the initial five-year period of the activity through a disciplined combination of 'innovative intervention activities' including:A Summer Bridge Program prior to the freshman fall semester;Association with a faculty mentor upon acceptance into the program;Peer advising and counseling along with academic program advising and counseling;Monthly social and informational sessions; A sustained On-Campus Academic Year Internship/Research Experience beginning the fall semester of the freshman year;Intensive On- and Off-Campus Summer Internships/Research Experiences;Professional Conference Participations and Presentations;Tutoring and Workshops for instruction in essential skills for academic and personal success;Communication Skills Instruction that will help to develop a positive self-concept and increased self-confidence;Instruction in applying Study Skills and Personal Skills for the successful completion of the undergraduate program;Coaching for the successful Admittance to Graduate Programs across the country through Graduate Preparation Workshops (application and interview process, test preparation, etc.); and Career Planning Workshops.It is expected that outcomes of the LA-STEM project will guide further diversification of undergraduate STEM majors.