Expanding Opportunities in Atmospheric Sciences for Texas Undergraduates

轨道1：为德克萨斯州本科生提供更多的大气科学机会德克萨斯农工大学(TAMU)目前是德克萨斯州唯一一所提供理科学士学位(B.S.)的机构气象学学位。这极大地限制了该州学生接受气象学培训，然后继续满足未来与天气和水文预报相关的州和国家劳动力需求的机会。在南得克萨斯州以西语裔为主的院校，学生们不愿在TAMU攻读气象学学位，这可能是不成比例的，因为1)他们更愿意去离家更近的大学，以及那些拉美裔学生人数较多的大学；2)鉴于TAMU严格的学术录取政策，他们的高中没有为他们申请和被TAMU录取做好充分的准备；或者3)他们和他们的家人不了解或欣赏与地球科学相关的可能性。这个短期试点项目旨在扩大德克萨斯州本科生获得气象学学士学位的机会。该项目的合作者包括：TAMU，地球科学学院，大气科学和海洋学系；德克萨斯A&A；M大学-Corpus Christi(一所西班牙裔学生占36%的服务机构)科学与技术学院，物理和生命科学系；德克萨斯A&P；M大学-金斯维尔(一家西班牙裔服务机构，有63%的西班牙裔学生)艺术与科学学院，物理和地球科学系；以及德克萨斯A&AMP；M国际大学(拉雷多)(一所拉美裔服务机构，90%的拉美裔学生)文理学院、生物和化学系、地球与环境研究中心(辅修地球科学)和南得克萨斯州水文气象学中心。该项目通过衔接协议和一系列协调活动，通过为期一周的夏季气象学计划、由美国气象学会TAMU学生分会的导师指导访问学生、学生与导师一起参加专业学会的年度会议，以及提高对地球科学的社会相关性的认识，为学生创造了各种选择，使他们能够在本国机构学习两年后转到TAMU学习气象学。

Track 1: Expanded Opportunities in Atmospheric Sciences for Texas UndergraduatesTexas A&M University (TAMU) is currently the only institution in the state of Texas that offers a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in meteorology. This drastically limits the opportunities for students in this state to become trained in meteorology, and then go on to meet future state and national workforce needs related to weather and hydrologic forecasting. Students in the predominantly Hispanic institutions of South Texas may be disproportionately discouraged from pursuing meteorology degrees at TAMU because 1) they prefer to attend colleges closer to their homes and those with larger Hispanic student populations; 2) their high schools have not adequately prepared them to apply and be admitted to TAMU given its rigorous academic acceptance policies; or 3) they and their families do not understand or appreciate the possibilities associated with a career in the geosciences.This short-term pilot project is designed to expand opportunities for Texas undergraduates to obtain B.S. degrees in meteorology. Project involves collaborators include: TAMU, College of Geosciences, Departments of Atmospheric Sciences and Oceanography; Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (a Hispanic serving institution with 36% Hispanic students) College of Science and Technology, Department of Physical and Life Sciences; Texas A&M University - Kingsville (a Hispanic serving institution with 63% Hispanic students) College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics and Geosciences; and Texas A&M International University (Laredo) (a Hispanic serving institution with 90% Hispanic students) College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology and Chemistry, Center for Earth and Environmental Studies (which offers a minor in Earth Sciences), and South Texas Center for Hydrometeorology. This project creates options for students to transfer to TAMU to study meteorology after two years at their home institution through articulation agreements and number of coordinated activities to inform, engage, and build excitement about the geosciences through a one week Summer Meteorology Program, visiting student mentoring with mentors drawn from the TAMU student chapter of the American Meteorological Society, student attendance with mentors at annual professional society meetings and building increased awareness of the societal relevance of the geosciences.