INDIVIDUAL Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring

HRD 0528089提交的提名包旨在支持总统科学、数学和工程指导卓越奖（PAESMEM），以表彰杰出的指导工作或项目，这些工作或项目增强了历史上代表性不足的群体在科学、数学和工程领域的参与。Tanya Furman博士是宾夕法尼亚州立大学地球科学系的副教授。她开发了一系列创新的辅导计划，这些计划有可能对越来越多的考虑基于STEM的职业机会的代表性不足的学生产生广泛的影响，特别是在地球科学领域。弗曼博士还成功地与其他学术机构建立了合作关系，这些机构现在正在使用她有效的指导计划。 弗曼还帮助确定最佳实践的组织希望开发自己的辅导计划在数学，科学，工程和技术，这样她的计划可能会对如何辅导计划被其他学术机构复制的影响。弗曼博士的提名提到了她为增加少数民族和女学生对地球科学的参与所做的努力。她的指导工作集中在设计学术研究的机会，是从事非洲裔美国学生。她还在设计她的辅导活动方面取得了进展，以便他们可以在其他学术机构复制，这些机构寻求增加来自代表性不足的群体的成员数量，这些群体获得STEM领域的学位并继续进行研究生学习。

HRD 0528089The submitted nomination package is in support of a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) to recognize outstanding mentoring efforts or programs that enhance the participation of historically underrepresented groups in science, mathematics, and engineering.Dr. Tanya Furman is an associate professor in the department of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University. She has developed a series of innovative mentoring programs possessing the potential to have a broad impact on increasing underrepresented students considering STEM-based career opportunities, especially in the geosciences. Dr. Furman has also been successful building collaborative relationships at other academic institutions that now use her effective mentoring programs. Furman has also helped identify best practices for organizations wishing to develop their own mentoring programs in mathematics, science, engineering and technology, such that her programs may have impact on how mentoring programs are replicated by other academic institutions. Dr. Furman's nomination cites her efforts to increase minority and female student participation in the geosciences. Her mentoring efforts have focused on designing academic research opportunities that are engaging for African-American students. She has also made inroads designing her mentoring activities so that they can be replicated at other academic institutions seeking to increase the number of members from underrepresented groups who obtain degrees in STEM-based fields and go on for graduate study.