UMEB: Building Undergraduate ENvironmental Opportunities (BUENO)

该建筑本科ENERMental机会（BUENO）计划将在德克萨斯州A M大学科珀斯克里斯蒂，西班牙裔服务机构进行。 BUENO的目标是增加环境生物学职业中代表性不足的学生人数。 这一目标将通过全年的教师指导，学生研究和特殊活动，包括实地方法培训，研讨会，以提高批判性思维，沟通和专业技能，科学和环境道德意识的发展，通过在大一生物实验室助教的职责教学技能的发展来实现，并为研究生院做准备。学生们被培养成为榜样。UMEB计划的特点是一对一的指导，实践研究经验，正式的课程，期刊俱乐部，会议上的演讲，外联活动，GRE准备课程和BUENO论文。 在人类活动对环境的影响这一主题下开展的研究项目包括保护生物学、生态管理、污染影响和补救战略以及生境破坏和恢复。指导模式包括教师和同学互动，有经验的BUENO学生将通过推广活动指导新手BUENO学生，其他本科研究人员和K-12学生。BUENO的招聘将于每年春季开始，目标是第二学期任职人数不足的学生。选择标准包括：美国公民/永久居留权;动机;成功的潜力;在春季学期结束前完成24个学期的学分;平均成绩2.8;和个人面试。四年中，每年将有四位冉冉升起的新星进入该项目。两批四名BUENO学生（共八名学生）将在资助期结束时毕业。正在上升的大三学生和正在上升的大四学生将通过他们的高年级迁移到其他资金来源。 强烈的师生互动预计将促进保留和毕业率和环境职业的入口。欲了解更多信息，请联系苏泽特肖邦博士（schopin@falcon.tamucc.edu/361 -825-6022）或尤金比略特（ebilliot@falcon.tamucc.edu/361 -825-2680）。

The Building Undergraduate ENvironmental Opportunities (BUENO) program will be conducted at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, a Hispanic Serving Institution. The goal of BUENO is to increase the number of under-represented students in environmental biology careers. This goal will be achieved through year-round faculty mentoring, student research and special activities, including training in field methodology, workshops to enhance critical thinking, communication and professional skills, development of scientific and environmental ethics awareness, development of teaching skills through Teaching Assistant responsibilities in freshman biology labs, and preparation for graduate school. Students are groomed to become role models. The UMEB Program features one-on-one mentoring, hands-on research experiences, formal coursework, a journal club, presentations at meetings, outreach activities, a GRE Prep course and a BUENO thesis. Research projects, under the theme of anthropogenic impacts on the environment, include conservation biology, ecological management, effects of pollution and remediation strategies, and habitat destruction and restoration. Mentoring model includes faculty and peer student interaction, where experienced BUENO students will mentor novice BUENO students, other undergraduate researchers and K-12 students through outreach activities. Recruitment for BUENO will begin each spring and will target second semester under-represented sophomores. Selection criteria include: U.S. citizenship/permanent residency; motivation; potential for success; completion of 24 semester credit hours by the end of the spring semester; a GPA 2.8; and personal interview. Four rising sophomores will enter the program each of the four years. Two cohorts of four BUENO students (eight students total) will have graduated by the conclusion of the funding period. The rising juniors and rising sophomores who are in the program in Year 4 will be migrated to other sources of funds through their senior years. The intense faculty-student interactions are expected to promote retention and graduation rates and entrance in environmental careers. For more information, contact Drs. Suzzette Chopin (schopin@falcon.tamucc.edu/ 361-825-6022) or Eugene Billiot (ebilliot@falcon.tamucc.edu/ 361-825-2680).