URM: The watershed as a model for improving minority, graduate student success in Biology.

水牛城州立学院的URM项目将在四年内每年招收九名本科生，并为他们提供研究和培训经验，使他们在生物科学研究生院取得成功，特别强调水生生物学。这个URM项目的目标是增加本科生的多样性代表性，以及生物学专业的学士后成功。来自四个部门的11名教师将在我们的主题“理解混合用途流域的水生-陆地联系”中提供指导支持和专业知识。两个关键的设施，布法罗国家五大湖野外站附近的伊利和布法罗和尼亚加拉河的交叉口，和点彼得布鲁克仪表流域，将使我们能够使用一个配对的流域方法来调查变化的驱动因素。学生将被招募到该计划作为大三学生。学生和他们的教师导师将填充一个新的分水岭研究所，并参加为期2年的研究经验。学生参加的主要活动包括在生物野外站举行的为期一周的流域评估讲习班、在Aquarius号考察船上进行密集的实地体验、3门课程、前往区域和国家会议并在这些会议上介绍研究成果。这些课程将提供职业探索，生物统计学和实验设计，GRE准备，写作和沟通方面的培训。所有的教师导师都有代表性不足的少数民族学生的经验，并有或目前正在我们的目标流域内进行研究。更多信息请访问http://www.buffalostate.edu/ biology/urm.xml。

AbstractBuffalo State College's URM program will recruit nine undergraduate students each year for four years and provide them with research and training experiences to succeed in graduate school in the biological sciences, with special emphasis in aquatic biology. The goals of this URM project are to increase undergraduate diversity representation in, and post-baccalaureate success of, biology majors. Eleven faculty members from four departments will provide mentoring support and expertise within our theme of understanding aquatic-terrestrial linkages in mixed-use watersheds". Two key facilities, the Buffalo State Great Lakes Field Station near the intersection of Lake Erie and the Buffalo and Niagara Rivers, and the Point Peter Brook instrumented watershed, will allow us to use a paired watershed approach to investigate drivers of change. Students will be recruited into the program as juniors. The students and their faculty mentors will populate a new Watershed Institute and participate in a 2-year research experience. Major activities of student participants include a week-long watershed assessment workshop held at biological field station, intensive field experience aboard the R\V Aquarius, a 3-course sequence, and travel to and presentation of research results at regional and national conferences. The courses will provide training in career exploration, biostatistics and experimental design, GRE preparation, writing and communication. All of the faculty mentors have prior experience with underrepresented minority students and have or are currently conducting research within our target watersheds. More information is available at http://www.buffalostate.edu/ biology/urm.xml.