Improving the Quality of STEM Education and Research at Oakwood College (STEMER)

奥克伍德学院成立于1896年，是一所历史悠久的黑人私立文科院校，位于亚拉巴马州亨茨维尔。 通过HBCU-UP计划，Oakwood旨在开展活动，提高学生的入学率和毕业率，并加强新生的准备和意识。 Oakwood的总体目标是增加成功完成STEM研究生课程或成功进入STEM工作队伍的学生人数。为实现这些目标而设计的活动包括加强招聘;夏桥充实计划;学术充实，指导和建议;研究生院规划和准备;以及周末学院辅导计划。2加强招聘将涉及网络和其他电子外联，以及更传统的传单和出席大学和毕业典礼。 为了实现这一目标，将有一个人专门负责STEM专业的招聘。 夏桥充实计划将针对高中毕业生，并将重点放在数学成功的准备，以及对研究活动的介绍。 对初中和高中学生的外联活动还将采取周末学院实习方案的形式，特别针对辍学率高的三所当地学校的学生。 本科生奥克伍德主修STEM将有加强咨询和指导，同侪辅导，本科研究经验，以及其他课外活动，旨在加强本科教育经验的质量。 强化学习将利用一个工具，为探索学生如何思考，学习和沟通提供指导。计划的一系列活动将积极影响进入奥克伍德学院准备主修STEM的学生人数，以及完成STEM专业准备研究生学习或STEM劳动力的学生人数。

Oakwood College, founded in 1896, is a Historically Black, four year private liberal arts institution in Huntsville Alabama. Through the HBCU-UP program, Oakwood aims to implement activities to increase the enrollment and graduation rates of students, as well as strengthen the preparation and awareness of incoming students. An overall goal is to increase the number of students prepared by Oakwood for successful completion of STEM graduate programs or successful entry into the STEM workforce.The activities designed to achieve these goals include enhanced recruitment; a summer bridge enrichment program; academic enrichment, mentoring and advising; graduate school planning and preparation; and a weekend academy tutorial program.Enhanced recruitment will involve web and other electronic outreach, as well as more traditional flyers and attendance at college and graduation functions. In order to achieve this, there will be a person dedicated to recruitment for STEM majors. The summer bridge enrichment program will be aimed at high school seniors and will focus on preparation for success in mathematics, as well as an introduction to research activities. Outreach to middle and high school students will also take the form of a Weekend Academy Tutorial Program, especially aimed at students at three local schools with high drop out rates. Undergraduate Oakwood students majoring in STEM will have enhanced advising and mentoring, peer tutoring, undergraduate research experience, and other extra-curricular activities aimed at strengthening the quality of the undergraduate education experience. Enhanced advisement will utilize a tool that offer guidance for exploring how students think, learn and communicate.The series of activities planned should positively impact the number of students entering Oakwood College prepared to major in STEM, and the number of students completing STEM majors prepared for graduate study or the STEM workforce.