MS PHD'S in Earth System Science Professional Development Program: A Track 2 Full-Scale Project

少数民族在地球系统科学(MS PhD)倡议的专业发展计划中争取和追求更高程度的成功摘要少数民族在地球系统科学(MS PhD)专业发展计划中努力并追求更高程度的成功提供了一个支持性的环境，在这个环境中，四组25名本科生和研究生中未被充分代表的少数族裔学生发展在地球系统科学和工程领域从事有意义的职业所需的战略和专业技能。与三个NASA组织、七个专业学会、一个国家研究机构联盟、一个正式教育机构和两个非正式教育机构合作；MS PhD的参与者参与在MS PhD的组织伙伴会议、NASA设施、科学博物馆和位于华盛顿特区的国家科学院进行的研究接触、专业发展、指导和社区建设活动。MS博士的专业发展计划促进了三个阶段的活动，提供关于未来资金、教育和职业机会的信息；以及通过在由同行、研究人员和教育工作者组成的虚拟社区中的成员资格进行持续的交流和指导支持。第一阶段包括学生参与者和导师指导、最初的导师伙伴互动、网络、专业发展、广泛的地球系统科学和工程知识、参观NASA艾姆斯研究中心的设施，以及结合美国地球物理联盟秋季会议在加利福尼亚州旧金山举办的MS PhD社区建设活动。第二阶段使学生参与者能够在七个MS博士专业协会合作伙伴会议中的一个会议上获得额外的地球系统科学和工程知识、导师与学员的互动和网络联系。在第三阶段期间，参与者进行文袋式讨论、政府机构访问，并与专业协会和基金会代表进行对话。除了这些第三阶段的活动外，在华盛顿特区，学生们将获得1,000.00美元的奖学金，参观美国宇航局艾姆斯·戈达德航天飞行中心的设施，并参加由美国生态学会组织的城市分水岭周边地区实地考察。研究接触、指导、技术和能力建设活动是MS博士专业发展计划的关键方面。正在进行的评估产生了更多的专业学会报告、期刊文章和两篇博士论文的数据库。

Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science (MS PHD'S) Initiative's Professional Development ProgramAbstract The Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science (MS PHD'S) Professional Development Program provides a supportive environment within which four cohorts of 25 undergraduate and graduate underrepresented minority students develop strategies and professional skills necessary to pursue meaningful careers in Earth system science and engineering fields. In collaboration with three NASA organizations, seven professional societies, a national consortium of research institutions, one formal and two informal education institutions; MS PHD'S participants engage in research exposure, professional development, mentoring and community building activities undertaken at MS PHD'S organizational partner meetings, NASA facilities, science museums, and the National Academies, in Washington, D.C. The MS PHD'S Professional Development Program facilitates three phases of activities that provide information regarding future funding, education and career opportunities; and on-going communication and mentoring support via membership within a virtual community comprised of peers, researchers, and educators. Phase I includes student participant and mentor orientations, initial mentor-mentee partners' interactions, networking, professional development, broad Earth system science and engineering exposure, a tour of NASA Ames Research Center facilities tour and MS PHD'S community building activities that occur in San Francisco, CA in conjunction with the American Geophysical Union fall meeting. Phase II enables student participants to receive additional Earth system science and engineering exposure, mentor-mentee interaction and networking at one of seven MS PHD'S professional society partners' meetings. During Phase III participants engage in brownbag discussions, government agency visits, and dialogues with professional society and foundation representatives. In addition to these Phase III activities, while in Washington, D.C. students receive $1,000.00 scholarships, tour of NASA Ames Goddard Space Flight Center facilities and participate in an Ecological Society of America-organized urban watershed field trip of the surrounding area. Research exposure, mentoring, technology and capacity building activities are key aspects of the MS PHD'S Professional Development Program. Ongoing assessments result in additional professional society presentations, journal articles and the database for two doctoral dissertations.