Engaging Underrepresented Undergraduate Students in the Crop Sciences: 2009 International ASA-CSSA-SSSA Conference; November 1 - 5, 2009; Pittsburgh, PA

PI: Elica M. Moss （Alabama a&m University）阿拉巴马农工大学的教员与美国农学学会（ASA）、美国作物科学学会（CSSA）和美国土壤科学学会（SSSA）合作，开发了一项新的指导计划，旨在吸引少数民族本科生学习作物科学，该计划仿效由CSSA赞助的黄金机会学者研究所（https://www.crops.org/scholars/）。学生将被招募、挑选，并与教师导师一起前往年度ASA-CSSA-SSSA会议，在那里他们将有机会展示海报、进行口头报告和参加职业指导会议。国家科学基金会提供的资金将用于资助选定学生的旅行奖励，并将由项目pi和教师导师提供全年指导。

PI: Elica M. Moss (Alabama A&M University)CoPIs: Robert W. Taylor and Teferi Tsegaye (Alabama A&M University)Faculty at Alabama A&M University have teamed with the American Society for Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) and the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) to develop a novel mentoring program designed to engage minority undergraduate students in the crop sciences fashioned after the Golden Opportunity Scholars Institute (https://www.crops.org/scholars/), sponsored by the CSSA. Students will be recruited, selected, and teamed with faculty mentors to travel to the Annual ASA-CSSA-SSSA Conferences where they will have opportunities to present posters, give oral presentations and participate in career mentoring sessions. Funds provided by NSF will support travel awards to selected students and will enable year-round mentoring by project PIs and faculty mentors.