DSU-SMILE: A Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enrichment

特拉华州立大学的HBCU-UP项目将专注于吸引即将入学的STEM新生参加项目，这些项目将提高他们的学术成就，并增强他们对该大学及其所在专业的认同感。我们希望显著提高少数民族STEM学生的保留率和毕业率。STEM新生将被分成5-6人的学习社区，他们将一起注册三门相互关联的课程：一节数学课，一节英语课和一次新生研讨会。每个学习社区将被分配一名同伴导师，他将每天与他们的学员交流，并确保他们上课、辅导和办公时间，并与他们的学习小组会面。负责4-5个新生学习社区小组的教师导师将每周与同伴导师会面，并将领导学生和导师共同参与的课程活动。该项目将STEM和英语教职员工和学生服务管理员聚集在一起，专注于修改STEM学生的新生体验，让他们参与到同行、同行导师和教职员工的社区中来。为了支持学生参与研究，我们将继续从HBCU-UP第一个项目开始的成功的本科生研究项目。拟议的计划将支持教师的发展和研究。教职员工将提交研究助学金的研究建议，以便与本科生合作。这些建议将由一个委员会审查。这一过程将帮助教师开发更好的学生研究项目，并给予他们撰写研究助学金的经验。

The HBCU-UP program at Delaware State University will focus on engaging incoming freshman STEM students in programs that will enhance their academic success and identification with the University and their major discipline. We expect to significantly improve the retention and graduation rates of minority STEM students. STEM freshmen will be divided into learning communities of 5 - 6 students who will enroll together in three linked courses: a mathematics class, an English class and Freshman Seminar. Each learning community will be assigned a peer mentor who will communicate with their mentees daily and ensure that they attend their classes, go to tutoring and office hours, and meet with their study groups. Faculty mentors responsible for 4 - 5 of the freshman learning community groups will meet weekly with the peer mentors and will lead co-curricular activities involving both students and mentors. The project brings together STEM and English faculty and student services administrators to focus on revising the freshman experience of STEM students to involve them in a community of peers, peer mentors and faculty. To support student engagement with research we will continue the successful undergraduate research program begun in the first HBCU-UP project. The proposed program will support faculty development and research. Faculty will submit research proposals for research grants to work with undergraduate students. These proposals will be reviewed by a committee. This process will help faculty develop better student research projects and give them experience in writing research grants.