Aaniinen-Nakoda Environmental Excellence Center

这个i3项目的主要目标是：(1)通过STEM研究和教育的协同整合，加强FBC-S STEM学位课程和相关组成部分项目的教育有效性；以及(2)扩大美国印第安人对STEM研究和教育的参与。为了实现这些目标，该项目将把目前正在开展的五个环境研究和教育项目集中在阿尼宁-纳科达环境卓越中心(ANEEC)这一共同的行政和方案框架下。ANEEC将通过以下方式促进组成部分项目之间的连通性和协同作用：(1)建设整个机构的智力资本和研究能力；(2)提高每个组成部分项目的有效性；(3)为学生提供完全整合的STEM学习体验，其中研究和教育被嵌入到文化和陆地背景中，以促进学生的参与和促进学生的成功。具体地说，ANEEC项目将：(1)通过跨学科的STEM教师发展努力，发展FBC-S的环境研究能力和智力资本；(2)协调环境研究和教育项目的管理，以提高其教育效果和效率；(3)将阿尼宁和纳科达的文化观点融入所有环境研究和教育项目；(4)创建一个共享框架，为学生提供高质量的暑期研究体验；Aaniinen-Nakoda环境卓越中心汇集了TCUP颁发的NSF/EHR奖以及其他工作，围绕I-3一体化主题，即研究与教育的结合，以及扩大参与。

The primary goals of this I3 project are to: (1) strengthen the educational effectiveness of FBC?s STEM degree programs and associated component projects through the synergistic integration of STEM research and education; and (2) broaden participation in STEM research and education among American Indians. To achieve these goals, the project will bring together five currently active environmental research and education projects under the common administrative and programmatic umbrella of the Aaniinen-Nakoda Environmental Excellence Center (ANEEC). The ANEEC will promote connectivity and synergy among component projects in a manner that: (1) builds the intellectual capital and research capacity of the entire institution; (2) increases the effectiveness of each component project; and (3) provides students with a fully integrated STEM learning experience in which research and education are embedded in a cultural and land-based context that fosters student engagement and promotes student success. Specifically, the ANEEC project will: (1) develop FBC?s environmental research capacity and intellectual capital through cross-disciplinary STEM faculty development efforts; (2) coordinate the administration of environmental research and education projects to enhance their educational effectiveness and efficiency; (3) infuse Aaniinen and Nakoda cultural perspectives into all environmental research and education projects; (4) create a shared framework for providing students with high-quality summer research experiences; and (5) modify curriculum to establish clear linkages between summer research experiences and academic year course offerings.Aaniinen-Nakoda Environmental Excellence Center brings together the NSF/EHR award from TCUP, as well as other work, around the I-3 integrative themes of the integration of research and education, and broadening participation.