TCUP Ecological Ahupuaa Monitoring in Urban Polynesia (TEAM-UP)

卡皮奥拉尼社区学院（KCC）是夏威夷大学（UH）系统10所公立大学和学院中的第二大大学。作为一个两年制的城市机构，我们为夏威夷原住民（NH）和多民族学生和社区提供高质量的文科和21世纪的职业计划。KCC以女王Julia Kapiolani的名字命名，她的座右铭是“Kulia i ka nuu”。“力争最高。”这句座右铭为学院树立了标准。作为一个以学习为中心的机构的愿景和使命。同样，当我们将学生逐步推向更具挑战性的科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）水平时，它也激发了我们提出的团队合作项目。这一新的团队合作建议侧重于以NH ahupuaa （ah-who-poo-ah-ah -ah）为中心的生命科学。ahupuaa是一种传统的土地划分，沿着溪流的河岸，从山脉延伸到海洋，这是数百年来夏威夷文化的一部分。它提供了一个智力框架，作为NH学生的一个极好的试金石。本提案还使用了键？构建块吗?将夏威夷的科学背景化？S山到海生态系统。KCC从以前的NSF拨款中受益，以建立一个强大的STEM基础设施，该基础设施集成了该团队合作项目中提出的全面的、基于研究的STEM学生支持和成功系统。目标：该项目有两个目标：目标1)实施一个新的STEM学习连续体，逐步提高NH学生（包括残疾学生）在生物学、生态学、生物技术、生态工程和技术方面的水平；目标2)建立一个NH实践社区，将NH学生、导师和本科生研究人员与教师、研究人员和社区合作伙伴联系起来。为实现这些目标，该项目有十个目标，并在提案中详细说明，以及四个主要成果：1)为175名NH学生创建一个全面和可持续的参与者支持系统；2) 140名NH学生完成生命科学ASNS学位和/或转移到UH Manoa或UH Hilo的生物科学领域；3) 100名纽大学生在纽大或纽大完成STEM学士学位；4)与NH社区，私营部门和州政府的新伙伴关系，以及生命科学领域的竞争性研究机会，将为KCC生命与物理科学项目的未来可持续性和增长提供坚实的基础。

Kapiolani Community College (KCC) is the second largest of 10 public universities and colleges in the University of Hawaii (UH) System. A two-year urban institution, we provide high quality liberal arts and 21st century career programs to a diverse population of Native Hawaiian (NH) and multi-ethnic students and communities. KCC bears the name of Queen Julia Kapiolani, whose motto was "Kulia i ka nuu,"? "To Reach for the Highest." This motto sets the standard for the College?s vision and mission as a learning-centered institution. Likewise, it inspires the proposed TEAM-UP project as we move students progressively to more challenging science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) levels. This new TEAM-UP proposal focuses on Life Sciences that are grounded in the NH ahupuaa (ah-who-poo-ah-ah) at its center. An ahupuaa is a traditional division of land running along the banks of a stream and extending from the mountains to the sea that has been a part of the Hawaiian culture for hundreds of years. It provides an intellectual framework that serves as an excellent touch stone for NH students. This proposal also uses key ?building blocks? of NH knowledge, to contextualize the science of Hawaii?s mountain to sea ecosystems. KCC has benefited from previous NSF grants to build a strong STEM infrastructure that integrates the comprehensive, research-based, STEM Student Support and Success System proposed in this TEAM-UP project.Goals: The project has two goals: Goal 1) To implement a new STEM Learning Continuum that progressively advances NH students, including those with disabilities, in biology, ecology, biotechnology, eco-engineering, and technology; Goal 2) To implement a NH Community of Practice that connects NH students, mentors, and undergraduate researchers with faculty, researchers, and community partners. The project has ten objectives to achieve these goals, detailed in the proposal, and four major outcomes: 1) creation of a comprehensive and sustainable participant support system for 175 NH students; 2) completion of the ASNS degree in Life Sciences and/or transfer to biological science fields at UH Manoa or UH Hilo by 140 NH students; 3) completion of a STEM baccalaureate degree at UHM or UHH by 100 NH students; and 4) new partnerships with the NH community, the private sector and state government, and opportunities for competitive research in the life sciences will provide a strong foundation for future sustainability and growth of the KCC Life and Physical Sciences program.