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第二大的大学和学院。作为一所为期两年的城市机构，我们为多元化的夏威夷原住民 (NH) 和多民族学生和社区提供高质量的文科和 21 世纪职业课程。 KCC 以朱莉娅·卡皮奥拉尼 (Julia Kapiolani) 女王的名字命名，她的座右铭是“Kulia i ka nuu”？ “达到最高境界。”这句座右铭为学院作为以学习为中心的机构的愿景和使命设定了标准。同样，当我们将学生逐步提升到更具挑战性的科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 水平时，它也激发了拟议的 TEAM-UP 项目。这项新的 TEAM-UP 提案重点关注以 NH ahupuaa (ah-who-poo-ah-ah) 为中心的生命科学。 ahupuaa 是一种传统的土地划分，沿着溪流的岸边，从山脉延伸到海洋，数百年来一直是夏威夷文化的一部分。它提供了一个知识框架，可以作为 NH 学生的优秀试金石。该提案还使用了关键的“构建块”。 NH 知识，将夏威夷山到海生态系统的科学背景化。 KCC 受益于之前的 NSF 拨款，用于建立强大的 STEM 基础设施，整合了 TEAM-UP 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) 实施 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。该项目有十个目标来实现这些目标，提案中有详细说明，并有四个主要成果：1）为 175 名 NH 学生创建一个全面且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/或转至夏威夷大学马诺阿分校或夏威夷大学希洛分校的生物科学领域； 3) 100 名 NH 学生在 UHM 或 UHH 完成 STEM 学士学位； 4) 与 NH 社区、私营部门和州政府的新合作伙伴关系以及生命科学领域竞争性研究的机会将为 KCC 生命和物理科学项目未来的可持续性和发展奠定坚实的基础。

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.