Bridge to the Doctorate Cohort 8: BD Site: Jackson State University

由杰克逊州立大学(JSU)领导的密西西比州路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟(LS-MAMP)将在2010-2012学年为博士(BD)学生增加第8批布里奇学生。这将通过继续LS-MAMP合作伙伴之间的协同作用来实现，这些合作伙伴以前所未有的方式改变了这些机构之间合作的教学、研究和行政方面。该方案涉及该机构为解决STEM学科中代表性不足的少数民族的严重短缺所做的持续努力。LS-MAMP BD计划的目标是为代表不足的少数族裔学生建立一条安全的途径，以获得STEM学科的博士学位。该项目将建立在JSU与国内和国际主要大学、LBNL和LLNL等国家实验室以及CREST、AGEM、IGERT等NSF项目之间的现有关系的基础上，以增加密西西比州内外招收和录取MS和Ph.D.STEM研究生项目的少数族裔学生的数量。研究生的目标学科包括：化学、物理、数学、生物学、环境科学和工程学。例如，NSF的支持将继续加速并增加进入博士队伍的少数族裔学生的数量，从而为国家提供合格和多样化的科学家和工程师，供他们在美国大学和学院担任教职。LS-MAMP BD活动的成功是基于这样一种理论，即攻读硕士学位的少数族裔学生，如果提供足够的资金支持、严格的课程设置、专注的指导和国内和国际广泛的研究经验，就有可能完成STEM领域的博士学位。

The Louis Stokes Mississippi Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LS-MAMP), under the leadership of Jackson State University (JSU), will add an 8th cohort of Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) students during the 2010-2012 academic years. This will be accomplished by continuing the synergy between LS-MAMP partners that have transformed the instructional, research and administrative aspects of cooperation among these institutions in ways never before envisioned. The program addresses the institution's continued efforts to solve the critical shortages of underrepresented minorities in STEM disciplines. The goal of the LS-MAMP BD Program is to establish a secure pathway for underrepresented minority students to obtain doctoral degrees in STEM disciplines. This project will build upon existing relationships between JSU and major national and international universities; national laboratories such as LBNL and LLNL; and NSF programs such as CREST, AGEM, IGERT, etc. to increase the number of minority students enrolling and matriculating in MS and Ph.D. STEM graduate programs within and outside of the state of Mississippi. Disciplines targeted for graduate studies include: chemistry, physics, mathematics, biology, environmental science, and engineering.NSF support will continue to accelerate and increase the numbers of minority students entering the Ph.D. pipeline and subsequently providing the Nation with well-qualified and diverse scientists and engineers for employment as faculty members for U. S. universities and colleges, for example. The success of the LS-MAMP BD Activity is based upon the theory that minority students who pursue the M. S. degree, have the potential to complete the Ph.D degree in STEM areas if provided sufficient financial support, rigorous curricula, committed mentoring and national and international extensive research experiences.