Transitioning Students into Chemistry Professionals

这个项目为有兴趣完成化学学位的学生提供了一个根据他们的学业成绩和经济需求获得奖学金的机会。该项目正在与综合通识教育计划、学术咨询和学习支持中心以及职业中心合作，以保持化学专业的招生、留住和学术成功。该计划的目标是：(1)通过向化学学者提供奖学金来增加高素质专业化学家的数量。(2)实施长期招生计划，吸引高素质、有上进心、有前途的学生作为化学专业的学生进入学院。(3)通过组建由化学学者和其他化学专业学生组成的化学学习共同体(CLC)，提高化学学生的学业成就和社区力量。(4)制定和实施三个阶段的教育支持计划，以留住学生，并为他们成为化学专业人员做好准备。(5)将三阶段教育支持结构发展为可持续超过资助期的长期计划。智力优势：这个项目正在开发和实施一个从第一次进入大学到毕业的化学专业的教育支持结构。这种支持结构使用了经过验证的教学理论和实践，并与以学生为中心的化学系课程相结合，重点放在严格的本科生研究(UR)上。一门面向所有毕业生的新生学术讨论会课程是专门为化学专业的学生设计的，让他们学习特定学科的学术技能，使他们能够取得成功。CLC利用一个增强的课程，提供教师和同行指导，一个学生管理团队，UR机会，补充指导，职业发展，和其他高质量的计划，旨在毕业高质量的化学专业人员。更广泛的影响：这个项目正在培养更多的高质量化学毕业生，为进入化学劳动力做好准备。支持结构还增加了成功完成基础化学课程的学生数量，从而在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)素养、保留率和毕业生方面取得了进展。通过与该地区和州的高中教师和指导顾问建立新的关系，长期招聘计划得到了维持。这种帮助学院招收和留住化学专业学生的支持结构可以被其他以本科为主的机构的其他STEM学科所采用。

This project is providing students interested in completing a chemistry degree an opportunity to earn scholarships based on their academic merit and financial need. The project is partnering with the Integrative Liberal Studies Program, the Center for Academic Advising and Learning Support, and the Career Center to sustain recruitment, retention and academic success in the chemistry major. The objectives of the program are to: (1) Increase the number of quality professional chemists by offering scholarships to Chemistry Scholars. (2) Implement a long-term recruiting plan to attract high-quality, motivated and promising students to the college as chemistry majors. (3) Increase the academic success and community strength of chemistry students by forming a Chemistry Learning Community (CLC) composed of Chemistry Scholars and other chemistry majors. (4) Develop and implement a three phase educational support program to retain students in the major and prepare them for success as chemistry professionals. (5) Develop the three-phase educational support structure into a long-term program sustainable beyond the funding period. Intellectual merit: This project is developing and implementing an educational support structure for the chemistry major from first entry to the college through graduation. This support structure uses proven pedagogical theories and practices and is coupled with a student-centered Chemistry Department curriculum that focuses on rigorous undergraduate research (UR). A freshman colloquium course required of all graduates is specifically designed for chemistry majors to learn discipline specific academic skills that enable them to achieve success. The CLC utilizes an enhanced curriculum that provides faculty and peer mentorship, a student management team, UR opportunities, supplemental instruction, career building, and other quality programs that are designed to graduate quality chemistry professionals. Broader impacts: This project is yielding an increased number of high-quality chemistry graduates well-prepared to enter the chemistry workforce. The support structure is also increasing the number of students who successfully complete foundation chemistry courses yielding gains in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) literacy, retention, and graduates. The long term recruiting plan is being sustained through new relationships with high school teachers and guidance counselors in the region and state. This support structure that is helping to recruit and retain chemistry majors at the college can be adopted for other STEM disciplines at other primarily undergraduate institutions.