Promoting diversity and community college transfer success in the biology and biochemistry curricula

奥古斯塔纳学院为有色人种学生或社区大学转学生物或生物化学专业的学生提供奖学金。为20名学者提供资金的目标是将学院中代表不足的少数族裔专业的数量增加到每年至少8个，社区学院转学学生的数量增加到10人，其中至少85%将毕业。所有的学者都参与了一项对红色Meithermus细菌基因组进行注释的项目，这是一项由PI发起并通过能源部资助的项目的真实研究。他们还得到了加强的辅导、建议和其他措施的支持，以方便过渡到奥古斯塔纳，以及暑期衔接计划、第一年学习社区以及与其他机构的学生互动。通过这种方式，在整个生物课程中使用的一系列高影响力的教学实践促进了学生的智力发展，同时促进了生物和化学系学生与教职员工之间的交流。

Augustana College offers scholarships to students of color or community college transfer students who are majoring in biology or biochemistry. Funding for 20 scholars is targeted to increase the number of underrepresented minority majors at the college to at least 8 per year and the number of community college transfer students to 10, at least 85% of whom will graduate. All of the scholars participate in a project to annotate the genome of the bacterium Meiothermus ruber, authentic research on a project initiated by the PI and funded through the Department of Energy. They are also supported by enhanced tutoring, advising, and other measures to ease the transition to Augustana, along with a summer bridging program, a first-year learning community, and interaction with students at other institutions. In this way a series of high-impact teaching practices used throughout the biology curriculum fosters intellectual development of the students, while promoting communication between students and faculty in Biology and Chemistry Departments.