University of Colorado Denver CO-AMP Bridge to the Doctorate

迄今为止，科罗拉多少数民族参与联盟（CO-AMP）已经通过LSAMP通往博士学位（BD）的桥梁项目，招收了四批未被充分代表的少数民族学生。前三组被科罗拉多州立大学（CSU）录取，这是CO-AMPalliance项目的牵头机构，而第四组被科罗拉多矿业学院（CSM）录取。如果获得资助，第五批学生将在科罗拉多大学丹佛分校（CU Denver）入学。作为落基山脉各州唯一的城市研究密集型机构，科罗拉多大学丹佛分校在广泛的STEM学科领域提供独特的培训经验。项目目标：每两年将招募12名BD研究员加入该项目，采用广泛的策略。项目协调员将与管理团队成员一起，通过网络媒体、传单、小册子和直接沟通宣传BD项目。特别关注1)科罗拉多大学丹佛分校的STEM本科生和硕士生，2)CO-AMP联盟中的其他高等教育机构，3)科罗拉多州和四角地区的四个美洲原住民部落，4)全国范围内的所有LSAMP联盟，5)全国会议，如SACNASand ABRCMS，以及6)访问目标项目并在gradschools.com上发布电子信息。其中包括那些因其在多样性和包容性方面的努力而得到国际认可的个人。团队将定期与所有bd成员会面，评估他们对项目的总体满意度，并收集改进领域的反馈。重要的是，每学期将与每位BD研究员举行一次一对一的会议，以评估他们的学术进步和职业发展。这些学术进步和指导会议将贯穿于所有BD研究员的整个学习计划。该计划旨在提供一系列职业发展课程和研讨会，以促进他们成功完成课程，并为学术界和相关专业的职业生涯做好准备。这类职业发展项目的例子包括：教学准备、研究的道德行为、科学写作和一系列相关的职业发展研讨会。此外，定期召开的本地BD团队会议，以及CO-AMP联盟中所有bdfellow的年度会议，将建立社区意识，并为分享经验和最佳实践提供场所。智力优势：作为落基山脉各州唯一的城市研究密集型机构，CUDenver提供了广泛的STEM学科的独特培训经验。尽管管理团队将让bdp学员了解所有29个STEM相关的博士培训项目，但bdp学员将被鼓励进入以下美国就业市场最有前景的STEM项目：数学与统计科学、工程与应用科学、计算机科学与工程、生物工程、计算生物科学和结构生物学。通过一系列完善的职业发展课程和研讨会，加上持续的个人指导，该计划将努力为所有科罗拉多大学丹佛分校的bdfellow成功完成博士学位。更广泛的影响：尽管未被充分代表的少数民族学生的比例继续增加，但进入STEM研究生课程的入学率仍然落后。因此，制定鼓励代表性不足的学生进入STEM研究生培训项目并成功完成博士学位的计划和机制至关重要。为此，该计划将定期为每位BD研究员提供指导和学术进展会议，职业发展研讨会，教师准备课程，当地和全州范围的社区建设会议，以及一系列其他活动和指导方法，以提高他们成功完成博士课程的可能性。最佳实践将应用于其他全校范围内针对代表性不足学生的招聘计划，以及CO-AMP联盟和国家LSAMP联盟的其他合作伙伴。最终，这个项目和类似项目的长期目标是培养和准备更多代表性不足的学生从事STEM学科的职业，在那里他们将成为STEM研究生项目和专业中代表性不足的学生的持续入学的榜样。

The Colorado Alliance for Minority Participation (CO-AMP) has thus far matriculated four cohorts ofunderrepresented minority students through the LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) program. The firstthree cohorts matriculated at Colorado State University (CSU), the lead institution for the CO-AMPalliance, whereas the fourth BD cohort matriculated at Colorado School of Mines (CSM). The fifth cohort,if funded, will matriculate at the University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver). As the only urban,research-intensive institution in the Rocky Mountain States, CU Denver offers a unique trainingexperience in a wide range of STEM disciplines.Program Goals: A cohort of 12 BD fellows will be recruited into this program for each of two years usinga wide range of strategies. The Program Coordinator, along with members of the Management Team, willadvertise the BD program using Web-based media, flyers, brochures and direct communication.Particular attention will be given to 1) current CU Denver STEM undergraduate and Masters students, 2)other higher education institutions in the CO-AMP alliance, 3) four Native American tribes in Coloradoand the Four Corners region, 4) all LSAMP alliances nationwide, 5) national meetings such as SACNASand ABRCMS, and 6) visits to targeted programs and electronic postings to GradSchools.com.The Program will be administered by a Management Team, which includes individuals who arenationally recognized for their efforts in diversity and inclusion. The Team will meet regularly with allBD fellows to assess their overall satisfaction with the program as well as gather feedback for areas ofimprovement. Importantly, once per semester, individual one-on-one meetings will be held with each ofthe BD fellows to assess their academic progress and career development. These academic progress andmentoring meetings will continue throughout the entire program of study for all BD fellows.The program is designed to provide a series of career development courses and workshops to facilitatetheir successful completion of the program and preparation for careers in academia and relatedprofessions. Examples of such career development programs include: teaching preparation, ethicalconduct of research, scientific writing, and a broad array of related career development workshops.Furthermore, regularly scheduled meetings of the local BD cohort, as well as annual meetings with all BDfellows in the CO-AMP alliance will build a sense of community and serve as a venue for sharingexperiences and best practices.Intellectual Merit: As the only urban, research intensive institution in the Rocky Mountain states, CUDenver offers a unique training experience in a wide range of STEM disciplines. Although theManagement Team will make the BD cohort aware of all 29 STEM-related PhD training programs, BDfellows will be encouraged to matriculate into the following STEM programs where the USA job marketis most promising: Mathematics and Statistical Sciences, Engineering and Applied Sciences, ComputerScience and Engineering, Bioengineering, Computational Biosciences and Structural Biology. Through awell-developed series of career development courses and workshops, coupled with ongoing individualmentoring, the program will strive for successful completion of the PhD degree for all CU Denver BDfellows.Broader Impacts: Although the percentage of underrepresented minority students continues to increaseat the undergraduate level, matriculation into STEM graduate programs still lags behind. Consequently,it is critical to develop programs and mechanisms that encourage underrepresented students tomatriculate into STEM graduate training programs as well as the successful completion of their PhDdegree. Towards that end, this program will provide regularly scheduled mentoring and academicprogression meetings with each BD fellow, career development workshops, teacher preparation courses,local and state-wide community building meetings, and a range of other activities and mentoringapproaches to improve the likelihood of successful completion for their PhD programs. Best practiceswill be applied to other campus-wide recruitment initiatives for underrepresented students, as well aswith other partners in the CO-AMP alliance and national LSAMP alliances. Ultimately, the long-termgoal of this and similar programs is to train and prepare a larger number of underrepresented studentsfor careers in the STEM disciplines, where they will serve as role models for the ongoing matriculation ofunderrepresented students in STEM graduate programs and professions.