Scholarships for Oregon Scientists II

俄勒冈大学(UO)，俄勒冈州科学家奖学金II(SOS2)计划满足了当地和国家的重大需求。首先，它通过建立已久的硕士工业实习计划(MIIP)为太平洋西北地区的高科技行业提供了明确的职业发展道路，该计划包括4部分化学或物理学士学位毕业后的暑期课程和实验室工作，然后是为70多个STEM行业合作伙伴之一提供9个月的带薪实习机会。其次，SOS2为成绩优异、才华横溢的高中生提供了成功的机会，他们经常在开始本科课程的两年内大量离开STEM专业课程(50%在理科)。这项为期五年的计划将为化学和物理专业的学生提供多达60个奖学金。与东俄勒冈州学校、学区伞式的山间教育服务区、连接五个学区的莱恩县上下文内容(C2)计划以及10个S-STEM行业和政府合作伙伴的持续合作伙伴关系将继续下去。与俄勒冈州六所社区学院建立了合作伙伴关系，为化学和物理专业的学生提供无缝过渡，使该大学能够接触到俄勒冈州最多元化的高等教育社区。从以前的工作中学到的经验表明，培养有效的学习习惯，在项目的第一年为学生建立科学内容知识是至关重要的。因此，计划为SOS2参与者开发新的和持续的支持，以明确说明研究和科学话语与核心科学内容和学习技能等学术基础之间的联系。拟议的计划还包括旨在支持物理专业学生的新生兴趣小组(FIG)。该计划的一个创新方面是，通过邀请学者参加各种以科学为重点、由大学赞助的外联活动，发展社会说服的要素。SOS2学者的大量可选暑期研究项目使用大学内部资金支持。具有科学教育专业知识的外部评估者利用各种数据来源提供季度反馈。评估活动将为计划活动提供信息，并评估计划的影响。具体地说，形成措施，包括学者对评估计划要素的年中调查的反馈，由计划协调员和学者提供的新生学者成功/挑战摘要，以及与伙伴机构关键人员的对话。所有专业的数据每季度收集一次；GPA和入学人数都会被报告。学生对科学和科学探究的理解(SUSSI)在经过一个夏天的研究后，在大一开始和结束时进行。结果通过俄勒冈大学(UO)专注于K-16 STEM职业发展的新中心Stemcore在内部传播。在Stemcore每月举行的会议上，广泛传播最佳做法，例如建立一个以科学为重点的实践社区。PI团队的成员发表关于创新项目的文章和书籍章节，并参加国家专业协会的年度会议。UO助学金办公室的SOS团队成员经常参加大学助学金官员的全国会议，在会上他能够详细说明SOS2的结构、影响和实现目标的进展。

The University of Oregon (UO), Scholarships for Oregon Scientists II(SOS2) program addresses significant local and national needs. First, it provides clear pathways to careers in the Pacific Northwest's High technology sector through the long established Masters Industrial Internship Program (MIIP), which comprises 4 strands of post-chemistry or physics baccalaureate summer course and lab work, followed by 9-month paid internships working for one of 70+ STEM industry partners. Second, SOS2 provides opportunities for success to high-achieving, talented, high school students who often leave STEM major programs in large numbers (50% in the sciences) within two years of starting undergraduate programs. The five-year program will provide up to 60 scholarships for chemistry and physics majors.On-going partnerships with Eastern Oregon schools, the district-umbrella Inter-Mountain Education Service District, the Lane County Content in Context (C2) program, which connects five school districts, and 10 S-STEM industry and government partners, will continue. Established partnerships with six Oregon community colleges to produce seamless transitions for chemistry and physics majors, allow the university access to Oregon's most diverse higher education community. Lessons learned from prior work indicate that developing effective study habits for building science content knowledge for students during the first year in the program is critical. Consequently, developing new and continuing supports is planned for SOS2 participants to explicitly map connections between research and scientific discourse and academic fundamentals such as core science content and study skills. The proposed program also includes Freshman Interest Groups (FIG) designed to support physical science majors. An innovative aspect of the program is the development of elements of social persuasion by including scholars in various science-focused, University-sponsored outreach events. A substantial optional summer research program for SOS2 scholars is supported using internal university funds.An external evaluator with science education expertise provides feedback quarterly, drawing on a variety of data sources. Evaluation activities will inform program activities and assess the program's impact. Specifically, formative measures, including scholars' feedback from midyear surveys assessing program elements, summaries of freshmen scholars successes/challenges provided by the program coordinator and scholars, and conversations with key personnel from partner institutions. Data are gathered quarterly for all majors; GPAs and enrollment are reported. Student Understanding of Science and Scientific Inquiry (SUSSI) is administered at the start and the end of freshman year, after a summer of research. Results are disseminated internally via the new University of Oregon (UO) Center focused on K-16 STEM career development, STEMCORE. Wide dissemination of best practices, for example, building a science-focused community of practice, takes place at monthly STEMCORE meetings. Members of the PI team publish articles and book chapters about innovative programs and attend annual meetings of national professional societies. The SOS team member from the UO Financial Aid office routinely attends national meetings for college Financial Aid officials, where he is able to detail the structure, impact and progress towards meeting goals for SOS2.