A Community College REU Site for Physics Applicati

昆士伯勒社区学院的本科生研究体验(REU)网站将产生一系列更广泛的影响，其重点是为本科生提供研究机会，帮助他们为未来的科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)职业生涯做准备。该网站专注于为社区大学的学生提供研究机会，这些学生以前没有研究经验。该网站有一个强有力的计划，从物理学中代表性较低的群体中招收学生。该项目由一项评估指导，该评估将评估项目目标的实现情况。这个网站可以作为其他社区学院的典范。预计与社区大学网站相关的活动将鼓励社区学院的教职员工继续参与或参与研究，并将他们的学生包括在研究中。昆斯伯勒社区学院的社区大学网站每年夏天为八名本科生提供机会，进行为期十周的关于物理教育和物理主题的研究，以及天文学、生物学和地球科学的跨学科项目。此外，四名学生将被选为本学年的研究对象。REU网站的目标之一是让学生为转到STEM专业的四年制大学做好准备，使他们具有竞争力。除了与经验丰富的导师一起参与研究外，学生还将参与活动，以确保他们的研究不仅保持在正轨上，而且他们拥有吸引人的大学和学术经验。在项目结束时，每个学生都将在研讨会演讲中介绍他们的工作成果。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at Queensborough Community College will have a number of broader impacts with its focus on providing research opportunities to undergraduates to help prepare them for future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. The site focuses on providing research opportunities to students from community colleges who have had no prior research experience. The site has a strong plan to recruit students from groups underrepresented in physics. The project is guided by an evaluation that will assess how well the goals of the project are being met. This site can be a model for other community colleges. It is anticipated that the activities related to the REU site will encourage community college faculty to maintain their involvement in or become involved in research and to include their students in that research.The REU site at Queensborough Community College provides opportunities to eight undergraduate students each summer for ten weeks of research on topics in physics education and physics, along with interdisciplinary projects in astronomy, biology and the geosciences. Additionally, four students will be selected to conduct research during the academic year. One of the goals of the REU site is to prepare the students to be competitive for transfer to a four-year college in a STEM discipline. In addition to participating in research with an experienced mentor, the students will engage in activities to ensure not only that their research stays on track but that they have an engaging collegial and scholarly experience. By the end of the program, every student will present the results of their work in a seminar talk.