Texas A&M University System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (TAMUS LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BTD) Cohort XI (2015 - 2017) Program

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）项目帮助大学和学院实现科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）劳动力的多样化，通过培养来自STEM学科中历史上代表性不足的群体的高竞争力学生：非洲裔美国人、阿拉斯加原住民、美洲印第安人、西班牙裔美国人、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。LSAMP通往博士学位的桥梁（BD）活动的目标是增加来自代表性不足人群的STEM研究生的数量和质量，重点是博士学位的入学和完成。美国要保持全球竞争力，至关重要的是要挖掘所有公民的才能，并在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供卓越的教育准备。德克萨斯农工大学是德克萨斯农工大学系统（TAMUS） LSAMP的牵头机构，将举办第11届BD研究员。该计划的目标是通过培养他们的准备和鼓励他们完成STEM博士学位的渴望，并为他们成为跨学科研究和学术界的领导者做好准备，从而促进12名首次被低估的STEM研究生的学术成功。通过增加准备充分和高素质的博士人数，最终进入STEM劳动力，TAMUS LSAMP BTD计划有可能为增加这个国家的经济和繁荣做出重大贡献。TAMUS LSAMP BD计划的目标将通过TAMU科学学院（COS）， Dwight Look工程学院（COE），农业与生命科学学院（coal）和地球科学学院（COG）之间的合作来实现。该计划的五个主要组成部分是(1)专业发展，(2)学术支持和社会融合，(3)指导，(4)领导力发展，(5)学生支持和社区建设。12名具有不同STEM学科和共同目标的BD研究员将作为一个群体培养两年，彼此之间以及与TAMU的更多STEM研究生分享协调的资源和智力丰富的小组活动，以造福所有人。该计划的目标包括(1)在完成为期两年的NSF BD计划后，在获得资助的情况下保留研究员进入博士课程，(2)为研究员做好准备，以应对完成STEM博士课程和高等教育中可能的学术生涯的挑战，以及(3)在完成博士课程后，作为年轻的STEM专业人员取得成功所必需的领导技能发展。在TAMU前5个项目支持的60名BD研究员中，有26人已经完成了博士学位。在STEM和12年级取得博士学位进展顺利。

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce through the development of highly competitive students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African-Americans, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. The goal of the LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Activity is to increase the quantity and quality of STEM graduate students from underrepresented populations, with emphasis on Ph.D. matriculation and completion. For the U.S. to remain globally competitive, it is vital that it taps into the talent of all its citizens and provides exceptional educational preparedness in STEM areas that underpin the knowledge-based economy. Texas A&M University, lead institution of the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) LSAMP, will host their 11th cohort of BD Fellows. The goal of the program is to foster academic success in a cohort of twelve first-time underrepresented STEM graduate students by developing their readiness and encouraging eagerness to complete STEM doctoral degrees and by preparing them to take their place as leaders in interdisciplinary research and in academia. By increasing the number of well-prepared and highly qualified Ph.Ds that ultimately enter the STEM workforce, TAMUS LSAMP BTD program has the potential to contribute significantly to the increase of this nation's economy and prosperity.The objectives of the TAMUS LSAMP BD Program will be achieved through collaborations among the College of Science (COS), the Dwight Look College of Engineering (COE), the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (COALS), and the College of Geosciences (COG) at TAMU. The five major components of the program are (1) professional development, (2) academic support and social integration, (3) mentoring, (4) leadership development, and (5) student support and community building. The twelve BD Fellows with differing STEM disciplines and a common purpose will be nurtured for two years as a cohorted community and will share coordinated resources and intellectually enriching group activities with each other, and also with the larger population of STEM graduate students at TAMU, for the benefit of all. The objectives of the program include (1) retention of fellows into doctoral programs with funding after completion of the two-year NSF BD program, (2) preparation of fellows to meet the challenges of completing STEM doctoral programs and for possible academic careers in higher education, and (3) leadership skill development necessary to succeed as young STEM professionals upon completion of doctoral programs of study. Out of the 60 BD fellows supported in the first five cohorts at TAMU, 26 have completed their Ph.Ds. in STEM and 12 are progressing well towards the doctoral degree.