REU Site: The Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium

凯克东北天文学联盟（KNAC），八个主要的本科院校在东北部，每个有一个小的，但活跃的天文学计划，将举办一个REU（本科生研究经验）天文学计划。 本科生，主要来自东北部的机构与小或不存在的天文学项目，将从事指导研究经验，每年夏天与天文学家在KNAC机构。这些学生将加入一个丰富多样的学生群体，他们留在自己的机构，并在财团成员之间交换学生。 这种支持性的导师网络使学生在科学界有归属感，这大大增加了他们选择科学或技术职业的可能性。KNAC是一个以本科生为重点的机构的区域联盟，其使命是促进成员机构和其他小型东北机构的学生的天文学研究，这些机构接触天文学研究有限。 所有成员机构的教师将与每个学生密切合作，每年夏天为期10周。 在随后的秋季学期，来自所有这些机构的学生和教师将参加联合本科生研究研讨会，其结果发表在诉讼卷。KNAC作为一个虚拟天文学系。 它的区域重点使它成为一个有吸引力的选择，谁可以留在离家近的学生，参加秋季研讨会，并继续培养与他们的导师以及夏季课程结束后的关系。

The Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium (KNAC), eight predominantly undergraduate institutions in the Northeast that each have a small but active astronomy program, will host an REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) program in astronomy. Undergraduate students, drawn primarily from institutions in the Northeast with small or non-existent astronomy programs, will engage in a mentored research experience each summer with an astronomer at a KNAC institution. These students will join a rich and diverse cohort of students who remain at their own institution and students exchanged among consortium members. This supportive network of mentors gives students sense of belonging within the scientific community, and it greatly increases the likelihood that they will chose scientific or technical careers.KNAC is a regional consortium of undergraduate-focused institutions whose mission is to promote astronomical research for students at member institutions and at other small Northeast institutions where exposure to astronomical research is limited. Faculty at all member institutions will work closely with individual students for 10 weeks each summer. During the subsequent fall semester, students and faculty from all these institutions will participate in the joint Undergraduate Research Symposium, with their results published in the Proceedings volume. KNAC acts as a virtual astronomy department. Its regional focus makes it an attractive option for students who can stay close to home, participate in the Fall Symposium, and continue to cultivate the relationship with their mentor well after the summer program has ended.