Bridge to the Doctorate 2016-18 at UMCP

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。BD为那些在本科时期积极参与LSAMP活动的学生提供STEM项目的学士学位后学习支持，这些学生可以获得STEM研究生学位。马里兰大学系统（USM）路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）以马里兰大学巴尔的摩县分校为牵头机构，加强了本科和研究生教育管道，并在STEM学科内创建了一个扩大的学者社区。USM的BD活动促进了对STEM领域中代表性不足的学生的毕业生招聘、保留和坚持的认识和理解。因此，该计划已经并将继续为国家提供训练有素，高技能的STEM专业人员，他们将在各自的学科和优秀的研究培训方面拥有核心竞争力。马里兰大学帕克分校（UMCP）是2016-2018年USM-LSAMP博士学位桥梁（BD）活动的主办地点。USM的BD支持从全国和波多黎各的LSAMP项目中选出的12名STEM研究生。通过为12名研究生提供财务、学术、专业和社会支持，UMCP的BD活动将扩大未被充分代表的学生参与STEM博士课程和STEM研究。通过BD社区会议、咨询、辅导和后续跟进，BD研究员将顺利过渡到研究生教育，并参与到由学生、教师和工作人员组成的支持性社区中。此外，BD研究员将通过参加科学会议和研究专题讨论会的机会扩大他们的研究和专业培训。USM的BD将通过与UMCP斯隆学者计划，UMCP GEM研究员计划以及马里兰研究生教育和教授联盟（AGEP）计划合作的一系列活动，扩大学生获得专业和个人发展资源的机会。

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. BD provides support for post-baccalaureate studies in STEM programs leading to STEM graduate degrees for those students who were active (certified) participants in LSAMP activities as undergraduates. The University System of Maryland (USM) Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP), with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County as the lead institution, has strengthened both the undergraduate and graduate education pipelines and has created an expanded community of scholars within STEM disciplines. USM's BD Activity advances knowledge and understanding of graduate recruitment, retention, and persistence of underrepresented students in STEM fields. As a result, this program has provided and will continue to provide the country with well-trained, highly-skilled STEM professionals who will have core competencies in their disciplines and excellent training in research. The University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) is the host site for the 2016-2018 Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Activity for the USM-LSAMP. USM's BD supports 12 STEM graduate students selected from LSAMP programs across the nation and Puerto Rico. The BD Activity at UMCP will broaden participation of underrepresented students in STEM doctoral programs and in STEM research, by providing financial, academic, professional and social support to a cohort of 12 graduate students. Through BD community meetings, advising, counseling and follow-up, BD Fellows will experience a smooth transition into graduate education and become engaged in a supportive community comprised of students, faculty and staff. Additionally, BD Fellows will expand their research and professional training through numerous opportunities to participate in scientific meetings and research symposia. USM's BD will expand students' access to professional and personal development resources through a series of activities in collaboration with the UMCP Sloan Scholars Program, the UMCP GEM Fellows Program, and the Maryland Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Program.