Canisius Science Scholars: Providing an Integrated Academic and Social Support Scaffolding in the Biological Sciences

Canisius College的S-STEM项目将帮助学术上有才华，经济上有需要的生物学，环境科学和动物行为，生态学和保护（ABEC）专业的学生从理科学生过渡到科学家。Canisius科学学者计划将提高招聘，保留，毕业率，并进入干职业为传统和转学生追求本科学位的生物科学在Canisius学院。为了实现这些目标，S-STEM奖学金获得者将参加一个基于生物学的学习社区。学生将受益于共享课程，帮助培养技能并建立对STEM领域的承诺;他们帮助计划的特殊活动;获得担任顾问，模特，教师和导师的科学家;以及社交和庆祝他们的学术和职业成就的机会。学习社区及其组成部分的成功将在STEM，社会科学和/或教育会议上展示，并将广泛分享，以提供更广泛的成功举措应用于STEM教育。Canisius科学学者计划的目标是：1）招收和留住更多的生物科学学生，特别是寻求为那些从其他机构转来的学生提供帮助，2）在这些学生的学习过程中建立一个积极的学习社区，3）增加对协助转学学生的关注，以适应4年生物科学课程的期望，以及4）为所有这些学生提供必要的技能，直接进入劳动力市场或准备研究生院。该计划将通过加强学术支持，职业咨询，包括学术支持和指导在内的转移计划，提供专业技能和科学培训的研讨会课程以及会议旅行来增加学生支持系统和教育机会。学生将学习通过各种活动，鼓励他们批判性地思考科学，包括参与研究与教师和批评科学出版物和演示文稿的科学家。作为项目的一部分。成功的/有影响力的计划组件将永久纳入课程，使他们提供给所有未来的学生。在校园里，在学科特定的会议上，以及在适当的科学教育期刊上展示由此产生的奖学金，将允许其他人将成功的个人计划组件纳入自己的计划

The S-STEM project at Canisius College will help academically-talented, financially-needy Biology, Environmental Science, and Animal Behavior, Ecology and Conservation (ABEC) majors make the transition from science students to scientists. The Canisius Science Scholars program will improve recruitment, retention, graduation rates, and entry into STEM careers for both traditional and transfer students pursuing undergraduate degrees in the biological sciences at Canisius College. To achieve these goals, the S-STEM scholarship recipients will participate in a biology-based learning community. Students will benefit from shared courses that help build skills and establish commitment to STEM fields; special events that they help plan; access to scientists who serve as advisors, models, teachers, and mentors; and opportunities to socialize and celebrate their academic and career-focused accomplishments. The success of the learning community and its components will be presented at STEM, social science, and/or educational conferences and will be shared broadly to provide wider application of successful initiatives to STEM education.The goals of the Canisius Science Scholars program are: 1) to recruit and retain additional students in the biological sciences, especially seeking to provide aid to those that transfer from other institutions, 2) build an active learning community across these students' course of studies, 3) increase the focus on assisting transfer students to adapt to the increased expectations of a 4-year biological sciences program, and 4) provide all these students with the necessary skills to enter the work-force directly or to prepare for graduate school. This program will increase student support systems and educational opportunities through enhanced academic support, career counseling, a transfer initiative including academic support and mentoring, seminar courses that provide professional skills and scientific training, and conference travel. Students will learn to be scientists through a variety of activities that encourage them to think critically about science, including involvement in research with faculty and critiquing scientific publications and presentations. As part of the program. Successful/impactful program components will be permanently incorporated into the curriculum, making them available to all future students. The presentation of the resulting scholarship on campus, at discipline-specific conferences, and in appropriate science education journals will allow others to incorporate successful individual program components into their own programs