Mount Mary University Jewel Scholars Program to Support Academic and Professional STEM Advancement for Low-Income, Academically-Talented Female Undergraduates

玛丽山大学珠宝学者计划支持低收入、学术才华横溢的女本科生学术和专业 STEM 进步

• 批准号: 1644003
• 负责人: Colleen Conway
• 金额: $ 64.98万
• 依托单位: Mount Mary University, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-04-01 至 2023-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1644003&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mount; Mary; University; Jewel; Scholars

Mount Mary University will initiate the Jewel Scholars Program (JSP) to support two overarching goals: (1) expand access to STEM careers for women and underrepresented students who have demonstrated financial need and academic talent, and (2) prepare skilled scientists whose unique, diverse perspectives contribute to the overall integrity of scientific advancement and innovation locally and nationally. Mount Mary University was founded by the School Sisters of Notre Dame to "educate women to transform the world," and enrolls a high percentage of low-income and minority students. Named after noted African American female cell biologist Jewel Plummer Cobb, JSP will provide academically talented, low-income female undergraduate students with the financial, academic, and practical support to succeed in biology, chemistry and food science chemistry majors, and ultimately in STEM careers. JSP will develop visual/spatial and research skills, a sense of belonging within academic and career settings, identification as a scientist, and professional skills through a scholars orientation, yearly 3-D molecular modeling research seminar, faculty mentoring, peer tutoring, and other comprehensive supports. JSP will prepare scholars to enter and meaningfully contribute to the STEM workforce. Mount Mary University will share best practices for engaging and supporting promising female scientists with academic and industry partners. The Mount Mary University Jewel Scholars Program will address Wisconsin employers' needs for a skilled, diverse STEM workforce by improving graduation and STEM career placement rates and expand evidence-based research through a study on whether experiential co-curricular 3-D molecular modeling research seminars increase visual/spatial, cognitive and hypothesis-creation abilities in STEM. JSP will support scholars' persistence, graduation, and workforce placement through: (1) comprehensive supports and cohort-building, (2) scientific knowledge, identity and skills development activities, and (3) supporting professional skills and workforce connections. Activities will include an annual scholars' orientation/retreat, faculty mentoring, peer tutoring in STEM foundation courses identified as attrition points, and a yearly inquiry-based 3D molecular modeling research seminar. JSP will connect scholars with local STEM employers in Water, Food and Beverage, and Energy sectors through the Milwaukee Regional Economic Development Partnership's (M7) Talent Initiative. Mount Mary University will expand the evidence base about undergraduate STEM learning by institutionalizing STEM-specific retention approaches that develop scholars' visual-spatial and problem-solving skills, and identities as scientists.

玛丽山大学将启动宝石学者计划（JSP），以支持两个首要目标：（1）扩大获得STEM职业的妇女和代表性不足的学生谁表现出经济需要和学术人才，和（2）准备熟练的科学家，其独特的，多样化的观点有助于科学进步和创新的整体完整性本地和国家。玛丽山大学由圣母院姐妹篇学校创立，旨在“教育妇女改变世界”，招收低收入和少数民族学生的比例很高。以著名的非洲裔美国女性细胞生物学家Jewel Plummer Cobb命名，JSP将为学术上有才华的低收入女本科生提供财务，学术和实践支持，以在生物，化学和食品科学化学专业取得成功，并最终在STEM职业生涯中取得成功。JSP将开发视觉/空间和研究技能，在学术和职业环境中的归属感，作为科学家的身份，以及通过学者定向，年度3-D分子建模研究研讨会，教师指导，同行辅导和其他全面支持的专业技能。JSP将准备学者进入并有意义地促进干劳动力。玛丽山大学将与学术和行业合作伙伴分享吸引和支持有前途的女科学家的最佳做法。该玛丽山大学珠宝学者计划将解决威斯康星州雇主需要一个熟练的，多样化的干劳动力通过提高毕业率和干职业安置率，并扩大通过对是否经验的共同课程的循证研究-三维分子建模研究研讨会增加视觉/空间，认知和假设创造能力干。JSP将通过以下方式支持学者的坚持，毕业和劳动力安置：（1）全面的支持和队伍建设，（2）科学知识，身份和技能发展活动，以及（3）支持专业技能和劳动力连接。活动将包括年度学者的方向/务虚会，教师辅导，同行辅导在确定为摩擦点的STEM基础课程，以及每年的调查为基础的3D分子建模研究研讨会。JSP将通过密尔沃基区域经济发展伙伴关系（M7）人才计划将学者与当地水，食品和饮料以及能源部门的STEM雇主联系起来。Mount玛丽大学将通过将STEM特定的保留方法制度化来扩大本科STEM学习的证据基础，这些方法可以培养学者的视觉空间和解决问题的能力，以及科学家的身份。