GP-IMPACT: GEODES - GEOsciences Diversity, Excellence, and Support Program

第1部分地球科学多样性，卓越和支持（GEODES）是一个旨在提高UCSC地球和行星科学系中代表性不足的学生的保留和成功的计划，这是美国地球科学的一个持续挑战。该计划提供持续的指导，网络，有关职业道路和机会的可靠和最新信息，以及专业发展。该计划将提高进入专业的学生的保留率，确保EPS部门更多样化的学生群体的积极和富有成效的体验，并帮助学生从本科过渡到研究生学习及以后。最终，该计划将减少地球和行星科学系代表性不足的本科生之间的毕业率，课程成功率和整体GPA的差距，并增加我们主要是西班牙裔代表性不足的学生的准备和转移到研究生院和/或地球科学劳动力。第2部分GEODES的目标是减少UM结果在通过课程，整体GPA，研究生院录取，以及改善澳大及非澳大专业学生的就业安排。为了实现这一目标，我们将专注于UM学术支持，并在地球科学界建立归属感。具体来说，GEODES将专注于三项活动：（1）创建一个基于队列的支持计划，针对UM学生称为GEOACE，模仿UCSC成功的学术卓越（ACE）计划，该计划显着提高了UM的保留率和GPA。GEOACE的学生将获得额外的学术支持（技能研讨会，EPS课程为基础的问题解决会议和专业发展咨询）。(2)为UM学生提供带薪暑期实习，让他们接触地球科学工作选项，并发展技能和联系，以帮助他们找到工作或帮助他们进入研究生院。(3)通过GeoSlugs Lounge Program培养一个地球科学学生社区和近同行支持系统。向所有EPS本科生开放，休息室将是一个温馨的空间，可以聚集，发展友谊，并从研究生那里获得辅导和指导（指导，与课程相关的问题解决以及一般建议和支持）。GEOACE讲师和休息室导师/导师将通过ACE接受教学法培训。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Part 1GEOsciences Diversity, Excellence, and Support (GEODES) is a program designed to increase retention and success of under-represented students in the Earth and Planetary Science Department at UCSC, an ongoing challenge for the Earth sciences in the USA. The program provides sustained mentoring, networking, reliable and current information about career paths and opportunities, as well as and professional development. This program will improve retention of students entering the major, ensure a positive and productive experience of a more diverse group of students in the EPS department and help students make the transitions from undergraduate to graduate study and beyond. Ultimately, this program will reduce disparities in graduation rate, course success, and overall GPA among Earth and Planetary Science Department under-represented undergraduates and increase the preparation and transfer of our primarily Hispanic under-represented students to graduate school and/or the geoscience workforce.Part 2 GEODES goals are to reduce disparities in UM outcomes in passing courses, overall GPA, graduate school admission, and to improve job placement for UM and non-UM majors. To accomplish this goal, we will focus on UM academic support and building a sense of belonging within the Earth science community. Specifically, GEODES will focus on three activities: (1) Create a cohort-based support program, targeted to UM students called GEOACE, modeled on UCSC's successful Academic Excellence (ACE) program which has significantly increased UM retention and GPA in introductory STEM courses. Students in GEOACE will receive extra academic support (skills workshops, EPS course-based problem-solving sessions and professional development advising). (2) Offer a paid summer internship to UM students to expose them to geoscience work options and develop skills and connections to help them get jobs or aid in admission to graduate school. (3) Foster a geoscience student community and near-peer support system via a GeoSlugs Lounge Program. Open to all EPS undergraduate students, the Lounge will be a welcoming space to gather, develop friendships and get tutoring and mentoring from graduate students (guided, course-related problem solving as well as general advice and support). GEOACE instructors and Lounge tutor/mentors will receive pedagogy training through ACE.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.