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)是一项旨在提高UCSC地球和行星科学系中代表性不足的学生的留存率和成就率的计划，这是美国地球科学面临的持续挑战。该计划提供持续的指导、网络、关于职业道路和机会以及职业发展的可靠和最新信息。这一计划将提高进入该专业的学生的留存率，确保EPS部门更多样化的学生群体获得积极和富有成效的体验，并帮助学生从本科生过渡到研究生及以后的学习。最终，这项计划将减少地球和行星科学系代表不足的本科生在毕业率、课程成功率和整体GPA方面的差距，并增加我们主要是西班牙裔代表不足的学生进入研究生院和/或地球科学工作队伍的准备和转移。第二部分的Geodes目标是减少UM结果在通过课程、总体GPA、研究生院录取方面的差异，并改善UM和非UM专业的就业安置。为了实现这一目标，我们将重点关注密歇根大学的学术支持和在地球科学界建立归属感。具体地说，Geodes将专注于三项活动：(1)以UCSC成功的卓越学业(ACE)计划为蓝本，创建一个以UM学生为目标的、名为GEOACE的基于队列的支持计划，该计划显著提高了UM在STEM入门课程中的保留率和GPA。GEOACE的学生将获得额外的学术支持(技能研讨会、基于EPS课程的问题解决课程和职业发展建议)。(2)为密歇根大学的学生提供带薪暑期实习，让他们接触到地球科学的工作选择，并培养技能和人脉，帮助他们找到工作或帮助他们进入研究生院。(3)通过GeoSlugs Lounge计划培养地球科学学生社区和近距离同行支持系统。休息室向所有EPS本科生开放，将是一个欢迎学生聚会、发展友谊和从研究生那里获得辅导和指导(指导、解决与课程相关的问题以及一般建议和支持)的空间。GEOACE讲师和休息室讲师/导师将通过ACE接受教育学培训。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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.