GP-UP: RUI: ENHANCING UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY PARTICIPATION IN STEM AND THE APPLIED GEOSCIENCES THROUGH INTEGRATED EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVITIES

GP-UP：RUI：通过综合体验活动加强代表性不足的少数群体对 STEM 和应用地球科学的参与

• 批准号: 2120033
• 负责人: Sarah Vitale
• 金额: $ 31.5万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2120033&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GP; UP; RUI; ENHANCING; UNDERREPRESENTED

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).Society is facing significant environmental challenges, including climate change, water scarcity and contamination, resource depletion, major changes in global energy production, and the long-term ecological impact of population growth. Mitigation of these issues requires a diverse, globally-integrated professional workforce with a strong background in applied geosciences. To meet the need for more geoscientists, the field must broaden its search for future geoscientists by purposefully recruiting individuals from historically excluded groups. The primary objective of this program is to recruit, train and foster career success among individuals from these groups in western Wisconsin and Minnesota. This program establishes a progressive, multi-phase intentional educational pathway designed to maximize student engagement and retention in the geosciences through high-impact practices, hands-on learning, and dedicated mentorship. The bridge program is a week-long Summer Institute in Applied Geoscience based at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire that will use inquiry-based activities in the natural setting of the Upper Midwest to introduce prospective undergraduate students to the relevance of the earth sciences and potential geoscience careers. This program has the potential for long-term, significant enhancement in the diversity of the Department of Geology and the University through the establishment of pipelines between UW-Eau Claire and regional high schools serving students from historically excluded populations. The proposed pathway entails 1) recruitment of high school juniors into a summer bridge program; 2) matriculation to UW- Eau Claire; 3) participation in a Foundational Research Experience immediately prior to their 1st year of college; 4) a college experience characterized by intentional peer and faculty mentoring and high-impact practices, and 5) career development. The project will directly involve at least five Department faculty and staff, including an Early Career female geoscientist, eighteen (18) undergraduate students, and a number of UW-Eau Claire co-curricular staff over a three-year period. This team will work with ~54 high school students and ~9 high school science teachers from western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota during the project. Importantly, the strong equity, diversity, and inclusivity framework at UW-Eau Claire will be leveraged to continue this outreach program beyond the life of the grant.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.

该奖项的全部或部分资金来源于《2021 年美国救援计划法案》（公法 117-2）。社会正面临着重大的环境挑战，包括气候变化、水资源短缺和污染、资源枯竭、全球能源生产的重大变化以及人口增长对生态的长期影响。 缓解这些问题需要一支多元化的、全球一体化的、具有深厚应用地球科学背景的专业队伍。为了满足对更多地球科学家的需求，该领域必须有目的地从历史上被排除的群体中招募个人，从而扩大对未来地球科学家的搜索范围。该计划的主要目标是招募、培训来自威斯康星州西部和明尼苏达州这些群体的个人，并促进其职业成功。该项目建立了一个渐进的、多阶段的有意教育途径，旨在通过高影响力的实践、实践学习和专门的指导，最大限度地提高学生对地球科学的参与和保留。该桥梁项目是威斯康星大学欧克莱尔分校为期一周的应用地球科学暑期学院，将在中西部北部的自然环境中利用基于探究的活动向未来的本科生介绍地球科学和潜在地球科学职业的相关性。该计划有可能通过在威斯康星大学欧克莱尔分校和地区高中之间建立管道来长期显着增强地质系和大学的多样性，为历史上被排斥的人群的学生提供服务。拟议的途径包括 1) 招募高中生参加夏季桥梁项目； 2) 入读威斯康星大学欧克莱尔分校； 3) 在大学一年级之前参加基础研究经历； 4) 以有意的同伴和教师指导以及高影响力实践为特征的大学经历，以及 5) 职业发展。该项目将在三年内直接涉及至少五名院系教职员工，包括一名早期职业女性地球科学家、十八 (18) 名本科生以及威斯康星大学欧克莱尔分校的一些课外工作人员。该团队将在项目期间与来自威斯康星州西部和明尼苏达州东部的约 54 名高中生和约 9 名高中科学教师合作。重要的是，威斯康辛大学欧克莱尔分校强大的公平性、多样性和包容性框架将被利用，以在资助期限结束后继续开展这一外展计划。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

THE USE OF INTEGRATED EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVITIES TO ENHANCE MINORITY PARTICIPATION IN THE APPLIED GEOSCIENCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE

威斯康星大学欧克莱尔分校利用综合体验活动增强少数族裔对应用地球科学的参与

• DOI: 10.1130/abs/2022am-381291
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
• 作者: Mahoney, James;Vitale, Sarah;Clark, Scott K.;Snyder, Lori D.;Syverson, Kent M.
• 通讯作者: Syverson, Kent M.