Advancing Resource & Research Opportunities in Environmental HealthSciences (ARRO-EHS)”

项目概要/摘要 Salish Kootenai College（SKC）是一所提供优质高等教育的顶级部落学院 为蒙大拿州和美国各地的美洲原住民提供教育。以前的资金允许 SKC生命科学系建立一个新生的理学学士学位课程， 细胞/分子生物学轨道和最近的环境健康科学轨道。 目前，它是唯一的计划，在一个部落学院同时提供这两个轨道 同时强调为代表性严重不足的少数民族提供基于地方的研究经验， 所有科学学科的人口。支持目前的提案“预支资源” 与环境健康科学研究机会（ARRO-EHS）”将进一步加强 SKC密集的学术和研究生态系统，使其更具竞争力 美国环境健康科学高级学位课程的学生。到 为了实现这一目标，ARRO-EHS寻求在五年内培训多达15名学生， 目标：1）使代表性不足的学生与更好的教育环境联系起来， 创新的学生资源工具，与教师和同行持续一对一的指导， 健康举措，以促进学生的参与，保留和推广机会， 更大的保留社区; 2）实现环境健康科学为重点和教师 指导利用高影响力实践的内部本科生经验，如 有竞争力的学生启发的研究项目，CURES（基于课程的本科生研究 经验）注入了新的文化/传统部落知识，以及课程 辅以环境健康科学方面的知名嘉宾讲者;及3） 通过现有的外部研究实习， 新的一级合作伙伴关系，更好地为研究生课程入学做准备，以及“土著 科学领导者”研讨会，以促进多元化的工作队伍与自信和有能力的领导者 在环境健康科学领域，具有独特的部落，环境和社区 perspective.

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Salish Kootenai College (SKC) is a top tribal college that provides quality postsecondary education for Native Americans in Montana and across the US. Previous funding has allowed the SKC Life Sciences department to build a nascent Bachelor of Science program with a Cell/Molecular Biology track and most recently an Environmental Health Sciences track. Currently, it is the only program at a tribal college simultaneously offering both of these tracks while emphasizing place-based research experiences for a vastly underrepresented minority population across all scientific disciplines. Support of the current proposal “Advancing Resource & Research Opportunities in Environmental Health Sciences (ARRO-EHS)” will further strengthen an intensive academic and research ecosystem at SKC resulting in more competitive Native American students for advanced degree programs in environmental health sciences. To accomplish this, ARRO-EHS seeks to train up to 15 students over five years with the following aims: 1) ASSOCIATE underrepresented students to an enhanced educational environment using innovative student resource tools, continuous one-on-one mentoring with faculty and peers, and wellness initiatives to promote student engagement, retention, and outreach opportunities to the larger reservation community; 2) ACHIEVE environmental health science-focused and faculty mentored internal undergraduate experiences that utilize High Impact Practices such as competitive student-inspired research projects, CUREs (Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences) infused with novel cultural/traditional tribal knowledge, and a curriculum supplemented with renowned guest speakers in environmental health sciences; and 3) ADVANCE students to graduate programs through external research internships with existing and new Tier-1 partnerships, better preparation for graduate program entry, and an “Indigenous Leaders in Science” workshop to facilitate a diverse work force with confident and capable leaders in the field of environmental health sciences with a unique tribal, environmental, and community perspective.