USC-PUENTE PROJECT--BRIDGES TO BIOMEDICAL CAREERS

南科罗拉多普恩特项目的大学：桥梁生物医学职业是一个合作伙伴关系的方法来经营一个为期两年的NIGMS桥梁学士学位课程（10/00- 9/02）。 这个“管道”项目将（a）在第一年确定并招募15- 20名学生，并在第二年增加10-15名学生，（B）为来自两年制机构的教师提供研究方法方面的支持和培训，这些教师将在学年期间为夏季课程的研讨会准备桥梁学生，（c）在为期5周的夏季研讨会中，将向桥梁学生介绍用于研究和旨在加强科学方法的不同科学协议。 这些讲习班将由大学和两年制学院的教师小组提出，（d）由于夏季经验建立的合作，大学，社区学院教师和桥梁学生将调整课程内容，在参与机构之间，数学，英语和科学，（e）在第二个夏天，并在前一年的讲习班中接受广泛的培训后，桥梁学生将有机会在科罗拉多大学健康科学中心或南科罗拉多大学的研究实验室应用他们获得的研究技能。 这些活动将建立一个区域，机构间的合作方法，以确保谁选择从区域社区学院转移到大学的西班牙裔/少数民族学生的成功，导致生物医学研究事业的领域的挑战。南科罗拉多通向学士学位的桥梁项目（南加州大学普恩特项目）提议提高科罗拉多东南部少数民族学生的保留率和毕业率，并提高在该地区的社区学院和普韦布洛综合大学从事科学职业的少数民族学生的入学率和毕业率。参与两年的合作伙伴是普韦布洛社区学院（PCC），拉马尔社区学院和特立尼达州立初级学院（TSJC）;都是西班牙裔服务机构。 四年的合作伙伴是南科罗拉多大学（南加州大学;一个HACU助理）。 在第二年，南科罗拉多大学将让学生参与他们正在进行的研究活动。

The University of Southern Colorado PUENTE Project: Bridges to Biomedical Careers is a partnership approach to operating a two- year NIGMS Bridges to the Baccalaureate Degree program (10/00- 9/02). This "pipeline" project will (a) identify and recruit 15- 20 students in the first year and additional 10-15 students in the second year of funding, (b) provide support and training in research methods for faculty from 2 year institutions which will in turn, during the academic year, prepare bridge-students for the summer program's workshops, (c) in 5 week long summer workshops, bridge-students will be introduced to different scientific protocols used in research and designed to reinforce scientific methods. These workshops will be presented by teams of University and two-year college faculty, (d) as a result of collaboration established by the summer experience, University, community college faculty, and the bridge-students will align curriculum content, among the participating institutions, in math, English, and the sciences, (e) during the second summer and following the extensive training received in the previous year's workshops, the bridge-students will have the opportunity to apply their acquired research skills in research laboratories at the University of Colorado Health Science Center or at the University of Southern Colorado. These activities will establish a regional, inter-institutional collaborative approach to the challenge of ensuring the success of Hispanic/minority students who choose to transfer from regional community colleges to the University in areas that lead to biomedical research careers. The Southern Colorado Bridges to the Baccalaureate Degree project (USC Puente-Project) proposes to improve the retention and graduation rates among minority students in southeastern Colorado, and to increase matriculation and graduation rates of minority students pursuing careers in the sciences at the region's community colleges and its comprehensive university in Pueblo. Participating two-year partners are Pueblo Community College (PCC), Lamar Community College, and Trinidad State Junior College (TSJC); all are Hispanic-serving institution. The four-year partner is the University of Southern Colorado (USC; an HACU associate). In year two the University of Southern Colorado will include students in their on-going research activities.