EPCC's RISE to the Challenge Program

描述（由申请人提供）：埃尔帕索社区学院（EPCC），西班牙裔服务机构与88%的少数民族学生入学提交此竞争继续申请MBRS上升计划。总体目标是将EPCC发展成为传统上在科学领域代表性不足的少数民族和弱势学生的生物医学专业研究职业的门户。RISE计划将继续通过积极参与我们的学生，教师和社区适当的丰富，发展和研究活动来发展相互支持的学习社区。这将最终导致EPCC学生转移到四年制院校，并追求生物医学研究生涯的数量增加。 EPCC的“迎接挑战”计划由学生、教师、社区和机构发展活动组成。所有活动的目的是增加少数民族和弱势学生获得必要的工具，在大学取得成功，并追求生物医学研究事业的数量。EPCC的RISE计划的目标和宗旨与MBRS RISE计划的使命一致，以提高少数民族机构的研究环境。该方案分为五个部分： 生物医学科学强化计划（BSEP）。RISE-BSEP计划的目标是继续为有才华的新生提供工具，使他们在新生和预科课程中取得成功并脱颖而出，并使他们接触生物医学研究。目标是：a）为10名即将入学的新生提供暑期实习机会，他们将参加发展活动，包括数学，英语，大学生存技能的小型课程，以及开发和提出小型研究项目，B）为BSEP学生提供整个学年的长期实习机会，以便他们可以参加辅导，补充教学和研究。 2.无借口研究发展计划（NRDP）。NRDP计划的目标是继续为EPCC学生提供研究实习，辅导，指导和发展活动，以提高他们在大学的成功以及他们转入四年制大学并攻读博士学位的潜力。℃下其目标是：a）通过为15名大学生和选定的大一新生提供全年的研究实习机会，使学生接触生物医学研究; B）为他们提供辅导、指导、科学提高和研究技术迷你课程。 （三）教师发展部分。我们的目标是继续发展RISE教师的研究和教学潜力，使他们成为RISE计划目标的有效倡导者。目标是：a）提供足够的释放时间和资源，使教师可以有效地参与这些活动，B）提供培训和研究接触，以提高教师的能力，成为更加独立的研究人员，c）加强EPCC教师和其他机构之间的合作，以及d）提高教师在演示文稿，出版物和赠款方面的生产力。 （四）社区发展。目标是提高我们社区的科学素养，使他们成为RISE计划的积极支持者。目标是：a）提高社区成员对生物医学研究重要性的认识并树立积极形象，以及B）积极参与社区和RISE学生和教师的“科学社区”。 （五）机构发展部分。目标是改善EPCC的研究基础设施。目标是：a）翻新一间课室，将其改造为分析化学仪器实验室;及B）提供最先进的电脑、多媒体及小型设备，以提升教学及研究能力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): El Paso Community College (EPCC), a Hispanic Serving Institution with an 88% Minority student enrollment submits this competing continuation application to the MBRS RISE Program. The overall goal is to develop EPCC into a gateway to biomedical professional research careers for minority and disadvantaged students that have been traditionally under-represented in the sciences. The RISE Program will continue developing a mutually supportive learning community by actively engaging our students, faculty and the community in appropriate enrichment, developmental and research activities. This will ultimately lead to an increase in the number of EPCC students transferring to four-year institutions and pursuing a biomedical research career. EPCC's RISE to the Challenge Program consists of Student, Faculty, Community and Institutional Development Activities. All activities are aimed at increasing the number of minority and disadvantaged students acquiring the tools necessary to succeed in college and pursue biomedical research careers. The goals and objectives of EPCC's RISE Program are consistent with the mission of the MBRS RISE Program to enhance the research environment at minority institutions. The program is divided into five components: I) The Biomedical Science Enrichment Program (BSEP). The Goals of the RISE-BSEP Program are to continue providing talented incoming freshmen with the tools to succeed and excel in their freshman and sophomore-level courses and to expose them to biomedical research. The objectives are: a) to provide a summer internship for ten incoming freshman who will participate in developmental activities including Mini-courses in Mathematics, English, College Survival Skills and developing and presenting a Mini-research project, b) to provide an extended internship for BSEP students throughout the academic year so that they can participate in tutoring, supplemental instruction and research. II) The No-Excuse Research Development Program (NRDP). The goal of the NRDP Program is to continue providing research internships, tutoring, mentoring and developmental activities for EPCC students to increase their success in college as well as their potential to transfer to a four-year university and pursue a Ph.D. degree. The objectives are a) to expose students to biomedical research by providing year-round research internships for fifteen sophomores and selected freshman, b) to provide them with tutoring, mentoring, scientific enhancement and research techniques mini-courses. III) The Faculty Development Component. The goal is to continue developing the research and teaching potential of RISE faculty so that they become effective advocates of the objectives of the RISE Program. The objectives are: a) to provide adequate release time and resources so that faculty can effectively participate in these activities, b) to provide training and research exposure to increase the ability of the faculty to become more independent researchers, c) to enhance collaborations between EPCC faculty and other institutions, and d) to increase the productivity of the faculty in terms of presentations, publications and grants. IV) The Community Development Component. The goal is to improve the science literacy of our community so that they become active supporters of the RISE Program. The objectives are: a) to increase the awareness and project a positive image of the importance of biomedical research among community members, and b) to actively engage the community and RISE students and faculty in a "Community of Science". V) The Institutional Development Component. The goal is to improve the research infrastructure of EPCC. The objectives are: a) to renovate a classroom to transform it into an analytical chemical instrumentation laboratory, and b) to provide state-of-the-art computers, multimedia, and small equipment items to enhance the teaching and research capabilities.