OUTREACH: RURAL ALASKA HONORS INSTITUTE--INBRE

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中的一个 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。列出的机构是 中心，不一定是研究者的机构。 2007-8年度报告 项目摘要：阿拉斯加农村荣誉研究所（RAHI）（www.uaf.edu/rahi）是应阿拉斯加土著联合会（AFN）和其他人的要求于1982年组织的，目的是为阿拉斯加农村土著高中学生在大学取得成功做好准备。这个夏季住宅衔接计划高中毕业生和新生帮助学生从农村阿拉斯加使高中和大学之间的学术和社会过渡。RAHI的录取是有竞争力的;全额奖学金涵盖所有夏季课程费用，包括旅行，食宿，用品和学费，最多9个大学学分。严格的学术活动与社会，文化和娱乐活动相结合，为大学做好早期准备。学生被视为荣誉学生，并有目的地超越他们的舒适水平在学术和社会准备从家里或村庄到文化西方城市校园的一步。RAHI学生被视为荣誉学生，并预计将达到该计划设定的所有严格的学术和社会标准。 该计划非常注意鼓励学生保持自己独特的文化价值观，同时也适应大学生活的学术和社会环境。 职业和生活方式的选择进行检查，鼓励榜样和积极的同伴压力，学术技能，学习习惯和时间管理策略被锐化或开发，并与其他学生和工作人员建立终身支持网络的粘合。 RAHI成为一个家庭，学生之间，学生和工作人员之间的密切，支持的关系。 同学们互相依赖，是大学生存的关键。 INBRE选择为这个著名的、成功的、受人尊敬的桥梁项目添砖加瓦，而不是通过开发类似的项目来与之竞争。从2003年开始，每年夏天，INBRE都为七名学生（都是阿拉斯加土著新生）提供全额夏季奖学金。2003年夏天，INBRE赞助了一门新课程的开发，化学195，现代世界的生物化学和分子生物学，一个四学分的实验室课程。2003年开发这门课程的两名阿拉斯加原住民女性UAF化学毕业生已经离开，其中一人攻读博士学位。在斯坦福大学的药理学和一至全日制高中科学教学，但课程仍在继续。2004年，该班的12名学生分别由本系的一名博士后和一名格拉德生授课。化学和生物化学。新的元素不断被添加到类中。例如，在2005年，几个实验室将在北极地区超级计算中心的发现实验室在拉斯穆森图书馆（虚拟现实沉浸式环境Mechdyne MD Flex系统）。该房间配备了显示立体图像，让学生几乎沉浸在生物化学中。从2007年夏天开始，课程进行了修改，以更好地为学生在理科专业所需的基础化学课程中取得成功做好准备一些“看门人”课程。 1983年至2007年期间，有1140多名学生参加了该方案。大约65%的RAHI校友进入了四年制大学学术课程。42人获得证书，95人获得副学士学位，超过225人获得学士学位，28人获得硕士学位，7人获得专业学位（5名法学博士，一名药学博士和一名医学博士）。 大多数校友参加UAF，而其他人则选择阿拉斯加安克雷奇大学或州外的学校。有些人在读研究生，包括医学院和法学院。 在完成RAHI生物化学课程的60名学生中，49名是阿拉斯加原住民，印第安人，8名是白色，3名是菲律宾人。目前的状态信息可用于49名学生。在这49人中，有5人仍在上高中，31人目前就读于学院或大学，包括UAF、UAA、达特茅斯、蒙大拿大学和万年青州立学院。其他13人被列为“在家。“其中一位是丽贝卡·丘奇，她从2004年夏天开始获得INBRE-ANSEP奖学金，2006年夏天进行了与饮食有关的稳定同位素分析，2007年夏天担任RAHI II试点项目的助教。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. For the 2007-8 Annual report Project Summary: The Rural Alaska Honors Institute (RAHI) (www.uaf.edu/rahi) was organized in 1982 at the request of the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) and others, to prepare rural Alaska Native high school students to succeed in college. This summer residential bridging program for high school seniors and rising freshmen assists students from Rural Alaska to make the academic and social transition between high school and college. Admission to RAHI is competitive; full scholarships cover all summer program expenses including travel, room, board, supplies and tuition for up to 9 college credits. Rigorous academic activity combines with social, cultural and recreational activities for early preparation for college. Students are treated as honors students and are purposely stretched beyond their comfort levels academically and socially to prepare for the step from home or village to a culturally western urban campus. RAHI students are treated as honors students and are expected to meet all rigorous academic and social standards set by the program. The program takes great care to encourage students to maintain their own distinctive cultural values while also adapting to the academic and social environment of college life. Career and lifestyle choices are examined, role modeling and positive peer pressure are encouraged, academic skills, study habits and time management strategies are sharpened or developed, and bonding with other students and staff create life-long support networks. RAHI becomes a family with close, supportive relationships between students, and also between students and staff. Students rely upon each other, a key to survival in college. INBRE chose to add to this well-known, successful, respected bridging program, rather than to compete with it by developing a similar program. Every summer, beginning in 2003, INBRE has sponsored full summer scholarships for seven students (all Alaska Native rising freshmen). In summer 2003, INBRE sponsored development of a new course, CHEM 195, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Modern World, a four credit class with laboratory. The two Alaska Native women UAF graduates in chemistry who developed the course in 2003 have moved on, one to pursue a Ph.D. in pharmacology at Stanford and one to full time high school science teaching but the class has continued. In 2004, the 12 students in the class were taught by a post-doctoral fellow and a grad student from the Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry. New elements continue to be added to the class. For example, in 2005, several labs will be held in the Arctic Region Super computing Center's Discovery Lab in the Rasmuson Library (a Virtual Reality immersive environment Mechdyne MD Flex system). The room is equipped to display stereoscopic images to allow students to virtually immerse themselves in biochemistry. Beginning in summer 2007, the class was modified to better prepare the students to succeed in the basic chemistry courses that are required for science majorssome of the "gatekeeper" courses. Over 1140 students have attended the program between 1983 and 2007. Approximately 65% of RAHI's alumni have entered four-year college academic programs. Forty-two have earned certificates, 95 have their associate degree, and over 225 have earned a bachelor's degree, twenty-eight have earned master's degrees, and seven have graduated with professional degrees (5 J.D., one doctor of pharmacy, and one M.D.). Most alumni attend UAF, while others select the University of Alaska Anchorage or schools outside the state. Some are in graduate school including medical and law schools. Of the 60 students who have completed the RAHI biochemistry class, 49 are Alaska Native, Indian, 8 are white, and 3 are Philipino. Current status information is available for 49 students. Of the 49, 5 are still in high school, 31 are currently enrolled in college or universities including UAF, UAA, Dartmouth, University of Montana, and Evergreen State College. The other 13 are listed as being "at home." One, Rebecca Church, from summer 2004, has been awarded INBRE-ANSEP scholarships, conducted diet-related stable isotope analyses in summer 2006, and was the TA for the RAHI II pilot program in summer 2007.