COMANCHE NATION COLLEGE OUTREACH

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来源获得主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。列出的机构是 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 科曼奇民族学院（CNC）提供副学士学位课程和教学，是俄克拉荷马州第一所部落控制的社区学院。 CNC很高兴被列入两年制学院的INBRE网络，并通过外联核心活动提供机会。 外展核心的总体使命是提高生物医学和相关科学研究生课程学生的数量和质量，包括代表性不足的少数民族。 科曼奇民族学院已使用INBRE资金来开发科学课程，并聘请了一名教师，为我们的学生谁是主要是美洲原住民的利益。 CNC使用INBRE资金开发普通生物学课程- BIOL 1004，这是一门四（4）小时的本科学分课程，向学生介绍生物学的基础知识。 课程由我们的主办机构卡梅隆大学审查和批准，以满足NCA认证标准。 一位合格的教师，科曼奇部落成员John Poolaw先生，被聘请来教授普通生物学课程。 该课程被列入CNC的2007年秋季学期课程，并代表了我们机构提供的第二个科学类。 最初的入学人数为23名学生，其中6名是科曼奇部落的成员。 2008年春季学期再次开设该课程，共招收15名学生，其中 3个是美洲原住民后裔。 CNC使用了几种评估工具来监测2007年秋季和2008年春季学期提供的科学课程的教学质量。 这些包括学生评价和同行评价的成员进行的科学系的卡梅隆大学。 评估结果已被用来完善普通生物学课程，并提供替代教学方法，策略和工具的讲师。 CNC 2007年秋季学期科学课程的招生计划将要求提供多种普通生物学课程和开发额外的科学课程。

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. Comanche Nation College, (CNC), offers curriculum and instruction at an Associates Degree level and is the first tribally controlled community college in Oklahoma. CNC is pleased to be included in the INBRE network of two-year colleges and the opportunities provided through the Outreach Core activities. The overall mission of the Outreach Core is to increase the number and quality of graduate program students in biomedical and related sciences including underrepresented minorities. Comanche Nation College has used INBRE funding to develop Science coursework and to hire an Instructor for the benefit of our students whom are mostly Native American. CNC has used INBRE funding to develop curriculum for General Biology- BIOL 1004 a four (4) hour under-graduate credit course to introduce students to the fundamentals of Biology. The curriculum was reviewed and approved by our host institution Cameron University to meet NCA accreditation standards. A qualified instructor, Mr. John Poolaw, a Comanche Tribal member, was then hired to teach the General Biology coursework. The course was included in the Fall-2007 Semester of coursework at CNC and represented the 2nd Science class ever offered at our institution. Initial enrollment totaled 23 students, 6 of whom were members of the Comanche Tribe. The coursework was offered again in the Spring-2008 Semester and enrollment totaled 15 students, of which 3 were of Native American descent. CNC has used several evaluation tools to monitor the quality of instruction in the Science coursework offered during the Fall-2007 and Spring-2008 semesters. These include student evaluations and peer evaluations conducted by members of the Science Department of Cameron University. Results of the evaluations have been used to refine the General Biology curriculum and to provide the Instructor with alternative teaching methods, strategies, and tools. Enrollment projections for the Fall-2007 semester for Science coursework at CNC will mandate multiple offerings of General Biology and the development of additional Science coursework.