California State University San Marcos MARC U*STAR Program

描述（由申请人提供）：CSU圣马科斯MARC-U* 星星计划将增加在生物医学科学领域从事研究工作的代表性不足的种族和少数民族学生的人数。我们的主要可衡量目标是将90%的MARC学者（MS）送入研究生院。我们的计划和培训计划有六个目标。目标包括通过一系列MARC前活动，提高学术成绩，提高科学沟通能力，提高计算能力，参与生物医学研究和研究生院申请，创建一个大型MARC计划合格学生库。8名MS将在第1年和第2年参加该计划，9名在第3年，10名在第4年和第5年。在第一年，4个MS将是从Pre-MARC计划中选择的大三学生，或者从社区学院进入的大三学生-所有人都是使用严格的标准选择和保留的-4个将是继续的大四学生。MS将参加一系列旨在使他们有竞争力的一流研究生院录取的活动。这些活动包括参加由一系列学术支持服务支持的具有挑战性的课程，参加一系列技能发展讲习班，研究培训，研究研讨会，监督导致科学出版物的原创研究。我们的学生将培养批判性思维，解决问题，写作和口头沟通，领导力和团队合作的强大技能。最后，MS将作为一个团体参加为期10个月的一系列活动，旨在支持他们完成研究生院申请并将他们安置到研究生院。我们的评估计划为每个项目目标提供了可衡量的目标和评估标准，以评估项目的成功。计算2005年至2009年（本报告所述期间）的硕士毕业生，（12/12）已经进入研究生院（1名硕士和11名博士），就业率为100%。国家MARC计划的目标和CSUSM战略计划是完全一致的。区域少数民族人口的增长，校园对多样性的承诺，当前MARC计划的成功，支持教师，计划主任的经验，现有的MBRS SCORE，RISE和桥梁活动，以及具有现代科学仪器和强大教学资源的新科学建筑，共同使CSUSM成为成功运营MARC计划的理想地点。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The CSU San Marcos MARC-U*STAR Program will increase the pool of underrepresented racial and ethnic minority students who pursue research careers in the biomedical sciences. Our Primary Measurable Objective is to place 90% of our MARC Scholars (MS) into graduate school. Our Program and Training Plan has six goals. The goals include creation of a large pool of MARC Program eligible students through a set of Pre-MARC activities, Enhance Academic Performance, Enhance Scientific Communication Skills, Enhance Computational Skills, Participation in Biomedical Research, and Graduate School Application. Eight MS will participate in the program in years 1 and 2, 9 in year 3 and 10 in years 4 and 5. In the first year, 4 MS will be juniors selected from the Pre-MARC program, or juniors entering from community colleges - all chosen and retained using rigorous standards - and 4 will be continuing seniors. MS will participate in a set of activities designed to make them competitive for admission to first-class graduate schools. These activities include participation in a challenging curriculum supported by a range of academic support services, participation in a range of skills development workshops, research training, research seminars, supervised original research leading to scientific publications. Our students will develop strong skills in critical thinking, problem solving, writing and oral communication, leadership, and teamwork. Finally, MS will participate as a group in a 10-month set of activities designed to support completion of their graduate school application and to place them into graduate school. Our Evaluation Plan provides measurable objectives and assessment criteria for each project goal to assess project success. Counting MS graduates for 2005 to 2009 (current reporting period), (12/12) have gone on to graduate school (1 MS and 11 PhD) for a placement rate of 100%. The national MARC Program's goal and the CSUSM strategic plan are in perfect alignment. The regional minority population growth, the campus commitment to diversity, the success of the current MARC Program, the supportive faculty, the experience of the program director, the existing MBRS SCORE, RISE and Bridges activities, and new science buildings with modern scientific instruments and powerful instructional resources collectively make CSUSM an ideal location to operate a successful MARC Program.