The Bridges to the Baccalaureate program at Florida A&M University

描述（由申请人提供）：通往佛罗里达农工大学（FAMU）生物医学科学学士学位课程的桥梁的目标是培养一个增加未被充分代表的少数民族（URM）数量的项目；非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人和印第安人；学生获得生物医学科学学士学位。FAMU已经战略性地将自己定位为少数几所历史上的黑人学院和大学之一，不仅作为传统的培养项目，而且已经成为一个相对较新的领导者，在生物医学科学（农业科学和葡萄栽培，生物和化学，环境，化学和生物医学工程，环境化学和健康，以及制药科学）方面，作为一个被忽视的少数民族的学士学位毕业生。TCC正在迅速接近少数民族占多数的高等学府的地位。它有13908名学生，文化多元化，47%的少数民族（36.1%的黑人和8.2%的西班牙裔）和51.5%的白人。在佛罗里达学院系统的28个成员中，TCC的非裔美国学生比例最高，在授予非裔美国人副学士学位的数量上，TCC在全国两年制院校中排名第六。FAMU-TCC桥梁计划的总体目标是建立一种方法，为参加TCC的少数民族学生提供获得艺术副学士学位所需的知识和适当技能，并成功地与他人竞争获得佛罗里达农工大学生物医学科学的入门学位。这一目标将通过以下方式实现：1)建立创新的招聘战略以吸引150名科学家

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program in the Biomedical Sciences at Florida A&M University (FAMU) is to cultivate a program that increases the numbers of underrepresented minority (URM); African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans; students from TCC to obtain a baccalaureate degree in the biomedical sciences. FAMU has strategically positioned itself as one of the few Historically Black Colleges and Universities to not only serve as a traditional feeder program but has become a relatively newcomer as a leader in graduating underrepresented minorities with baccalaureate degrees in the biomedical sciences (agriculture sciences and viticulture, biology and chemistry, environmental, chemical and biomedical engineering, environmental chemistry and health, and pharmaceutical sciences). TCC is fast approaching the status as a minority-majority institution of higher learning. It has an enrollment of 13,908 students and is culturally diversified with 47% minorities (36.1% black and 8.2% Hispanic) and 51.5% white. TCC has the highest percentage of African American students among the 28 members of the Florida College System and is ranked 6th nationally among 2-year institutions in number of associate degrees awarded to African Americans. The overall objective of FAMU-TCC Bridges Program is to establish a means for providing minority students, attending TCC, with the knowledge and appropriate skills necessary to attain an Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree and to successfully compete with others to obtain an entry-level degree in the biomedical sciences at Florida A&M University. This objective will be met by: 1) Establishing an innovative recruitment strategy to attract 150 science majors at TCC to the various biomedical science disciplines and research experiences at FAMU. Through the proposed program, seminars, workshops, and lectures will take place on TCC campus throughout the academic year presented by FAMU biomedical science and research faculty; 2) Establishing a FAMU-TCC Biomedical Sciences Forum where 40 TCC students from the pool of 150 underrepresented minorities(URM) will be invited for a one-day orientation during the spring semester to tour FAMU and its biomedical science programs as well as to gain information on the 10-weeks summer research internship program; 3) Providing a 10-week summer research internship at FAMU for 10 Bridges students during the first year and a total of 30 for years 2-5. Students will be matched with research mentors and conduct a meaningful research project that will be complimented with several research enrichment activities to include lectures and practical experiences on research and bioethics, laboratory safety training, computer and data analysis, power point poster preparation and presentation skills, transition into your baccalaureate program (from academic advisement to identifying financial resources to pay for school) and biomedical science seminars; 4) Providing an academic research internships program during the academic year for 7 Bridges students, who wish to further their research training interests in the natural or biomedical sciences; 5) It is expected that 70% of the Bridges students will transfer from TCC to FAMU and that 70% will be successful in obtaining a baccalaureate degree in the biomedical sciences. By establishing academic support initiatives, including tutorial, mentoring, and advising activities Bridges students will enhance their retention rate to graduate while matriculating at FAMU; and 6) Providing a research opportunity for a TCC science faculty to conduct biomedical research for professional development and to gain additional knowledge for instructional improvement.