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

描述(由申请者提供)：佛罗里达农工大学(FAMU)生物医学学士学位课程的目标是培养一个能增加少数族裔(URM)、非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人和美洲原住民；TCC学生获得生物医学学士学位的项目。FAMU在战略上将自己定位为历史上为数不多的黑人学院和大学之一，不仅作为传统的支线课程，而且已经成为相对较新的参与者，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、环境化学和生物医学工程、环境化学和健康以及制药科学)毕业方面，成为一个相对较新的领先者。TCC正在迅速接近少数族裔占多数的高等学府的地位。它有13,908名学生，文化多元化，47%的少数民族(361%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名成员中，TCC的非裔美国学生比例最高，在授予非裔美国人的副学士学位数量方面，在全国两年制院校中排名第六。FAMU-TCC桥梁项目的总体目标是为参加TCC的少数族裔学生提供必要的知识和适当的技能，以获得文科副学士学位(A.A.)并成功地与其他人竞争，获得佛罗里达农工大学生物医学科学的入门级学位。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名科学人员 从TCC的专业到FAMU的各种生物医学科学学科和研究经验。通过拟议的计划，FAMU将在TCC校园内举办由FAMU生物医学科学和研究人员举办的整个学年的研讨会、工作坊和讲座；2)建立FAMU-TCC生物医学论坛，在春季学期，将邀请150名未被充分代表的少数族裔(URM)中的40名TCC学生参加为期一天的情况介绍，以参观FAMU及其生物医学项目，并获得关于10周暑期研究实习计划的信息；3)在FAMU为10名桥梁学生提供为期10周的暑期实习，2-5年共30人。学生将与研究导师配对，并进行有意义的研究项目，该项目将伴随着几项研究丰富活动，包括关于研究和生物伦理学、实验室安全培训、计算机和数据分析、电源点海报准备和演示技能的讲座和实践经验，过渡到您的学士学位计划(从学术建议到确定支付学费的财政资源)和生物医学研讨会；4)在学年为7桥学生提供学术研究实习计划，他们希望在自然科学或生物医学科学方面进一步开展研究培训；5)预计布里奇斯学院70%的学生将从TCC转到FAMU，70%的学生将成功获得生物医学科学学士学位。通过建立学术支持计划，包括辅导、指导和建议活动，Bridges的学生将提高他们在FAMU入学期间的毕业生保留率；以及6)为TCC理科教师提供一个进行生物医学研究以促进专业发展和获得更多知识以改进教学的研究机会。

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.