Minorities Institute for Regional Access to Careers Leading to Engineering and Science

这个原型项目在运作的第一年包括， 为加强学前少数民族教育开展的若干活动 水平 它是由诺福克州立大学合作开发的， 汉普顿大学、旧自治领大学和合作社 汉普顿少数民族道路工程组织（CHROME），a 非营利高等教育规划、协调和倡导组织 教育机构，政府机构，公立学校系统， 商业和工业以及公民和专业协会。 期间 第一年，一系列基于科学和数学的活动 经验，并旨在培养，鼓励和激励少数 学生正在实施。其中包括星期六学院 科学，在诺福克州立大学，汉普顿大学和旧 自治领大学，为七年级和八年级的学生进行 在秋季连续六个星期六， 春天 每个学院共有40名学生参加， 报名人数240人特别呼吁家长参加 在每个学院的方向会议。 数学、物理 科学和生命科学，并设计活动 以参与方式。 学院活动的高潮将是 在诺福克州立大学举办的区域性科学博览会。 一 为学前教师设计的三个系列座谈会， 补充星期六学院，正在举行-一个在每个校园 40 - 60名学前教师。 座谈会是连续性的 主题：提高教育工作者对科学恐惧症的认识; 创新概念促进对科学的兴趣及未来 对科学的影响。第二年及以后的计划将 扩大活动范围，将本科生也包括在内。

This prototype project includes, in the first year of operation, several activities to strengthen minority education at the precollege level. It was cooperatively developed by Norfolk State University, Hampton University, Old Dominion University, and the Cooperative Hampton Roads Organizations for Minorities in Engineering (CHROME), a non-profit planning, coordinating, and advocacy organization of higher education institutions, government agencies, public school systems, business and industry, and civic and professional associations. During the first year, a set of activities, based on science and mathematics experiences, and designed to nurture, encourage and motivate minority students are being implemented. These include Saturday Academies of Science, held at Norfolk State University, Hampton University, and Old Dominion University, for seventh and eighth grade students conducted on six successive Saturdays in the fall and repeated again in the spring. Forty students are involved in each Academy, for a total enrollment of 240. Parents are especially urged to attend the orientation session at each Academy. Topics in mathematics, physical sciences and the life sciences are covered and activities are designed in a participatory mode. The culmination of Academy activities will be a region-wide science fair to be held at Norfolk State University. A series of three colloquia designed for precollege teachers, to complement the Saturday Academies, are being held- one on each campus for 40-60 precollege teachers. The colloquia are sequential in nature with themes of: Sensitizing Educators to Phobias in Science; Innovative Concepts to Promote Interest in Science; and, Future Implications for Science. Plans for the second year and beyond will expand the activities to include the undergraduate level.