Training Problem Solvers - A Research Centered Learning Community

北卡罗来纳州立大学统计系的Vigre项目是一项针对统计学家的综合教育项目，通过招募本科生、研究生、博士后研究员、初级和高级教师参与跨学科研究团队，使研究和解决问题的活动成为学习过程的核心。该计划利用了该部门现有的跨学科研究小组在生物医学统计、工业和技术统计、环境统计以及统计遗传学和生物信息学方面的优势。在项目的早期，受训者作为垂直整合团队的成员加入四个小组中的一个。作为团队成员，学员接受并提供指导，参与跨学科研究项目，参与团队事务，并培养归属感。本科生的一个目标是在教育早期接触并激发他们对研究文化和相关实际问题的了解。对于毕业生实习生，目标是通过提供基础广泛的教育、教学经验、工业培训和跨学科研究经验，使他们做好准备，以适应不断变化的就业市场的需求，并缩短他们获得学位的时间。博士后实习生的目标是帮助他们建立独立的研究计划，并获得在学术岗位上取得成功所需的技能。所有实习生都参加Vigre内容研讨会，旨在将研究小组联系在一起，并在不同小组成员之间提供交流。内容讲习班汇集了来自不同学科领域的研究人员，并积极让不同培训水平的参与者参加。研讨会力求吸引人，支持研究和教育，并支持发展批判性思维和解决问题的技能。学员还参加Vigre技能研讨会，重点关注职业和职业发展、口头和书面交流、良好的指导实践、职业道德和创业精神等领域。学员通过参加NCSU准备教授课程获得指导教学经验。学员有机会在校内或校外合作伙伴组织实习。在这一职位上，学员获得与其他领域的专业人员密切合作的实际经验，以提高他们的咨询、合作和沟通技能，并了解统计员在工业或政府环境中的作用。他们可以在现场工作环境中服务于具有重大财务、实际或社会意义的问题。受训者亲身体验私营部门和政府的现实情况。博士后研究员被招募为特定跨学科研究小组的参与者，为期三年。除了他们的其他活动外，他们还接受撰写补助金的培训，并在第三年提交一份补助金。这一奖项的资金由数学科学部和MPS董事会的多学科活动办公室提供。

GerigThe VIGRE program of the Department of Statistics at North Carolina State University is a comprehensive educational program for statisticians that, by enlisting the participation of undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, junior and senior faculty in interdisciplinary research teams, makes research and problem-solving activities central to the learning process. The program takes advantage of the department's existing interdisciplinary research groups in biomedical statistics, industrial and technology statistics, environmental statistics, and statistical genetics and bioinformatics. Early in their programs, trainees affiliate with one of the four groups as members of a vertically integrated team. As team members, trainees receive and provide mentorship, take part in interdisciplinary research projects, participate in team affairs, and develop a sense of belonging.A goal for the undergraduate trainees is early in their education to expose them to and excite them about the research culture and relevant practical problems. For graduate trainees, the goals are to prepare them to be adaptable to the demands of a changing job market by providing a broad-based education, teaching experience, industrial training, and interdisciplinary research experience, and to shorten their time to degree. The goal for postdoctoral trainees is to assist them in establishing an independent research program and acquiring the skills necessary to succeed in an academic position.All trainees participate in the VIGRE Contents Workshop designed to tie the research groups back together and provide communication between members of different groups. The Contents Workshop brings together researchers from different disciplinary areas and actively involves participants with diverse levels of training. Workshops strive to be engaging, supportive of both research and education, and to support the development of critical thinking and problem solving skills. Trainees also attend the VIGRE Skills Workshop that focuses on such areas as professional and career development, oral and written communication, good mentoring practices, professional ethics, and entrepreneurship. Trainees receive a mentored teaching experience through their participation in the NCSU Preparing the Professoriate program.Trainees have the opportunity to serve as interns with an on or off campus partner organization. In this capacity, trainees gain practical experience working closely with professionals from other fields to enhance their consulting, collaboration and communication skills, and to acquire understanding of the role of the statistician in the industrial or government setting. They may serve in live work environments on problems of substantial financial, practical or social significance. Trainees experience first hand the realities of the private sector and government.Postdoctoral fellows are recruited for three years as participants in specific interdisciplinary research groups. In addition to their other activities, they receive training in grant writing and submit a grant during their third year.Funding for this award is provided by the Division of Mathematical Sciences and the MPS Directorate's Office of Multidisciplinary Activities.