UMEB: Preparing Students for Careers in Environmental Biology--A Massachusetts Partnership

马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校环境生物学本科生指导计划的目标是招募和培养UMEB学者，使其成为广义环境生物学领域的专业人员。该计划包括：(1)关注代表性不足的群体的招聘计划；(2)与教师导师进行长期独立研究经验的机会；(3)成功成为环境生物学家所需技能的研讨会；(4)与来自不同领域的专业环境生物学家的广泛互动；(5)同行指导；(6)来自马萨诸塞州大学社区的指导培训和后勤支持；以及(7)传播计划结果的计划。众所周知，长期指导是有效的，因此UMEB奖学金获得者将在他们的教育早期被招募，并将参与该计划多年。UMEB学者将从两个池中招募：一组将来自马萨诸塞州的三所社区学院，另一组将是马萨诸塞州大学一年级和二年级的学生。社区学院的学生将转到一所五年制学院完成他们的四年制学位。UMEB奖学金将参加一个住宿暑期项目。每个学生都将有一个实验室“家”，并将与来自五所学院联盟(马萨诸塞州大学、汉普郡大学、史密斯大学、芒特霍利奥克大学和阿默斯特大学)的教师导师一起进行独立研究。学生们将与环境生物学家见面，以熟悉一系列的职业机会。研讨会和实地考察将帮助学生为研究生院或就业市场做准备。一位同伴导师将与学生住在一起，提供额外的支持。每年，暑期项目将在一个顶峰日结束，届时学生将在海报会议上展示他们的研究，他们的家人将被邀请参加。在学年期间，阿默斯特地区的学生将继续进行研究，并参加研讨会和每月会议。该项目的成功潜力得到了马萨诸塞州大学的支持网络的增强，该网络将提供广泛的导师培训、评估和后勤帮助。该项目将由三名教务主任管理，并由一名招聘协调员协助。该项目处于有利地位，可以实现其培养一小部分但准备充分的环境生物学家的目标。

The goal of the Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology program at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst is to recruit and prepare UMEB Scholars to be professionals in the broadly-defined area of Environmental Biology. The program includes (1) a recruitment plan with a focus on underrepresented groups, (2) opportunities for long-term independent research experiences with faculty mentors, (3) workshops in skills needed to succeed as environmental biologists, (4) extensive interactions with professional environmental biologists from a variety of fields, (5) peer mentoring, (6) mentor training and logistical support from the UMass community, and (7) a plan to disseminate the results of the program.Long-term mentoring is known to be effective, so UMEB Scholars will be recruited early in their education and will participate in the program for multiple years. UMEB Scholars will be recruited from two pools: one group will be from three Massachusetts community colleges, and others will be UMass freshmen and sophomores. Community college students will transfer to a Five-College institution to complete their four-year degree.UMEB Scholars will participate in a residential summer program. Each student will have a laboratory "home" and will conduct independent research with a faculty mentor from the Five-College Consortium (UMass, Hampshire, Smith, Mount Holyoke, and Amherst). Students will meet with environmental biologists to become familiar with a range of career opportunities. Workshops and field trips will help students prepare for graduate school or the job market. A peer mentor will live with the students to provide additional support. Each year, the summer program will end in a capstone day, when students will present their research in a poster session to which their families will be invited.During the academic year, students in the Amherst area will continue to conduct research and will attend seminars and monthly meetings.The potential for success of this program is enhanced by a supportive network at UMass that will provide extensive mentor training, assessment, and logistical help. The program will be managed by three faculty directors and aided by a recruitment coordinator. This program is well positioned to meet its goals of training a small but well-prepared group of environmental biologists.