An RSEC at the University of Minnesota

明尼苏达大学(MU)化学系由化学部和MPS多学科活动办公室在“化学教育工作者研究站点”(RSEC)计划下提供支持。杰弗里·罗伯茨博士是首席调查员。明尼苏达州RSEC计划将围绕四个跨学科领域：化学生物学、计算化学、环境化学和材料化学。RSEC将支持广泛的集体模式，从标准的休假访问，到与附近大学的教职员工和本科生的远程合作，再到一个系的三名或更多教职员工的集体访问。一个由两名明尼苏达大学化学教授和两名本科院校教授组成的执行委员会将协助罗伯茨博士。计划让RSEC领导团队招募大约20个本科生化学系作为RSEC的参与者。该项目将从中西部北部的机构中吸引资金。该计划的评估和评估将由一个由来自密歇根大学和小型学校部门的五名教员组成的咨询委员会协助进行。化学教育工作者的研究网站将参与的两年制学院、学士学位学院和硕士大学的教职员工与地理区域内研究型大学的教职员工聚集在一起，以提高所有参与者的研究和教育机会。学术和研究机构提供了大量机会，个人可以同时承担研究人员、教育工作者和学生的责任，所有人都可以参与共同努力，为教育注入发现的兴奋，并通过多样化的学习视角丰富研究。像明尼苏达大学这样的RSEC提供了向更广泛的社区传播研究的知识、技能、实践和道德的机制，包括那些来自代表不足的群体的社区；帮助参与机构制定可行的、可持续的研究计划；并让参与机构的教职员工和学生与更广泛的教职员工和学生接触。

The Chemistry Department of Minnesota University (MU) is supported by the Chemistry Division, and the MPS Office of Multidisciplinary Activities under the "Research Sites for Educators in Chemistry" (RSEC) program. Dr. Jeffrey Roberts is the Principal Investigator. The Minnesota RSEC program will be oriented around four interdisciplinary areas: chemical biology, computational chemistry, environmental chemistry, and materials chemistry. The RSEC will support a broad range of collective modes, from standard sabbatical visits, to distance-collaborations with faculty and undergraduates from nearby colleges, to group visits involving three or more faculty from a single department. An Executive Committee consisting of Two University of Minnesota chemistry professors and two professors from undergraduate institutions will assist Dr.Roberts. Plans are for the RSEC leadership team to recruit a group of approximately 20 undergraduate chemistry departments as RSEC participants. The program will draw from institutions in the upper Midwest. The assessment and evaluation of the program will be facilitated by an Advisory Committee of five faculty form both UM and small-school departments. Research Sites for Educators in Chemistry bring together the faculty of participating two-year colleges, baccalaureate colleges, and master's universities with faculty at research universities within a geographic region, to enhance the research and educational opportunities at all participants. Academic and research institutions provide abundant opportunities where individuals may concurrently assume responsibilities as researchers, educators, and students, and where all can engage in joint efforts that infuse education with the excitement of discovery and enrich research through the diversity of learning perspectives. RSECs such as this one at the University of Minnesota provide mechanisms for disseminating the knowledge, skill, practices and ethics of research to a broader community, including those from underrepresented groups; assist in developing viable, sustainable research programs at participating institutions; and involve faculty and students at the participating institutions with a broader cross-section of faculty and students.