Louisiana State University Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Scholars Program [LA-STEM]

凭借这一奖项，路易斯安那州立大学的Connie Stelly，Saundra McGuire，Su-Seng Pang，Gregory Vincent和Isiah Warner将领导路易斯安那州立大学研究学者计划（LA-STEM）的建立。 LA-STEM是一个战略规划，合作，全面的活动，将在路易斯安那州立大学建立一个系统，这将增加少数民族学生的数量-主要是非洲裔美国人-谁获得科学，工程和数学本科学位，谁继续在这些领域的研究生学位。 LA-STEM战略是（1）确定具有高成就潜力的大学预科（高中）学生，并招募他们参加该计划;（2）促进这些学生必要技能和能力的发展，除了他们在STEM学科的本科教育之外，还将（3）为这些学生继续获得STEM学科的研究生学位做好准备。 LA-STEM以广受好评的马里兰州-巴尔的摩县大学“迈耶霍夫学者计划”为蓝本，预计在活动的最初五年内，通过严格结合“创新干预活动”，将惠及约115名学生，其中包括：新生秋季学期之前的夏桥计划;在被录取后与教师导师联系;同伴咨询和辅导沿着学术课程咨询和辅导;每月的社交和信息会议;从大一秋季学期开始的持续的校内学年实习/研究经验;密集的校内和校外暑期实习/研究经验;专业会议的演讲和演示;辅导和研讨会的教学基本技能的学术和个人成功;沟通技巧的教学，这将有助于发展积极的自我概念和增加自信;在应用学习技能和个人技能的本科课程的成功完成的指导;通过研究生准备工作坊（申请和面试过程，考试准备等），为全国各地的研究生课程成功入学提供指导;预计LA-STEM项目的成果将指导本科STEM专业的进一步多样化。

With this award, Connie Stelly, Saundra McGuire, Su-Seng Pang, Gregory Vincent, and Isiah Warner of LSU will lead the establishment of the Louisiana State University Research Scholars Program (LA-STEM). LA-STEM is a strategically planned, cooperative, comprehensive activity that will put in place at LSU a system that will increase the numbers of minority students - primarily African Americans - who obtain undergraduate degrees in science, engineering, and mathematics, and who go on to graduate degrees in these fields. The LA-STEM strategy is to (1) identify pre-college (high school) students with high potential for achievement and recruit them for the program; (2) facilitate the development of these students' necessary skills and competencies in addition to their undergraduate education in a STEM discipline that will (3) prepare these students to go on to earn graduate degrees in their STEM disciplines. Modeled after the widely-acclaimed University of Maryland - Baltimore County 'Meyerhoff Scholars Program,' LA-STEM is projected to reach ~ 115 students in the initial five-year period of the activity through a disciplined combination of 'innovative intervention activities' including:A Summer Bridge Program prior to the freshman fall semester;Association with a faculty mentor upon acceptance into the program;Peer advising and counseling along with academic program advising and counseling;Monthly social and informational sessions; A sustained On-Campus Academic Year Internship/Research Experience beginning the fall semester of the freshman year;Intensive On- and Off-Campus Summer Internships/Research Experiences;Professional Conference Participations and Presentations;Tutoring and Workshops for instruction in essential skills for academic and personal success;Communication Skills Instruction that will help to develop a positive self-concept and increased self-confidence;Instruction in applying Study Skills and Personal Skills for the successful completion of the undergraduate program;Coaching for the successful Admittance to Graduate Programs across the country through Graduate Preparation Workshops (application and interview process, test preparation, etc.); and Career Planning Workshops.It is expected that outcomes of the LA-STEM project will guide further diversification of undergraduate STEM majors.